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Making Moves: Thursday, January 26, 2012
All-news WTOP Washington, D.C., and radio personality Mark Plotkin have parted ways, according the the Washington Post. He’d been with the station for nearly ten years … Cumulus Talk WLS (890) Chicago has hired TV reporters Dan and Anthony Ponce, to host a weekend show.
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CBS soft-launches Washington DC all-newser WNEW-FM (99.1)
The original launch date was last Thursday, January 19 and the revised date was 5am on Monday, January 23. Instead, CBS opened the doors at noon on Sunday (January 22).
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CBS delays the launch of Washington DC's "News 99.1"
The problem is "engineering issues", according to the Washington Post's Paul Farhi. The DCRTV.com site reports the Post Tweet, and the push-back from 5am Thursday morning (January 19) to next Monday, January 23.
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Even Washington's WTOP can't fend off Santa in the December PPMs
The Day 2 results show usual #1-ranked WTOP, the Hubbard Radio all-newser at 103.5 and various simulcast signals, dropping into second place. The age 6+ AQH victor in December?
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Making Moves: Friday, December 16, 2011
In Columbus, Ohio, PD Ric Knight has parted ways with Wilks Broadcasting-owned country WHOK-FM (95.5) "The Hawk" & WNKK-FM (107.1). No replacement has been named ...
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Laurie Cantillo to join Washington DC's all-news WTOP in the new role of PD
Cantillo recently left as program director of Cumulus Media's talk WABC, New York (770), and the rumors were that she might be going to WTOP. Today's confirmation comes as WTOP parent Hubbard Radio says it has signed VP of News & Programming Jim Farley to a new contract that keeps him on the job through 2014.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Lisa Wexler was displaced when Cox Media Group sold Connecticut's WSTC, Stamford (1400) and WNLK, Norwalk (1350) to Sacred Heart University. Now the talkhost says her new home will be Cumulus-owned WFAS, White Plains (1230), beginning December 5 ....
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Making Moves: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Heartland Communications in Eagle River, Wisconsin announces WRJO-FM (94.5) & WERL-AM (950) GM Neil Roberts has resigned and will start his own consulting firm ... In Houston, former hot AC KHMX-FM (96.5) host Dave Morales resurfaces across town on Cumulus-owned CHR KRBE-FM (104.1) ...
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Washington, DC's all-news battle has begun – online
If anyone thought Hubbard's top-rated all-news WTOP-FM (103.5) was going to simply do nothing as they get a rival all-news radio operation from CBS, think again. The TRI Newsletter here at Radio-Info.com reported Thursday morning that the domain name "CBSWashington.com" links to the homepage of WTOP.
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Gameplaying in D.C.? Why does “CBSWashington.com” lead to “WTOP.com”?
From today's TRI Newsletter: This little diversion of domains has been going on for several days. Think of the hijacking of CBSWashington as a “welcome to Washington” note from all-news WTOP, owned by Hubbard Radio.
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WTOP's Jim Farley: "We welcome the competition" from CBS Radio
Hubbard Radio's V.P. Programming for the highly-successful all-news WTOP (103.5) says "We already have lots of competition...we compete with anybody who does news, not just with radio stations." That was the philosophy previous WTOP owner Bonneville gave to Farley, and the station positions itself as part of the news-reporting world along with news…
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Official: CBS buying D.C.-Baltimore WFSI (107.9), will debut all-news on 99.1
It's a little complicated: #1, CBS is buying Annapolis-licensed WFSI (107.9) from Harold Camping's Family Radio. #2, It will move its current Spanish "El Zol" WLZL format to 107.9, and install an all-news station on 99.1.
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Making Moves: Monday, October 31, 2011
Radio-Info.com hears from Merlin Media in Chicago, where longtime Minneapolis WCCO-AM (830) news anchor Jeff McKinney will be the new midday anchor for all-news WWWN-FM (101.1). Anchor Lise Dominique moves to a weekend anchor/weekday reporter role ...
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CBS Radio may be the big winner in the Family Radio sale sweepstakes
There have been rumors that CBS Radio was one of the companies that placed bids for Family Radio's WKDN-FM (106.9) in Philadelphia and WFSI-FM (107.9) in Annapolis, Maryland. Now the Christian Post says both stations "are being sold, tentatively to CBS." CBS has been rumored to want to take on WTOP-FM (103.5), the top-rated all-news radio station i…
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Day 2 September PPMs from Arbitron: Washington, Boston, Detroit...
Washington DC: The Virginia earthquake and Hurricane Irene helped Hubbard Radio's all-news WTOP grow 8.2–8.2–10.1, with age 6+ AQH shares. Another information station also posted big gains: American University's public radio news/talk WAMU, up 5.3 to 6.2, now tied with Clear Channel's rhythmic "Hot 99.5" WIHT. Read More
Marconi "Legendary Station" winner for 2011: all-news WTOP, Washington DC
Last year, WTOP won two NAB Marconis, for Major Market station of the year and News/Talk station of the year. Last night in Chicago, it scored the big award, for Legendary Station.
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Making Moves: Thursday, September 1, 2011
Radio-Info hears from the Jersey shore, where former alternative WHTG morning host Matt Murray will join the new lineup on the former "Shark," Atlantic City's rock WMGM (103.7) to host afternoons ... In Los Angeles, "Lucious" Liz Hernandez will be leaving the KPWR "Power" (105.9) morning team for a job with E!
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A Virginia earthquake has East coast radio shaking
Phone lines were jammed in the aftermath of the 1:50pm Eastern time quake centered around Mineral, Virginia, between Richmond and Charlottesville. The Salem Radio Network has a bureau in Rosslyn, VA, co-located with Salem's WAVA and WWRC. Read More
WTOP's Jim Farley joins the AP Managing Editors, breaking a barrier
The Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) has added Washington D.C.'s all-news WTOP-FM (103.5) Vice President of News and Programming Jim Farley to its membership, and also nominated Farley to the board of directors.
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Winners in Day 2 June PPMs: WTOP, Kiss 108, "Hot 105" and "Lite"
The Arbitron age 6+ shares for Washington DC again place Hubbard Radio's all-news WTOP at the front, though its 9.1 is the lowest share in a while, down from a May 9.8. In Boston, Clear Channel CHR "Kiss 108" WXKS-FM improves 10.2-9.5-10.3, since the April book. Read More
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