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In St. George, Utah, KXDS (non-com Classical 91.3) flips to top 40
Listeners of KXDS will find their Bach replaced by Gaga. The Dixie State College of Utah-owned station in St.
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Making Moves: Friday, May 13, 2011
Radio-Info hears from Dothan, Alabama's WUSD-FM (93.7), which has dropped "Kickin' Country" and will simulcast Clear Channel news/talk sister-station WDBT-FM (105.3) ... San Diego's non-commercial KPBS-FM (89.5) will drop music and go 24/7 news and information programming.
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Seattle's KING-FM will go non-commercial two months ahead of schedule
The original plan was to move commercial-classical KING-FM (98.1) to non-commercial status in July, but overwhelming donations have allowed the station to accelerate their time line. KING-FM General Manager Jennifer Ridewood tells SeattlePI.com, "The shift will allow us more air-time for classical music, more support for the arts, and an expanded e…
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Radio Remembers: Minnesota's Arthur Hoehn; Ag radio's Derry Brownfield
Arthur Hoehn was the first announcer on Minnesota Public Radio, and spent 44 years there starting when he was the first professional announcer on its first classical music station, KSJR-FM (90.1) in Collegeville. He did everything there, from moving equipment to talking about classical music, and outside of Minnesota, he took a job on a Mexican bor…
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Making Moves: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi will expand his time on sports WFAN-AM (660), agreeing to appear with Mike Francesa in afternoons before nearly half of all Yankee games this season. Terms were not disclosed ...
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Making Moves: Monday, November 8, 2010
Radio-Info has confirmed that "Mouth 2 Mouth" has been silenced in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The WOOD-AM (1300) late-morning team of Scott Winters & Michelle McKormick has been cut loose, replaced by the syndicated Glenn Beck ...
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Radio Remembers: Chicago's Jay Andres
He was called the “voice of the night” during his days on Chicago radio. Jay Andres got his start on Windy City airwaves in 1953 on WBBM-AM (780), and hosted the overnight show through the late-1960s.
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200 gather to protest Rice University's sale of KTRU, Houston
The crowd braved the Texas summer heat to protest the proposed sale of eclectic non-commercial music station KTRU-FM (91.7) by its owner, Rice University. The protesters are unhappy to lose their radio voice, which the university’s governing board has agreed to sell to the University of Houston.
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Boston's non-commercial WGBH radio/TV demands cuts from its unions
Negotiations between WGBH and the public broadcaster’s largest union have begun as their contract ends at the end of October. The Boston Globe reports WGBH, which owns news/talk WGBH-FM (89.7) & classical WCRB-FM (99.5), is seeking concessions that include “cutting the company’s match for employee retirement plans in half, redefining job descript…
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A $9.5 million sale in Houston, where Rice U. sells KTRU (91.7)
Some students at Rice aren’t happy about losing their longtime station which featured local musicians, but the administration will use the proceeds to improve the campus. The buyer is KUHF (88.7) owner University of Houston. Read More
Houston non-com KUHF (88.7) may be poised to buy a second signal
It may be willing to pay up to $10 million, to get a second market-coverage FM that could be used for an all-classical format. That would allow KUHF to focus on news/talk/information. Read More
Radio Remembers: Engineer Elliott Klein; Seattle conductor George Shangrow
He got his start in the business as a DJ, but he made his name as an engineer. Elliott Klein was the consulting engineer for Liberman and Magic Broadcasting (KDAY), and LARadio.com says he “doubled as the chief engineer for KRIZ” when it was a Top-40 station, and helped build KNIX-FM in Phoenix for Buck Owens.
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Four Christmases IV: Lost 45s, KDFC, WODS, WASH
As the all-holiday format has spread and become codified over recent years, it has coalesced, and for cause, around a relatively cohesive body of music and a relatively small number of titles (if not interpretations). There’s a reason for that, of course. Read More
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