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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

CBS hires Jeff Kapugi as PD of "US99.5" Chicago and VP of Country

Jeff Kapugi Kapugi is currently programming for CBS in St. Louis at AC "Fresh 102.5" KEZK and hot AC "Y98" KYKY, and he won't turn up in Chicago until December 5. Read More

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Making Moves: Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Making Moves Radio-Info hears from New York City's WPLJ-FM (95.5), where the Scott & Todd morning show adds Cooper Lawrence to be their new News & Entertainment Director. She will also be heard on the show ... Read More

Friday, January 7, 2011

Tim & Willy Renew With KMLE Phoenix

Tim & Willy CBS Radio has re-signed country KMLE Country 108 Phoenix morning hosts Tim & Willy to a new contract. Terms were not disclosed, but their previously contract was a two-year deal. Read More

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tim & Willy’s McCain Interview Goes National

Tim & Willy Country KMLE Phoenix morning hosts Tim & Willy got some unexpected national media coverage last night, when the audio from their interview with Sen. John McCain was played on the “Last Call” feature at the end of Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren’s show, “On The Record.” And just what compelling political issue was McCain discussing?… Read More

Monday, August 9, 2010

Regis & Kelly name their 10 "Women in Radio" finalists

Regis and Kelly The final 10 came from a paring down of 100 semi-finalists from the U.S. and Canada. Read More

Thursday, August 5, 2010

“Big Shoe Stu” Evans Returns Home To KMLE Phoenix

Stu Evans Phoenix radio veteran “Big Shoe Stu” Evans will return to KMLE Country 108 as p.m. drive host, beginning Aug. Read More

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Garrison Named OM For CBS Phoenix; Gillette Tapped As KZON PD

Jeff Garrison Radio programming veteran Jeff Garrison (pictured) has been named operations manager for CBS Radio’s three-station Phoenix cluster: country KMLE-FM, oldies KOOL-FM and rhythmic CHR KZON-FM, effective immediately. He transfers from the company’s Houston cluster, where he had been PD of country KILT-FM as well as VP, programming for the company’s cou… Read More

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Kris Abrams leaves the PD post at CBS Radio's "KOOL" in Phoenix

CBS Radio Abrams tells Radio-Info, “I had a great run. It was simply time to part ways. Read More

Monday, August 2, 2010

Jimmy Wayne Completes 7-Month Cross Country Trek

Jimmy Wayne With a broken foot, Jimmy Wayne completed his 1,700 mile “Meet Me Halfway” walk from Nashville to Phoenix over the weekend. Wayne set out on his journey Jan. Read More

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

CBS Phoenix Taps Crystal Cardenas For Marketing and Promotion

Cardenas joins CBS Radio’s Phoenix cluster as director of marketing and promotion, effective Aug. 9. Read More

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Country Classics Make A Comeback... Or Did They Ever Really Go Away?

LeAnn Rimes No matter how contemporary-sounding country music gets, its artists, songwriters and executives never seem to forget the legendary singers and songs that put the format on the map. A strategically chosen remake of a classic country song has long been a staple on albums from current acts, and often helps establish (or re-establish) that act’… Read More

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Hang Up That Payphone, Turn Off Your VCR And Listen To Some Really Outdated Lyrics

WBQH Washington DC 1050 Country song lyrics are sometimes deliberately intended to take you back in time, as with Alan Jackson’s “Remember When” and Mark Wills’ “19 Somethin’.” Other times, though, a gold title will contain a lyric so jarringly dated it stands out like a sore thumb. When Collin Raye sings “Get a cellular phone and you won’t have to worry,” in “That’s My S… Read More

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Making Moves: Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Making Moves Jeff West is back on KMLE-FM (107.9) in Phoenix. Once a budget cut casualty, West returns for evenings, replacing the syndicated “CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan” … The Bott Radio Network brings in Steve South as COO/Director of Business Development … Cleveland’s CBS Radio-owned WNCX-FM (98.5) has dropped Spanish-language programming on its HD-2 chan… Read More

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

St. James Joins KTAR-FM Phoenix Airstaff

St. James Joins KTAR-FM Phoenix Airstaff Bruce St. James, the former PD of CBS Radio’s country KMLE and rhythmic KZON Phoenix, is joining the airstaff at Bonneville’s crosstown news/talk KTAR-FM (92.3). Read More

Thursday, April 1, 2010

KMLE’s Tim & Willy Celebrate 20 Year Partnership

KMLE’s Tim & Willy Celebrate 20 Year Partnership It’s no April Fool’s joke, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has proclaimed today as “Tim and Willy Day,” recognizing the 20th anniversary of the current KMLE Phoenix morning team’s on-air partnership. They are celebrating the anniversary on this morning’s show with bits from their past as well as congratulation wishes from local celebrities and recordin… Read More

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

CBS Phoenix PD Bruce St. James Exits For ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity’

Bruce St. James joined CBS Radio’s country KMLE (107.9) and rhythmic “101.5 Jamz” KZON as PD in early January. Read More

Friday, March 19, 2010

New APD Stripes For Mason In Phoenix

Midday personality Jeffrey T. Mason adds APD duties at CBS Radio’s oldies KOOL Phoenix. Read More

Friday, March 19, 2010

New APD Stripes For Mason In Phoenix

New APD Stripes For Mason In Phoenix Midday personality Jeffrey T. Mason adds APD duties at CBS Radio’s oldies KOOL Phoenix. Read More

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

KMLE’s Mason Adds Second Shift At KOOL Phoenix

Former WMZQ Washington, D.C., APD/MD/air personality Jeffrey T. “Jeffro” Mason, who recently joined KMLE Phoenix for afternoons (Radio-Info.com, Dec. Read More

Monday, January 4, 2010

Phoenix Radio Vet Gwen Foster Joins Treehouse Records

Former country KMLE Phoenix MD and air personality Gwen Foster joins the regional promotion staff at Treehouse Records. Prior to crossing to the label side, she spent 19 years in the Phoenix radio market and was nominated for Radio & Records’ country music director of the year four times, winning twice, in 2005 and 2006. Read More

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