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Radio’s Best & Worst: November 3, 2011
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending November 03, 2011. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research capacity are asterisked.Ratings Stories
The FM Spoken Word Land Rush continues to pay dividends in the just-released October PPMs.
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Latest FCC Call Sign list suggests format changes past and future
In Bakersfield, the selection of "KRJK" has locals guessing that Owens One Company (the family of country star Buck Owens) will go to a variety hits "Jack" format when the new Class A station licensed to Lamont, CA signs on the air. That's in the just-issued FCC Call Sign report, along with Clear Channel's swap-out of the KFAN call letters.
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Making Moves: Monday, August 15, 2011
A budget cut has cut Lance Zierlein from mornings on sports KGOW (1560) "The Game" in Houston. He had been working without a contract, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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Minneapolis report: Clear Channel to flip sports KFAN/1130 & talk KTLK-FM/100.3
The MinnPost.com's David Brauer says the surprising switch "will happen before the opening of the Minnesota Vikings regular season September 11, and conceivably, early in the exhibition schedule." The NFL team is already simulcast on both KFAN-AM and KTLK-FM, and Clear Channel was already planning to simulcast the college football games of the Univ…
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KFAN-AM in Minneapolis gains hockey's Minnesota Wild
Sports fans in Minneapolis will have to get used to turning the dial to find their favorite sports teams. Following news from earlier this week that the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves were going to make CBS Radio's WCCO-AM (830) their radio flagship, moving from KFAN-AM (1130), now comes word that hockey's Minnesota Wild will also be on the move next s…
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The Minnesota Timberwolves move their games to WCCO
The next question is - will there be an NBA season next year? With the threat of a lockout looming as labor issues face NBA players and team owners, the Minnesota Timberwolves announce they are leaving Clear Channel's KFAN-AM (1130), their home for all but two years since they became an expansion team in 1989, and move their games across town to CB…
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Making Moves: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Radio-Info hears from Springfield-market rock station WRNX-FM, Amherst (100.9), where morning host Steve Cantara is no longer with the company ... Boston's WJMN-FM (94.5) moves morning team producer Melissa Eannuzzo to middays, but she will also stay on as morning show producer ...
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More trouble for former KFAN Minneapolis host Jeff Dubay
The demons continue to haunt former KFAN-AM (1130) sports talk show host Jeff Dubay. A judge has ordered him back to a jail workhouse, after Dubay refused to submit to a urine test, a mandatory part of his parole according to the St.
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As many as four stations vie for the Minnesota Twins broadcast rights
The team has a new stadium, a long-term contract with their star player, and the next step for the Minnesota Twins may be a new flagship radio station. Hubbard Broadcasting-owned KSTP-AM (1500) has been the home of the Twins since 2007, when the team left WCCO-AM (830) after more than 45 years.
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WCCO, Minneapolis (830) officially names Chad Hartman for late-mornings
He spent a number of years across town on KFAN-AM (1130) hosting sports talk. Chad Hartman is the latest change to the on-air sound of Minneapolis “Good Neighbor” WCCO-AM (830). Read More
This could be "Strike Three" for former K-Fan, Minneapolis host Jeff Dubay
The demons seem to be getting the better of the former KFAN-AM (1130) sports talk host. Jeff Dubay is back behind bars, this time after court-ordered drug tests came back positive for cocaine on three occasions in the last two months. Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
John Scott, the PD of San Francisco’s KKGN-AM (960) checks in with Radio-Info, saying they've made a change at night, with Angie Coiro out as the syndicated Alan Colmes takes over 9pm-12am. Listen to “Green 960” , and discuss the changes on the San Francisco Board … Clear Channel Chattanooga hires Jared Stehney as market manager. Read More
The Radio-Info police blotter
Air America co-founder Evan Montvel-Cohen was given five years probation in a Hawaiian court for stealing $30,000 from a landscaping company he worked for. The felony charge will remain on his record, according to Honolulu’s KITV … Former KZZL-FM (99.5) DJ Ryan Chambers was handed a 60-month prison term by a judge in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho for posses… Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday Morning
Katz 360 has hired Thomas Mancusi and Erik Carlson as senior sales directors. Mancusi has been Director of Sales for CBS Radio Sales, and Carlson was Senior Sales Associate at Google. Read More
Former KFAN, Minneapolis sports talk host faces prison after flunking his second drug program
If Jeff Dubay hasn’t hit bottom, it may be very soon: the former co-host of the popular “PA & Dubay” show is now in violation of a court order. According to the St. Read More
Making Moves: Friday Afternoon
Fargo, North Dakota’s WZFG-AM (1100) has gone to 24-hour live coverage of the severe flooding in the area. You can listen to their live coverage by clicking here … Chicago’s former WMAQ-TV reporter Amy Jacobson, fired when a rival station showed video of her in a bikini at the home of a suspect she was supposed to be reporting on, will join WLS-A… Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday Afternoon
Former WNYZ-FM (Pulse 87) New York DJ Jewelz Lopez has resurfaced in Tampa, hosting afternoon drive on CBS-owned Spanish contemporary “Maxima 92.5” WYUU-FM … Former longtime Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone is in for a “Rude Awakening” in Atlanta, joining the WCNN-AM (680) morning show … In Minneapolis, former KFAN-AM (1130) sports talk ho… Read More
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