Tim Murphy is promoted to the VP/GM slot for Entercom/Boston, reporting to VP/New England Market Manager Julie Kahn. Murphy has been serving as VP and general manager for WEEI.com. |
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Spanish Broadcasting System names Joe Cunningham VP of SBS Radio National Sales. Cunningham will keep the job as VP/GM of KRZZ-FM (La Raza 93.3)/San Francisco he's held since 2007. |
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Crista Broadcasting officially launches its own Contemporary Christian format on KFMK-FM/Austin, renaming the former River "The Spirit of Austin." As previously reported, Tim McCoy is GM of the new Spirit. |
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WOWI-FM/Norfolk PD and personality Lawrence Brown III, known as Kool DJ Law, died over the weekend at age 40 of an apparent heart attack. Clear Channel Radio said in a statement, "In Law's memory, Clear Channel Radio Norfolk will carry on his powerful vision of community support and awareness." |
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Clear Channel's News/Talk WGY-AM/Albany, NY, adds an FM simulcast at 103.1, displacing Active Rock WHRL. |
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Jason Carr moves up to the post of director of network operations at United Stations Radio Networks' Lex & Terry, keeping duties as executive producer. |
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Tribune Co. creditors Oaktree Capital and Angelo, Gordon & Co. have jointly filed an alternative reorganization plan for Tribune that would let the company emerge from bankruptcy before the legal claims surrounding its buyout are settled. The hedge funds say the plan was submitted in case mediation set for later this month doesn't bring a "fully consensual" resolution between Tribune and its creditors. |
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The Donkey Comedy Network launches new format 24/7 Comedy Radio, which it describes as "the first short-attention-span, fast-paced, hits-oriented, mass-appeal comedy radio format." |
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Arbitron's latest RADAR report shows that network radio reached nearly 190 million people 12 and older, up from 187.7 million in RADAR 102 a year ago. The Dial Global Contemporary Network led the rankings for both 18-49s and 25-54s in the survey period. |
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The FCC Media Bureau's Audio Division issues a $10,000 forfeiture order to WPW Broadcasting, citing public file violations at WLBK-AM/DeKalb, IL. WLBK failed to include issues/programs lists in the file over a four-year period. |
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Walter Powers heads to streaming company RadioStreamHost.com as VP of client services, coming over from a post as client services director at Dial Global. |
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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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