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Friday, February 3, 2012

Jim Ladd debuts on Sirius XM February 13

The Los Angeles legend who was accorded the privilege of picking his own music was let go by Cumulus at classic rock KLOS (95.5). It was known that he had accepted an offer to work with Sirius XM on its Deep Tracks channel, but there wasn't a start date or show time. Read More

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Fired KLOS, L.A. talent Jim Ladd rallied the rockers on Saturday

(Talk about this story - Jim Ladd, Cumulus and Clear Channel - on the L.A. Board of Radio-Info.com, where there's a re-cap of Ladd's Saturday's guest appearance on KFRI. Read More

Monday, October 31, 2011

Jim Ladd will get his farewell on KFI-AM (640)

Clear Channel Jim Ladd was one of the big cuts made by Cumulus Media in Los Angeles last week, when the longtime DJ was cut from rock KLOS-FM (95.5). Ladd was not able to say goodbye to his fans, but ironically he will get that opportunity from Clear Channel's talk KFI-AM (640). Read More

Thursday, October 27, 2011

KABC, Los Angeles talk PD Jack Silver to also oversee classic rock KLOS (95.5)

That news comes to the Orange County Register's Gary Lycan via email from Jack Silver himself. The question about what it means, or whether it will be a long-term appointment, is keeping the Los Angeles Board of Radio-Info.com very busy. Read More

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Cumulus lays off KLOS, Los Angeles PD Bob Buchmann & legendary jock Jim Ladd

Cumulus had mostly held off making changes at the L.A. cluster it inherited from Citadel Broadcasting, until today. Read More

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Cumulus replaces L.A GMs, installs Marko Radlovic at talk KABC/classic rock KLOS

Marko Radlovic A week after Marko Radlovic resigned as L.A. market manager and corporate Chief Revenue Officer for Spanish Broadcasting System, he is announced as the new Los Angeles manager for Cumulus. Read More

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The Cumulus departures keep adding up

From today's TRI Newsletter: It appears that KABC/KLOS, Los Angeles manager Bob Moore is out as part of the Cumulus takeover of Citadel Broadcasting. Moore previously managed KLSX (97.1) for CBS before coming over to talk KABC (790) and classic rock KLOS (95.5). Read More

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Listener Driven Radio expands onto seven new stations

LDR Listener Driven Radio, the online and mobile service that allows listeners to vote for music on your station in real time, adds seven new affiliates. The stations cover several different formats including Classic Rock KLOS Los Angeles, Urban AC WDAS Philadelphia, Hot ACs KSTP Minneapolis and KIMN Denver, Alternative Rock WRFF Philadelphia, Modern A… Read More

Monday, January 3, 2011

Westwood One's MetroNetworks locks up Citadel stations in Chicago & L.A.

Westwood One will start 2011 with an agreement to provide Citadel's top stations in Los Angeles and Chicago with enhanced traffic and news. In Chicago, Citadel's news/talk & oldies WLS-AM/FM (890/94.7) will receive traffic information and reporters for traffic, along with the MetroNetworks "Sigalert" exclusive online traffic monitoring tool. Read More

Monday, August 9, 2010

Five are out due to budget cuts at KLOS-FM & KABC-AM in L.A.

Citadel Media Longtime Los Angeles newsman Michael Linder, who spent years at KNX-AM (1070) before joining KABC-AM (790) as their City Hall reporter, is the high profile name on the list of cuts at the Citadel-owned talk station. LARadio.com says that along with Linder, sales assistants Aki Tsuruoka and Hilda Banuelos, programming assistant Lindsay Mendoza and K… Read More

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Citadel's new VP/Director of Sales in LA is Dave Severino

Citadel Media The top of Citadel’s sales force in Los Angeles will look different, starting on June 22. CHR/Top 40 KAMP-FM (97.1) “Amp” GSM Dave Severino moves across town from CBS Radio to Citadel, becoming VP/Director of Sales overseeing classic rock KLOS-FM (95.5), Talk KABC-AM (790) and Dodgers Radio. Read More

Friday, May 21, 2010

Making Moves: Friday, May 21, 2010

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi joins Clear Channel’s KBIG-FM (104.3) “MY-fm” as the host of the Saturday afternoon 2-6pm show … Carol Dooley has left KISM-FM (92.9) in Bellingham, Washington, where she was PD and is moving to Ireland. Read More

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Making Moves: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

WDRC-FM (102.9) in Hartford, Connecticut adds the syndicated “Charlie Tuna – The 70’s” this weekend, and also signed Tuna to be the station’s imaging voice … Fox News Radio’s White House Correspondent Rich Johnson is promoted to Senior National Correspondent, while Mike Majchrowitz becomes the new White house Correspondent … Pandora Yeargin-Johnson… Read More

Monday, December 14, 2009

Scott Shannon Adds Groupwide Responsibilities At Citadel's Major Market Stations

Scott Shannon will continue as the PD at Citadel hot AC WPLJ New York (95.5) and as the creator/producer of Citadel Media’s True Oldies Channel, now clearing on 66 stations. Citadel CEO Farid Suleman calls Shannon “one of the pre-eminent radio programming talents in the industry” and names him VP of programming for the big-market stations. Read More

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Rumors are buzzing about who Citadel will bring in for Washington, DC's 105.9FM

If there is anything certain about WVRX (105.9), it’s that since it flipped from smooth jazz to “True Oldies” and now “The Edge” as jock-less classic rock, the ratings have gone from bad to worse. Citadel is apparently planning some moves to bolster WVRX. Read More

Monday, September 28, 2009

Making Moves: Monday Afternoon

Chicago’s “Fresh 105.9” WCFS is making some morning show changes, as co-host Mike LeBaron exits … Also from Chi-town, Gina Ferraro, previously part of the Melissa Forman morning show heard on AC WLIT “Lite FM”, resurfaces at Chicago-area tri-cast of WDEK, WKIE, and WRZA (9FM) as host of the late night “Dance Factory Radio show” … Oregon news radio … Read More

Friday, August 21, 2009

Making Moves: Friday Morning

It’s confirmed, “Uncle Joe" Benson is no longer heard in PM drive at Los Angeles Classic Rocker KLOS (95.5). He’s moved to weekends, with PD Bob Buchmann taking over afternoons ….Cross-town at the new KFWB (980), Leo Quinones “the Film Freak” is added to the Saturday afternoon line-up. Read More

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Making Moves: Wednesday Morning

Classic Rock KLOS (95.5) Los Angeles longtime radio DJ “Uncle” Joe Benson has left the building. The Radio-Info.com boards are buzzing about it here: … Journal Broadcasting’s AC KSRZ “Star 104.5” in Omaha hires married morning duo Dan Arthur and Michelle Riell. Read More

Friday, August 14, 2009

Making Moves: Friday Afternoon

Alex Cohen is the new local host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” KPCC-FM (89.3), says the O.C. Register newspaper… Churchville, Virginia’s WNLR-AM (1150) will tweak its format on Monday, adding contemporary Christian Hit Music to their Christian music & talk format … Riverhead, New York’s WRIV-AM (1390) owner Vince Tria is the new president of the… Read More

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Making Moves: Tuesday Morning

Classic Rock KLOS (95.5) Los Angeles has morning duo Mark & Brian for at least three more years, after signing their new deal with Citadel. They’ve been with the station for 25 years. Read More

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