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Tuesday March 16, 2010 With his celebrity fueled by a Time cover story, best-selling books, cheerleading role at protest rallies and steady stream of divisive remarks, Glenn Beck is drawing big ratings. But there is a deep split within Fox between those -- led by Chairman Roger Ailes -- who are supportive, and many journalists who are worried about the prospect that Beck is becoming the face of the network - Beck has become a constant topic of conversation among Fox journalists, some of whom say they believe he uses distorted or inflammatory rhetoric and that undermines their credibility (read more - Howard Kurtz - Washington Post) From Jim Wallis: In spite of Glenn Beck's new threats, my invitation to dialogue stands - On Friday, I sent Glenn a letter proposing that the two of us sit down together and have an open and public discussion on what social justice really means and how Christians are called to engage in the struggle for justice. On Monday's Glenn Beck radio show, I got a response that disappointed me. Glenn Beck said: " -- So you go ahead and you continue to do your protest thing, and that's great. I love it. But just know -- the hammer is coming, because little do you know, for eight weeks, we've been compiling information on you, your cute little organization, and all the other cute little people that are with you. And when the hammer comes, it's going to be hammering hard and all through the night, over and over" (read more - Jim Wallis - Huffington Post) (read more - Rev. Martin Marty, Church historian, University of Chicago - Chicago Tribune) (read more - Manya Brachear - Chicago Tribune) Ron Lundy,
one of the most unique and much loved
WABC and
WCBS FM New York jocks has
died after a series Citadel Reorganization Outline Is Approved by Judge (read more - Don Jeffrey - BusinessWeek) "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" Inducts New Members (read more - Jon Pareles - NY Times) Bob Kravitz made his final appearance Monday on "Kravitz & Eddie," the WFNI-AM (1070) program that debuted in January 2008 - "It's a business decision, and I understand it completely," Kravitz said. "I know a lot of people who have lost their jobs" - Kravitz's exit is part of on-air shuffling at all three Emmis stations (read more - David Lindquist - Indy Star) The National Association of Broadcasters announced the 50 finalists for the 2010 Crystal Radio Awards competition - At the Radio Luncheon there will be a keynote address by Phil Hendrie, nationally syndicated radio host and satirist and legendary Texas radio personality Ron Chapman will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame (read the list of finalists - NAB) The FCC has unveiled an ambitious plan to bring high-speed Internet service to millions of Americans who can't get it today, while boosting delivery speeds and lowering prices for 200 million current subscribers (read more - Paul Davidson and David Lieberman - USA Today) KSPA-AM switching from music to talk format (read more - Richard Wagoner - San Bernadino Sun) First lady Dawn Gibbons, in the midst of divorcing scandalized Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons will have her own radio gig in April when she starts broadcasting "the inside scoop" on politics for a half-hour, every weekday morning, on Reno's KBZZ-AM 1270 (read more - Doug Elfman - Las Vegas Review-Journal) Radio reaches more than 239 million Persons aged 12 and older over the course of a typical week, according to the RADAR 104 National Radio Listening Report, which releases Monday, March 22 - Despite the adoption of MP3 players and the growth of mobile and Internet-only stations, radio reaches 93.1 percent of Persons aged 12+ each week. Even 91 percent of the youngest radio audience, teens aged 12-17, who are most accustomed to using new technologies and forms of media, continue to tune in each week. Network radio reaches 87 percent of Adults aged 18-34 who are ad elusive and media multi-taskers, up from 84 percent from one year ago Joseph Dembo who helped transform WCBS Radio in New York City into an all-news outlet died on Monday (read more - 1010 WINS) (read more - WCBS 880) News Burps From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic: Terra Wellington
is a nutrition expert who says good nutrition can be
A lot of people listen to talk radio: But not a lot of people in Washington listen to talk radio. They all watch cable news, or read political blogs, which remain decidedly niche products (read more - Ezra Klein - Washington Post) "Randy Michaels and the Meaning of Life" (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) According to an account in The New York Times, “Pink Floyd alleged that EMI had allowed online downloads from the albums and parts of tracks to be used as ringtones for mobile phones”. The judge ordered EMI to pay Pink Floyd’s costs in the case, estimated at $90,000, and refused to hear an appeal. Allowing that artists want to preserve their creative works and not have them chopped up into cuts to be sold on iTunes, there is more to this story (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) Knowing that more than 239 million people listen to radio during a typical week or that national spot is “pacing significantly ahead ” of last year in the first and second quarters, doesn’t matter unless that business filters down to local radio (read more - Mel Phillips) There are only
