Movement:
WCFL Chicago will cease
local programming on Feb. 10th and begin simulcasting sister
station WBGL Champaign. The move is a result of financial
pressure to maintain the frequency. WCFL GM Steve Young will
join WAY FM as GM at their new Tallahassee property, MD Joe
Buchanan will transfer to WBGL, and night personality Rick
Hall lands at WCIC Peoria. (1/28)
New
Station! "New Life 1520" WLGC signed on January 16th
in Greenup, KY in the Ashland, KY/Huntington, WV market.
Mic Marshall is the GM and Kevin Grady joins the staff in
morning drive. The format is a mixture of classic Christian
hits and today's music. Congratulate them with a phone call
to 606-473-0999. They could use records service as
well. Address: New Life 1520, P.O. Box 578, Ashland, KY
41105. Visit their website at
www.newlife1520.com. (1/28)
Natalie
Grant injured in fall from stage Saturday night.
Details. (1/27)
Floodgate
Records artist East West has just started recording their
much awaited sophomore album for at Ocean Studios in
Burbank, CA. Enlisted to produce is none other than Dennis
Mackay, whose credits include David Bowie, Paul McCartney,
Judas Priest, and Barry Manilow! The
currently untitled album will release through Word/WEA on
June 10. (1/24)
Family Radio
Co-founder and President Harold Camping on-air remarks anger
Christian leaders. Go
here for details. (1/24)
Go
Fish jumps 39 slots on Christian SoundScan chart in one week.
Get the scoop from
CMCentral.com. (1/23)
New frequency
88.5 KTKL in Stigler OK has signed on and is the latest
affiliate with EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian format.
(1/23)
Mark Giles is now
operating in the role of radio consultant for Vertical Music
as his promotion position was eliminated by the label. Reach
out to Mr. Giles at 850-974-8998 or
MTGflorida@aol.com.
(1/22)
WRCM Charlotte names
its APD/MD Dwayne Harrison PD effective immediately. Also
Gary Morland joins WRCM as morning co-host arriving from the
big state of Texas at Country KASE Austin. (1/22)
Radio
Ink reports Salem Los Angeles has begun streaming five new
Internet-only stations, each featuring free continuous
replays of top programs heard earlier in the day on the
site’s terrestrial station.
The new online stations include SmartTalk 870 KRLA-AM’s
site, www.smarttalk870.com, featuring The Mark Larson
Show on the Mark Larson Channel; The Dennis Prager
Show on the Dennis Prager Channel; The Michael Medved
Show on The Michael Medved Channel; and The Hugh
Hewitt Show on the Hugh Hewitt Channel; and on KKLA 99.5
FM’s site, www.kkla.com, Duffy & Company/Live From L.A.
on the Duffy & Company Channel. SmartTalk 870 KRLA-AM and
KKLA 99.5 FM will continue to stream live, so Internet
listeners will have their choice of live programming or a
rebroadcast of one of their favorite shows. (1/22)
Paul
Colman Trio garners second #1 single on Radio
& Records’ Christian Hits Radio Top 30 chart...Click
here for details. (1/20)
34TH
ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED. Click
here for a complete list of the nominees. The Dove
Awards will be presented April 10 at
The Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville. (1/14)
KHJM
100.3 / Tulsa flips to Christian rock as KCXR, "The Kross."
Visit the stations new website
here.
The Kross is the sister station of KXOJ and part of the
Adonai Radio Group.
Richard
Robertson, from crosstown KXBL (The Bull) /Tulsa, will be
the evening personality.
(1/14)
CCCCHanges at K-LOVE
as PD Mike Novak becomes Director Of Programming of EMF, APD
David Pierce is now PD, And Morning guy Jon Rivers will be
picking the hits as the MD. (1/14)
Music News
from CMCentral.com:
Stacie Orrico embarks on radio promo
tour for upcoming album...Forefront
Records intern guests on Audio Adrenaline's Worldwide...Reunion
Records to release Dove Hits 2003 March 18.
