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A "Brew" replaces Gen-X in St. Louis
Clear Channel kills off the 90s-centered WSGX (100.3) after a year and a half, and goes head to head with the Emmis collection of rock stations. Its new station at 100.3 is a classic rocker named "The Brew." When the 6,000-song marathon ends on June 18, Clear Channel will return the syndicated Bob & Tom morning show to the market. Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Matt Derrick is the new regional program manager for Clear Channel in its Wilmington, Delaware and Salisbury, Maryland markets. In addition, he will also handle OM duties for the Salisbury/Ocean City cluster, beginning June 4.
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Word to the wise: FCC Section 73.1206 (phone calls on-air) means business
Oh, that pesky FCC Section 73.1206. That’s the mandate that spells out in no uncertain terms that no part of a telephone conversation can be recorded for potential on-air broadcasting without upfront consent of the participating party. Read More
Valentine to Clear Channel's WHYI (Y100) Miami as APD/MD
At Clear Channel’s CHR WHYI (Y100) Miami, Chad Valentine joins as APD/MD. He’s also heard on the company’s nearby CHR WLDI (Wild 95.5) in West Palm Beach in afternoons, where he will continue in that role.
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Making Moves: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Danny Bortnick is named VP and Director of Sales for CBS
Radio Washington, D.C., where he will oversee sales for the six-station cluster:
WJFK, WNEW, WPGC, WIAD, WNEW and WLZL; while
retaining his previous position as GSM of WNEW AM & FM. Before
D.C., Bortnick was Local Sales Manager for CBS’ WWFS and WXRK New
York ... Mark Stewart joins …
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Donna Summer dies at 63
The disco legend, whose hits included “Last Dance,” “Bad Girls,” and “She Works hard For Her Money,” died in Florida this morning, after a battle with cancer. A five-time Grammy award winner, she was working on her latest album at the time of her death.
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Forbes' 'Celebrity 100': Radio places four on annual list
Manning the mic may not make many radio broadcasters rich and famous, but a handful of lucky ducks scored a place on Forbes annual Celebrity 100 list, released Wednesday. Jennifer Lopez topped the list this year, ousting last year’s leader Lady Gaga (who drops to No.
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Ryan Seacrest makes do with 9,200SF L.A. estate
Ryan Seacrest has devised another deal-making strategy: this time for his own cushy pad. The talking head has paid $37 million to move into an estate currently owned by Ellen DeGeneres.
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April PPMs for Washington DC, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and more out today
In Washington, American University's non-com news/talk WAMU reigns, going 7.0-8.2-7.6 since Arbitron's February book. WAMU's online stream adds a 0.2, with age 6+ AQH. Read More
First April PPMs include the final book for New York's urban AC WRKS
Emmis' "98.7 Kiss" finishes its existence on an up-note, and in the top five with age 6+ AQH shares. It moved from a February 3.7 to 3.8 to 4.0, for the Arbitron "April" survey period of March 31-April 27.
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Making Moves: Monday, May 14, 2012
In Detroit, Roxanne Steel will be handling middays on CBS Radio’s CHR WDZH “98.7 Amp Radio.” She’s a Chicago radio vet who’s been doing part-time on the past 2 years at Cumulus-owned WDVD in Detroit …DCRTV reports that former Fredericksburg, VA programmer Dave Gunning is taking over middays (9 am – 1 pm) on Hot AC WINC-FM (92.5) Winchester, VA. He …
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DJ Laz begins today at L.A.’s KXOL-FM, now “L.A.’s Party station"
That’s not the only change at the former "Hurban" Latino 96.3 - one poster on the Los Angeles board of Radio-Info.com says “they’re playing less Spanish music” and using more English. While the station’s own website still ID’d as “Latino 96.3” Sunday night, its Facebook page has moved on to “L.A. Read More
KIIS-FM's Wango Tango adds 50-language translation & vids via Ortsbo
Saturday’s mammoth Wango Tango sponsored by Clear Channel’s KIIS-FM Los Angeles will feature real-time closed captioning language translation, directly from its base at The Home Depot Center. CC is using the Ortsbo service for the first time at the annual CHR concert, allowing fans of Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Maroon 5, Wiz Khalifa and more to watch li…
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Arbitron's "subscriber only" policy passes muster at Radio Advisory Council
From today's TRI Newsletter: Advisory Council Chair Don Benson of Lincoln Financial Media admits there was “a divergence of opinions” in the room. Another source says there was a “deep divide…one council member says the release of numbers is one of the few times radio gets covered in the local paper.” But in the end, Benson says “it was the Council… Read More
Saga's Illini Radio Group launches HD "Hits 99.7" in Champaign-Urbana
In Champaign-Urbana, Ill., Saga Communications launches “Hits 99.7” on a translator that’s switching allegiances from rock to CHR. Translator W259BG in Champaign was previously paired with another translator as rock “Extra 92.1/99.7,” fed by the HD-2 multicast signal of Saga’s country WIXY Champaign (100.3). Read More
TargetSpot 2012 survey: We sure do love online radio/audio
A new study commissioned by TargetSpot finds that Internet radio listening has reached a robust 42% among U.S. adults with broadband in their homes, an increase of 8% over last year.
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Beastie Boys MC Adam Yauch dies of cancer at 47
Beastie Boys' MC Adam Yauch, known as MCA, has died at the age of 47 from cancer. TMZ confirmed that he had been undergoing treatment for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node, which prevented him from attending the Beasties April induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read More
Making Moves: Friday, May 4, 2012
John Laurenti joins CBS Radio’s Classic Hits WODS Boston for morning drive as co-host with Karen Blake on "The New Breakfast Club with John & Karen." The Boston native comes from local NPR outlet WUMB-FM, where he was MD. He also once served as a morning show host at Boston’s WZLX.
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Making Moves: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sean ‘Hollywood’ Hamilton has extended his contract with Clear Channel
rhythmic WKTU New York for three years, through 2015, He hosts weekdays
3-7 p.m., as well as WKTU’s weekend“Remix Top30 Countdown.” Hamilton’s
show is rated No.1 25-54 in afternoon drive in New York, according to
Arbitron’s PPM, the station says… The Tom Kent Radio Netwo…
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Mike Shannon joins WSB-FM Atlanta
He's been the long-time p.m. driver at CHR WDJX (99.7) in Louisville. Read More
