WAKW
Cincinnati welcomes Jim Smith as their new morning person. Jim
joins WAKW after spending the last 13 years as morning personality
at secular AC WARM 98 Cincinnati. The morning show will air from
5:30-9:00 weekdays. (6/30)
Brant Hanson is the
new morning co-host at WAY FM West Palm Beach. Brant joins PD
Donna Cruz on the morning show weekdays 6-10. He was prviously
with WDWS Champaign and KSBJ Houston. (6/30)
After 25 years in
radio, most in Christian radio, Ken Mayfield has decided to exit
the business. He has accepted a ministry position with his church
in Spartanburg. Ken had these words for HisAir readers "I
have been very blessed in this 'business.' God allowed me to build
and manage 2 Christian radio stations in my hometown of Charlotte
including WRCM. I have been honored to serve on the management
team of two wonderful networks, RTN and EMF. I have so many great
friends here in radio." Please join us in wishing Ken and his
family the best in his new ministry! (6/30)
Youth Inc. of
Southern indiana has been awarded an LPFM at 96.9 serving the
Evansville metro. Plans are for a CHR format. (6/27)
Salem
Communications has announced that Bob Fox will serve as General
Manager for the company's four station cluster in Sacramento. Fox
joined Salem Communications three months ago as general sales
manager in Sacramento from Clear Channel, where he served as
general sales manager in Toledo, Ohio, for the past three years.
Fox will replace Joe Cruz, who has taken a position with Hispanic
Broadcasting. (6/26)
KLTY
Dallas announced that a display of an authentic fragment of the
Dead Sea Scrolls dated to 200 B.C. will be held at Celebrate
Freedom this Saturday, June 28. This will be the first ever
U.S. public display outside of a museum.
The fragment will be displayed to promote the
upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book museum
exhibit coming to the Biblical Arts Center in Dallas beginning
September 5, 2003. The fragment to be displayed at Celebrate
Freedom is a piece of the Old Testament book of Isaiah,
chapters 26 and 27, regarding the resurrection, “your dead shall
live again and their bodies shall rise…” Celebrate
Freedom is the largest Christian music concert in the U.S.,
with over 200,000 people expected to attend. The all-day free
event will feature performances by Third Day, Avalon, Jaci
Velasquez, Jars of Clay, Phillips, Craig and Dean, Mark Scultz,
Rebecca St. James, ZOEgirl, 4Him, Newsong, Chris Rice, Anointed,
Kristy Starling, Derek Webb (formerly of Caedmon’s Call), Nate
Sallie and Sandi Patty. (6/26)
Tom
Tradup will join Salem as National Program Director of News/Talk,
it was announced by Joe D. Davis, Executive Vice President for
Radio. He will be based in Dallas. Prior to joining Salem, Tradup
was President/Syndication for New York-based SABO Media where he
helped create and launch a national radio service for PARADE
Magazine. His news/talk background includes serving as President &
General Manager of WLS-AM&FM in Chicago, as well as programming
and news positions at WMCA New York, KRLD Dallas, KCMO Kansas City
and WASH-FM in Washington, D.C. He also served as Vice President &
General Manager of the USA Radio Network. Tradup commented, "I am
thrilled to be joining Salem and to be blessed with the
opportunity to work with this solid management team as we unlock
the tremendous potential of Salem's news/talk stations." (6/25)
BMI
Christian Music Awards winners announced...Get the details
from
CMCentral.com. (6/25)
Ken
Pennell is named President of EMI Gospel at EMI-CMG effective July
7th. In addition Larry Blackwell becomes VP/GM. Pennel was
prviously the VP/GM while Blackwell was with the Zomba Label
Group. (6/23)
Station
Movement:
Mike Sommers is
the new OM/PD at WXPZ Milford, DE. He replaces Denice Harper who
left in early June...WFMZ
Elizabeth City, NC is sold to Convergent Broadcasting...WYSZ
Toledo ups Craig Mangrum to APD ... KSBJ Houston introduces a new
worship-driven website at
www.enterhisgates.com...The 60-minute syndicated program
Christian Future Hits, highlighting
brand-new AC, CHR and Inspo songs, announces it's newest
affiliate, WBJY/Albany, GA... A new internet station is on at
www.bornagainradio.com
Damon Balch
has been named Director of sales at KFIS and KPDQ (Salem) in
Portland.
Lucy Chapman joins KGBI
Omaha "100.7 The Bridge" doing news on the morning show. Lucy was
formerly with KEFM Omaha. She'll start at KGBI in July. (6/23)
Salem
Communications has announced its Summer Concert Series line-up.
Commenting on the series, “The Fish” National PD Chuck Finney
said, “Our line-up features perhaps our best group of performers
ever. Along with the great music, these concerts offer us a
meaningful way to come together in prayer and celebration. We hope
to have fun, while shedding light on today's social and political
issues, encouraging thoughtful reflection on our lives and raising
money to help those in need.” The free events will feature
performances by Third Day, Avalon, Jaci Velasquez, Jars of Clay,
Phillips, Craig and Dean, Mark Scultz, Rebecca St. James, ZOEgirl,
4Him, Newsong, Chris Rice, Anointed, Kristy Starling, Derek Webb,
Nate Sallie, Jeremy Camp, Toby Mac, OC Supertones, and Sandi
Patty. (6/19)
Quick
clips:
Michael Shishido is now
PD at KAIM (95.5 The Fish) Honolulu. Rick Innamorato leaves the
station and heads back to the mainland. Shishido was formerly the
Creative Services Director at KAIM.
