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Richard Roeper to partner with Roe Conn on WLS -
Roeper said the show — running from 2 to 6 p.m.
weekdays — will feature everything from local news to pop
culture to national news. "It will be the two of us kicking
around whatever is happening that day," Roeper said, "with a
heavy emphasis on what's happening here in Chicago."
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Tribune CEO Bans Cliches From Air Waves -
Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels issued a directive to his
flagship radio station, WGN-AM, banning some 119 words and
phrases from the on-air lexicon. Gone are clichés such as
no brainer, and mother of all (anything).
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Clear Channel Radio Revenues Dip In Q4
- Radio revenues were down 10 percent, to $712 million from
$788.8 million. Local radio revenues were down across
markets and advertising categories, the company said, "as a
result of an overall weakness in advertising and the
economy." Radio Ink |
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Tom Kent announces new programs with Citadel -
The shows will target the lunch hour and afternoon drive and
will be hosted by Tom. The afternoon program will be
available for all contemporary music formats and will
utilize Kent’s proprietary Customized Linked Automatic
System Solution (CLASS), which provides an enhanced level of
localization to stations. RBR |
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'Coast to Coast' Jumps to WOR; Replaces Reynolds -
Joey Reynolds, who has been a radio host for almost
half a century, bears no ill will. "I've been able to do a
lot of great things on this show over the years," he says.
"I don't think of this as being fired. It's an economic
thing — which everyone has to do these days."
New York Daily News |
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Howard Stern Howls Defense of Sirius XM -
Stern's martyr complex found a new road to victimhood on
Monday, when Stern noted on his show a satellite radio
industry news report that his old nemesis, the FCC, was
considering a new proposal to allow wireless services to
encroach on the wireless frequencies that satellite radio
paid to build. The Street |
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Amy Jacobson lands Cotto's spot as co-host on WIND -
On Saturday, Jacobson resigned from WLS-AM (890), where
since last spring she had done news and traffic reports
first for Conn and then for the station's former mid-morning
hosts Mancow Muller and Pat Cassidy.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Chuck Wilson returns, and that’s a good thing for
sports-talk radio - There is a ray of hope ––
amidst the shouting, the junior high locker room-level
jokes, the uninformed opinions, the massive egos, the
constant interrupting and talking over one another –– for
intelligent sports-talk radio.
Providence Journal |
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Jelli and Triton Launch Crowdsourced Radio Into National
Syndication -
Triton Media, together with
Jelli,
the company that puts radio in the hands of its listeners,
announced that their new crowdsourced radio programs, Rock
Jelli and Pop Jelli, have launched into national syndication
-- from Vegas to Bozeman to Boston to Philadelphia.
PR Newswire |
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Listener Driven Radio and Byrnes Media Partner to Give
Canadian Listeners a Unique Programming Voice -
Built on the concept of "crowd-sourcing," listeners can use
Internet access, their iPhone or smart-phone to provide
input into what plays next on the air.
dBusinessNews |
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AWRT Changes Its Name - To keep up with the
rapidly evolving broadcast industry, the group formerly
known as American Women in Radio and Television and its
foundation have chosen a new name, Alliance for Women in
Media. Radio World |
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