Category : Radio
News, history, and coverage of the radio broadcasting industry, stations, and on-air personalities.
Radio One Dumps Al Sharpton and Ballentine: End of Era?
OK, today’s rhetorical question: Now that Obama is in office, while we do STILL have a lot to complain about, do we really have anything...
Magic 107.5 to Replace Smooth Jazz 107.5 with New Hosts
I remember listening to Smooth Jazz 107.5 when I lived in Atlanta and it was always "Smooth Jazz 107.5" but Luther Vand ross was not...
First Look video: Slacker Radio for iPhone
Slacker Radio for iPhone 1.0 (and iPod Touch) may be late to the party of streaming-music apps for the iPhone, but that's no reason to...
Houston radio duo Dean and Rog are leaving 93.7 FM
>Dean Myers and Roger Beaty, hosts of the Dean and Rog morning drive-time show on Clear Channelâ„¢s KKRW (93.7 FM), will move their show June...
Andrea Barone Promoted to Oversee Sales for HOT 97 and WRXP
Barone to Now Oversee Both HOT 97 and 101.9 WRXP Sales EffortsEmmis Communications New York has announced that effective immediately Andrea Barone has been promoted...
OH NO: FCC Payola Probe Targets Spanish-language stations
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into payola allegations at some of the Rio Grand e Valley's most popular Spanish-language radio stations. But...
B103.9 has a new a.m. show, Host “Big Mama” is a GUY!!!!
"The Drew Show" was dropped last Monday. Host Drew Steele, along with co-host Crista and sidekick Robert "Skittles" Kent, were let go. A new show...
Chicago Radio Station Offers Blagojevich a Show
A Chicago radio station is offering embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich a new job. During a show early Thursday, the program director at WLS-AM announced...
WOW: An Interesting Radio Idea for You
Craig Roberts is one of the lucky ones during this week of sadness and hardship in corporate radio: Not only did he get to keep...
Arbitron Boosts Cell-Phone-Only Sample to 15%
12.5 percent target set for year-end 2009, 15 percent by year-end 2010;Address-based sample frame introduced for cell-phone-only recruiting in all markets;Diary markets on schedule for...
Radio One Philadelphia’s Second Annual Music & Entertainment Conference
On Sunday, March 15, 2009 the Philadelphia Marriott located at 12th & Market Street will play host to Radio One Philadelphia whose stations include WPHI,...
CHANGE COMES TO 107.9 WRNB
Philadelphia, PA- Effective Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1pm (EST) 107.9 WRNB gave the city of Philadelphia what they asked for, which is a radio station...
OH NO: Group says radio host owes them money
The director of the Boys and Girls Club of Vineland claims local radio personality Brian “Corky” Warren, a Pittsgrove Township resident, stiffed the organization for...
Radio veteran appointed to Board of Directors
Ben Sand ifer has been appointed to the board of directors of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. Sand ifer, president of GMS Productions, has...
Black airwaves help dial in new Prez
Twenty or so years ago, I was talking with Jack Gibson, a black radio pioneer, and he was detailing the power black radio had developed....
NPR Only Radio Broadcaster of Obama Inaugural at Lincoln Memorial
Even my father, who is clueless about the internet, asked me to show him how to find streaming coverage of the inauguration. For my father...
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Pregnant Woman Crashes on Radio
A woman calling in to take part in an Atlanta radio station's poll about breaking resolutions, crashed while talking to the station.......
Syndication One’s Inaugural Radio Coverage of Obama
Popular comedian Rickey Smiley, gospel artist Yoland a Adams, progressive talk host Warren Ballentine and community leader Rev. Al Sharpton plan to host their radio...
WHAT? Local Radio Stars Silenced
San Diego-based radio talk-show hosts have suddenly become an endangered species, leaving listeners with few places to hear chatter dedicated to both local politics and...
WJZZ Format and Staff Out
Atlanta outlet WJZZ aband oned its format and staff...Details are not in just that PD Dave Kosh and Greg Fitzgerald are out....
Tavis Smiley’s America I AM Exhibition Debuts in Philadelphia
I just realized this morning that Tavis and Rickey have the same last name… wonder if they are related Tavis Smiley to Debut America I...
Another departure at WCCO: Host Jack Rice leaving
Jack Rice, the noon-3 p.m. host on WCCO Radio (AM 830), is leaving the station at the end of the month. Rice said he and...
Radio Stations Support Obama’s Call to Service on King Day
As economy falters, Americans urged to serve others to honor Dr. King (Washington D.C.) ” Radio stations across the country will help support President-elect Obamaâ„¢s...
Britney’s “If U Seek Amy” Faces Radio Issues
Britney Spears’s forthcoming single “If U Seek Amy” is facing a U.S. radio stations ban over its controversial lyrics. The track, which is the third...
Radio host becomes weight czar – Toledo News
Local radio station host Andrew Zepeda will inspire residents to lose a combined one million pounds. This week, amidst the economic crisis, Lucas County announced...
