9-29-14
Mike Scott has been promoted to PD for ?Your Country US93.3? and ?Great Country 103.3? at Adams Radio of Fort Wayne. Adams Radio CEO Ron Stone said ?It's very hard to ignore Mike?s thirty years of major-market programming specifically a dozen years with country great WYCD in Detroit. His coaching skills and incredible on-air experience is exactly what we need in Fort Wayne to develop our country stations into the market leaders they are capable of becoming."
9-19-14
Great Scott Broadcasting has agreed to sell eight of its stations in the Salisbury-Ocean City, MD market to Adams Radio of Delmarva Peninsula. The deal includes WGBG-FM and WJWK-AM (both licensed to Seaford, DE), WJWL-AM and WZBH-FM (both licensed to Georgetown, DE), WKHI-FM (licensed to Fruitland, MD), and WOCQ-FM (licensed to Berlin, MD), along with two FM translators. Kalil & Co. was the broker in the transaction.
Adams President/CEO Ron Stone said, "We are very excited to join the broadcast community in Salisbury-Ocean City! This cluster is another rare opportunity to acquire a company that has been in the same family for almost 50 years. We are honored to be chosen by the Scott family to be the next stewards of these great stations. These stations are a great complement to the other markets we have acquired."
Adams Radio Group re-entered the radio business in July, and this is its fourth cluster; the group also has clusters in Las Cruces, NM; Fort Wayne, IN; and in the Chicago suburbs in Northwest Indiana.
Jeff Scott of Great Scott said, "Our family has proudly served the Delmarva Peninsula for 50 years. We quietly listed our stations in hopes that we would find the perfect buyer that shares our values in serving the public. We believe Adams Radio is that company. We have no doubts that our family's tradition of high-quality programming will continue and the public will be well served by Adams."
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8-25-14
Scott takes over morning drive for Adams Radio of Fort Wayne at Soft Rock 103.9. Scott brings over thirty years of major-market programming, operations, talent coaching and on-air experience from Detroit and Cincinnati. He most recently served as PD/Afternoon host for Cumulus-Cincinnati's WNNF NASH FM 94-1. Prior to Cincinnati, Mike spent twelve years as Assistant Operations Manager/Assistant Program Director-Music Director and midday talent for powerhouse country station WYCD (CBS) in Detroit. Adams recently acquired Soft Rock 103.9 along with WBTU, WJFX, WXKE, WGL AM, WLYV AM and translators 103.3 and 96.9.
7-8-14
Scott is the new Regional Market Manager for Clear Channel and will oversee the Mobile/Pensacola, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Biloxi, and Laurel/Hattiesburg markets. Scott is promoted from Clear Channel West Palm where we was D.O.S. He's been with the company for more than 12 years, serving in a variety of sales management positions in the New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Dallas markets.
11-8-13
Miller says after 45 days working freelance, he is now one of the newest full time employees at WGN Radio. "I have dedicated my life to radio since the age of 12. I have had incredible leaders along the way, Biondi, Gehron, Winfrey?and now to be able to add De Castro to that list?.I am forever grateful." Miller joins the Pete McMurray show (11 p.m. ? 2 a.m) aas full-time executive producer.
3-1-2013
One of the smartest people I know is Scott Herman, he knows everything about the radio business and can tell you the history of anything having to do with radio over the past 30 years. A true student of the industry, Scott knows radio from every angle. From on-air to engineering to sales, Scott can tell you anything you need to know about any station in any market.
I first met Scott when he worked in Chicago when he was the Program Director of WMAQ. But it was his return to New York and his new responsibilities as a VP which gave me the opportunity to work with Scott. There is no one funnier than Scott. I can?t get through a phone call, let alone a business meeting without laughing myself into a stomach ache. His viewpoint on life, business, people, and everything walking, breathing, or growing is spot on and always funny. It is this warm and wonderful personality combined with his knowledge and tenacity that makes him an outstanding asset for CBS Radio, where he's Executive VP of Operations.
So tell us, Scott: How did you get into radio?
I never did ask my parents what they thought when they walked into my bedroom and saw their then 10-year-old son sitting in a mock broadcast booth on a storage trunk and broadcasting New York Mets baseball play-by-play into a cassette recorder. The sound of the game on the TV was turned down and I acted like I was broadcasting to a million people. That?s my earliest memory of my love for radio; and, probably, my parent?s earliest memory that I needed some kind of professional help.
