2-13-2012
The outpouring of prayers, thoughts, feelings and condolences was immediate and overwhelming according to KISS-FM Program Director Jay Dixon. The Emmis station was paying tribute to Whitney Houston immediately upon hearing of her tragic death in Beverly Hills. Listeners and fans were calling in to the station in disbelief as the weekend staff took calls and played Houston's music. We spoke to Dixon yesterday about the death of Whitney Houston and how the New York station was interacting with listeners and Houston fans being just a few miles away from where the pop icon grew up in New Jersey. Dixon says, "there will never be another Whitney."
Houston was found dead in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. She was in town for the Grammy awards. The Grammy awards are tonight in L.A. and will be seen on CBS. Houston was 48. Listen to KISS in New York HERE
What is your station doing to pay tribute to Houston. Post details below.
ABC and Cumulus Sending out Whitney Houston Special
It's called ?Remembering Whitney Houston.? This one-hour special celebrates the life and talent of Houston through her music and is programmed for music formats. It will be available for in-market broadcast at 1pm local time today via ABC XDS and http://www.abcnewscall.com/ There is no network inventory associated with clearing this program, although affiliates must notify Dennis Green dennis.green@cumulus.com or Marcella Turk marcella.turk@cumulus.com in advance of their intent to clear this show and to receive channel information.
- Geno Jones of WCSC in Charleston will dedicate his entire drive time show today to Houston. Jones grew up in Chicago, which is where he first crossed paths with Whitney Houston at a 1985 listening party for her first album.
- The Lifetime cable channel will air one of her most popular films, The Bodyguard, co-starring Kevin Costner, on Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
- A Whitney Houston Tribute Channel popped up today at 3 p.m. ET on SiriusXM channel 48. It will run through 11:59 p.m. ET Monday
(2/12/2012 7:50:05 AM)
In Birmingham, WUHT (Hot 1077) began playing Whitney Houston songs and taking phone calls as well right after the news broke and was still doing it late last night. Tasha Simone and John Long were hosting the coverage.
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