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NewsChannel July/Aug/Sep '05 |
Proclaim!,
Moody Broadcasting Network’s (MBN) premier radio program,
introduces Moody Bible Institute’s president Dr. Michael Easley as the
new teacher and Jon Gauger, MBN 22 year veteran, as the new
host. October 3, 2005 will mark the first broadcast of the “new”
Proclaim!
Proclaim! is a 13 ½
-minute daily program, featuring expository teaching. Easley’s first
radio series will look at one of his life’s theme Scripture passages,
Colossians 1:28-29 and about what it means to “proclaim Christ”.
Easley was
most recently senior pastor of Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA.
(9/29)
Andrew
Patton, President of the newly formed talent management firm
Patton House Entertainment, has announced the signing of
former “American Idol” contender Joanna Martino as the
company’s first management client. The 19-year-old Christian
pop artist will release her first single, “Right Where You
Want Me,” from her debut album “My World,” to radio via Promo
Only MPE. Martino was a competitor during “American Idol’s”
second season. Patton is the former Provident Label Group VP
of national promotions and based in Nashville. (9/28)
Congratulations to
KJIL/Meade, KS as the station was just
selected as Kansas Association of Broadcasters "Station Of The
Year". According to KJIL CEO Don Hughes each year KAB has a
competition where stations enter audio in thirteen categories
involving every area of on-air presentation. There are
different judges in each category. The judges are broadcasters
from another state. No judge is aware is how another judge is
considering the entries. Once the judging is complete the
entries are returned to the KAB office. Stations receive
points for first, second and third place winners. The station
with the most points wins Station of The Year. KJIL won first
place awards in seven of thirteen categories. KJIL won awards
for announcer air-checks, production, news, public affairs,
public service announcements and sports. In addition mid-day
announcer Gabriel Peter was named "Kansas Air Personality of
the Year". (9/26)
BITS: HisAir.Net
congratulates the staff at KLTY/Dallas for winning the NAB Marconi Radio
Award for "Religious Station of the Year" at the NAB radio show this
week in Philadelphia... Amy Byrd joins WMHK/Columbia, SC as an air
personality, she had been filling in on the morning show...
WAJJ/McKenzie, TN is back on the
air after being on and off for the last few months, and is now
simulcasting the signal of their new owners The Island Ford Baptist
Church who also own WSOF in Madisonville, KY . (9/22)
KADI/Springfield,
MO is now calling itself "The All New 99 Hit FM" with a change
in presentation including a new logo, new jingle package, and
some staff changes. Julie Berry is new to middays, Cindy
Rippee and Andrew Beard depart. (9/21)
HisAir.Net now
hears that the stunting has ended and WIJY/Indianapolis (the former
Christian AC "Joy 96") has evolved into "Oldies 95.9". PD Jeremy Bialek
was heard hosting mornings using the name "Jer" on the air. (9/21)
Salem
has promoted David A.R. Evans to executive vice president
- business development & chief financial officer,
effective immediately. In his expanded role, Evans will
assume responsibility for the company's business
development activities including oversight of its
non-broadcast media businesses, in addition to his current
responsibilities as chief financial officer. Edward G.
Atsinger III commented, "With the rapid growth and success
of new media such as the Internet, it is becoming
increasingly important for traditional media to embrace
and integrate these emerging media opportunities. David,
along with Chief Operating Officer Joe Davis and Jim
Cumbee, president of non-broadcast media, will lead our
efforts to grow our new media business."
Salem also announced the
promotion of Evan Masyr to vice president - accounting &
finance.
(9/21)
WIJY/Indianapolis
(Joy 96) owned by Pilgrim Communications has changed format as of Sunday
September 18th to "95.9 WIJY Your Polka Pride Station.” It's believed
the polka format is stunting and the station will eventually be a "Jack"
station. The fate of the staff is unknown at this time. (9/20)
Musicrypt
Inc., a digital music distribution company, today announced
that Curb Records has made available over 100 songs for
digital download to Christian Radio Programmers across the
United States, via Musicrypt’s Digital Media Distribution
System (DMDS). This includes Christian Contemporary,
Inspirational, Southern Gospel and Christian Country material
from a wide range of Curb artists such as Natalie Grant,
Sawyer Brown, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Selah, Plumb and many
others.
