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Radio’s Best & Worst: November 3, 2011
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending November 03, 2011. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research capacity are asterisked.Ratings Stories
The FM Spoken Word Land Rush continues to pay dividends in the just-released October PPMs.
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Wrong-Headed Talk About Rock
It’s ironic that the “new” WHFS (WWMX-HD-2) Baltimore appeared this year just in time for the latest slew of “rock radio is dead” headlines. WHFS’ switch from Alternative to a Latin Tropical format in 2005 set off its own spate of press stories, many of them wrongheaded.
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As FM Talk Gains Stations, What Formats Are Losing?
With News, Talk, and Sports on FM growing rapidly, is any one format losing more outlets than others? And are the format’s gains chasing away a larger number of displaced users of other music formats?That question was prompted by Ross On Radio reader Greg Guise who, reacting to the rumors that Randy Michaels’ new Merlin Media would install FM News …
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Making Moves: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Radio-Info confirms that Clear Channel/Southern Colorado Director of AM Programming Paul Ihander is heading to Albany, New York where he becomes PD / News Director at Clear Channel sister-station talk WGY-AM/FM (810 / 103.1), starting April 13 ... Heather Williams takes middays on Akron, Ohio's Hot A/C WKDD-FM (98.1), replacing Toni Foxx who's movi…
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Neil Rogers, the recently-deceased Miami talker, left two contradictory wills
The Sun-Sentinel says both documents were signed within three weeks of each other, last Fall, and the conflict shows up in court as they are both filed for probate. A will dated November 3 in Toronto leaves Rogers' estate entirely to 21-year-old friend Christian Ramon Sanchez Hernandez.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sports/talk WXOS-FM (101.1) in St. Louis has officially debuted their new mid-morning show, “Zach and The Coach”, co-hosted by Zach McCrite and former NFL Coach Rick Venturi.
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The Tribune bankruptcy plan is deadlocked – again
The Chicago Tribune, owned by the Tribune company, reports the bankruptcy case involving Tribune is deadlocked, following weeks of confirmation hearings in a Delaware courtroom. Tribune, which is also the parent company of Chicago's talk WGN-AM (720), now finds itself at an impasse.
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KFI, Los Angeles talker Bill Handel has "textbook-perfect" open heart surgery
KFI program director Robin Bertolucci received a call late Friday morning from Handel's wife, saying his hastily-scheduled surgery to replace an aortic valve had proceeded faster than expected and was "textbook-perfect." The Orange County Register reports an email from Bertolucci saying that "knowing Bill, he'll be back very, very soon...that guy d… Read More
Making Moves: Friday, March 18, 2011
San Francisco's talk KKGN-AM "Green" (960) moves the syndicated Norman Goldstein from overnights to afternoons as the replacement for Karel Bouley, who Radio-Info previously reported has moved across town to KGO-AM (810) ... New York City's WKTU-FM (103.5) Cubby & Cindy morning show producer Matt Bosso is leaving for a job outside of radio.
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KFI, Los Angeles talker Bill Handel to undergo open heart surgery today
The 59-year-old Handel informed his listeners Thursday morning (3/17) about the need to have his aortic valve replaced, and cracked that a new sponsor will be "Porky Pig Valve." The Orange County Register reports Handel “made the announcement and then returned to being his cantankerous self – 'I will not be here the next couple of weeks. Don’t wish… Read More
On Chicago's WLS-AM, "Blago" compares his legal woes to a tsunami
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich along with his wife Patti were the fill-in hosts on Chicago's talk WLS-AM (890) taking the seats of Don Wade and Roma Downey. The outspoken Blagojevich told listeners "I was hijacked from office," and proceeded to compare his legal plight to a tidal wave, saying "Lawmakers wanted to throw me out of office lo…
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KRLA talker Kevin James wants to be mayor of Los Angeles
A number of names are in the mix when it comes to running for mayor in Los Angeles in 2013. However, one has ties to radio.
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Portland, Oregon's Rock KUFO (101.1) is dead, station to simulcast sister KXL
Alpha Broadcasting President/COO Bob Proffitt says the surprise simulcast will expose "a whole new audience" to news/talk KXL (750). After 21 years in the format, rock KUFO had fallen to a four-way tie for 15th place (age 6+ AQH) in the January Arbitron PPMs.
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Making Moves: Monday, March 14, 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina's WBT-AM/FM (1110/99.3) evening talk host Peter Kaliner is leaving as of March 31. He posted on Twitter that "I was informed that Greater Media was not renewing my contract ...
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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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Radio One hires Douglas Spak as VP/GM for Cincinnati
Douglas Spak, who operates a consulting business, joins Radio One to oversee their three-station cluster. Radio One Regional VP Jeffrey Wilson says, "Doug brings decades of accomplishment, leading outstanding teams to craft innovative and effective marketing solutions for businesses all across the country.
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The Westboro Baptist Church didn’t get on the air at Miami’s WIOD (610)
From today's TRI Newsletter: WIOD morning jock Jimmy Cefalo decided, spur of the moment, just to hang up. He’d made the Supreme Court’s free speech decision about the controversial Phelps-family protesters his prime topic through the morning, and was just about to put one of them on the air when he changed his mind. Read More
Making Moves: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
It's not Boston's "Rush Radio" any more: Clear Channel-owned conservative talk WKXS-AM (1200) in Boston has repositioned from "Rush Radio" to "Talk 1200," as ratings continue to be a concern ... Utica, New York's WIBX-AM (950) drops their affiliation with CBS
News after 76 years and is now a Fox News affiliate, says CNY Radio.com
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KTRS, St. Louis general manager and part owner Tim Dorsey to retire in October
Dorsey will be capping off 35 years in St. Louis radio, the last 13 running KTRS (550). Read More
Greater Media's WCTC, New Brunswick NJ (1450) drops oldies for talk
It's a return to the talk format that bred personalities such as Bruce Williams, a local mayor became a nationally-syndicated talk radio personality for decades, and Jack Ellery. Ellery, in fact, is slated to do mornings on the new "Voice of Central Jersey" WCTC. Read More
