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United Stations Radio Networks takes over marketing of The Lex & Terry Morning Show to affiliates and national advertisers, effective immediately. The Dallas-based, Rock-targeted program has been syndicated since 1997 and before the move was with Envision. USRN President/COO Jim Higgins said Lex & Terry is "the kind of talent and daypart programming that we want to showcase in every possible way." |
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National Association of Black Journalists President Kathy Times says in a statement that Dr. Laura Schlessinger "did not have the right to use racial slurs on the public airwaves." The NABJ is calling for a forum to address "talk show hate" and invites Schlessinger to "join us in a conversation leading to change in the public discourse. |
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Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who announced earlier this week that she's leaving radio after the "n-word" controversy that made national news, tells the Los Angeles Times, "I had not one second of a second thought" about her decision. |
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Steve Moore is the new CEO of the Country Music Association, making official the interim post he's held since January. Moore will step down as the group's chairman and will be succeeded by CMA President Steve Buchanan. |
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Rob Babin takes duties as VP of sales for Cox Media Group's Atlanta radio operations. He keeps GSM duties for News/Talk WSB-AM and adds the same duties at simulcast WSB-FM (which until earlier this week was Rhythmic WBTS). |
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Kevin Douglass joins Bustos Media as director of engineering and IT. Douglass is an industry vet who's served as regional engineering director for Jacor and Clear Channel and most recently as director of engineering for H. Hawaii Media. |
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Burger King is ending its relationships with LatinWorks, which handled Hispanic marketing, and UniWorld, which created some of the fast food chain's campaigns for Urban radio. A Burger King spokesman told the New York Times that the change is "based on where our consumer is." |
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Journal Communications has amended its revolving credit facility, extending the maturity date through 2013. Journal Chairman/CEO Steven Smith said the new terms provide the broadcast and newspaper company with "sufficient financial flexibility to operate our business, pay down debt, and opportunistically grow our company." |
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McGavren Guild Media makes a deal to represent Good Karma Broadcasting's Sports WEFL-AM/West Palm Beach. |
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Andrew Ross Sorkin joins the lineup at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, set for December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Sorkin is the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times and the best-selling author of the recent Too Big to Fail, and he's as well connected in the financial world as anyone in radio. The thrice-daily "Business Brief With Andrew Ross Sorkin" is produced and distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. Click the headlne for Forecast information and registration. |
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