5-17-13
Today was the final day at WRIF-FM in Detroit for morning personalities Drew Lane and Mike Clark, who said goodbye after 22 years on the city's airwaves. The morning duo, along with longtime news person Trudi Daniels, took calls from listeners and past on-air contributors from 6am-11:30am during their final show. Afternoon driver Meltdown (pictured) will assume morning show duties until Greater Media announces a permanent replacement.
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12-6-2012 Veteran play-by-play announcer and radio host Chris Moore, and former football player and current CBS Sports Network analyst Brian Jones are the final piece to the CBS Sports Radio puzzle. The duo will host the 6-10 slot on the network. Moore was working for Fox Sports Radio as a host and spent time with ESPN, Sirius, and WQAM in Miami. Jones joined CBS Sports in 2005 as a college football studio analyst. The new network launches January 2.
7-20-2012
Entercom Denver PD Mark Callahan tells Radio Ink he has two new staffers. Shannon Stone joins KOSI-FM for middays and becomes Music Director. Most recently Stone was PD and an on-air talent for the Dial Global Country format. Prior to Dial Global she was on the air and programmed Country KKCS in Colorado Springs. And, Kevin Mussman joins the station to host afternoon drive and as Digital Content Editor. Mussman had been on the air in Fort Collins for 14 years
6-12-2012
Sandusky Broadcasting in Seattle says A.J. Battalio will become Morning Drive Host, coming over from KBUL 98.1 in Reno. Megan Sosne will cover Middays. She arrives from Clear Channel Charleston?s WXLY-FM. And Heather Lee becomes Music Director and will cover evenings. Lee moves to Seattle from NRG Media?s KQKQ 98.5 Omaha.
KLCK-FM Click 98.9 is owned by Sandusky Radio, which owns and operates four other Seattle stations including MOViN 92.5 KQMV FM, Warm 106.9 KRWM FM, AM 880 KIXI and AM1150 KKNW
4-19-2012
Cox says the talk station it's launching Monday in Tampa will include Drew Garabo from 10 to 12, Billy Madison from 12 to 3, "Spice" from "The Bubba The Love Sponge Show" from 7PM to Midnight and Nick and Artie from 10PM to 1AM. Bubba and Cowhead will continue to anchor the morning and afternoon drive slots respectively. Cox will drop classic rock to go live with talk on Monday
12-27-2011
(by Ed Ryan)
If you search hard enough, there are still stations out there doing the "minor league" training our industry needs to grow the next generation of successful broadcasters. That, despite the many loud cries that corporate radio is killing that concept. WBTN-AM could be considered one of those stations. Then again, the volunteer voices heard in Bennington Vermont may like what they're doing so much, they may never want to leave for corporate America. Air shifts at this 1K daytimer are covered by local residents who also have full-time jobs. One person is a singer, another a psychologist and even the Superintendent of schools has a show. WBTN Executive Director John Likakis (pictured) says everything is locally produced and almost everyone on the air has no radio experience. WBTN-AM has become that small town's only source for real local news and information.
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Director of Sales Ted Hollo tells Radio Ink, as a non-profit, our focus is entirely on service to the local communities. "Topics range from medicine and law to the arts and local history. School closings and the school lunch menu are included every weekday early in the morning so parents can make necessary adjustments in their schedules." The annual budget for the station is $155,000.
Hollo says "open forum programming gives listeners an opportunity to call in and state their case, their opinions and their concerns. We give voice to many non-profit and charitable organizations and share in efforts to help feed the hungry and direct seniors to programs that especially benefit them."
WBTN also provides emergency information in times of crises. Hallo says during Irene, Likakis and two station volunteers stayed on the air for twelve hours to keep residents informed. "Following the storm, air time was immediately set aside for interviews with the Town Supervisor and representatives from FEMA to outline relief measures, and what steps needed to be taken for Government assistance along with updates on road and bridge repair, water main repair and electrical service. For all of these efforts, the Vermont Association of Broadcasters gave John a Community Service Award in October of this year."
Reach out to John Likakis and congratulate him on his work via e-mail at john@wbtnam.org