two types of people left in the Radio Biz
these days. Those who are scared to death they are If you program something with passion and you put your heart into it, even a misused word or phrase will make you nuts. Just ask my staff. The oddity about the (Randy Michaels) memo was in the alleged (oops, that's a banned word) way in which Michaels is enforcing the policy (read more - Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) The March Distance Learning Seminar for the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) will address employee classification and independent contractor issues that increasingly are coming under regulatory scrutiny at media companies and other businesses. The CPE (continuing professional education) teleconference, “Employee Classifications and Independent Contractor Issues” is scheduled for Wednesday, March 24 from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. (ET) (read more - MFM) Ryan Seacrest will add a daily countdown of the “American Top 5” songs to the third hour of the nationally syndicated On Air with Ryan Seacrest beginning March 29 Mike Reineri has been named Market Manager for Clear Channel’s six-station group in Panama City Monday March 15, 2010 It was classic Randy Michaels: For close to 30 minutes Friday, the Tribune Co. CEO addressed a closed-door meeting of news staffers at news/talk WGN-AM (720) about the now-infamous memo banning 119 words and phrases from the airwaves. On the subject of leaks, Michaels asked individual staffers: “What do you think should happen to people who do that?” He directed much of his ire at Charlie Meyerson, the WGN news director who circulated the memo, blaming Meyerson for mishandling his directive (read more - Robert Feder - Vocalo) Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire Back: On his radio and television shows, Glenn Beck suggested any church promoting "social justice" or "economic justice" merely was using code words for Nazism and communism - “Am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!" he said - In attacking churches that espouse social justice, Beck is taking on most mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic, black and Hispanic congregations in the country - not to mention plenty of evangelical churches and even his own, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (read more - John Blake - CNN) (read more - Hanna Siegel - ABC News) (read more - Laurie Goldstein - NY Times) (read more - Media Matters) Glenn Beck calls Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" 'anti-American' on his radio show (read more - NJ Star-Ledger) Old media are trying to imagine the new smaller newsroom of the future in the relic of their old ones. New media are imagining the new newsroom from a blank slate and news ecosystem - The notion that the news media are shrinking is mistaken. Reportorial journalism is getting smaller, but the commentary and discussion aspect of media, which adds analysis, passion and agenda shaping, is growing -- in cable, radio, social media, blogs and elsewhere (read more - Pew Research) MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, often considered the liberals' antidote to Fox News's conservative commentators, was rebuked by the liberal First Amendment Advisory Council for a January 21 commentary in which he condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning laws restricting corporation and union funding of political commercials (read more - Contact Music) Rick Kaempfer interviewed Chuck Buell for Chicago Radio Spotlight -- Chuck Buell was a jock on WLS, the Big 89, in the late 60s and early 70s and is still working as a voice over artist - www.chuckbuell.com (read the interview - see the photos - Chicago Radio Spotlight) KFI's 640 AM's John Kobylt and Ken Chaimpou broadcast live Friday from in front of a Extended StayAmerica Efficiency Studios on Skylab Street in Huntington Beach where five registered sex offenders are living (read more - Annie Burris - OC Register) Amy Jacobson begins a new chapter in her Chicago broadcast career March 24, when she becomes co-host with Big John Howell of the morning drive "Big John & Amy Show" on WIND-AM (560), a politically conservative talk station (read more - Lewis Lazare - Chicago Sun-Times) Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin spoke Saturday at the Tulsa Convention Center for the kickoff of the "Taking Our Country Back Tour." They were joined by country musicians John Rich and Gretchen Wilson, who played after the speeches (read more - Shannon Muchmore - Tulsa World) Bill O'Reilly spoke at the Tulsa Convention Center to a crowd of about 800 during the William Booth Society dinner, an annual benefit for the Salvation Army - "Sarah Palin is not going to be the Republican nominee," O'Reilly said. "It's not going to happen." Palin and O'Reilly's Fox News colleague Glenn Beck had spoken earlier in the day in Tulsa (read more - David Harper - Tulsa World) Cuts