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Salem rebrands SoCal's KRLA/KTIE as "The Answer"; adds Heidi Harris in a.m.
Salem Communications has re-branded its conservative news/talk KRLA-AM (870) Glendale, Calif., and sister KTIE-AM (590) San Bernadino, Calif., to “The Answer,” bringing in new morning host Heidi Harris. The new imaging shadows that of Salem’s New York City-market WNYM-AM (970), the former “Apple.” Salem’s VP & Director of Spoken Word Format Phil Bo…
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Salem opts to share its 96 radio stations with TuneIn streaming platform
Salem Communications is the latest radio group to partner with TuneIn’s free streaming app—which continues to grow into a major force among mobile programming destinations. The company says that its reach now includes 60,000+ live local and international music, sports, talk and news AM, FM, HD and Internet radio stations, alongside 2 million on-dem…
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Salem buys metro Detroit FM translator to simulcast news/talk WDTK-AM
Salem Communications' Pennsylvania Media Associates has purchased an FM translator currently at 97.5 FM in Harrison Township, feeding the Detroit metro. The sale application shows that Salem intends to use the translator to rebroadcast its news/talk WDTK-AM (1400). Read More
Salem Communications becomes a regular quarterly dividend-payer
The operator of "Christian and conservative opinion content" radio stations and other media platforms says its delevering efforts and strong cash flow now position it to pay a dividend approved by the board at yesterday's meeting. The initial amount of the dividend is 3.5 cents per share, for a yield that CEO Ed Atsinger estimates to be worth about…
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Phil Boyce joins Salem as VP, Director of Spoken Word Format stations
Former WABC, New York programmer and Talk Radio Network executive Phil Boyce will be based at Salem's New York-market talker WNYM (970). Salem Radio Division President Dave Santrella says “Phil brings an impressive pedigree to Salem and we are confident that our media platforms, our advertisers, our programmers and our listeners will all profit fro…
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Salem sells Providence-market WBZS (550) to lay-Catholic Starboard Media
Price: $750,000, in cash, for a station that will soon be using Starboard Media Foundation's "Relevant Radio", branded as "Talk radio for Catholic life." Business-news WBZS, Pawtucket, Rhode Island becomes the eastern-most extension of Wisconsin-based Starboard Media. It owns seven stations in Wisconsin, and one each in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota…
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Delilah's new home in Southern California is Salem's contemp. Christian "Fish"
Premiere Networks evening personality Delilah began clearing on Salem Communications' KFSH (95.9) last night (Jan. 16).
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Two principals of Salem will provide $9 million in credit
The plan is to use up to $3 million from board chairman Stu Epperson Sr. and $6 million from CEO Ed Atsinger to buy back some of Salem Communications' senior secured notes.
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Danny Bortnick will become GSM of CBS Radio's "All-News 99.1" in D.C.
Bortnick worked for CBS Radio previously in New York City, where he was the LSM for AC "Fresh 102.7" WWFS-FM and CHR "92.3 Now FM" WXRK. He had also worked in sales and was
Interactive Sales Manager for all-news "1010 WINS." He was also once the director of sales for Salem Communications in New York City.
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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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Jack Mortenson sells his second Dallas AM this week: Spanish Christian KTNO/1440
Earlier this week, Mortenson Broadcasting sold brokered-ethnic KRVA-AM (1600) to Charles S. Kim for $1.4 million cash.
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Rodney Whitaker is named Director of Digital Media for Salem Communications
Whitaker will be working with both Salem’s Digital division and Radio division, to expand the company’s digital platform. He’s previously worked in San Jose for KSJO and KUFX, as Digital Sales Manager for CBS Radio In Portland, Oregon, and for Media Span’s former incarnation First Internet Media Works.
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Some radio stocks are hit especially hard in stock market selloff
The broader indexes were down 4-5%, and a few radio stocks escaped serious bloodshed. Beasley and Saga were down less than 1%, and Internet radio stock Pandora actually gained 2%.
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Salem names Linnae Young as Operational Vice President
Linnae Young has moved into the position of Operational Vice President for their radio division. Before leaving to take a job with Cumulus in Dallas, she had been with Salem Communications in a number of roles, the last of which was VP/GM for Salem Media Representatives and Vista Media Representatives.
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Christian Pirate Radio is back online, from Salem-San Diego
General manager Dave Armstrong of Christian teaching KPRZ (1210) says that in 1998, Salem first launched an Internet-only Christian music station named Christian Pirate Radio. But in 2003, he says "we turned it off because of the royalty uncertainty." Armstrong says "When we talked to people in 1998 about advertising on an Internet station, they lo…
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Making Moves: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Atlanta's Contemporary Christian "Fish 104.7" WFSH-FM will add Beth Bacall for afternoons, moving current PM driver Dan Ratcliffe off air to become Creative Services Director for Salem Communications. Bacall's coming to Atlanta from New York-area "Star 99.1" WAWZ, Zarephath, NJ ...
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Candidate Rick Santorum will lose his Salem fill-in job
First, he was taken off the air by Fox News when they believed he would be a candidate for President. Now, Salem Communications is taking the talk host microphone away from former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who has announced he will make his run for the GOP nomination for President official.
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Salem Communications says its Q1 radio revenues grew 3%
Salem says other divisions posted faster revenue growth: publishing revenues were up 17% to $2.8 million,and Internet revenues zoomed 38% to $6.2 million. But radio is still the big engine at Salem, and its revenues grew 3.2% to $42.7 million.
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Salem names Bill Files as its Orlando cluster GM
Salem Communications is bringing in Bill Files as General Manager for its three Orlando, Florida radio stations. Files will oversee talk WORL-AM (660), religious WTLN-AM (950) and business WBZW-AM (1520).
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F-bombs by “Mob Wives” stars lead to cancellation of a show on New York's WNYM
It's possible the two stars of VH-1's "Mob Wives" didn't understand that they weren't on satellite radio. Drita D'avanzo tells the New York Post's Page 6 that “all day that day, I was doing interviews on satellite radio, so I thought I could say anything I want.” Now the too-candid remarks of D'avanzo and Renee Graziano have apparently led manageme…
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