Is
WQCK / Baton Rouge PD Kurt Wallace about to make an announcement?
(7/31)
Steven Curtis
Chapman's next album to be a live concert? Get all the scoop from
CMCentral.com. (7/30)
The
U.S. House of Representatives now has a bill before it that many
hope will provide "relief" to struggling Internet Broadcasters.
Late last week, Representatives Jay Inslee, George Nethercutt and
Rick Boucher introduced the "Internet Radio Fairness Act," which
would exempt businesses grossing less than $6 million annually
from royalties set by the latest Copyright Arbitration Royalty
Panel (CARP) proceeding. Directly contradicting the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, the Internet Radio Fairness Act would
also require future CARPs to do away with separate royalty fees
for temporary, or "ephemeral" copies, created as a part of
streaming radio. The bill also includes a number of proposed
changes to the CARP process.
The proposed legislation has been met with cheers from
proponents of smaller sized Internet broadcasters who could be
driven out of business entirely if the current royalty structure
is kept intact.The new law would require that future CARPs
set royalty rates using the traditional "market" standard, rather
than the "willing buyer, willing seller" standard used by the
webcasting CARP; would provide a small-business exemption from
fees for taking part in the CARP process; and would require that
future CARPs consider the impact of their rulings on small
businesses. (7/29)
"The Big 20 Countdown"
with host Kevin Seal will be syndicated by ZEO Radio Networks. For
more info on the show go
here. or e-mail T.J. Hess at
tj@zeoradio.com or call
(412) 512-1515. (7/26)
Radio
Eternal is getting ready to begin it's streaming on the internet
station at radioeternal.com.
The stream will start this Monday July 29th with the official
start date August 1st. The bands Daily Planet, Three5and6, and
Rebecca Avery will perform at the official kick-off party this
Sunday July 28th in Sacramento. (7/24)
Warner Music
Group announced today that it has expanded its relationship with
veteran music executive and Curb Records Chairman and founder Mike
Curb. Under the new, long-term agreement, Warner Music Group's WEA
Inc. will continue to manufacture and distribute releases from
Curb Records in the U.S., Warner Music International will serve as
the label's exclusive licensee in Latin America, Europe, and parts
of Asia, and Warner/Chappell Music will administer Curb's
publishing interests throughout the world outside the U.S.,
Canada, and Japan. In addition, Mike Curb will become a partner in
WMG's Word Entertainment, and will be
named Chairman of the company, serving in a non-executive
capacity. The current reporting structure at Word will be
unaffected, with Word president and chief operating officer,
Malcolm Mimms, continuing to report to Warner Bros. Nashville
president Jim Ed Norman, who reports to Tom Whalley, Chairman of
Warner Bros. Records. Go here for more on this story from
CMCentral.com. (7/23)
MeasureCast
reports that the number of hours spent listening to on-line
stations rebounded during the week of July 8 after an early summer
slowdown. The company's Internet Radio Index for the week of July
8-14 shot up 26 percent to an all-time high. This after the index
dipped 4 percent during the week of June 24, and fell another 15
percent during the week of July 1. Since January 6 of this year,
the total time spent listening to web radio stations measured by
MeasureCast is up 141 percent. (07/23)
Promotions: Ben
Cooper becomes Sytems Manager for the Christian Music Trade
Association (CMTA) running the soundscan and BDS operation.
Meanwhile Daniel White is now Manager Special Products for the
Gospel Music Association (GMA). (7/23)
Brian
Dishon Is promoted to Manager National Promotion at Sparrow
Records. Brian has been with Sparrow since 1997 in radio promo.
(7/23)
BEC
Recordings, home to such successful bands as The Supertones,
Plankeye, and Cadet, is adding male singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp
to its current roster of cutting edge acts. Stay, his debut
album, releases on September 24. "I have never been this excited
about a new artist since the OC Supertones," says Brandon Ebel,
president of BEC Recordings. "I have known Jeremy and his family
for over eleven years and am truly amazed by his ministry. This
album is full of incredible, personal songs based on Jeremy's
experiences in faith and trust in the Lord through any
circumstance. I know that God is using and will continue to use
Jeremy to bring people to him through his music and testimony."
(7/15)
Saturday
night, July 20, Michael W. Smith recorded his second live worship
album, entitled Worship Again, at Southeastern Christian
Church in Louisville, KY. He led the crowd in thirteen songs,
which will all be considered for his new album. Click here to get
complete story from
CMCentral.com. (7/22)
Salem
Communications Corporation today announced that it will release
second quarter 2002 financial results prior to market hours on
Tuesday, August 6, 2002. The company will also host a
teleconference to discuss its results on August 6th at 1:00 P.M.