“We’ve recently had requests
from Christian radio to make our back catalogue of hit singles
available to radio digitally, and DMDS made the process
simple”, said John Butler, Vice President, Promotion, Curb
Records. “DMDS was able to come up with a plan to assist
us in getting our important Christian singles to our trusted
radio partners and we’re glad to lead in utilizing the
advantages of digital music delivery. Radio stations can
now access our key songs immediately and at their discretion”.
(9/20)
Salem
Communications announced that starting today (9/19) it is launching FM
news talk to Sacramento. KTKZ begins to simulcast news talk programming
on 105.5 FM and 1380 AM as KTKZ News Talk 105.5 FM and 1380 AM. Salem
also announced that KKFS-FM "The Fish" has moved frequencies to 103.9
FM, which provides better coverage of the city of Sacramento. "This is a
first for Sacramento," said Chris Squires, program director for the
Sacramento stations. "We're offering the only FM talk in Sacramento.
Listeners now have a choice to hear our line-up of local and national
news talk programs on FM as well as AM beginning each morning with Eric
Hogue who takes a close look at the issues facing Sacramento listeners
every morning."
Meanwhile Salem also
announced it will swap it's two Cincinnati stations, WBOB-AM
and WTSJ-AM and 6.75mil. for WLQV-AM/Detroit, owned by
Christian Broadcasting. Salem already owns WDTK-AM in Detroit.
(9/19)
MOVEMENT:
Greg Bays has been
promoted to Sr. VP/Sales and Marketing at EMI CMG
Distribution replacing Rich Peluso who is leaving the
label to be President of "Safe Side" a company that
creates child safety products. Bays will start his new
position Nov. 2nd and report to EMI CMG President/CEO Bill
Hearn... Sirius Satellite Radio announces it is launching
two new Christian channels on September 29th. "Revolution"
playing Christian rock and the other called "Christian
Talk"...
KGEE/Midland switches from Christian to secular CHR.
(9/15)
Christian
Music Broadcasters (CMB) have responded to the call and
have organized several relief efforts for those who have
been affected by Hurricane Katrina. Besides Cards
for Katrina, we've had many other projects our stations
have been working on. Here's a few success stories:
J93.3 in Atlanta
hosted a Cross International
Hurricane Relieve Radioathon all day Wednesday and
Thursday raising over $81,000 (and still counting) for
victims of Hurricane Katrina, including those who are in
shelters in the Atlanta area. On top of that, J93.3
teamed up with two major area malls to collect personal
items and non-perishable food for Atlanta area shelters
through the Salvation Army, and have received several
truckloads of items. They are still going strong
with other local projects!
Positive FM in
Freeport, ME
has coordinated their effort and
has gone statewide to include secular radio and media
outlets across New England with a project called Operation
Reach Out. They initially collected bottled water,
non-perishable food and cash gifts. They are working in
conjunction with Nazarene Disaster Response, delivering
freight to their depots in Alabama and Louisiana. The
American Red Cross and FEMA are also part of this. They
are also working with businesses, churches and schools in
the area to create Crisis Care Kits which will go to these
same distribution centers. These kits provide basic
things such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste,
band aids and other personal items.
Cards for Katrina started through the efforts of
KSBJ
in Houston.
As a result,
over 50 radio stations, networks, and ministries, got
involved and are either participating in the KSBJ card
drive or have started their own card drives locally.
Here are some of the outcomes so far for Cards for
Katrina:
Smile
FM in Lansing, MI is shipping off over 100,000
minutes of phone card time to Houston this week. Their
promotion is called "Half a Million Minutes for a Half a
Million Smiles." They have worked with Payspot
and R2C to eliminate all fees they possibly could except
for the payphone surcharges that they don't have control
over. The cost per minute is .03 and each $5
card has 166 minutes (almost 3 hours) of talk time.
The
Family Life Network in New York has been
collecting cards. So far they have collected almost
400 cards valued at approximately $10,000 and they are
still going.
So far,
KSBJ has received 13,259 gift cards (2,320 coming from
other radio stations and industry groups). That
means that they have already distributed more than
$250,000 worth of cards to those who are in need! (9/13)
WFFI/WFFH/Nashville
(94FM The Fish) hosts a special night tonight when artists
will come together for Hurricane Katrina relief. It's
called "Music City Night of Hope" with Avalon, Zoegirl, The
Katinas, Natalie Grant, Building 429 and American Idol's
George Huff. The concert will take place at Two Rivers Baptist
Church. Donations of clothing and non-perishable food items
will also be accepted for the evacuees who are being housed at
the church. (9/13)
WBGL/Champaign,
IL, promotes Ryan Springer to Program Director effective immediately.
