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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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Two teens arrested in the brutal murder of a Radio New Zealand editor
Police in Wellington, New Zealand have arrested two teenagers, charging them with the murder of Radio New Zealand editor Phillip Cottrell. Radio-Info.com previously reported that Cottrell was beaten to death on a street in broad daylight after he left work to walk home, leaving Cottrell to die on a sidewalk.
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A Radio New Zealand editor is beaten to death in broad daylight
Police in Wellington, New Zealand are investigating the death of a Radio New Zealand news editor who died after being assaulted on a public street near a church. It is alleged that 43-year old Phillip Cottrell was walking home following his overnight shift at Radio New Zealand when an altercation took place.
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GHANA: The Executive Director of the nation's Media Foundation is speaking out against the "growing use of indecent and abusive language" on radio stations as "a threat to free speech," claiming there are too many incidents of "personality assassination" and "false allegations" on radio and TV ... NEW ZEALAND: Former Radio New Zealand manager Lynne…
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New Zealand sports talk host accused of being "abusive" on a plane
MediaWorks-owned Radio Live weekend host Martin Devlin was alleged to be causing trouble on a Jetstar Airlines flight from Wellington to Auckland, New Zealand - so much so that the flight turned around and landed where it originated. Police were waiting for the flight upon its return.
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NEW ZEALAND: Financial issues for public-funded Radio New Zealand could force the company into a public trust, and may require selling off their grand pianos to raise needed funds ... IRAN: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Farda has surpassed 100,000 fans on Facebook, the highest Facebook total of any media in the Islamic Republic ...
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HONDURAS: Radio Uno director Arnulfo Aguilar barely escaped an ambush hours after broadcasting news from Wikileaks that claimed the Honduran Army was secretly selling weapons to Mexican and Columbian drug cartels. This comes two weeks after a fellow Radio Uno reporter received death threats and had his car sabotaged ...
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SPAIN: Spanish soccer power Barcalona FC announced it's planning to sue radio station Cardena Cope over allegations it aired from an unidentified rival team representative about alleged illegal doping activities involving team doctors ... BURUNDI: A national court acquitted a Faustin Ndikumana of African Public Radio.
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ENGLAND: Ticket requests for BBC Radio 1's "Big Weekend" have broken all records. Registration for the free tickets for the show, featuring The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga happens in May ...
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New Zealand's MediaWorks gets a government bailout
Saying "They are hardly getting a free lunch," the New Zealand government has given the private radio & TV owner MediaWorks a $43 million loan to stay afloat. MediaWorks, which owns roughly half of all of the commercial radio stations in the island nation, has hit hard times during the recession.
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The New Zealand earthquake decimates radio stations in Christchurch
Radio is very slowly coming back in Christchurch after an earthquake ravaged the city of 350,000. The news site Scoop News reports major radio broadcasters Radio New Zealand, Radioworks and The Radio Network all have Christchurch studios blocked off as engineers continue to determine if the buildings housing their studios are safe.
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LIBYA: Protesters against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi are taking over radio stations in an effort to reach followers and broadcast their calls to topple his regime ... IRELAND: The US-syndicated Pink Floyd show "Floydian Slip" will now be heard on internet station Zenith Classic Rock in Waterford on Wednesday and Sunday ...
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PHILIPPINES: The Radio Mindanao Network station in General Santos City has received threats after they aired reports about illegal gambling. The threats come less than a week after RMN show host Gerry Ortega, known for his anti-mining reporting, was killed ...
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SOMALIA: The African Union Mission in Somalia has formally apologized for an incident Monday when one of their peacekeeping forces tanks rammed the building housing independent Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu, calling it accidental and promising to make all repairs ... SPAIN: Former Columbia Radio Caricol & La Mega director Alejandro Nieto Molina is na…
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Fresh Listen: A Hot AC Station Called Classic Hits
New Zealand’s Hot AC network Classic Hits is an intriguing station for a number of reasons. For starters, it’s a Hot AC that evolved from a ’60s/’70s-based approach, kept a name that implies a different format (at least to those in the industry) and lived to tell about it.
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AUSTRALIA: For the 88th consecutive ratings period, Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 remains the top-rated radio station in Perth. You can listen to Mix 94.5 here … Austereo was also tops in Sydney, with 2Day-FM as the top music station, while talk 2GM was the top AM station in the market … SUDAN: The offices of Radio Dabanga in Khartoum were raided by gove…
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A New Zealand station is fined for an offensive jingle
The national Broadcast Standards Authority fined MediaWorks New Zealand-owned “The Edge-FM” in Auckland $2,000 after receiving complaints about a parody jingle the station was playing regarding lesbians. It was played on the morning show, which later “severely reprimanded” the person who put it together.
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ENGLAND: Despite claims of cutting back on expenses, BBC Radio 1 chief Andy Parfitt approved payment of $200 for a cake to celebrate morning host Chris Moyles becoming the longest-serving morning host in Radio 1 history … NEW ZEALAND: Tony Veitch, whose career was in jeopardy when he was charged with attacking his girlfriend in 2008, will return fu…
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NEW ZEALAND: Popular shock-jock Lain Stables won’t be starting his new job today on Auckland’s Radio Hauraki. He was involved in a fight with an airline employee at the Auckland Airport and apparently suffered a concussion during the brawl … SCOTLAND: Former Radio Clyde host Des McLean announced he will claim sexual discrimination as a reason h…
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BAHAMAS: The Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas-run 1540-AM ZNS was knocked off the air after copper thieves stole wiring from their transmitter. AM-1540 programs were moved to sister-station Power 104.5, according to their website – Discuss it … ENGLAND: Former ITV news anchor John Suchet will take over as the morning host on Global Radio’s…
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