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Tom Leykis is free to return to terrestrial radio on April 2 – but he won't
Leykis ("LYE-kiss") tells the Orange County Register that when his contract with CBS Radio is up this Spring, he'll return with a new live Internet-streamed talk show. In fact, writer Gary Lycan says the new show will be available "everywhere except on the radio." In an interview, Leykis says "I've had my tires kicked over the last few months, and …
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“WRXP Is Going: Now What Do I Listen To?”
Many years ago, when legendary Top 40 WCFL Chicago went Easy Listening, the station’s Larry Lujack delivered a final rant (before that word was commonly used) that included his “highly coveted endorsement” for soon-to-be-displaced Top 40 listeners. Unfortunately, Lujack joked, his recommendation was going to another AM legend, KHJ Los Angeles.…
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Making Moves: Friday, June 24, 2011
CBS Radio's WSCR-AM (670) "The Score" announces that midday host Dan McNeil has agreed to a new multiyear deal to remain on the Windy City sports/talk station. He had been temporarily off the air as they negotiated ...
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Tom Leykis adds $50,000 to a reward to catch beating suspects at Dodger stadium
The beating of a San Francisco Giants fan by rival Los Angeles Dodgers partisans has saddened baseball fans around the nation. Longtime radio host Tom Leykis has upped the ante on trying to find the suspects, adding $50,000 of his own money to the reward for the apprehension of the men responsible for beating Bryan Stow in the Dodgers parking lot, …
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Former nationally syndicated talk host Tom Leykis has launched New Normal Rock, which features Gary & Dino in middays. You can see the website here, and the Facebook page here ...
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First Listen: Your Office Companion
Last November, Tom Leykis launched the online station ''Your Office Companion.'' Initially meant to target those listeners who had been displaced by holiday music on their AC and Hot AC stations, Your Office Companion was a 180-degree turn from New Normal Music, the ’00s-and-now Alternative station, which itself had already represented a departure …
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Making Moves: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Cumulus promotes Kevin Garrity to National Sales Manager for their Northeast Region, working the 19 stations in Connecticut and the lower Hudson Valley, New York that are managed by Chuck Bortnick ... Radio-Info confirms that former Washington, DC Citadel WRQX-FM (107.3) evening DJ Tommy McFly is flying across town to CBS Radio-owned "Fresh" WIAD-F…
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Tom Leykis Unveils a "New Normal Music" Internet Site
Leykis used to talk on the radio for a living, with a syndicated show based at then-KLSX, Los Angeles (97.1), and now he’s interested in new music – the kind he says radio “can’t afford to take chances on.” His site says “once you meet New Normal Music” online, “you’ll wonder how you’ll ever go back to anything called ‘FM’ or ‘radio.’” “New Normal … Read More
Making Moves: Friday, May 14, 2010
The new Operations Manager for Emmis in New York City is Brian D’Aurelio, overseeing WQHT-FM (97.1) “Hot 97,” WRKS-FM (98.7) “Kiss” & WRXP-FM (101.9), where he co-hosts the evening show … In Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cumulus is dropping the live morning news program on news/talk WFNC-AM (640), replacing it with sister-station WAAV-AM (980) talk… Read More
Westwood One and relationship talker Tom Leykis are breaking up
His syndicated show will no longer be associated with Westwood as of March 6. Leykis has been with the syndicator since 1994. Read More
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