Springer joined WBGL in June of 2004 as Production Director and Morning
Show Co-Host. Springer began his career in 1988 and previously was
the Station Manager/Program Director at KOFR in Lubbock, Texas.
Springer says, "I am excited and honored to be chosen for this position
and look forward to serving WBGL in this capacity." WBGLis a part of the
New Life Media Network of stations, including WCFL/Chicagoland, WCIC/Peoria,
IL, and WIBI/Carlinville, IL. (9/8)
BITS:
WJRF/Duluth has named Terry Michaels as the new PD replacing
Dan Hatfield... Former Infinity Radio President Dan Mason will
serve as a consultant to station aquisitions with EMF owners
of K-LOVE and AIR1... The Sonlife Radio Network from Jimmy
Swaggart Ministries adds WQUA/Mobile to it's list of stations.
(9/8)
About
50 Christian music stations and networks have joined forces
with Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB) to provide thousands
of gift cards to displaced hurricane survivors. The project
called “Cards for Katrina” will also be providing spots and
scripts for stations. Log on to
CMBonline.org
to get your station involved. (9/8)
Josh
Ashton, afternoon drive host at Nashville's WNAZ has been named to the
evening post at KCXR/Tulsa "The Kross", beginning September 26th. Ashton
takes over for Cody Joiner, who slides to middays and Promotion Director
for Adonai Radio Group, which also owns KXOJ and KYAL in Tulsa. Ashton
also is
host of the "ZRock Radio Revolution"... a one hour weekly
syndicated rock show distributed by AmpedCreative.
(9/7)
WJRF/Duluth
"The Refuge" PD-Morning guy Dan Hatfield has accepted a New
position with Northwestern college Radios/ Duluth affiliates
KDNW KDNI. Under Hatfields leadership WNCB transitioned from
the Refuge to the More culturally relevant " Refuge radio
network". Hatfield tolf HisAir.Net "Its dfifficult to leave
after four years, but my programming vision blends nicely
with the overall goals of Northwestern which makes for a
great fit!. He starts his new duties on the September 19th.
(9/6)
According
to Radio and Records magazine, WAYH/Huntsville (WAY-FM) is the
number one rated Christian CHR / Rock Station in the United
States during the Arbitron Spring 2005 ratings period with
listeners 12+. WAYH Program Director Tim Sinclair said. “"From
day one, people here in The Valley have embraced WAY-FM and
our mission to reach out to youth and young adults.
We're thrilled to be recognized, and plan to continue growing,
both in our coverage area and our effectiveness, for years to
come." General Manager Thom Ewing said “We are humbled by the
way the people of the Tennessee Valley have responded to
WAY-FM. Our desire is to continue to be a blessing to
our area.” WAY-FM recently added a new translator in
Muscle Shoals at 98.7 FM. (9/6)
KCXR/Tulsa
"100.3 The Kross" has launched it's Podcast! This week it's
all about pranks. Check it out at
www.thekross.fm/blog.
(9/2)
Numerous
Christian radio stations affected by Hurricane Katrina remain
off the air. WBSN/New Orleans transmitter and tower are under
water. Station personnel are reportedly scattered thru out the
area. American Family Radio has 13 stations in the Gulf Coast
region currently off the air and without power.