Eastern Time. To access the teleconference, interested parties are
instructed to dial 973-582-2741 ten minutes prior to the start
time. The teleconference will also be available via live webcast
on the investor relations portion of the company's website,
located at http://www.salem.cc/. If you are unable to listen to
the live teleconference at its scheduled time, there will be a
replay available through August 13, 2002, and can be accessed by
dialing 973-341-3080, passcode 3398357. The webcast will also be
archived on the company's website for one month. (7/19)
Air
1 and K-LOVE get a few new stations. 91.1 KARQ Mesquite, NV. and
91.5 KKRO Redding CA. join the Air 1 Network. While 90.3 KLOP La
Pine. OR. joins K-LOVE. (7/19)
Dan Hatfield Is the new
PD at WNCB / Duluth. an was previously the Chief Engineer at Red
Rock Radio. (7/19)
Clif Tredway becomes
the new PD / Afternoon Personality on the AIR 1 Radio Network.
Cliff was formerly PD at "The Fish" in Chicago. (7/16)
Sal Diguardio joins
KDUV / Visalia, CA as the new mid-day personality. Also Shannon
Steele moves from the mid-day spot to join the morning show with
Joe Kroft. (7/16)
Sales
of Contemporary Christian and gospel music rose 18 percent over
the first half of 2002, marking six straight quarters of growth,
announced the Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA) last week.
According to SoundScan, contemporary
Christian and gospel music album units sold from January 1 to June
30, 2002 were 23,445,000 compared to 19,830,000 for the same
period in 2001. The overall music industry is reporting a
nine-percent decline at this point in 2002, with Christian and
country being the only two genres that have experienced any growth
this year. Get the complete story from
CMcentral.com.com. (7/15)
Radio Eternal says it
will celebrate it's new internet station on Sunday, July 28th with
a pre-party in Sacramento. then they will begin a continuous music
stream Monday, July 29th.
Radio Eternal
is an online radio station that exists to encourage, inspire,
and challenge today’s youth and young adults. The station
focuses on rock and rock alternative music with a positive
message, from both secular and Christian artists, or what we
call Real Music/Real Life. More information on Radio Eternal
can be found at
www.radioeternal.com or by calling 916-849-0904. (7/15)
Live 101.5 KMRX / Tulsa
drops it's Christian rock format for secular CHR/Rhythmic calling
itself "101.5 The Beat". (7/15)
Don Guidas exits KTLI /
Witchita where he was production director afternoon personality.
Don plans to start his own production business. Contact KTLI PD
Todd Taylor at
todd@light99.com if yor're
interested in filling that position. (7/12)
Ken Farley joins WCFL /
Chicago as an Independant Consultant in programming. He will take
of the duties from home in Franklin, TN. where he can reached at
615-595-8510. Ken was previously with Forefront Records and has
radio experience at KOKF / Oklahoma City. (7/12)
Salem
Communications Corporation announced today the appointment of
Dionne M. Petitpas as Director of Communications. Ms. Petitpas
will report to David Evans, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Salem Communications and will be based in
their corporate headquarters in Camarillo, California.
"I am very pleased that Dionne has joined Salem," said David
Evans. "Her extensive experience in both radio broadcasting and
the music industry will be tremendously valuable as we continue to
grow Salem's businesses." (7/12)
Elizabeth
Grattan has been named the promotions coordinator for Moody
Broadcasting Network's WCRF 103.3 Cleveland. Grattan will be
responsible for developing and coordinating station campaigns,
imaging, and event promotions and be a part of the morning
program. Congratulations Elizabeth at
elizabeth.grattan@moody.edu! (7/11)
All
Access is reporting that
National Public Radio Pres/CEO Kevin Klose made an apology to
conservative Christian group the Traditional Values Coalition for
a January 22nd "Morning Edition" report falsely linking the
group to anthrax mailings to Congress. Klose made the apology
before a House subcommittee hearing on funding for public
broadcasting. TVC Exec. Dir. Andrea Lafferty replied by saying the
apology as "not enough. Eight million people heard this libelous,
slanderous report." The incident has been raised as an example of
NPR's "liberal bias." (7/11)
Format flips: WANL 1250
AM Albany, GA. flips to ESPN sports as WSRA. KAML 990 am Kenedy,
TX. flips from Christian back to country. New 97.1 Ukiah, CA. to
be KULV, Christian contemporary "K-Love." as well as 99.1
Williams, CA. to be KHKL Christian contemporary "K-Love." And AFR
KAVK 89.7 Many, LA. moves to 89.3 and upgrades from A to C3,
putting a city-grade signal into Nachitoches LA.
Integrity Inc. is now
known as Integrity Media Inc. But the music group will continue to
be named integrity Music Inc.
