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Sunday October 21, 2007 From NewsBusters -- An interesting clash between the anti-war group Code Pink and the pro-military Move America Forward occurred at a United States Marines recruitment center in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday. Although one of the local newspapers did a fairly balanced report of the confrontation - including quite surprisingly beginning the piece "Flag-waving demonstrators far outnumbered a group of peace advocates" - the Bay Area's CBS-TV affiliate, KPIX, painted quite disparate pictures of the leaders of the organizations involved. In particular, MAF's [and KSFO's] Melanie Morgan was depicted as an evil, intransigent warmonger (read more - Noel Sheppard-NewsBusters) From Media Matters -- On the October 19 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, national correspondent Susan Candiotti provided one of Rush Limbaugh's original explanations for his remarks characterizing U.S. service members who support U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as "phony soldiers," but she failed to note Limbaugh's subsequent, contradictory explanation of that comment (read more - Media Matters) Talkist Howie Carr has appealed a judge's decision preventing him from moving to WTKK-FM. He's asking, in his appeal, that the court allow him to work for "the broadcaster of his choice" as the case moves through the courts system (read more - Diedtra Henderson-Boston Globe) (read more - Jessica Heslam-Boston Herald) A discrimination lawsuit against Clear Channel Broadcasting by former KCBA Fox 35 news anchor Jodi Jones, who is claiming that she was "forced to quit" her job after she learned her $40,000 annual salary was half that of her male counterpart, Brian Specialeis, set for trial on May 5 (read more - Monterey County Herald) From Bob Bestler -- Memo to self: Listen, fool. How many times have I told you to never mention Rush Limbaugh in a column? You don't listen to him. You don't watch him. You don't read him. You don't like him. Get over it. You're a leftie living in the reddest state in the country, and he's the darling of conservatives everywhere. Don't try to debate him. And don't ever criticize him. Because you will never beat him, at least not around here. Rush has a bucketload of Grand Strand fans, and they are passionate about their man (read more - Myrtle Beach News) Radio Kerry scooped the title of Best Local Station of the Year, while newcomer Phantom FM won best music-driven local station at the annual PPI radio awards ceremony in Dublin (read more - Belfast Telegraph U.K.) From
Michael O'Rourke
-- For some of you, it might be Ricci Ware, Judd Ashmore or Bruce
Hathaway. For others it might have been Randy Carroll, Drex or Rio &
Reyes. For my little brother, it was Winston & Alyce. For my little
sister, it was From Rick Bird -- WCKY-AM (billed as 1530, Homer) has hired Lexington-based broadcast sports veteran Alan Cutler for its 5:30-9 am morning drive (read more - Cincy Post) From David Hinckley -- 'Spice Radio," a haven for Caribbean music, is back on the air, taking over Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.-midnight on WSNR (620 AM) (read more - NY Daily News) From Dan Caesar -- Think there's too much sports-talk radio in the market, with three stations bellowing out the chatter? The folks who run KFNS (simulcast on 590 AM and 100.7 FM) don't think so (read more - St Louis Post-Dispatch) A longtime radio broadcaster died Wednesday morning after one last broadcast commemorating the 60th anniversary of the station he helped build. Charles Porter, 86, host of KIRX's "Party Line," conducted a phone interview with Steve Eklof during the show's normal time slot at 10 a.m. just before his death at his Kirksville home (read more - Kirksville Daily Express) From Clea Simon -- What will Barry Scott be spinning in 25 years? It could be a tune by Hannah Montana or something from the soundtrack to "High School Musical." It may be a '70s song like Cher's "Dark Lady" or Rupert Holmes's "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)," the likes of which he now plays each week on "The Lost 45s," which airs Sunday nights from 7 to 11 on WODS-FM (103.3). Or it could be a tune not even recorded yet (read more - Boston Globe) ARBitron numbers for Atlanta, Columbus OH, Tampa-St Petersburg, Puerto Rico, Miami-Ft Lauderdale, Seattle-Tacoma, Kansas City and Milwaukee-Racine (read 'em)
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From Michael Kwan -- When you're ready to slide into style with the Motorola MOTOROKR Z6m from Alltel Wireless, you'll get the added bonus of XM Radio Mobile, granting you access to endless hours of commercial free music (read more - MobileMag) Member nominations for both Legacy and Career Achievement 2008 Inductees into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame are now being accepted. Details are available at www.grhof.com Pictures of the 2007 event in September are on the web site as well (click here to view the photos) Last week, Rush Limbaugh announced the eBay auction of Senator Harry Reid’s letter that was signed by 41 Democrat Senators and sent to Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays. The auction closed today with a record-breaking winning bid of $2,100,100 for charity through eBay Giving Works -- All proceeds, including Mr. Limbaugh’s matched donation, totaling $4,200,200, goes to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, a registered charity that provides financial assistance to the children of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement officers. Mr. Limbaugh serves on the Board of this organization and has been active on its behalf since its inception. Mr. Limbaugh stated on his nationally syndicated radio show today, “Our winning bidder, subject to the receipt of funds, is a wonderful woman named Betty Casey, a trustee of The