Included is WAOY/Gulfport that
suffered some minor structural damage to the roof. WPAS/Mobile's
transmitter is located beyond the flood waters from the
Pascagoula River and is unable to be reached. WAII/Hattiesburg
also remained off the air (9/1)
Salem
and James Crystal Radio are swapping stations. Salem will get
WORL-AM/Altamonte Springs and give up KNIT-AM/Dallas. (9/1)
KAFC/Anchorage
has repositioned itself as the "All New KAFC". The new
KAFC on air line-up:
6a-10a -- Mike & Cori
10-3p -- Vanessa Vee
3-7p -- Desi And The Joyride Home
7-11p -- Sharing Life Together With Martha Hadley
(9/1)
KXOJ/TULSA
PD Bob Thornton promotes Mid Day talent Gary Thompson to APD
and moves to afternoons. And evening jock Rachelle
Renee' moves to middays and adds Production Coordinator to her
duties. Also, down the hall at sister station KCXR, Cody
Joiner moves from evenings to middays and adds Promotions
Coordinator duties for the entire cluster. (9/1)
WWWD/Macon,
Ga (The Hook) announces some management changes. Matt "PK"
Baldridge is now Assistant GM and OM for the cluster of
stations. Roger "Cazper" Russell becomes PD/MD for Top-40 WWWD
and WJYF along with AC WBJY and Southern Gospel WAEF. Juston
Lairsey takes the MD duties for AC WJYF and Kim Paul is the MD
for Southern Gospel WAEF. In addition on
Tuesday morning (8/30) The Hook debuted it's new on air
line-up:
6a-10a -- The Off The Hook Morning Show with PK and Michele
10a-3p -- The Hook At Work with Kin Paul
3p-7p -- The Afternoon Hook Up with Cazper
7p-11p -- Nugget At Night
(8/31)
Crawford
Broadcasting shakes things up at
WDJC/Birmingham as Co-Market GM
and Station Manager Nathan Park as well as 5 year PD/morning personality
Dave Mack have left. Mack was also responsible for the other 4 stations
in the Birmingham Crawford cluster and had significant ratings success
with WDJC. Steve Armstrong becomes Station Manager. No other details on
the departures were available. (8/26)
WORD
Records VP/Promotion Derek Jones beefs up his promo staff with
the addition of Jill Tomalty as Manager National Promotion and
Jeremy Holley as the Coordinator National Promotion.
(8/26)
WYLV/Knoxville PD
Jonathon Unthank makes some changes to the line-up at Love 98.
Starting on September 6th recently hired PM Drive guy Mike
Blakemore heads to the morning show and is joined by Mike
Parker and Marisa Lykins. Unthank will get to sleep in as he
moves from AM to PM drive. (8/26)
WAMB/Nashville
will be purchased by the Bott Radio Network of Overland Park, Kan. ,
from Great Southern Broadcasting Co. Inc. of Donelson, Tennessee for $5
million . WAMB's current format is Big Band but according to Bott VP
Richard Bott II the 50kw station will flip to Chrsitian Talk in January.
(8/23)
Salem
Communications has decided it will keep the heritage call letters for
WGUL/Dunedin (860 AM), its newly-acquired radio station in Florida. The
company recently announced the completion of the station acquisition of
WGUL-AM and WLSS-AM (930 AM), serving the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice
market from WGUL-FM, Inc. "It makes sense from a branding and equity
standpoint," said Christopher Gould Sr., general manager of the Salem
Communications Tampa area radio stations that also include WTBN-AM 570 &
910. "WGUL has been a vital player in radio since 1963. By keeping these
heritage call letters, we are paying tribute to the station's legacy and
its value to listeners." (8/19)
WNFA/Port
Huron, MI. (88.3 FM) and WNFR/Sandusky, OH. (90.7 FM) welcome
Chris Wright as the new station manager. Wright, a Moody Bible Institute
alumni, began his career in Christian Broadcasting with Family Radio in
1988, joined Moody Broadcasting Network in 1992, and recently re-located
from Chicago to join the WNFA/WNFR. (8/17)
PLG
has announced the appointment of Skip Bishop as VP of
mainstream promotion and marketing. Bishop joins the Provident
staff following his position as CEO of the independent radio
promotions firm Bishop Bait & Tackle Promotion and Marketing.
An alumnus of Auburn University, Bishop previously worked at
MCA Records and RCA Records.
“This is the most important and
challenging position of my career,” says Bishop. “Working with
this highly focused and creative staff, I’m honored and
motivated to bring this compelling music to a wider audience.”
(8/15)
PLG VP/Promotion
Andrew Patton announced today he is leaving to form his own company
called Patton House Entertainment. His last day will be October 14th. No
replacement for Patton at PLG has been announced as of yet. (8/12)
WAWZ/New
York has hired Zach Martin for the station's Creative Services
Director. Martin was formerly with WAXQ/New York and will
start at Star 99.1 on August 22nd. (8/12)
Salem
announced that on August 12 it will complete the acquisition
of WNTR-AM (860), (formerly WGUL-AM) in Tampa, and WLSS-AM
(930) serving the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice market. Beginning
at 5:00 p.m. on the 12th, News Talk 860 WNTR will launch with
Air Force One. The same temporary programming begins on August
13 at 5:00 a.m. on News Talk 930 WLSS. Air Force One will
offer continuous speeches by some of the nation's conservative
leaders including President Ronald Reagan, President George
Herbert Walker Bush, and President George W. Bush, among
others. These speeches include the one many credit as
launching Reagan's political career, his now famous campaign
speech for Barry Goldwater's 1964 Presidential bid entitled,
"A Time For Choosing."
