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First Listen: WKQX (Q87.7) Chicago
The first song on Merlin Media's new WKQX (Q87.7) Chicago was reportedly Rise Against's "Satellite," although it really should have been something from TV On The Radio, since the new station, which replaces Smooth Jazz WLFM, is the latest to find an extra spot on the FM dial by broadcasting audio on TV's Channel 6. As Q101, WKQX went away in favor …
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A Breakthrough For Alternative… Pop
An interesting recent comment from longtime friend of ROR and Billboard Top 40 Update columnist Rich Appel. While a lot has been made recently about the return of “Alternative Rock” crossover to the Top 40 chart, it’s hinging heavily on two records, Fun’s “We Are Young” and Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know.” It’s true that bo…
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Is FM Through With New?
For nearly a decade now, the odds have been rigged against any potential new format FM radio built around new music. As Jaye Albright and others have noted, the format boom-bust cycles have usually revolved around some new variant of Oldies—Jammin’ Oldies, all-’80s, Bob- and Jack-FM, Rhythmic Hot AC, gold-based Alternative, all-’90s, and then somet…
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Pulling A Career Out Of The Ether
About a week ago, a colleague and I decided to watch the much-derided Lana Del Rey performance that we had missed on “Saturday Night Live.” By then, we weren’t sure what to expect. Was she going to stagger around drunk on stage?
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Clear Channel mod rock WRFF Philly adds L.A.-based Kade for nights
Kade adds evenings at Clear Channel modern rock WRFF (Radio 104.5) Philadelphia, alongside his voicetracking nights at CC sisters mod rock KYSR Los Angeles and alternative KDGE Dallas. The station’s talent line-up is now: Johnny (John Allers) 6 a.m.-noon, Wendy Rollins noon-6 p.m.
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CC’s alt KYSR L.A. adds Premiere’s Nikki Sixx
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx adds Clear Channel alternative KYSR (98-7FM) Los Angeles to his Premiere Networks-syndicated “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx.” The show launches weeknights 11 p.m.-4 a.m. on Monday, January 16.
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2011’s Most Influential Songs From a Listener’s Perspective
Editor’s note: Ross On Radio reader Tom Smith responded to a call in last year’s final column for feedback on influential songs of 2011. Instead of a few titles, I got the sort of comprehensive and thought-provoking essay that deserved to be read on its own.—Sean Ross“We Found Love,” Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – By now it is pretty obvious tha…
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First Listen: NASA's Third Rock Radio
Easily the best thing about NASA’s just-unveiled Third Rock Radio is that it puts to bed, once and for all, the cliché about radio not being rocket science. (There is probablya hospital station somewhere that has long shut down the one about brain surgery.) After all, winning radio is as simple as finding out what strange alien life forms want an…
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Making Moves: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Emmis-owned hip-hop "Power 106" KPWR-FM in Los Angeles promotes midday DJ Yesi Ortiz to Asst. MD ...
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Making Moves: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Radio-Info.com confirms that after three years, Sean Lynch has left Beasley in Las Vegas where he was PD of KOAS-FM (105.7) "The Oasis" & alternative KVGS-FM (107.9). No replacement has been named ...
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Making Moves: Thursday, September 29, 2011
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, Jolana Smith is
promoted from weekends to middays on AC WEZN "Star" (99.9), where
she will also be APD ... Non-commercial "Radio Arte" WRTE (90.5)
in Chicago has cut loose PD Carlos Mendez ...
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Fresh Listen: WROX (96X) Norfolk, Va.
When WROX (96X) Norfolk, Va., modified its longtime Modern Rock format earlier this year, I didn’t rush to check it out. By that time, KLCK (Click 98.9) Seattle’s Alternative/Hot AC hybrid had already spawned one similar new station, WCLI (Click 101.5) Dayton, Ohio.
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Making Moves: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Beth Sugrue leaves CBS Radio Chicago, where she was Director of New Business Development, to join Merlin Media as Director of Integrated Programs. She will be managing non-traditional revenue for Chicago and New York ...
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Kevin & Bean are off San Francisco’s “Live 105” after eight months
Los Angeles-based shows have historically had a difficult time in San Francisco, and over the weekend, the San Francisco Board of Radio-Info.com detected a quiet change at CBS Radio's modern rock "Live 105" KITS. The Kevin & Bean tab disappeared from the station website.
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Making Moves: Thursday, September 1, 2011
Radio-Info hears from the Jersey shore, where former alternative WHTG morning host Matt Murray will join the new lineup on the former "Shark," Atlantic City's rock WMGM (103.7) to host afternoons ... In Los Angeles, "Lucious" Liz Hernandez will be leaving the KPWR "Power" (105.9) morning team for a job with E!
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Wrong-Headed Talk About Rock
It’s ironic that the “new” WHFS (WWMX-HD-2) Baltimore appeared this year just in time for the latest slew of “rock radio is dead” headlines. WHFS’ switch from Alternative to a Latin Tropical format in 2005 set off its own spate of press stories, many of them wrongheaded.
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Christine O'Donnell walks out on CNN and a Utah radio interview
While former Delaware US Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is making news for abruptly walking out during an interview with Piers Morgan, CNN isn't the only station O'Donnell walked away from during an interview. Ironically, the candidate who spent much of her campaign dispelling comments she made about witchcraft abruptly bailed during a radio … Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Dustin "Fletcher" Matthews is leaving the morning host/APD slot on Boston's WFNX (101.7) and moving to Richmond, Virginia to join Clear Channel's alternative WRXL (102.1) as PD ... "Tune-Up Man" returns to Detroit radio this weekend as he is hired by Radio One's WDMK for Friday and Saturday on air duties. Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
As Radio-Info reported on Tuesday, Charlotte's CBS Radio-owned CHR/top 40 WNKS "Kiss" (95.1) will move their top-rated
afternoon drive show, hosted by Otis, to mornings, replacing "Ace & TJ." He will also have a co-host: Brittney Cason will join him when the new show debuts August 22 ... Radio-Info hears from A.J.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The St. Louis Rams and their flagship station, WXOS (101.1) have announced their radio broadcast team, consisting of play-by-play "Voice of the Rams" host Steve Savard with D'Marco Farr handling color commentary ...
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