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KHKS Dallas' Kelli Rasberry raises ire with anti-marriage equality comment
An anti-gay marriage on-air comment by Kellie Rasberry, co-host of the syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show based at Clear Channel top 40 KHKS (Kiss-FM) Dallas, has created a firestorm of backlash. Rasberry noted that she doesn’t support same-sex marriage, with the explanation that her belief is related to how she was raised.
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CC Nashville ops manager Michael Bryan takes WSIX PD reins
Newly minted Clear Channel Nashville Operations Manager Michael Bryan takes the PD reins for iconic country WSIX (The Big 98) Nashville as part of his duties. That creates an opening for his previous post as PD at sister top 40 WRVW (107.5 The River).
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Radio’s Best & Worst: February 8, 2012
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending February 8, 2012. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research (or any other) capacity are asterisked.*Station (Online)Smash Radio – Clear Channel’s iHeart Radio teams with Comcast XFINITY for the timeliest station of th…
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Oldies out as CC's WLAN-AM Lancaster PA mostly simulcasts talk WHP-AM Harrisburg
Clear Channel has sacrificed its “Cool Oldies” format on WLAN-AM (1390) serving Lancaster, Penn., to simulcast conservative talk sister WHP-AM (580), Harrisburg. Programming on both includes Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and other syndicated yakkers, along with Harrisburg local Bob Durgin. Read More
Columbus morning team is reunited at Cincinnati's WEBN, under a new name
The former "Blazor" at North American Broadcasting's "99.7 The Blitz" WRKZ, Columbus starts February 20 in Cincinnati as "Mark", under his real name of Mark Smith. He'll be re-teamed with former Blitz cast member Mo (Maurice Jovan), as "Mark and Mo in the Morning." They'll get support from current WEBN (102.7) personality Meat. Read More
David L exits WKSC Chicago's a.m. drive
Clear Channel top 40 WKSC-FM (103.5 Kiss FM) Chicago has released co-host David L from the "Brotha Fred's Neighborhood" morning show. That leaves “Brotha Fred” (Christopher Frederick) and Angi Taylor.
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After 28 years, KIIS-FM, L.A. traffic reporter Commander Chuck Street is silent
The Orange County Register says Chuck "had been moved to reporting from the ground on January 9, pending a sponsor deal to continue his airborne reporting." That didn't happen, and Street was laid off by Clear Channel's KIIS-FM (102.7) last Friday. After 20 years, the sponsorship deal with Pepsi didn't get picked up.
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Carleton College snubs offer to join Clear Channel's iheartradio
Apparently the Board of Directors at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., views Clear Channel as the equivalent of Big Brother. Campus radio station KRLX (88.1) has turned down an offer from CC to become one of the universities to join iHeartRadio. Student station manager Danny Nathan tells college newspaper Carletonian that “it sounded like an o…
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Doc Thompson, let go at WLW Cincinnati, is also out at WRVA Richmond
As the Cincinnati Enquirer’s John Kiesewetter observes, talk personality Doc Thompson "lost both his radio jobs in eight days.” First came the phone call while Thompson was on his honeymoon, saying he was off his 9am-noon shift on "Big One" WLW, Cincinnati (700). Now here is Thompson's Friday evening (Feb. Read More
Madonna's worldwide blitz for new single includes Clear Channel
9am Eastern time today is the coordinated playing of the single across 95 CHR and rhythmic stations owned by Clear Channel in the U.S., plus Australia and New Zealand. It will air in the UK due to Clear Channel's partnership with Global Radio-owned Capital FM.
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Michael Bryan upped from Clear Channel Orlando to Nashville OM
Newly minted Clear Channel Orlando OM Michael Bryan will have his hands full with the company’s five outlets in the market: country WSIX (The Big 98), CHR WRVW (107.5 The River), urban WUBT (101.1 The Beat), classic rock WNRQ (The Rock 105.9) and talk WLAC-AM. The former five-year Digital PD for CC Orlando and PD of CHR WXXL (XL 106.7) replaces Ric…
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Chicago's "97.5 ESPN Deportes" launches (Feb. 1) on an FM translator
The Windy City's first FM Spanish sports station "will cover downtown Chicago and will also reach largely Hispanic/Latino neighborhood communities" such as Cicero, Berwyn and Pilsen, says ESPN Audio. The format enters the market via a deal with Clear Channel, says ESPN Deportes Radio general manager Oscar Ramos. Read More
Clear Channel's iHeartRadio debuts monthly "HeartBeat" newsletter
Clear Channel’s ever-expanding iHeartRadio has launched monthly newsletter “HeartBeat,” offering users “news, fun facts, trends and trivia” about artists and music, as well as listener statistics. It will focus on a unique monthly theme, beginning with the Super Bowl in the inaugural January 2012 issue.
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Jay Michaels Mixes Up KDMX, Khloe Kardashian Helps
When Jay Michaels landed the PD post five months ago at Clear Channel’s KDMX (Mix 102.9) Dallas, his mandate was to make the longtime Hot AC more than a female-friendly background companion. Instead, he aimed to make the station a lifestyle.Mix is already trending up in PPM, up 3.6–3.7–4.0 in the Holiday PPM report.
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Eddie Fingers is back at Cincinnati's talk WLW (700), part of a daytime shakeup
The shakeup unfortunately puts late morning personality Doc Thompson on the street. The Cincinnati Enquirer's John Kiesewetter says Thompson "was terminated last week while on his honeymoon." The Cincinnati Board of Radio-Info.com adds that Thompson had moved from Richmond to Cincinnati for the job at WLW, and that his girlfriend also moved and had… Read More
"97.9 ESPN", Clear Channel's Hartford move-in, is in ESPN's backyard
The debut came at 6am today, with 24/7 clearance of the ESPN Audio lineup. Clear Channel says a local afternoon show is in the works. Read More
Day 3 of Holiday-book Arbitron PPMs – Portland's K103 merely has a 14.1 share
That easily puts AC KKCW Portland, Oregon at #1, with almost triple the age 6+ AQH share of second-place CHR Z100 KKRZ. But a year ago, Clear Channel's K103 was sporting a 17.7 share, the nation's highest topline share for 48 PPM markets. Read More
JR adds PD stripes at CHR WNOK Columbia, S.C.
Jonathan Reed, a.k.a. JR, adds the title of PD to his current roles as MD and afternoon drive host at Clear Channel's heritage CHR WNOK (104.7) Columbia, S.C. Read More
"Mix 106.1" Philly Welcomes Wendy Wild
Clear Channel Philadelphia’s AC WISX “Mix 106.1” hires Wendy Wild for middays. Wild has previously worked in radio in Miami, New York, and as a guest host for nationally syndicated countdown shows.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
At Glenn Beck's production company, Mercury Radio Arts, Carolyn Polke is promoted to Sr. VP of Digital.
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- Eddie Fingers is back at Cincinnati's talk WLW (700), part of a daytime shakeup
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