Christopher Gould Sr., Salem
Tampa GM, said, "Since President Reagan's death, many pundits
have tried to articulate the message of the Reagan Revolution.
Most people under 30 never have heard these speeches. Here's
an opportunity for the 'Great Communicator' to communicate his
philosophy to a new generation. Equally important, we want to
honor those men and women throughout history who fought and
died for the freedom we enjoy today. We hope our listeners
will enjoy this special tribute to the community and the
Greatest Generation." (8/11)
QUICK BITS: WYLV/Knoxville
has hired former WJXC/knoxville PD Mike Blakemore for PM drive
on Love 98... Steve Strout has exited his National Promo spot
at
EMI-CMG and joined Rocketown
Records in a similiar capacity... Black Gospel WHLW/Montgomery
(Hallelujah 104) scores an 11.2 12+ good for number one in the
market in it's first book... Bryant Seabrooks is the new
PD at Jabar Communications WJNI/Charleston, S.C. (8/11)
After 3 years WBVM/Tampa
PD Bill Carl confirms that he will be leaving the station next month,
just after his wife gives birth to their new baby, and will take the
PD/Mornings spot at WAYJ/Ft. Myers (WAY FM) in late October. WBVM GM
John Morris has started his search to replace Bill whose last day at
WBVM will be September 16th. For details go to the
jobs
page at HisAir.Net. (8/10)
Pete
Michaels and Brenda Bissett will take over mornings at KFIS/Portland
“104.1 The Fish” beginning September 1st replacing roger Manning who
left the station last week. Pete and Brenda arrive in Portland via New
York state where Brenda was PD at AC station WZUN/Syracuse “Sunny 102”.
Pete and Brenda did mornings together previously at WYYY/Syracuse
from 2001 t 2004. In addition, KFIS PD Dave Arthur welcomes Sybil
Johnson as the new evening host on The Fish. (8/9)
KJIL/Meade, KS
Station Mgr. Michael Luskey checks in with HisAir.Net to let us know
Steven Attaway, former APD / Morning
Host of KMMT/Mammoth Lakes, CA is their Midday personality as well as
taking on some assistant engineering duties. (8/9)
Salem
Communications Corporation announced today results for the
second quarter ended June 30, 2005 . Commenting on these
results, Edward G. Atsinger III, President and CEO, said,
"Despite a challenging quarter of flat revenue growth for the
overall radio industry, Salem achieved 6.2% same station
revenue growth and 10.6% same station operating income growth.
Atsinger continued, "We
remain confident about our future growth prospects. Our CCM
format stations in Atlanta, Cleveland, Portland and Honolulu
each achieved their highest audience share to date in their
female 25-54 target demographic in Arbitron's spring 2005
book. Also in the spring book, KLTY's female 25-54 audience
share was tied for #1 in the Dallas market. This is a
significant accomplishment since it is the first time a CCM
station has been ranked #1 in the female 24-54 demographic in
any major market. Approximately half of our stations,
including all of our News Talk and many of our CCM stations,
are in one of these development stages. We intend to fully
exploit this potential." (8/8)
The
Boston FM Project invites all Christians in radio ministries and all
pastors to a “Come Together” conference on May 20, 2006 in Lynnfield,
MA. The Boston FM Project, is a non-profit ministry that believes God
has plans to reach the youth of Boston with the Gospel through a new
radio station. What
is involved in starting a radio station and how you can help
will be presented at the
conference.
To get involved contact Peter
Vadala at
info@bostonfm.org
or all 781-572-1118. (8/8)
KFIS/Portland
Morning Personality Roger Manning has exited the station as in search of
a new opportunity. Roger was with "The Fish" for a year and a half and
has a ton of radio experience. contact Roger at 503-698-3259 or by
e-mail at
roger@rogermanning.com.
Or go to Roger's website by
clicking
here.
(8/5)
KMBI/Spokane
(107.9FM) welcomes program director and morning show host, Pete Fretwell
to the Moody Broadcasting Network. Fretwell has been involved in radio
since the 1990's and relocated to the Spokane area from Arkansas.
(8/5)
Scott
Mearns has been named PD/Afternoon Personality at KYCC/Stockton
replacing Brent Randall who has left to become a children's pastor.
