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Is Hot AC's Balance Shifting Again?
A year ago, the CHR success of "Turbo-Pop" and an ever increasing amount of Rhythmic Pop lured Hot AC closer to Mainstream Top 40's orbit. Now, there are signs of the Adult Top 40 format moving back to its traditional pop/rock/singer-songwriter sound of the last 15 years.
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Atlanta's "Star 94" hires Tim Orff for evenings
Tim Orff is a longtime Atlanta radio voice, and is now the new evening personality heard on Lincoln Financial Media's WSTR-FM "Star 94.1." Program Director Scott Lindy says, "We hired Orff as a part-time DJ a few months ago and within a few weeks it became evident that he’s a perfect fit for the sound of Star 94. Orff understands our target audienc…
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Fresh Listen: WSTR (Star 94) Atlanta
As CHR becomes increasingly adult-friendly, you might have expected WSTR (Star 94) Atlanta to try and break from its war-of-attrition with rival WWWQ (Q100), a station that shared its cusp of adult/mainstream CHR territory, by finally transitioning to Mainstream Top 40. Instead, it became something not often seen these days, a true Hot AC.
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Radio's Best & Worst: June 16, 2011
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending June 16, 2011. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research (or another) capacity are asterisked.*Station (FM)WZBA (The Bay) Baltimore – The legal ID is “family-owned, locally operated.” And under PD (and friend of ROR) …
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Darik Kristofer heads to Washington, DC for "Fresh" afternoons
Radio-Info has confirmed that former "Star 94" WSTR-FM (94.1) evening host Darik Kristofer, who left the AC station in March, is packing his bags and heading to the Nation's Capital. Kristofer will be the new afternoon drive host for CBS Radio's WIAD-FM "Fresh" (94.7), starting June 6.
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Making Moves: Friday, March 25, 2011
Atlanta's "Star 94" WSTR-FM (94.1) and night DJ Darik Kristofer have parted ways after three years. His contract was not renewed - Discuss it ...
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NFL Atlanta Falcons move radio play-by-play to LFM's "Star 94" and "Zone"
CBS may have the local TV rights for the pre-season games beginning in August, but CBS lost the radio franchise to Lincoln Financial Media, which will install the Falcons on both AM and FM. The AM carrier will be all-sports "790 The Zone" WQXI.
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Making Moves: Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Atlanta's WYAY-FM (106.7) is going live-and-local in middays with Kristen Charles, replacing Scott Shannon, who creates "True Oldies" from New York ... Also in "Hot-lanta," Rachel Logan posts on her Facebook page that she's joining WSTR-FM "Star" (94.1) for weekends and some swing shifts ...
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Atlanta's WGST-AM goes with local hosts in drive-time
The all-syndicated talk show lineup of Atlanta's WGST-AM (640) will turn decidedly local during morning and afternoon drive, as the Clear Channel-owned talk station will bring in Atlanta-based hosts. Former Modesto, California KMPH-AM (740) talk host Rob Johnson is heading in to host mornings, replacing the syndicated talker Michael Smerconish.
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JR Ammons heads to program Indy's WZPL
Entercom Indianapolis brings in JR Ammons as PD of Hot AC WZPL (99.5). Ammons, last PD at Atlanta’s WSTR “Star 94”, will start his new job on November 15.
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Lindy Named PD At CHR WSTR Atlanta
Scott Lindy, respected radio programmer in Atlanta, was at
liberty after leaving the Clear Channel cluster as ops manager in August. Now
he’s landed a job that won’t require moving.
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Entercom's two West Coast "Wolf" stations will share a morning show
Seattle-based “Fitz in the Morning” just renewed after five years on country “Wolf” KKWF (100.7), and as part of his deal will also be heard in San Francisco on Entercom country sister station “95.7 The Wolf” KBWF. That arrangement begins at the end of this month, and displaces the local Ken Anderson and Corey Foley wakeup show.
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Making Moves: Thursday, August 5, 2010
After a two-year run, Atlanta’s WSTR (94.1) and PD J.R. Ammons have parted ways.
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Making Moves: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Baltimore’s news/talk WBAL-AM (1060) will add former WMAR-TV reporter Jenny Glick to their new “Afternoon News Journal,” says the Baltimore PR Council … Danny Wright, a former Creative Services Director at Atlanta’s WSTR-FM “Star” (94.1) is named Creative Services & Production Director of Clear Channel’s WHCN-FM (105.9) “The River” & WKSS-FM “Kiss”…
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Making Moves: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The syndicated Ryan Seacrest is off Atlanta’s WSTR-FM “Star” (94.1) during afternoons, replaced by Chase Daniels, with Heather Branch in middays, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Rodney Ho … Former Tejas Broadcasting Corpus Christi, Texas OM Clayton Allen moves down the street to Convergent Broadcasting, as OM of their 3-station group and mo…
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VP/Strategic Marketing Dan Bowen Exits Nashville-based CMA
Radio veteran Dan Bowen leaves the Country Music Assn., where he had been VP/strategic marketing since January 2009. The move comes in the midst of some restructuring at the CMA that resulted in the elimination of at least two senior level positions. Read More
Steve McCoy of Atlanta's "Steve & Vikki" resurfaces in Denver
Steve McCoy, last heard in Atlanta as one half of the Steve & Vikki morning show on AC “B98.5” WSB, will be the new morning host on Denver’s Classic Hits KXKL “Kool 105.1.” He starts on air July 1 after his contract back at Cox’s “B98.5” is officially up, June 30. He and his long-time co-host Vikki Locke were well known in the Atlanta market, previ… Read More
Atlanta's "Star 94" morning co-host Cindy Simmons tells listeners she has breast cancer
WSTR-FM (94.1) morning co-hosts Cindy Simmons and Ray Mariner are known for being very personal with their listeners. When Simmons was diagnosed with breast cancer, this was no exception. Read More
Atlanta's WSB-FM to split Steve & Vikki
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Rodney Ho says not only will WSB-FM (98.5) break up the longtime Atlanta morning team of Steve & Vikki. Steve McCoy will be cut loose as his contract will not be renewed. Read More
Chase Daniels breaks into the daytime lineup on Atlanta's "Star 94"
On Atlanta’s WSTR-FM (94.1), the bio for Chase Daniels says “He does just about anything that is needed, but you can hear him mostly doing traffic for Ryan Seacrest and on the weekends.” That bio will be changing, as will Daniels' job description, as he joins the WSTR daytime lineup as the new afternoon drive host starting next week. By adding Dani… Read More
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