Eugene B. Casey Foundation (view the video - RushLimbaugh.com) (read more - Miami Herald) From Agustin Gurza -- Raul Campos is still playing music he hopes will move the masses, but he's doing it behind a microphone as one of the few Latino DJs on English-language radio in L.A. As host of "Nocturna," a nightly show on KCRW, where he was groomed by respected music director Nic Harcourt (read more - LA Times) From Joan Walsh -- On Tuesday I blogged about Rush Limbaugh's claim to have threatened a journalist at a national magazine into writing a more positive story about him. On Wednesday, New York magazine film critic David Edelstein (writing on his blog) suggested the journalist Limbaugh intimidated was Time's Richard Corliss, who wrote a 1995 cover story on Limbaugh (Salon reader Jim H. had also guessed the magazine in question might be Time). Edelstein's reasoning was creative: Rush had bragged that, in addition to telling the writer he'd "find out ... where your kids go to school ... who you knocked up in high school ... what drugs you used," he added an odd promise: "We're going to say that, you know what? You are no different than Al Goldstein. You both masturbate." Some of the kids out there may not be familiar with the work of Al Goldstein, the former publisher of Screw magazine. My reaction to the Goldstein reference was "Huh?" But Edelstein made an intriguing connection, remembering that Corliss had written a bold essay in the Village Voice back in the 1970s about erotic movies (read more - Salon) Friday October 19, 2007 The FCC issued a citation against Armstrong Williams, a conservative commentator, for promoting the Bush administration’s education plan without disclosing that he had been paid to do so, as well as the Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Graham Williams group (read more - NY Times) In their letter to FCC Chair Kevin Martin asking the FCC to delay its decision, Senators Byron Dorgan and Trent Lott said, "We do not believe the commission has adequately studied the impact of media consolidation on local programming." The FCC should not rush forward and repeat mistakes of the past" (read more - Washington Post) From
Robert Feder --
It isn't every day that a big broadcast company admits a mistake.
But that's just what Clear ARBitron numbers for Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver-Boulder, Minneapolis-St Paul, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati (read 'em) From Gary Lycan -- Best known for a long run on KABC/790 AM (1966-98) and a more recent shorter stint on KNX/1070 AM, Michael Jackson said he's "excited" to be working with Saul Levine and Mt. Wilson Broadcasters on what will be the new 1260 AM – KGIL (read more - Orange County Register) Jon Stewart re-ups at Comedy Central and former CNBC'er Liz Claman moves to Fox Business Channel (read more - NY Daily News) Former ESPN'er Dan Patrick's newest deal -- Signing on to do a column for Sports Illustrated and an online simulcast of his radio show (read more - NY Times) (read more - USA Today) From Larry Rulison -- A replacement has been found for Paul Vandenburgh, the popular and outspoken morning talk-radio host who left WROW (590 AM) last week. Scott Allen Miller, a former radio host on WRKO (680 AM) in Boston, will start broadcasting Monday morning in the drive-time slot formerly held by Vandenburgh since 1997 (read more - Albany Times-Union) Brenda Adriance, President of Yea Network, has promoted Joshua Medlock has been promoted from Operations Manager to Vice President of Marketing to oversee the development and implementation of internal and external marketing initiatives for the Yea Network and Kidd Kraddick in the Morning From Jerry Del Colliano -- Senators Dorgan and Lott want the FCC to do a localism proceeding first. Elected officials have a lot on the line. Their constituents don’t like consolidation. They like their broadcasting local. But what’s the use. I say let FCC Chair Martin and his buddies deregulate again. Any company that wants to own a newspaper (with or without radio or television stations in the same market) is nuts and must have another motive, don’t you think? Like a way to generate fees for investment banks and big profits for the lead consolidators. Someone is going to make money from all this and guess who it isn’t going to be? The shareholders (read more - Inside Music Media) The eBay bidding has topped $2.1 million + for the original copy of a letter signed by 41 senators who condemned conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh for using the words "phony soldiers" "(read more - USA Today) From Howard Kurtz -- On the left, commentators are really ticked off over what they view as the smearing of a 12-year-old boy. On the right, pundits say they are raising legitimate questions about a family that the Democrats trotted out as a symbol of the child health insurance program (read more - Washington Post) From Curt Cavin -- With Emmis Communications set to convert powerful WIBC-1070 AM to an all-sports format in January and adding ESPN Radio to boot, the pressure is on the two current all-sports stations to make a case for continued existence. It doesn't figure to be easy (read more - Indy Star) From
Kent Burkhart --
I recently met someone I have talked to by phone. The meeting was at
the recent NAB Radio Show in Charlotte. I WAS THERE. I can’t
identify this person,
because
he wants to keep our conversations private -- so
KDFW Fox TV Dallas-Fort Worth has suspended Rebecca Aguilar, who was just named one of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Broadcast Journalists of the Year, after a controversial "ambush" report concerning a man who shot and killed a burglar trying to break into his home/business (read more - Dallas Observer) From Brian Garrity -- Pressure is rising on Google to adopt stricter measures for policing against unauthorized video on YouTube, after a who's who of entertainment and technology companies yesterday announced they are adopting tougher standards for fighting digital piracy (read more - NY Post) Radio One will sell Miami based WTPS-AM to Salem Communications Corp. for about $12.3 million (read more- Forbes)
