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Radio’s Best & Worst: January 11, 2012
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending January 11, 2012. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research (or any other) capacity are asterisked.*The Sound, New Zealand – Over the holidays, CMT head of programming Brian Philips posted a Facebook appreciation of …
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Making Moves: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Jacksonville, Florida's CHR WKFS has officially changed its call letters to WNWW (97.9), and is calling itself "Radio Now" ... Former WXRK (92.3) New York and current KSWD (100.3) Los Angeles announcer Julie Slater officially joins non-commercial KCSN (88.5) Los Angeles, to host the Saturday "Out On A Limb" evening show.
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Making Moves: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Clear Channel CHR WXKS “Kiss 108” longtime morning man Matt Siegel signs on for another five year deal with the station. Earlier this year, “Matty” celebrated his 30th year with Kiss 108 ...
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Dred Scott returns to San Francisco's KFOG
This is the second go-around for Dred Scott at Cumulus Media Partners' KFOG/KFFG (104.5/97.7). He will now take over evenings on the AAA simulcast.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In Buffalo, talk WECK-AM (1230) PD Brad Riter tells Radio-Info that host Bill O'Loughlin has resigned, and will be replaced "for the interim" with the syndicated Dennis Miller. In addition, morning co-host Loraine O'Donnell has also left, with co-host Tom Donahue and producer Corey Griswold staying on in mornings as the station continues to segue t…
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Making Moves: Friday, April 15, 2011
Centennial's WFVA-AM (1230) in Fredericksburg, Virginia has dropped news/talk for adult standards as "The Songs You Remember." You can listen to "AM 1230 WFVA" here ... Former WBZZ-FM (93.7), WZPT-FM (100.7) and WSHH-FM (99.7) morning man "Banana" Don Jefferson, who has also spent time in Birmingham, Alabama and WITL-FM (100.7) in Lansing, Michigan…
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Bonneville’s new South Asian-language HD-2 channel in L.A. is a lease-out
HD Radio developer iBiquity is encouraging its licensees to monetize their multicasting channels through innovative business deals, and Bonneville already has an arrangement with Worldband to put South Asian programming on an HD-2 channel in Washington, D.C. Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Citadel’s bankruptcy filing has claimed its first radio victim, as WLS-TV news anchor Ron Magers has been dropped as a commentator from Roe Conn’s WLS-AM (890) afternoon show, says Vocalo.org’s Robert Feder … Also in the Windy City, Clear Channel’s “Kiss” WKSC-FM (103.5) inks a new multi-year deal with Mel T & Angi Taylor, co-hosts of “Drex i… Read More
Making Moves: Monday Morning
Country WIRK West Palm Beach, FL, has a new morning show in place hosted by Jeff Elliott. Elliott is from CBS radio sister AC KVIL Dallas. Read More
Making Moves: Monday Morning
There’s a new GM at Backyard Broadcasting’s Elmira-Corning, NY cluster. It’s Smitty O’Loughlin. Read More
CBS Radio hires Sammy Simpson for New York duties
Just a day a few days after announcing his departure from Bonneville’s Los Angeles outlet “The Sound” KSWD, Sammy Simpson makes the move to New York. He’ll be CBS Radio’s Director of Integrated Marketing for its six stations in the city: WINS, WCBS-AM, WFAN, WCBS-FM, WWFS, and WXRK. Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday Morning
Sammy Simpson, who’s been the long-time director of marketing and advertising for Bonneville’s KSWD “100.3 the Sound”, as well as the company’s National Director of promotion, is exiting at the end of May … Talk XEPE San Diego hires Jon Elliot for afternoon drive. He was with Air America … After 14 years with Central NH’s Country WSCY, Morning co-h… Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday Morning
WGN (720) Chicago News Director Wes Bleed has left the station after more than 20 years … Fox News Radio has hired Las Vegas radio veteran Sabrina Sabbagh as its L.A.-based entertainment reporter. Read More
Making Moves: Wednesday Afternoon
After less than a year on the job, Julie Kertes is cut loose as Promotions Director for KSWD-FM (100.3) in Los Angeles … Radio-Info confirms the budget ax hit KKMG-FM, Pueblo (98.9) PD/morning man John Fox … In Lubbock, Texas, the syndicated Bob & Tom are out on KFMX-FM (94.5), replaced by the syndicated “The Rock Show” … In Clewiston, Florida, Gla… Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday Afternoon
Envision Radio Networks promotes Michael Lichtstein from Director of Programming to VP/Programming … Entercom Rochester’s Promotions Director Sarah Lanieu has been cut loose, a victim of the budget axe … In Saginaw, Michigan, Rush Limbaugh’s syndicated show on WSGW-AM (790) will be simulcast on sister-station WTKQ-FM (100.5) starting next Monday.… Read More
The Most Intriguing Stations of 2008
It didn’t start out as a bad year for format innovation at terrestrial radio. In fact, 2008 started out as the year that major group broadcasters gave both New York (WRXP) and Los Angeles (KSWD [the Sound]) full-signal Triple-A stations, and a hard-rocking, eclectic one in New York at that.
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- Eddie Fingers is back at Cincinnati's talk WLW (700), part of a daytime shakeup
- "Lightning 100" Nashville programmer David Hall has died
- Amid protests, Scott Kaplan exits sports XEPRS-AM San Diego
- Doc Thompson, let go at WLW Cincinnati, is also out at WRVA Richmond
- Boomer exits country WQIK's a.m. drive "Jax Big Show"