Kaja
Brown leaves the PD position at KPSU Portland effective June 30.
(6/18)
There's an alarming
editorial on the state of radio written by
Brent Staples in the
New
York Times a few days ago. The editorial claims
that radio, as the listener used to know it, is dead. It will make
you think. Staples claims radios problems are great ... and that
it's losing listeners faster than any other medium. Click
here to read. (6/18)
1,011
new child sponsors were found during the recent WAY-FM group of
stations’ Compassion In Action
fundraiser, Compassion International’s second highest record ever
for a single radio event. It was held
over two days of broadcasting, and incorporated new programming
limitations established by attorneys. Featured hosts included
WAY-FM staff Donna Cruz and Ace McKay, who recently returned from
Compassion trips to third world countries, Doug Hannah, Jeff
Taylor and Matt Austin. Other hosts included ShareMedia’s
John Brock and Dave Kirby, and Compassion’s Mark Hollingsworth.
The on-air event included hosts
sharing their personal stories from their trips, other current
supporters expressing what it means to sponsor a child, and of
course introducing children to the audience who were available for
sponsorships. The WAY-FM stations that participated included WAYM
in Nashville Tennessee, WAYF in West Palm Beach Florida, and WAYJ
in Ft. Myers Florida. The new WAYH in Huntsville Alabama did
not participate since they just signed on-air weeks ago. (6/18)
On
July 11th, TM Century
will ship its first PraiseDisc
to the over 1,800 radio stations in the United States that program
any type of Christian music. The
PraiseDisc service, which
is free to radio stations, will cover all new music releases in
all Christian music format genres…including Rock, CHR, AC,
Inspirational, and Gospel. The
PraiseDisc service will also include a section on the
TM Century website with a
fully searchable database, liner notes for each song and links to
artist and label websites.
PraiseDisc
will initially publish every other week, but
TM Century expects to
convert it to a weekly service within the first six months.
PraiseDisc,
a label/artist supported service, will include releases from all
the major and many minor record labels in addition to releases
from independent artists. “The
explosion in the number of Christian music stations nationally has
created a tremendous challenge for the promotional departments of
all labels. It has become prohibitively expensive for labels
to service all 1,800+ stations. However, since a significant
number of Christian stations and Christian record sales are in
smaller markets it is critical that these stations get serviced in
a timely fashion,” explained TM Century President/CEO David
Graupner. “People won’t buy what they don’t know and the
only way they know about new songs is by hearing them on their
local radio station.” For more info contact Eve Mayer
Orsburn at (972) 406-6829 or
Eorsburn@TMCentury.com
. (6/17)
KTSY
Boise PD Ty Mcfarland names Liesl "Bozz" Fandrich Music Director.
Liesl comes from The Positive Life Radio Network. Liesl starts the
position on July 1st and can be reached at 208-459-5879 or at
bozz@ktsy.org (6/16)
Music
News from CMCentral.com:
GMA announces Praise in the Rockies concert
series; full schedule & roster...Chris
Rice celebrates his birthday at 100.7 The Bridge...BuzzWord-
Strange Celebrity, downhere, Rachael, Leigh, & Jaci
(6/16)
Quick
clips:
Phil Villareal exits KCRN/San Angelo and the music is being
handled by PD
Mark Mohr ... 36kw WHGN/Crystal River, FL
is now part of the Moody Broadcasting family and WKES/Lakeland, FL
... Skip "Skipper T." Spence is helping WOCU-LP located in
southern Indiana and requests assistance with obtaining equipment
for the start-up station. Contact him at
sspence@cinergycom.com ...
Radio & Records
is honoring the best in Christian radio with the "R&R Christian
Industry Achievement Awards" to take place at the
R&R Christian Summit in Dallas on Sept. 18-20.
(6/12)
A new Christian
Record label has been formed by Michael Smith and Associates. It's
called Perpetual Entertainment Group and it's artist roster will
initially include Charles Billingsley and comedian Brad Stine. The
first release is scheduled for July 1st from Billingsley titled
"Secret Conversation" (6/10)
Danielle Hedges is
now the Music Director at WYLV Knoxville. Danielle will continue
her midday shift on air at Love 89. (6/10)
Station
Movement: The FCC
has granted the sale of Concord Media Jacksonville stations
including 106.5 The Promise WBGB to Salem Communications.
KSDO 1130 San Diego flips to
Spanish religion (6/4)
Music
News from CMCentral.com:
Leon Patillo arrested, being held in federal
prison...downhere
promos So Much For Substitutes on radio tour...Sandtown
to be profiled on BET special.
(6/2)
Provident
Music Group has formed what will be known as the Provident Label
Group. With that they also announce the re-structure of the their
labels and staff. Terry Hemmings will oversee the Brentwood,
Benson, Essential, Reunion and Verity. Also Robert Beeson and Dean
Diehl, are named by Hemmings as Sr. VP/A&R and Sr. VP/Marketing,
respectively. (6/20)
Bulletin:
The Federal Communications Commission voted to change the nation's
media ownership rules, raising television ownership caps to 45
percent and permitting television-newspaper cross-ownership.
Most of the changes affect
TV side of ownership. The main changes to radio ownership rules
involved the redefinition of markets along Arbitron metro lines
and the allowing of newspaper owners to own TV and radio stations
in the same market. The Commission, which voted 3-2 along party
lines to approve the revisions. Click here to go to
FCC site for
details. (6/2)
Air 1 moves APD
Bryan O'Neal into the networks PD chair. Btuan was previously the
Air 1 MD as well. He is currently searching for a morning show. Go
here for the info. (6/2)