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Nebraska's Oldies Radio, KOOQ 1410-AM, announced Thursday that it was changing formats from rock and roll oldies to ESPN Radio sports talk (read more - North Platte Bulletin) From Rob Owen -- New KDKA-TV morning and noon meteorologist Valerie Abati: "My first day they yelled at me because my shoes were too loud and I'm always walking through the studio [to the anchor desk or weather wall or weather center]". "So now I put on my slippers or sneakers." (read more - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) On this weekend's Costas On The Radio, BobCostas interviews Bill Cowher; Former Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach and winner of Super Bowl XL who currently serves as a studio analyst for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today and John Fogerty; Singer/songwriter/guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame who has a new solo album, Revival, released October 2 From
Lee Abrams --
Most Local TV News is pretty average -- or worse. Opie and Anthony
watch it before going on the air -- for inspiration. When a comedic
morning show uses Local TV news for material, you know something is
up. Watched a
On Monday, John Tesh debuts as Lite 92.5 KELO-FM’s afternoon show, Monday through Friday 2:00 - 7:00 pm in Sioux Falls Tim Kelly, Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co, has been elected to the position of Board Chairman for the non-profit organization The Conclave From Laura Nachman -- Philadelphia Eagles announcer Merrill Reese, celebrating his 30th year with the team, recalled his early days as a broadcaster at the Temple University WRTI 90.1-FM reunion a couple of weeks ago (read more - www.LauraNachman.net) The BBC announced Thursday it will cut 1,800 jobs, broadcast fewer programs and require staff to create content for television, radio and the Internet, creating a showdown with journalists and other employees (read more - KC Star) Mediabase’s Rate the Music has partners with Critical Mass Media to offer a more efficient and comprehensive way of conducting long-form music research. This service can either complement or replace standard Auditorium testing Dave Graveline and the "Into Tomorrow" Team are back in Miami for the weekend show after a 6-week world tour that started in Berlin with IFA and ended in Japan at CEATEC (visit www.graveline.com) Metro Networks has appointed Madeline Hodges to the position of General Sales Manager overseeing Cincinnati, Dayton and Indianapolis The director of Alvin Community College Radio/TV Broadcast Communications Department, Cathy Forsythe has died. Her memorial service will be at League City United Methodist Church on Saturday October 27th at 10am Afternoon drive time on ESPN Radio will present a new level of listener involvement starting Tuesday, October 23 when SportsNation with John Seibel and Orestes Destrade debuts in the 4 - 6:30 pm ET time slot Monday. Friday SportsNation on ESPN Radio will tie into ESPN.com’s “SportsNation” page, the site where sports fans discuss the day’s issues and vote on topical polls From Kevin Cullen -- For 34 years, Bill Trowbridge was a sign hanger, one of those guys who puts up billboards. Five years ago, the media conglomerate Clear Channel bought the company and tried to make a profitable business more profitable. They offered buyouts that cut the 48 employees in Local 391 of the sign workers in half. But that wasn't enough (read more - Boston Globe) "I Rock The Mic" will be held November 30 through December 2 in Miami, Florida at the Conrad Miami hotel. IRTM, known as the family reunion of urban radio, "creates a unique environment where accomplished industry professionals and the aspiring convene for power networking, informative panels, talent development workshops and exclusive entertainment events" From Hugh Hewitt -- There are many themes in Reality Show (by Howard Kurtz), but only one conclusion: The nets can't change their DNA, and that DNA isn't meant for the world of new media. They are slow when the new media is fast. They are hyper-liberal in an era where the center-right can shop for news and the radical left won't accept even the hyper-liberal as other than sell-outs. Worst of all, they lost their collective news judgment years ago, and still haven't figured out how to get it back (read more - Town Hall) |
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It's just about "too late" to get your tickets! It's the radio greats honoring radio's greatest at the 2007 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Celebration Dinner and Awards Program. You should be among the greats and greatest on Saturday evening, October 27 at the  Marriott
Dallas-Addison Quorum by the Galleria Hotel.
Those who will be
honored with induction are Gordon Baxter, Bob Bruton, Gary DeLaune,
Larry Dixon, Terry Dorsey, Roy Eaton, Don Harris, Dan Ingram,
Charlie Jones, Randy Robins, Jack Schell, Arch Yancey.
Instated will be Steve Crosno, Jon Dillon, Paxton Mills, Dick
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Sonny Melendrez. For my daughter it is Dave E. Rios.
For me, I can't tell you how many tardy slips I received in high
school because I stayed in my car to see what John Lisle and Steve
Hahn were going to say next. We all have that one radio personality
we identify with most
Channel Radio did Thursday in dropping Whoopi Goldberg's syndicated
morning show after 14 months on WLIT-FM (93.9), the adult
contemporary station
+ Oprah Winfrey's "Oprah
& Friends" talk radio channel has been added to the DirecTV lineup
on Channel 807
in
NYC for a photo following their October 18 appearance on
