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Making Moves: Monday, January 16, 2012
CBS Radio hot AC WBZZ(Star 100.7) Pittsburgh adjusts its morning show, with “Bubba & Shelley” remaining on-air and JR exiting. The station did not renew his contract… It’s a similar story at Cox Radio country KCYY (Y100-FM) San Antonio, with Clayton Allen staying put, and Jesse James out.
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San Antonio's "KISS" cuts morning hosts Lisle & Hahn
After nearly 20 years of hosting mornings on CHR KISS-FM (99.5) in San Antonio, Cox Radio has parted ways with longtime morning hosts John Lisle & Steve Hahn. The legendary morning hosts began their run together in January, 1992.
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New heights for Pandora in September Internet Audio rankers from Triton
Pandora's growth was particularly noticeable in "Average Active Sessions", analogous to broadcast radio's AQH. Pandora showed with about 799,000 Active Sessions in August, and now 885,078 in September.
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Affiliates Making Moves
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network's "Daily Wrap" with Michael Castner picks up several Saga Communications stations – WTAX-AM (1240) in Springfield, Illinois; WKVT-AM (1490) in Brattleboro, Vermont; WHMP-AM (1400) & WHNP-AM (1600) in Northampton, Massachusetts; and KGMI-AM (790) in Bellingham, Washington ... Cox Radio's KRMG-AM/FM (740/102.3) i…
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Fisher heads to Cox in Atlanta as Director/Digital & Social Media
Fisher makes his way to Atlanta from Cox CHR sister-station WHTI "Hot" (100.9) in Richmond, Virginia where he was PD. In his new role, Fisher will become Director of Digital and Social Media, a newly created position.
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Jacksonville CHR WAPE-FM names Kobe Fargo as its new PD
WAPE (95.1) in Jacksonville found their new PD in the adjoining state, luring Athens, Georgia's WPUP-FM "Power" (100.1) & WGMG "Magic" (102.1) PD Kobe Fargo over the border to WAPE. Fargo will also take over afternoon drive duties. Read More
Pandora jumps in the latest Triton Digital Internet Audio rankers
Pandora, the newly-public Internet music service, is apparently past the tracking glitches that saw some of its mobile listening unreported earlier this year. Triton Digital's Webcast Metrics platform issues two main statistics, for Average Active Sessions (something like radio's AQH) and Session Starts.
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Making Moves: Monday, June 27, 2011
Former Minneapolis WCCO-AM (830) news director Adam Thomas has resurfaced in Arizona, taking over as news director for news/talk KTAR-FM (92.3) ... Could Lois Melkonian be leaving Denver?
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Cox Media Group gets a new PD and station lineup in Richmond
In Richmond, Virginia, Cox has promoted Melissa Chase to PD of
rhythmic WHTI-FM "Hot" (100.9) & Hot AC WURV-FM (103.7) "The River." Chase has been with "The River" since it launched about a year ago, and was its assistant PD. She will also take over a station that is adding live announcers.
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Making Moves: Friday, June 3, 2011
Lyndsey Marie gives up the beach for the big city, leaving middays at rock WRXK-FM (96.1) in Ft. Myers, Florida for Atlanta rocker WNNX-FM (100.5).
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Radio stations are providing a lifeline in tornado-stricken states
Radio stations in the Southeast and Midwest, and even New Hampshire, are working overtime, whether it's gathering much-needed supplies for tornado victims or disseminating information. In Joplin, Missouri, where over 120 people were killed, the Zimmer Radio stations remain on the air, though seven of their own staffers are homeless.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Vicky James takes over as APD/midday host for Cox-owned Urban AC WJMZ-FM (107-3) in Greenville, South Carolina. James replaces Kelly Mac, who previously left for a job in Philadelphia ...
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Making Moves: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
In Detroit, talk WDTW-AM (1310) adds former progressive syndicated talk host Tony Trupiano for mornings, replacing Bill Press ... Radio-Info confirms that Entercom's KKDO-FM (94.7) in Sacramento adds Patrick Olson (aka: Cooper) for mornings and APD, starting next week ...
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Making Moves: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Mike Klein is the new afternoon drive host on Tampa's WMTX-FM "Mix" (100.7), replacing Nancy Alexander and Kurt Shriner, who were cut loose by the Clear Channel hot AC station this week ... Omaha's KXSP-AM "ESPN Radio" (590) brings in Michael Grey & Pete McIntyre for afternoons.
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Michael Saunders to Orlando’s WCFB “Star 94.5”
Michael Saunders has exited CBS Radio’s WPGC Washington, D.C., where he was PD. He's headed back to Orlando to be PD of Cox Radio’s Urban AC WCFB “Star 94.5." Saunders joined WPGC in January of 2010, after programming CBS Radio urban “102 Jamz” WJHM in Orlando.
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Cox Media Group promotes EVP Doug Franklin to President
Franklin will oversee divisions such as the 86-station radio group, the 15 Cox-owned TV stations, eight daily papers (such as as the Atlanta Journal Constitution, where he was the publisher) and various other business units, including ValPak and Cox Reps. Doug Franklin joined Cox three decades ago as "a door-to-door circulation solicitor from Dayto… Read More
Another surge for Pandora, in the December Internet radio rankers from Ando
Pandora was detected with about 236 million "Session Starts" for the month of December, according to Ando Media's "domestic ranker" for U.S. Internet listening for the 6am to 8pm daypart, Monday through Friday.
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WSB, Atlanta talker Herman Cain resigns – to possibly run for president
The former Chairman/CEO of Godfather's Pizza and syndicated columnist has been doing evenings on Cox Radio's talk WSB (750/95.5) for the last three years, but now the Journal Constitution says he did his final show (for now) on Tuesday evening, February 1. Program director Pete Spriggs calls it "a hiatus." Cain will appear on on Erick Erickson's WS… Read More
Making Moves: Friday, January 28, 2011
Radio-Info hears from New Haven, Connecticut's WYBC-FM (94.3), where APD Anthony Brooks is promoted to PD, taking the place of 20-year PD Juan Castillo, who becomes Director of Operations. You can listen to urban AC "94.3 WYBC" here ...
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Tighter Lists, Fewer Core Sounds Mean Similar Segues
Would you schedule Pink’s “Raise Your Glass” next to Katy Perry’s “Firework”?“Raise Your Glass” next to Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite”? Chris Brown’s “Yeah 3X” into Usher’s “More”?Chances are that you may have already.
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