Ricardo "El Gonzo" Otero gets the PD title at Clear Channel Spanish Contemporary WNUA (Mega 95.5)/Chicago. He's been serving as interim PD since August. |
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The Dial Global-syndicated Thom Hartmann Program heads east, as Hartmann is set to begin broadcasting from Washington, DC, next week. The show has been airing from Portland, OR. |
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A contest by Canada's K-Rock 10 on Prince Edward Island led to listeners causing havoc in a local store after the station gave "half price" and "steaks" as clues in a $10,000 contest to find the "missing 5.5" for K-Rock 10, which is heard at 105.5 FM. The station has now made clear that Half Price Steaks is not part of its contest. |
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Bill Mayne of Country Radio Broadcasters is elected chairman of the Academy of Country Music for the 2010-2011 term. Great American Country’s Sara Trahern is president. |
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Radio One has been told by Nasdaq that its class D common stock is in danger of delisting. The stock has closed below the $1 minimum share price for more than 30 consecutive business days. Radio One has until mid-March to get back in compliance. |
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Media Monitors reports on political spending for the week of September 15-21, saying there have been some "amazing changes." In California, Democratic candidate for governor Jerry Brown had 2,318 radio spots on the air (his own campaign's and ads endorsing him by the Peace Officer's Research Association), compared to Republican candidate Meg Whitman's 3,012. |
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A study by JD Power and Associates found that consumers are keeping their mobile phones "notably longer" than in the past, hanging on to the phones for an average of 20.5 months -- the longest since the study series began in 1999. |
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The Obama administration chooses lawyer Carlos Garcia-Perez to head Radio and TV Marti, the government's Miami-based broadcast services programmed for Cuban listeners. |
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