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"Jammin' 98.3" WJMR Milwaukee adds Baisden; drops Joyner
Saga Communications’ Urban AC WJMR has added the syndicated Michael Baisden show to afternoon drive, starting Monday, February 6. This shifts the lineup at “Jammin’”, moving Earl Stokes to middays (he previously handled noon – 7pm); and former early middayer (9 am – noon) Andrea Williams shifts to mornings as local host. She replaces the syndicate…
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Federal judge approves radio's money-saving deal with ASCAP
Many stations' payments to ASCAP should show a 30% drop for January 2012.Two years of litigation and negotiations have ended, with the approval by Federal District Judge Denise L. Cote of a deal reached by ASCAP and the Radio Music License Committee.
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Ken Carson Named OM For Saga's Five-Station Asheville Radio Group Cluster
Saga Communications’ Asheville Radio Group names Ken Carson Operations Manager for its five-radio station group in the North Carolina market, comprising AC WOXL (Mix 96.5), rock WTMT (105.9 The Mountain), classical WOLX-HD2 (98.1 the River) and sports WISE/WYSE-AM (ESPN Radio 1310 & 970). In addition, Carson will handle PD duties for the Mountain a… Read More
Saga reports Q3 revenue down slightly
Radio division revenue was basically flat, from $28 million last year to $27,885,000 in this year's third quarter. Station operating expenses (slightly over $20 million) and operating income (of about $7.9 million) were unchanged.
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Making Moves: Thursday, October 27, 2011
Washington, DC's news/talk WMAL-AM/FM (630/105.9) promotes Heather Smith to executive producer of the "Morning Majority" morning show ... In McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the legendary 93-year old WEDO-AM (810) host Porky Chedwick announced after a 63-year run that he will be hanging up his headphones ...
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Saga promotes Dave Musante to VP/GM in Northampton, MA
Musante has recently served as the general sales manager of the Saga stations in nearby Springfield, Mass. He first got into radio in 1996 at the Northampton stations as an AE, became the sales manager, then moved south to Springfield in 2007 as the GSM for Saga's classic "Rock 102" WAQY and rock "Lazer 99.3" WLZX. Read More
Affiliates Making Moves
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network's "Daily Wrap" with Michael Castner picks up several Saga Communications stations – WTAX-AM (1240) in Springfield, Illinois; WKVT-AM (1490) in Brattleboro, Vermont; WHMP-AM (1400) & WHNP-AM (1600) in Northampton, Massachusetts; and KGMI-AM (790) in Bellingham, Washington ... Cox Radio's KRMG-AM/FM (740/102.3) i…
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Is "Female News" Threatening AC's Franchise?
In a listener poll that ran on the station Website in its earliest days, Merlin Media’s WEMP (101.9 FM News) New York offered respondents a choice of stations that they currently listen to that included not just All-News AM WINS, the perceived target of the new station, but also AC WLTW (Lite FM) and Top 40s WKTU and WHTZ (Z100). That list of sta…
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Radio stocks hit hard on Wall Street for the 2nd time in three days
The wild roller coaster ride is making for a dizzying time for radio stocks. For the second time in three trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 500 points, closing down 519 points on Wednesday.
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Saga Communications Q2: radio revenues unchanged
Saga's net operating revenues for radio stayed right around $28.6 million for the quarter that ended June 30. Expenses were slightly higher and operating income dipped from $8.8 million to $8.6 million.
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Josh Strickland becomes a PD of Saga in Asheville, NC
Strickland comes over to Saga Communications in North Carolina from Citadel, where he was PD of WFMK-FM (99.1) & WJIM-FM (97.5) in Lansing, Michigan and WHTS-FM (105.3) in Grand Rapids. Strickland now becomes PD of Saga's WOXL-FM "Mix" (96.5) & its adult alternative "98.1 The River", an FM translator fed by WOXL's HD2 signal.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Radio-Info confirms that former Washington, DC WMAL-AM (630) reporter Jen Richter is going across town to CBS Radio's WIAD-FM (94.7) as the morning producer/sidekick for Tommy McFly's new "The Tommy Show" ... Also going across town, or in this case across the hall in Indianapolis, is Deacon.
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Saga's new market manager for Norfolk's "Fox" and its siblings is Wayne Leland
Leland starts the day after the July 4th holiday, coming in from Citadel. He is leaving his Northeast Region President's position at Citadel, as the company is about to be taken over by Cumulus later this Summer.
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Saga Communications gets a new $120M line of credit
The deal involves five banks, including Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase, and will allow Michigan-based Saga Communications a $120 million line of credit.
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Making Moves: Friday, June 10, 2011
Max Media in Coastal North Carolina brings in Mark Lindow as PD/morning host for country WCMS-FM (94.5) in Nags Head ... Radio-Info hears from Wilmington, Delaware's Hot AC WSTW-FM 93.7), where Aaron Price comes on-board for evenings.
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Saga's Norfolk market manager is leaving at the end of the month
Diane Cridland Hubel took over at the cluster that includes classic hits "106.9 The Fox" WAFX and rock "FM 99" WNOR in March 2010, and now tells the staff she's leaving at the end of June. She tells Radio-Info "there are some interesting opportunities out there" that she'll be investigating, and she's proud of the results at the cluster. Read More
Saga's Q1 revenue rises about 3% – but auto cancellations hurt in Q2
The radio, TV and state network owner based in suburban Detroit reports net operating revenue growing 2.6% to $28.7 million for the first quarter. Net income per share drops from 78 cents to 39 cents, partly due to last year's one-time $3.6 million payment related to a frequency change Saga made in Bellingham, Washington.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Radio-Info confirms that former Washington, DC CHR WIHT-FM (99.5) weekender Taylor Shay is heading across town to CBS Radio-owned WIAD-FM "Fresh" (94.7) for evenings ... Radio-Info hears from Oxnard, California's CHR KCAQ-FM "Q" (104.7), which hires Joey Rodriguez for afternoons.
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Making Moves: Friday, April 22, 2011
Is Todd Schnitt taking his syndicated show to Memphis? While he may not be on their website, he lists news/talk WREC-AM (600) on his site as an afternoon drive affiliate - Discuss it ...
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Saga Communications releases preliminary Q4 numbers: Revenue up 7.4%
A death in the family of a Saga financial professional causes a postponement in releasing fourth quarter and full-year numbers. They're being pushed back a week, from Tuesday, March 8 to March 15.
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