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Why The News May Be Slightly Delayed Until June 1st, 2008:

2008-05-06 @ 00:29:39 - It's been "official" for some time ...


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New Orleans Radio Reunion Sept. 20...
 

2008-05-02 @ 08:44:35 - There will be a reunion of all New Orleans radio vets past and present set for Captain Humble's Po-Boys on Hwy. 11 in Slidell at Spanish Trail on Saturday Sept. 20 from 12 noon-3pm. Yup, you're invited for the fun and fri ...

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Teacher out of Job at Apperence on Stern Show

A 2nd Grade teacher from The Thalberg Elementary School in Southington, Connecticut is out of a job after she made an apperence on The Howard Stern Show.

From WFSB:

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. -- A Southington teacher wh ...

by Marc B, Saturday, 10 May 2008 13:48 Comments(0), Read all
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Another Canadian AM goes off

From Allaccess

CTVGLOBEMEDIA AC CKPT (ENERGY FM)/PETERBOROUGH, ON has turned off its AM transmitter, completing its transition to the FM dial. 

The 1420 AM signal, on the air for over 47 years, was switched off on MONDAY afte ...


by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 19:47 Comments(0), Read all
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A New HD Radio Is Coming Out

From Tom Taylor

Manufacturer iLuv rolls out an HD radio under $100.
It’s the iLuv i168 HD Radio with Dual Alarm Clark, and it boasts a mere double-digit list price of $89.99. HD Radio needs a number of things right now, and one of ...


by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 17:27 Comments(0), Read all
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Clear Channel sells in Maine

From fybush.com

*Another long-delayed station sale suddenly became a reality late last week, as Clear Channel exited MAINE with an $11 million sale of its Bangor and Augusta/Waterville clusters to ...


by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 16:31 Comments(0), Read all
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Entercom sells three in Rochester

From fybush.com

*More than two years after CBS Radio put its Rochester cluster up for sale, the last of the stations in the group have finally found new owners. On Thursday, Entercom, which bought the CBS cluster but had to spin three signal ...


by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 16:22 Comments(0), Read all
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PPM gets messed up again

From AllAccess

Whoops, they did it again! ARBITRON is reliving the problems of releasing a report with missing data, and it's the HOUSTON PPM market again.

Back in AUGUST, 2007, ARBITRON reissued the weekly HOUSTON PPM data for J ...


by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 16:19 Comments(0), Read all
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Florida Station flips from Sports to Bob FM

From All Access - Ears in FLORIDA report DOUBLE O RADIO Sports WASJ/PANAMA CITY has dropped ESPN Radio to become Adult Hits "BOB FM." ...

by WalkerBroadcasting, Wednesday, 07 May 2008 01:35 Comments(0), Read all
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North Carolina Station Goes From Gospel To All Sports!!

980 WTIX Winston Salem, NC which is a 1300 Watt Daytime goes from Gospel to ALL ESPN Sports.

The "press release" also stated that there would be NO local shows on the station. Is that something you REALLY want to publicize in your ad?

by WalkerBroadcasting, Tuesday, 06 May 2008 18:08 Comments(0), Read all
 
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From *THAT* Site...


Grabbed this snapshot from Radio-info, the very large and nefarious, recently commercialized radio discussion site. Posted by a friend of Keith Hammond, I thought it should be preserved for all to see ...

by Darth Vader, Sunday, 11 May 2008 20:11 [ Read all ]
Forum & Site Setup Discussion
Setting up in new studios and offices...


I'm not sure how long to plan on being "in transition" but, we will be setting up in our new studios and offices during the first week of June, 2008. The local FM station will be on the ...

by Admin., Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:35 [ Read all ]
General Discussion of the Broadcast Industry
100 Topics as of NOW!!!


I guess this could be considered a milestone of sorts? Of course, now that I've made this posting, it's no longer 100...  ...

by Admin., Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:03 [ Read all ]
Community Broadcasting Discussion
Automation Systems


OK, community broadcasters, what type of automation system are you using?  I am running OTSDJ and am planning an upgrade to OTSAV. ...

by easthill, Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:01 [ Read all ]
Introduce Yourself!
Greetings. All!


Hello, everyone.  (Or should that be, hello, world?)  Frank, here.  I run East Hill Radio, a Part-15 AM station in the town of Snoqualmie.  I'm a retreaded broadcaster who cou ...

by easthill, Sunday, 11 May 2008 01:57 [ Read all ]
Introduce Yourself!
Marc B Here


I'm really close to turning 26. (2 weeks from today as a matter of fact). Connecticut Born and raised. Been a radio geek probably since I was 7. Interned at WXCT AM 990 (which was WNTY until 2003 ...

by Marc B, Friday, 09 May 2008 22:35 [ Read all ]
New York
Rochester Numbers


Top 5 stations are

WBEE, NewsRadio 1180, WDKX, WARM 101.3, and 98.9 The Buzz.

Full numbers at: [url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=219&RY=2008& ...

by Marc B, Friday, 09 May 2008 22:25 [ Read all ]
New York
Albany Ratings


Top 5 stations are: Country 107.7, B-95.5, Magic 100.9, NewsTalk 810, and Fly 92.

Full numbers: [url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=4&RY=2008&RQ=1& ...

by Marc B, Friday, 09 May 2008 22:20 [ Read all ]
Massachusetts
Boston Ratings


Top 5 stations are: JAMN 94.5, NewsRadio 1030, KISS 108, Magic 106.7, and SportsRadio 850.

Full numbers at: [url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=35&RY=2008 ...

by Marc B, Friday, 09 May 2008 22:08 [ Read all ]
 
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