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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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Veteran NYC talker Curtis Sliwa to undergo prostate cancer surgery tomorrow
He'll do his show on Salem's "Apple" WNYM (970) until 8am, then go to Mount Sinai School of Medicine for a robotic radical prostatectomy. Guardian Angels founder Sliwa ("SLEE-wuh") says the original diagnosis was made a year ago in a biopsy, and he attempted to treat it with "a homeopathic and holistic regiment that included everything from vitamin… Read More
Salem Communications launches new "church products division"
The Richmond, VA-based operation will be part of Salem's Non-Broadcast Division and offer "creative Christian videos and media, and children's ministry video resources." It will also house "SermonSearch.com", an aid for pastors, and "ChurchStaffing.com" and "ChristianJobs.com." Camarillo, CA-based Salem Communications owns many stations in the Chri…
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Jim Ryan is the new GM for Salem in Phoenix
Jim Ryan (not the same Jim Ryan who is an AC specialist for CBS), joins Salem Communications from across town in Phoenix. He had been the GSM for Trumper Communications-owned KMVA-FM "Movin" (97.5), and he also worked for Clear Channel in the market.
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A Salem Radio exec slams Fox News over the Santorum suspension
Due to the possibility that two of their commentators may consider a run for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, Fox News has suspended both former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
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