Randall will continue to host his popular Saturday program "Kids &
Company". Mearns radio experience includes GM at KHOP/Stockton. He
starts at KYCC on August 10th. Also at KYCC OM Adam Biddell is doing
mornings until a replacement is found for Morgan Smith who departed for
MD/Afternoons at WHMX/Bangor. (8/2)
New
Life Media Network has named Joe Buchanan, the Network Music Director
effective August 5th. Buchanan joined New Life Media in 2002 as WCFL/Morris,
Il (Chicago land area) Music Director and Mid-day announcer and will
continue to manage the 104.7 frequency. Buchanan explained “I am honored
to be chosen for this position, and look forward to serving New Life
Media in this capacity." (8/1)
Dave Ryan joins
WSMR/Sarasota (Life FM 89.1) as it's new PD morning
Personality. (8/1)
Bustos
Media and Salem Communications announced today they will
exchange three radio stations serving the Northern California
region. Bustos Media will exchange its newly acquired
Sacramento radio station KVMG-FM (103.9 FM) for Salem's KSFS-FM
(94.3 FM). Bustos Media also will acquire from Salem KCEE-FM
(103.3 FM), which serves Grass Valley, Nevada City, Lincoln,
Marysville and Yuba City, California, for $500,000. Effective
today, Salem moves The Fish format to 103.9 FM and also
simulcasts on 105.5 KKFS. Bustos Media will move its adult
contemporary "Magia" format to 94.3 FM. Both stations will
operate under local marketing agreements until the exchange is
completed.
Bob Fox, general manager of
the Salem Sacramento cluster, commented, "The new signal
reaches the entire Sacramento metro area and provides
excellent coverage of the target audience for our contemporary
Christian music format." (7/29)
New Orleans gets a
new gospel station as CHR KSTE/New Orleans "Kiss FM" flips to "104.1
Hallelujah FM". The Clear Channel owned station has a huge signal at
100kw at nearly 2000ft. (7/27)
Christian Family
Radio WEMI/Appleton, WEMY/Green Bay hires former Clear Channel Missoula
OM Jim Miller as their new Morning Personality and Production Director.
Prior to Clear Channel Jim did news at KMOX/St Louis. (7/25)
Moody
Broadcasting Network's WMFT/Tuscaloosa Station Manager Rob
Moore checks with HisAir.Net to say thanks to KLOVE engineer
Alan Guthrie who was instrumental in getting QMFT back on the
air due to Hurriicane Dennis. In addition Kayou
Communications, one of MBN's satellite suppliers, was able to
use a spare satellite uplink to restore satellite service.
Great to see networks helping each other out. (7/25)
KYCC/Stockton MD
Morning Personality Morgan Smith will make the move across the country
and join WHMX/Bangor, ME as the stations new MD PM Driver in September.
(7/23)
The
Christian Hit Radio Satellite Network (CHRSN) announces a new 24/7
affiliate, WNFA/Port Huron, MI (Power 88.3). WNFA made the switch from
Inspirational music to CHRSN on July 11, becoming
its 26th non-owned affiliate to CHRSN's.
Affiliate Manager Faron Dice,
says, “It's great to have Power 88.3 on board. We are excited to
help them cost-effectively reach and impact a larger audience in the
Port Huron area." (7/21)
WRCI/Rochester
"102.7 FM The Light:, is now broadcasting its signal in High
Definition. “This new technology really takes the experience
of radio into the 21st century,” said Robert
Hammond, general manager of WRCI. “We see High Definition
radio and its endless possibilities as the true future of
radio.” The WRCI press release goes on to say, HD radio
technology gives FM stations crystal clear, CD-quality digital
sound as well as vastly improved signal fidelity throughout
their broadcast coverage areas. But perhaps the most
significant implication of High Definition radio is the
concept of multicasting. Each FM radio station broadcasting in
High Definition will have the capability to broadcast up to
four separate digital audio feeds on the same frequency,
giving High Definition technology the potential to ultimately
quadruple the content of the FM band. “The possibilities
created by High Definition have created an unprecedented
amount of excitement in the radio industry,” WRCI Program
Director Mark Shuttleworth said. “The explosion of programming
choices and enhanced listening experience of High Definition
radio are really going to transform the airwaves.”