(1/13)
Movement:
KXOJ Tulsa morning co-host Jim Marbles is exiting the
station at the end of January. Morning partner Craig West
will remain on the show.
ANS.......WQCK Baton Rouge Pd Morning Personality Scott Michaels has
exited the station due to personal reasons.
His last day was Friday 1/10. So it looks like The Bridge is in need of a programmer ASAP.
Contact GM Darren Ryder at 225-774-7780. (1/13)
Talent on the move!
WCVO Columbus welcomes Tracey Leek to the morning show with
Scott Saunders. She joins from the midday spot at Magic 98.9
also in Columbus. And at KZZQ Des Moines Rachel Leigh is
back from maternity leave as the MD. (1/7)
Frank
Breeden resigns as GMA president! The Gospel Music
Association announced that Breeden, president of the GMA and
Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA), will continue in
his role until January 31, 2003 and remain a consultant for
the GMA and CMTA through April 30. Breeden chose not to
renew his contract and will be pursuing different business
opportunities. On February 1, current GMA Board Chairman
John W. Styll will assume the duties of interim president of
both organizations but will begin working with Breeden
immediately on transition issues. Breeden became president
of the GMA and CMTA in 1997, after serving on the GMA Board
of Directors since 1988. (1/7)
Music News
from CMCentral.com:
GMA releases year-end sales figures
for Christian Music...45th
Grammy Awards Nominees...Australian
Christian Radio names its Artist of the Year.
(1/7)
Nominees
for the 34th Annual Dove Awards are scheduled to be
announced at a press conference at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
Jan. 14 at The Gaylord Entertainment Center. (1/7)
Christian
radio airplay charts finally come of age! CMTA's "Top
Christian Hits," a new weekly radio airplay chart based on
Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) and Arbitron will debut on
January 9. BDS is the world's leading provider of
off-the-air
music recognition to the
recording and radio industries and Arbitron is the music
industry standard for measuring listening audiences,
according to Gabriel Aviles, director of CMTA. (1/7)
Nominations are now
being accepted for the Scott Cambell Award and Rob Gregory
Award whicjh will be presented a during Gospel Music Week
April 6-10 in Nashville.
The awards are presented to the
Christian Broadcaster or Associated Professional for
outstanding contributions to the industry. nominations
should be no more than 100 words long and e-mailed to
NCRA@kfp.com. Deadline is
Feb. 7th. (1/6)
Salem
changes format on KBJD 1650 AM in Denver to conservative
talk.
The programming change will now be a companion format to
Salem Media's 710 AM KNUS conservative talk station, adding
its new moniker of KNUS II. Programming will include G.
Gordon Liddy, Michael Medved, and Michael Savage. (1/6)
Movin
Up! Gregg Michaels is now Production and Programming
Assistant at WAY FM Nashville. (1/3)
Monday
January 6th will bring changes to J93.3 Atlanta. Mid-day
personality Tiffany Thorpe and afternoon guy Kurt Wallace
will team up for morning drive while PD Jerry Williams moves
to mid-days. The station also adds Kevin Steele for PM
Drive. Meanwhile Sheila Richards leaves the station. (1/3)
WNCB
Duluth has changed its identity to "The Refuge" and has
re-focused to more of a CHR sound. Visit their website here
www.RefugeRadio.com
(1/3)
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Love
89.1 WYLV in Knoxville debuts its new morning show line
up..."The Love 89 Breakfast Bunch" consisting of WYLV
Program Director Jonathan Unthank, local Youth Pastor
Mike Parker, and WYLV Promotions Director Marisa Lykins
on January 6th. (1/2) |
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According
to a December study by the Mellman Group (commissioned by
NAB), about 78 percent of Americans say "local" radio
provides a "very important" or "somewhat important" role in
providing news and information considered relevant to the
community. Additionally, an overwhelming number of those
polled said they are satisfied with overall programming
provided by their local outlets. 77 percent indicated their
favorite station plays the music they like at lease some of
the time, while almost 30 percent said local radio provides
more variety today than 5 years ago. (1/2)