Vertical, Hosanna!,
Integrity, Integrity Gospel, Integrity Just-For-Kids, INO and M2.0
labels are fall under that banner. (7/10)
(7/11)
NewSong
recently announced that the CBS Television Network will air “The
Christmas Shoes” movie as a holiday special Movie of the Week this
upcoming holiday season. Starring Rob Lowe (“The West Wing”) and
Kimberly Williams (“Father of the Bride”), “The Christmas Shoes”
movie will be based on Donna VanLiere’s New York Times
best-selling novella of the same title. The novella was inspired
by NewSong’s mainstream adult contemporary radio single, “The
Christmas Shoes.” Scheduled to air this coming holiday season,
“The Christmas Shoes” will feature the NewSong hit and cameo
appearances by members of the group. The movie is being produced
by Craig Anderson and Beth Grossbard Productions. Filming is
currently underway in Nova Scotia. NewSong’s single “Wide Open” is
No. 7 on R&R’s Inspirational chart and No. 13 on its AC
chart.
For more info go to
providentmusic.com/news. (7/10)
Registration for the
2002 CHR Seminar September 6-8 in Atlanta is now open. Advance
registration cost is $295 thru August 1st then it goes up to
$415. Special guest speakers include President of Creative Animal
International Doug Harris and Senior Director of Radio Disney
Operations Robin Jones with two more to be announced. To get
complete registration information call 770-517-8811 or e-mail to
chrseminar@christianmedia.net. (7/9)
Jason Sharp joins WQCK
(The Bridge) Baton Rouge as APD/MD and morning drive on August
5th. Jason comes from WCQR / Johnson City, TN. (7/9)
The Christian Radio &
Rrcord community is mourning the death of Sparrow Records VP of
A&R Grant Cunningham. Grant died of injuries sustained during a
soccer game last week. He is survived by his wife Kristen and
three sons. (7/8)
Make sure you look for
our exclusive interview with consultant Dan Vallie of
Vallie/Richards Consulting very soon on HisAir.Net.
Vallie/Richards is very involved with the Salem "Fish" concept.
Having
recently wrapped up a 53-city stint on Third Day’s “Come Together”
tour and on the heels of his first multi-format Top 10 radio hit
“Holy Is Your Name,” Essential Records artist Bebo Norman readies
for the release of his next project, Myself When I Am Real,
September 10th. Read more on this story
here. (7/3)
WCFL UPDATE...According
to Director of Engineering and
Technology for New Life Media / IBI Radio Ministries Morgan
Grammer, the
station is operating at 1kw with a temporary transmitter and
coverage is modest as expected. Engineers are continuing to
investigate exactly what caused the station transmitter to blow
last week to a storm. Please pray for WCFL to return to full power
soon. (7/3)
Send your station and
label news to
news@hisair.net
CHR Rock Radio Promo
Manager Kent Coley will exit Forefront Records July 12. (7/3)
Congrats to Gotee
Records Troy Collins and wife Stacie who welcomed their second
child Elizabeth Anne Collins on June 28th! (7/3)
"Everyday Sunday" signs
on with Flicker records. The Ohio based band will release it's
first CD "Stand Up" on September 24th. (7/3)
KSBJ / Houston
surpassed it's goals during their 20th annual Share-a-thon.
Listeners gave over $50,000 more than asked for in monthly support
and $300,000 more in one time gifts. (7/3)
Christian talk WXLW /
Indianapolis will change format to ESPN by end of July. (7/3)
WebRock
(www.WebRock.net), the online
modern rock music station, recently sponsored Creation Festival
2002 in Mt. Union, PA. as part of it's long-term strategic
sponsorship of the Creation Festival. Creation Festival is the
world's largest Christian music and worship festival with nearly
80,000 in attendance each year. Click here
to see a pic. (7/2)
WCLQ / Wausau 89Q has
promoted afternoon personality Matt Deane to PD. (7/1)
Changes at The
Provident Music Group. Tim Marshall has been named VP/Marketing
overseeing the marketing staff and Bob Wohler is upped to VP/A&R
for Essential Records. (7/1)
The
2002 NAB Marconi Radio
Award Nominees were announced today. The winners in each category
will be announced on September 14th at the NAB Marconi Radio
Awards Dinner & Show at the Washington State Convention and Trade
Center in Seattle, WA. The annual dinner & show will be the grand
finale to The NAB Radio Show.
Nominess for "Religious Station
of the Year"
KFSH-FM, Los Angeles, CA
KGBI, Omaha, NE
KTSY, Caldwell, ID
WRCM, Charlotte, NC
WVEL, Pekin, IL
(7/1)