WRCI’s switch to High Definition
is a part of Crawford Broadcasting’s goal to upgrade all 30 of
its stations across the country to HD by the end of the year,
including Legends 990, WLGZ, Crawford’s local AM Adult
Standards format station. (7/21)
KKJM/St. Cloud PD
Scott Michaels will become PD at KSGN/Riverside. Meanwhile
back in Minnesota KKJM names Diana Madsen to replace Scott as
PD at Spirit 92.9. (7/21)
Former KLYT/Albuquerque
MD Chris Chicago checks with HisAir.Net to let us know he's has
relocated to Nashville, TN. He will be working with industry
veterans on upcoming production projects and spending time marketing his
radio show called 'The Vibe', which is currently aired in 30+ markets
coast to coast. Chicago says of the move, "I
am so excited to be in the 615!
It's great to now be based out of Nashville and to have a greater
connection to the industry and the artists on the show!'
For more info on 'The Vibe' or to find out what's in the works with
Chris, email him at
chrischicago@viberadionetwork.com."
(7/20)
MOVEMENT:
WPOZ/Orlando (Z88.3) elevates
station intern Carol Baker to promotions director. Baker
replaces Melony McKaye who moved to Palm Springs, Calif.,
where she will voicetrack nights on WPOZ... Jennifer Allen has
joined INO Records as manager of national promotions working
with the INO/SRE radio promotions team which also includes
Derek West, Brandy Dennis and Mark Giles. Allen was
previously with at Sparrow Records’ and The Marketing Group.
She can be reached at 615-777-2500, ext. 119 or via e-mail at
Jennifer@inorecords.com.
(7/20)
Moody
Broadcasting Network station WRMB/West Palm Beach welcomes new station
manager Jennifer Hayden Epperson. Epperson's radio experience includes
stops at Blount Communications' WARV/Warwick, RI and station manager at
WFIF/Milford, CT. Epperson has also served as the executive producer and
host of Trans World Radio's "Women of Hope" program and as a faculty
member at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach. (7/19)
Chris
Squires has been named program director at Salem
Communications 2 Sacramento stations KKFS-FM "105.5 The Fish"
and KSFS-FM "94.3 The Fish" . "Chris' vast
experience in both radio and music will undoubtedly be an
asset," said Bob Fox, general manager. "His extensive
knowledge and contribution will add immediate value to our
market." Squires started at Salem in 1998, and was most
recently PD of KDAR Oxnard, Calif. (7/18)
 KFSH/Los
Angeles PD Chuck Tyler checks in with HisAir.Net to let us
know Morning Show co-host Lauren Kitchens has left the
building. Chuck says Lauren has elected to spend more time
with her family and is seeking God's direction for her next
career adventure. The Fish is looking for her replacement to
work with Billy Burke on the morning show. if interested
contact Chuck at The Fish. (7/18)
WIBI/Springfield,
Il Station Manager Paul Anthony is leaving to join WAY-FM as
GM at their Wichita station. Anthony had this to say "I
connect with vision! I've been watching WAY-FM's growth over
the past years and it has been very exciting. What impacts me
most is the focus on reaching people." SVP Dusty Rhodes added,
"PAUL comes to WAY-FM with great recommendations from some of
our industry's best leaders. We're very excited to have PAUL
join us and lead our ministry outreach in Wichita." Former GM
Bonnie Schwam-Munoz left last May. (7/18)
The
Rock Summit, the first ever of its kind to bring Christian
Rock stations and specialty shows together in one place, will
convene on Columbus, Ohio on August 25-27, 2005. The event is
being presented by The Passion Group.
The event will feature three days of sessions, roundtable
discussions, and over a dozen artists that are currently
impacting Christian Rock radio nationally. "This event is long
overdue," states The Passion Group's Rick Welke. "The genre is
one of the most promising in the country but hasn't had a
format-driven event to bring all of the programmers together
in one unified location in over six years. That stigma ends on
August 25."
For registration and host hotel information, contact Rick
Welke at
radiorick2@comcast.net
(7/18)
Two
of the biggest names in Christian music have joined together to present
one of the biggest Christmas tours of the holiday season. Steven Curtis
Chapman and MercyMe have announced they will be touring together,
appearing in 20 markets beginning the day after Thanksgiving in
Greenville, SC and ending December 20th in Indianapolis, IN. Chapman
and MercyMe will be sharing the stage each night as well as performing
their own songs, while fans can also look forward to caroling along with
them. They will also be promoting their upcoming holiday projects –
Chapman’s All I Really Want For Christmas (Sparrow
Records) and MercyMe’s The Christmas Sessions (INO Records) -
both scheduled to release September 27th. (7/18)
WMSJ/Portland
APD Joe Polek tells HisAir.Net the station has made a few changes.