I was always talking up records with artist, title, time, and temperature while cruising through Brooklyn in my 1970 Dodge Charger. But, in reality, my radio journey truly began at Brooklyn College in 1976.
I went to college because that?s what I was supposed to do, but I really wanted to work full-time in the family hardware business. My Dad -- always my biggest fan and the one who always had a great influence on me -- prodded me to join a campus club and get involved in the school so I wouldn?t drop out. I saw a sign for openings at the college radio station, WBCR. I auditioned and they actually hired me.
My first job at the station was 30 seconds of sports on Mondays at 4:30 p.m. I took three hours to write that half minute but it was always timed and written perfectly. From Sports to News, from News to DJ, from DJ to Assistant General Manager to General Manager to President; I did every job at WBCR Radio in my four years. It was a college station totally run by the students, and boy did we run it well. In some ways, it was more of an education than my regular liberal arts classes.
In my junior year, I met Sister Camille D?Arienzo, my professor for TV/Radio 16, Broadcast Speech and Writing. She loved me and told me I should do this for a living. She was also a Religion Commentator for Group W-owned 1010 WINS in NYC. She not only gave me an ?A? in her class, but she recommended me for an internship. When I showed up for the interview at WINS, they loved my college radio experience and hired me, paying me $3.85 an hour as a News Production Assistant.
After 35 years and 16 jobs (a real number), I?m still here doing what I love to do for the company I love doing it for.
As for Sister Camille, she has become a lifelong friend, a constant in my life for almost 40 years, and I remain the only Jewish member of the Sisters of Mercy Advisory Board. But, that?s another story.
You can email Scott at scott.herman@cbsradio.com
Lisa Miller is the President of Miller Broadcast Management in Chicago. She's also one of Radio Ink's Most Influential Women in Radio. Miller can be reached at Lisa@millerbroadcast.com or 312-454-1111.
So, how did you get into radio? We'd love to hear the story about why you're passionate about radio.
Read more of Lisa's "How I Got Into Radio" features HERE
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5-7-2012
Saturday night, the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame inducted its first group of honorees at a banquet in Murfreesboro. Inducted into the hall this year were former WSIX morning man Gerry House (pictured) and Scott Shannon among others. The legendary station award went to WSM. There were also legacy inductees which you can see HERE including former New York Met announcer Lindsey Nelson.
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Until recently, I was APD/MD, Midday Air Personality and Assistant Operations Manager for Detroit's Country 99.5 WYCD (CBS Radio). Aside from my on-air responsibilities, I supervised nine employees and acted as talent coach for the past twelve years. While on-air I've had the pleasure of continuously ranking top 5 (Adults 25-54-# 1 on many occasions), (Females 25-54) and (Adults18+ # 1). I also have experience with the following formats: Country, Top 40, CHR, Hot AC, AC and Classic Hits.
Scott Hennen tells the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead that he has signed a deal to syndicate his North Dakota based radio show with Genesis. Hennen said the deal will not change the theme or content of his ?Common Sense Club? show, which he tells the paper will launch with Genesis on about 12 stations. The show will continue to be heard in its current 2-5 p.m. time slot on KNOX-AM in Grand Forks station and on demand at Hennen?s website ? scotthennen.com. Hennen said his show will also now be available on the GCN website. ?We?re going to boast about broadcasting from an island of prosperity in North Dakota,? Hennen told the paper.
In two weeks, former long-time Y-103 (Youngstown, Ohio) host Scott Kennedy will be sentenced by a federal judge for admitting he possessed child pornography. Now one of the victims identified from videos in Kennedy's possession says she was just 10-years-old at the time. According to a local TV station, court documents filed by an attorney for one of the 19 victims wants restitution in the Kennedy case.
Kennedy plead guilty to the charges and is now in a Pennsylvania jail awaiting sentencing. The 55-year old faces up to 10 years in prison when he's sentenced for possessing three videos and 238 images of child pornography on his computer according to court documents.
This may be somewhat of a hostile setting for Scott depending on the makeup of the crowd. Scott has vetoed nearly $4.8 million in funding for public radio and television stations across the state to save money so he may get an earful about that. However, WFSU in the state's Capitol is slated to receive nearly $3 million. That's an increase in funding for WFSU and it is spent on coverage of the Governor, the Cabinet, the Legislature and the Supreme Court. According to the St. Pete Times; The cash includes $1.8 million for the Florida Channel and $340,862 provided for closed captioning of the channel.
Read the entire St. Pete Times article written by Eric Deggans HERE
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