already imposed on workers had been painful and new concessions asked of those represented by unions were harsh. But without them, there would be no sale, no emergence from bankruptcy and - Sun-Times Media leader Jeremy Halbreich made clear - no future. It turned out to be the storm before the calm (read more - Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune) iPad Sales: 120,000 Estimated Sold in First Day of Pre-Order (read more - Dan Nosowitz - Fast Company) Slacker, the critically praised interactive radio service, plans to launch an on-demand subscription service combining elements of Pandora, Rhapsody and Spotify in the next few months, Wired.com has learned from a well-placed source whose statements were confirmed by a Slacker spokesman (read more - Eliot Von Buskirk - Wired) AT&T will unveil today a suite of mostly Web-based services that it says will make it possible for consumers to use inexpensive new cellphones to handle tasks mostly associated with higher-price smartphones (read more - David Lieberman - USA Today) Tom Brady is the inspector-in-charge of the Postal Inspection Service in Chicago. He and cohost Dave Colen, who's the assistant inspector-in-charge, put on what they believe to be the nation's only live weekly law enforcement radio show. The program is broadcast out of Aurora and airs at noon Wednesdays. It focuses on different scams that postal inspectors come across (read more - Natasha Korecki - Chicago Sun-times) Citadel Dallas-Fort Worth's Platinum 96.7 in no longer airing platinum oldies - Tyler Cox, WBAP's operation manager, said that "Reagan Radio" will simulcast with News Talk WBAP 820 beginning today - Ron Chapman, the North Texas radio legend who developed the Platinum 96.7 playlist, said he was warned a couple of months ago by Citadel CEO Farid Suleman that the station might have to change formats (read more - Robert Philpot - Star-Telegram) News Burps The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan on Tuesday that will reimagine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network (read more - Brian Stelter and Jenns Wortham - NY Times) At 90, Walt Bodine is cutting back his time on the air -- KCUR-FM announced that the namesake of “The Walt Bodine Show” would host the show on Fridays only, beginning in April (read more - Aaron Barnhart - KC Star) From Claude Hall --
My leg hurts and
Joey Reynolds
got fired - His leaving WOR
in New York, to me, is a sign
of the times. A true picture
of what has happened to the radio you and I once knew. It simply is
not there anymore. From Tommy Kramer
-- The role of anyone in an ensemble or team environment—radio or
television—is to From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic: Dr. Mark Berman
is president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. He
Robert Feder, the outstanding reporter and columnist based in Chicago, slipped Tribune CEO Randy Michaels a well-deserved stiff arm the other day when he wrote a piece on 119 words Michaels will not allow on Tribune’s WGN, Chicago - Why is Michaels micromanaging WGN’s news professionals? In fact, what is he and Sam Zell doing in the newspaper industry along with almost 20 hired hands from radio posing as mild-mannered reporters for large metropolitan dailies such as the LA Times? Look, in fairness to Michaels, a lot of the phrases he doesn’t like probably shouldn’t be used on the radio or in news print. But that’s not the point (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) Which gender sells more product, is more persuasive, forceful, soothing and successful? A new Adweek Media/Harris Poll, conducted online in February has the answers. It’s a wash when it comes to sounding more persuasive with 19% of respondents finding a female voice more persuasive while 18% choose the male voice, more importantly 64% say it makes no difference. Male voices sound more forceful than female voices by an overwhelming 48% to 2% edge although 49% said it makes no difference (read more - Mel Phillips) Too often the attitude of broadcasters is to focus on the centrality of the over-the-air product and to treat the digital and off-air brand elements as "extensions" of what's on-air rather than equally important elements in an integrated brand equation (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) If you saw the "radio stimulus czar" session at last fall's NAB Radio Show, or our "Presidents of Radio" panel at our Summit 13 in Austin, you get the gist - a panel of "experts" from different walks of media life giving their best six minute prescription for what radio needs to do to heal itself. But what distinguished this incarnation from past sessions was the setting and the panelists (read more- Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) "What's a 'Radio', Mommy?" -- What do you do when the next generation doesn't even recognize the primary gadget you can be found on? (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bonds to pay off debt due in 2013 (read more - ABC News) Friday March 12, 2010 CC Media Holdings reported revenues of $5.6 billion for 2009, a decline of 17% as compared to 2008. The decline in the Company’s revenues resulted from the global economic downturn