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CBS Radio and programmer Dom Theodore have parted ways
Theodore has been with the company for three years, initially serving as CBS Radio’s VP of Top 40 Programming. He later also added the role of PD of CHR/Top 40 WXRK “Now 92.3” New York.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
After several weeks off air, WXRK “Now 92.3” New York morning man Nick Cannon returned to the show after being hospitalized for mild kidney failure over the holidays. It was a big return, as Cannon welcomed Howard Stern as his special guest – returning to the signal that was once his home for many years.
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Radio's Best & Worst: October 26, 2011
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending October 26, 2011 . Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research capacity are asterisked.
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Making Moves: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Radio-Info.com hears from CBS Radio's CHR WXRK (92.3) in New York City, where former WKTU (103.5) DJ Eutopia joins for weekend shifts ... Atlanta's WYAY (106.7) parts ways with morning hosts Randy Cook & Spiff Carner.
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Nick Cannon of NYC's "92.3 Now" gets a recurring sitcom role
Cannon is the morning host on New York City's CBS Radio-owned WXRK-FM (92.3), also the host of a syndicated music countdown show, been in feature films, and is the father of twins with his wife Mariah Carey. Now, you can add TV star to Nick Cannon's resume.
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Radio’s Best & Worst: July 28, 2011
Highlights from the author’s week of (always decidedly random) listening and the week’s radio headlines, ending July 28, 2011. Stations I’ve worked with recently in my Edison Research (or any other) capacity are asterisked.*
Station (FM)KRTR (Krater 96) Honolulu – America’s most soulful mainstream AC (only WLYF Miami is close) is up 5.4–…
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Making Moves: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Jacksonville, Florida's CHR WKFS has officially changed its call letters to WNWW (97.9), and is calling itself "Radio Now" ... Former WXRK (92.3) New York and current KSWD (100.3) Los Angeles announcer Julie Slater officially joins non-commercial KCSN (88.5) Los Angeles, to host the Saturday "Out On A Limb" evening show.
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NYC radio pro Maire Mason joins Merlin Media as New York DOS
Mason most recently was VP/Director of Sales for Univision in the New York City market, but her general-market experience includes managing WCBS-FM (101.1), "K-Rock" WXRK (92.3) and WNEW (102.7). She's just been hired by Merlin Media's group EVP of Revenue Greg Janoff, who himself managed for CBS in New York at "1010 WINS." Janoff says "given her s…
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Final Listen? WRXP New York
It’s interesting to look at a monitor of WRXP New York when Emmis launched it more than three years ago as “New York’s Rock Experience.” In memory, WRXP has been through a lot of changes: more Triple-A’ish/more gold-based Alternative, more Linkin Park/no Linkin Park, more obscure/more hits. But if you look at the station’s first two hou…
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It's a new crew for Eastern North Carolina's rock WRMR-FM (98.7)
Jacksonville's modern rock WRMR-FM (98.7) has made a number of changes, including middays, afternoons, evenings, and even a new website. "Coastal Carolina's Modern Rock," near Camp Lejeune and Wilmington, North Carolina, is bringing in Bill Fitzpatrick from New York City.
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Does Reporting Status Determine The Hits?
In 1980-81, Top 40 PDs, still under the sway of a “disco backlash,” leaned to the AC side, ignored massive R&B hits, and the result was a ballad-heavy down-cycle for the CHR format. In 2011, during what is thought to be a good time for Top 40, anything other than uptempo rhythmic pop struggles for initial acceptance.
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Dr. Drew Pinsky's Loveline returns to NYC – now on rock WRXP-FM (101.9)
The last time "Loveline" was on the air in New York, it was on CBS Radio's "Free FM" WFNY-FM (92.3), and was hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla.
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Alpha Promotes Lui-Kwan, Hires TicTak In Portland
Keola Lui-Kwan segues from APD and afternoon drive duties at Alpha Broadcasting's country KUPL Portland, Ore., to the PD post at hot AC sister station KBFF (Live 95-5). Back at KUPL, TicTak joins the station in Lui-Kwan's former APD and afternoon drive positions.
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Nick Cannon allegedly announces his (and Mariah Carey's) home number on the air
Ever do something you might regret? In the case of New York City's WXRK-FM "Now 92.3" morning host Nick Cannon, he was discussing his upcoming two-week paternity leave when wife Mariah Carey gives birth to twins.
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Making Moves: Monday, February 28, 2011
Radio-Info confirms that Mark "Tic Tac" Allen has resigned from New York City's CHR WXRK-FM (92.3). He posted on Twitter, "Today is my last day at @923NowFM" and he has been removed from the "Now-FM" website ...
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Mariah Carey and WXRK's Nick Cannon are having twins
The morning host on New York City's Top-40 "92.3 Now" WXRK-FM made it official this morning, telling listeners that he and his wife, singing star Mariah Carey, are expecting twins. Rumors of the pregnancy, and then whether there would be more than one baby, have been fodder for the tabloids.
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Making Moves: Friday, December 3, 2010
Radio-Info confirms through Premiere Radio Networks that the syndicated Sean Hannity will join Seattle's news/talk KTTH-AM (770) "The Truth" for afternoons starting January 3, cutting the local Dave Boze to only one hour ... On the heels of signing Steve Czaban to a contract, Washington's Red Zebra-owned WTEM-AM "ESPN" (980) also signs "Sports Repo… Read More
Making Moves: Thursday, October 28, 2010
Budget cuts at CNN Radio include 11-year CNN veteran Dick Uliano, who covered President Obama's inauguration, among other duties, as Washington correspondent ... Albany, New York's WGY-AM/FM (810 / 103.1) will replace the retiring Don Weeks in mornings with longtime morning news anchor Chuck Custer and area TV anchor Kelly Lynch - Discuss it ...
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Making Moves: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Christmas music is on the air in Philadelphia – on HD Radio. The Radio-Info Philadelphia board has the talk about WPEN-FM (97.5) HD-2 changing from Classical to Christmas music.
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Making Moves: Monday, October 25, 2010
Radio-Info is told that Danny Bortnick is promoted to Local Sales Manager for CBS Radio’s CHR WXRK-FM (92.3) “Now-FM” & WWFS-FM “Fresh” (102.7) … Also in New York City, Radio-Info has learned that Seth Everett is switching teams, leaving middays on sports WEPN-AM “ESPN” (1050) for CBS Radio-owned WFAN-AM (660), where he will be a part of the New Je…
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