Formerly known as "Positive Hit Radio Joy 89.3", WMSJ will now be known
as "Positive 89.3". In addition Positive 89.3 makes some changes to
their on air lineup, as they welcome Chris Scotland, formerly Chris
Ennis, from KSBJ/Houston as co-host of the station's new "Friends In The
Morning" show. WMSJ has also hired Marc Tischart as Production Director
and host of the new morning show. Meanwhile current station General
Manager/Program Director and Morning Host Paula K, exits the morning
show to concentrate more on her GM and PD duties. (7/12)
STUFF:
Syndicated program "Looking
up to #1 with Johnny Stone", has entered into an agreement with
Billboard Magazine to use Billboard’s Christian Adult Contemporary music
chart.
“With the accuracy based on actual
compiling of spins, those who listen to Looking Up to # 1 know they are
listening to the hits,” said host Johnny Stone. “They deserve nothing
less.”... Heather White joins WBGB/Jacksonville as morning co-host with
Gary Walsh... McVay Media will release the first nationwide Contemporary
Christian format study at the Conclave Learning Conference in
Minneapolis July 21-23... (7/12)
CHANGES:
WEXC/Youngstown-Warren,
OH has changed format from Oldies to Christian CHR as of Tuesday, July
5. The station is now called "The All New Freq 107," Station
Manager is Skip Tracy, while Matt Rhodes is the new PD/MD...
Salem Communications Corporation has completed the exchange of KVVZ/San
Francisco for Univision's KSFS/Sacramento (formerly KOSL-FM). This
transaction completes the radio station exchange with Univision
Communications Inc. that was previously announced on October 4, 2004.
The radio stations had been operating under local marketing
agreements... WRMQ/Orlando
has flipped from Spanish to Gospel. Leon Josie Wright from WCFB/Orlando
has been named PD... (7/7)
 WJIS/Sarasota
"The JOY FM" Promotion Director Carmen Brown checks in with HisAir.Net
to say that "The Morning Cruise", with Dave Cruse and Bill
Martin, has been re-united and on the air for one week. Beginning
Monday, July 11th, the Dave and Bill Reunion Tour launches,
taking the duo to 15 towns in 15 days. “It’s the ultimate hometown
handshake,” said Brown. Listeners will register to win a fabulous
Disney Night of Joy VIP Vacation for a family of four.
Momentum continues, as noted by Program Director, Steve
Swanson, commenting on audience response: “So far, it’s better than the
first time.” (7/6)
BITS:
WDLM/Quad Cities senior announcer Myrna Strasser, has been
named 2005 Writer of the Year of the Write to Publish
Conference for her children's picture book, "Silent Night,
Holy Night: The Story Behind Our Favorite Carol" (Zondervan)....
ABC/Disney sells WQUA/Mobile to Jimmy Swaggart's "Sonlife
Radio Network" for 1.25mil... London-based King Street Media
has acquired the San Clemente, California-based Corinthian
Group and Maranatha, one of the leading worship music
publishers and labels... SGM Radio, which broadcast a network
of Southern Gospel and Christian country stations exclusively
via the Internet, has announced it will be airing SGM FanFair/US
Gospel News Fan Awards. Part of the week-long Southern Gospel
FanFair events, the awards will take place Thursday, Aug. 18,
in Chattanooga. (7/6)
Stace
Whitmore joins WAY-FM/Nashville on it's new morning show
"Jeff & Stace In The Morning" which will debut Tuesday,
July 5th. Stace comes from country
station KXDD/Wichita. The
all new "Jeff & Stace In The Morning"
will air weekday mornings from 5 to 9 and originate
from the 88.7 WAY-FM studios in Franklin, TN. The show
will also be heard on 94.5FM in Hendersonville, TN. 99.3FM
in Donelson, TN, 88.3FM in Clarksville, TN, 88.1FM in
Bowling Green, as well as more than 20 cities nationwide,
plus the Dominion Sky Angel Satellite TV. Click
here
to listen to new morning show promo. (7/1)
BITS:
WCLN/Fayetteville adds Promotion director to PM drive
personality Syndi Long's responsibilities... Jimmy
Swaggart adds KTTL/Alva, OK and KSSW/Nashville, AR to the
Sonlife Radio Network...
Salem's
KTKZ/Sacramento will broadcast the 2005
season football games from California State University,
Sacramento Hornets and the University of California,
Berkeley Golden Bears. While sister station KFIA will air
games from the Stanford University Cardinal and the
University of Nevada Wolf Pack. (7/1)
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