and related decrease in advertising spend worldwide (read more - Clear Channel) Starting Monday KSPA 1510 will offer Mancow, 3 am; Laura Ingraham, 6 am; a cooking show, 9 am; Chuck Wilder, 11 am; Dr Laura Schlessinger, noon; Michael Savage, 3 pm; Rusty Humphries, 6 pm; Mike Horn's own PM Show, 9 pm; Lee Klein or John and Jeff, 10 pm; and Barry Farber, 2 am - Details are expected to appear on www.am1510kspa.com (read more - Gary Lycan - OC Register) "Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio" (Arcadia Publishing, $21.99) is primarily a pictorial history of local radio in its glory days. But author Ed Salamon's introduction to the book and anecdote-laden captions paint a vivid picture of the city's place in radio history (read more - Adrian McCoy - Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Richard Roeper, star columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, author and nationally known movie critic, is about to add another title to his credits: Chicago radio talk host. He’s joining news/talk WLS-AM (890) as Roe Conn’s afternoon show partner (read more - Robert Feder - Vocalo) (read more - Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune) (read more - Stefano Esposito - Chicago Sun-Times) Arbitron numbers for Albuquerque, Bakersfield, Colorado Springs, Huntsville and West Palm Beach (read the numbers) The Academy of Country Music is announcing the full list of radio award winners that will not be televised due to time constraints during the live telecast on April 18 in Las Vegas (read more - PR Newswire) (read more - CMT) After what I wrote about Randy Michaels earlier this week (read it), it’s no wonder the Tribune Co. CEO doesn’t care much for me. But who knew of his low regard for the whole business of bloggers? (read more - Robert Feder - Vocalo) Today marks the end of an era for Ludington radio. Longtime WKLA morning show host George Wilson begins his retirement today, following a broadcasting career that started in 1959 (read more - WKLA) A funeral mass and visitation for the late Richard Fatherly, former program director at 710 WHB, will begin on March 19 at 10:30 am at St. Agnes Church in Roeland Park, Kansas (e-mail for more information - rwfatherley@yahoo.com) (read more - BottomLine.com) Recession and technology are proving to be game changer for ad industry (read more - W. Scott Bailey - SA Biz Journal) Conan O'Brien is launching a cross-country comedy and music show that will hit 30 cities in 20 states (read more - Nicole Lyn Pesce - NY Daily News) News Burps From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic: Pete Bils
is a sleep expert who's warning that
losing one hour of sleep with the
Betty White will host Saturday Night Live (read more - Crain's NY Biz) Dave Graveline and the Into Tomorrow team travel to San Francisco this weekend to report from the Intel booth at the Game Developers Conference - on air, online and on satellite Radio is now the bastard child of the Julius Genachowski administration. It’s been well documented by the media that the FCC, with $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus cash at hand, will build a plan that is faster, will help more people get it, even if they have to give it away, encourage industries to provide it and will help create innovations that will stimulate more broadband adoption, like Internet protocol (IP) video (read more - Mel Phillips) CEO Lew Dickey and “other brother” John Dickey have decided to file a $200,000 lawsuit against a former market manager because she had the nerve to leave Cumulus without first getting fired. They say she violated her employment contract. But the manager, Kristin Okesson (pronounced Oh-ka-son), apparently had an outdated employment contract that only covered her Danbury, CT market responsibilities. When Cumulus added additional responsibilities to manage far away Westchester, NY as well, they forgot to redo her agreement (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) Check out the video with Ford's head of Social Media, Scott Monty (from the Online Marketing Blog). Here's a company that understands marketing and social media (even if it's social media in a suit and tie) (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) Forbes Richest People in the World List (read the list - Forbes) Thursday March 11, 2010 Mikey Esparza takes the microphone, talking about how he was molested as a child, grew up to become an alcoholic and then found Jesus Christ and thinks you should, too. He finishes by playing Christian rock music. Um ---- say whuh? Yes. This isn't unusual for Esparza, formerly of Rock 105.3. He does this every Friday, calling it his "testimony." This is, however, extremely unusual in the world of radio, where religion usually doesn't get much airplay (read more - Randy Dotinga - North County Times - San Diego) The trial of Harold C. Turner, the incendiary talk show host accused of threatening the lives of three federal judges, has once again ended without a verdict, as a judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday (read more - A.G.Sulzberger - NY Times) (read more - John Marzulli - NY Daily News) |
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