More good news for Rickey Smiley. His syndicated morning show adds another new affiliate – on top of three new affiliates last week and a rumored additional affiliate in the Carolinas to debut. This one is in his home town of Birmingham on the recently re-launched “Neo-Soul” WENN (101.9), owned by Cox. He started on the air March 9, 2010. The station previously did not have anyone in morning drive. It recently launched its new format on February, 16.
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Adrienne McWilliams, the VP Urban Sales for Citadel, leaves to join Tom Joyner’s Reach Media as VP for Eastern Sales. While at Citadel, she handled sales for the Joyner Show (which was previously repped by the company), Big Boy’s Neighborhood, The Brian McKnight Show, Michael Baisden, and The Doug’s Banks Show.
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Radio-Info.com is saddened to report the death of Urban radio veteran Tre Black. He was 41. Black was found dead on Sunday, March 7, from an apparent heart attack. The young radio DJ was known for his big personality and even bigger dreams. He worked in several markets over the course of his career including New Orleans (on KNOU), in Los Angeles (on KKBT “The Beat”) and New York (on WWPR “Power 105.1”), but he's best known for his years as night jock on WJLB Detroit, where he started his now infamous “Black List.”
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The theft of an estimated $10,000 in equipment included the hard drive that contained all the Perry Broadcasting station’s music, says KSWO. KJMZ jock Joe Biggs says “I actually had to hook up my laptop and played some music off of there.” GM Joy Chapman says it’s been a trying year, starting off with the loss of the tower during an ice storm. The burglary at the East Lee Boulevard studios happened early Friday morning, and the culprits made away with computers, monitors, TVs, webcams and two transmitter tubes – tubes the station was using to get back up to full power. The police are offering a cash reward through the “Crimestoppers” program. More about the break-in and theft at urban “K-98 Jamz” on the Oklahoma Board of Radio-Info, here.
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Fly Ty, former WPEG Charlotte personality and more recently heard in Dallas on Service Broadcasting’s KRNB, returns to Charlotte to be on Radio One’s recently re-launched Urban AC “My 92.7” WQNC. He’s handling afternoons.
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The ratings company offers House Oversight Committee Chairman Ed Towns (D-NY) a package of changes to improve the minority representation in the People Meter sample. Under its proposal, it will begin doing face-to-face recruiting of potential PPM panel members in July, and it expects to be using in-person recruiting “in the high-density black and Hispanic areas in the top 25 PPM markets" by year-end 2010. In terms of selecting the sample, it will employ “ABS” – Address Based Sampling – in all 50 PPM markets by next year.
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Ever since it was announced that Washington, DC's legendary morning host Donnie Simpson was going to be leaving WPGC-FM (95.5), the question has been who will replace him on the CBS-owned station? WPGC has been running promos for "Mo'Nique's Morning Takeover," fueling speculation that she may be on her way to the Nation's Capital radio dial.
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While they canceled their planned move from Lanham, Maryland to a new complex being built in the Shaw section of Washington, DC, a move to D.C. may still be a possibility.
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AJ Appleberry is officially named PD of Citadel Urban KRRQ “Q95.5” Lafayette. He’s been overseeing the job since PD D-Rock exited last month. Appleberry will continue to serve as PD of urban AC sister KNEK “Magic 104.7.” In addition, KRRQ has a new morning show featuring Nyoki McKeith and Mista C. McKeith will also add APD duties for “Q95.5.”
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Service Boradcasting’s Urban AC KRNB Dallas hires KJ Bland for middays. She was last heard on the former Urban AC WMKS “Kiss 105.7” Greensboro before it flipped format to top 40 last April.
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It was supposed to be an anchor of new development in Washington, D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood, in a high-tech building constructed atop the Shaw-Howard University Metro station. The D.C. government had committed to a package of $23 million in various subsidies, to entice Radio One to return to the District years after it built its headquarters in suburban Lanham, MD.
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Superadio is launching “Café Mocha,” a weekly 2-hour music and lifestyle show hosted by hip-hop icon MC Lyte and comedian Loni Love. The show was created and produced by radio and PR vet Sheila Eldridge.
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We are wishing a speedy recovery to Sweet Willie Mitchell, a Dallas radio veteran who has suffered a stroke. Mitchell is well known for his years heard on the Southern Soul Network, ABC Radio Networks/Citadel Media’s The Touch, and as a jock on the former KTXQ (94.5), KRBV “V100”, KKDA-FM “K104” and KVIL.
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He’ll be heading up programming for Royce Broadcasting, Inc, which owns stations in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Palm Springs. Based in Southern California, he’ll be mainly programming top 40 and Rhythmic top 40 formats. He was most recently PD at CBS Radio’s WPGC Washington D.C., but he’s also programmed KKBT “The Beat” Los Angeles, and was OM at KBXX & KMJQ Houston for many years. He starts his new gig March 15.
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Citadel’s syndicated afternoon man Michael Baisden is probably on a bus at this very moment. He’s traveling the country, hitting 72 cities on his crusade to find mentors for young people. His mission? To get no less than 1 million mentors. The event kicked off last week (Feb. 17) in Dallas with the local Baisden affiliate, Radio One’s KSOC “94.5 K-Soul.”
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