 KGBI
/ Omaha makes major adjustments to their airstaff. PD Mark
Michaels moves to morning drive joined by middayer September
Turner. KGBI Production Director Brooke Winters takes the midday
slot while former morning personality Ken Brooks moves to PM
drive. (9/30)
Jim
Miller joins JOY 97.7 / St. Louis in PM drive from a news anchor
position at KMOX / St. Louis. Jim has also been at WLGH / Lansing
and WQCK Baton Rouge. (9/30)
News
from CMCentral.com:
MercyMe to broadcast Festival Con Dios
show online,
John Reuben and... Willie Nelson,
Chris Tomlin's Not To Us achieves Top 10
sales status first week out (9/26)
Webrock.net
founder Scott Hawk has written a new ebook entitled
"Revolution". Revolution offers an insider's look behind the
fastest growing music genre in the world and highlights the
controversy surrounding the medium; the business practices of
its industry professionals; and the mindset CCM's consumers For
more information on REVOLUTION visit
www.revolutionbook.com.
(9/26)
Congratultions
to Rocketown artist Shawn Groves and wife Becky who "welcomed
home" the newest addition to their family a little boy, Gresham
Phillip Groves in Franklin, TN. Little Gresham was born Tuesday
9/24 at 5:40am, weighing in at 8lbs. 8oz. Mom and baby are doing
great! (9/25)
Congratulations
to WAY-FM / Nashville for receiving 9 A.I.R. award
nominations. Categories included best morning show, miday,
afternoon, evening shows, production director, and more. (9/25)
News
from CMCentral.com:
FFH comes off a big summer (including posing
for IBM ad) with plans to record new album.
Third Day kicks off Fall leg of Come
Together Tour with more Habitat support.
Bebo Norman captures #1 spot on Billboard
Heatseekers chart.
Friday Facts from Forefront Records- AudioA,
RSJ, Benjamin Gate, Kevin Max. (9/24)
PAM
COLE has joined the KAFC/Anchorage, Alaska morning show. Pam has
worked for the stations for eight years. (9/20)
THERESE
ROMANO is the new Operations/Music Director for EMF
Broadcasting's ChristianMusicPlanet.com. EMF also owns the
K-Love, Air1 and WorldWideWorship radio networks. She can be
reached at: (916) 251-1600. (9/20)
88.1
WAY FM in South Florida is planning it's "Powerthon" on Tuesday
October 15th from 6am to 6pm. The station announced plans to
increase power on September 12th and is responding to listeners
who have asked how they can help.
“This
is an exciting time in the life of 88.1 WAY-FM. People throughout
South Florida have been asking for a power increase since we first
began servicing South Florida 9 years ago. The current signal has
been fine, but the upgrade will allow us to reach thousands more
with the type of family-friendly programming we provide,”
says Station Manager
Mike West. (9/19)
Send
your station or label news to
news@hisair.net. And click here for
the latest job openings in Christian Radio and Records all around
the country and beyond.
Salems
FM property in Louisville changes call letters from WLSY to WFIA
(94.7 The Spirit) and continue a Chrsitian Talk and teaching
format. (9/19)
The
Fish 95.9 / Los Angeles PD Chuck Tyler checks in with the
HisAir.Net Newschannel to let us know they have kicked off their
50K in 50 Days promotion. Once a month a listener will win $10,000
cash plus another 10 grand for their church. (9/17)
Jenna
James becomes PD at KLYT / Albuquer. Also the station brings back
Chrsi Chicago as it's MD. (9/17)
WebRock.net
recently celebrated its two-year anniversary and has announced a
long-term partnership with The DreamStar Group,
www.dreamstargroup.com,
a creative technology and marketing agency. "What an incredible
time this has been," said Scott Hawk, President of WebRock.net.
"Our listenership continues to grow and our average time spent
listening (ATSL) has grown to nearly 50 minutes, which is five
times that of broadcast radio. WebRock.net's success is a
reflection on the incredible medium of Internet radio and the mass
marketplace to which it caters." Through this relationship
DreamStar's portal publishing clients will be exposed to
WebRock.net's audience through an aggressive mix of Internet and
radio marketing. (9/16)
Congratulations
to PD Chuck Tyler and the staff at "The Fish" in Los Angeles as
the the station grabbed the Marconi award in the "Religious"
category at the NAB Radio Show in Seattle last week. (9/16)
Laura
Himert joins Sparrow Records as the new National Promotion
Coordinator. Laura comes from a promotions position at KLTY /
Dallas. (9/13)
WLGH
/ Lansing took a positive approach to special programming on 9/11
events. Instead of re-playing the sounds of 9/11/2001 and
discussing the loss that resulted, The Light's listeners shared
the positive things they've seen since 9/11. Between listeners'
stories, The Light played an inspiring mix of patriotic music and
new songs commemorating the heroes of 9/11. PD Mike Couchman says
the on air feedback was great. (9/12)
A
new countdown show for Christian Rock stations will debut in late
October or early November. The show called CR20 is being developed
by Christianbeats.org and Stuart Takehara of Eternal Radio. The
show will countdown the top 20 rock songs each week according to
Christianbeats.org charts. (9/120
WAYF
/ West Palm Beach PD Theresa Ross exits due to personal reasons.
This creates a prime opening there so if interested contact Doug
Hannah at WAY FM in Nashville. Click here
to see job opening desription on HisAir.Net. (9/12)
Send
your station or label news to
news@hisair.net.
Darren
Marlar is returning to his afternoon-drive position at Kansas
City's AM-1030, KCWJ beginning September 23rd. Marlar also
provides a show prep service for Christian radio called the
Un-named Daily offered free thru HisAir.Net. Just
click here. He also owns and
operates his own radio imaging company , MarlarHouse.
(9/10)
Salem Communications
stations will honor the 9/11 anniversary
through a series of special programs focusing on spirituality and
future hope in commemorating last year's terrorist attacks. Salem
Communications CCM stations will feature hourly tributes with
patriotic songs and a moment of silence at approximately 8:45 and
9:15 am. EDT, the times each plane struck the Twin Towers. Morning
shows will focus entirely on 9/11, accompanied by spiritual and
uplifting music selections and listener commentary on the tragic
events of the day and its impact on their lives. Additionally,
Salem's contemporary Christian music stations will air "In the
Stairwell," a commemorative song produced by Salem and released
this past Christmas. For more from Salem
click here. (9/10)
Here is compilation
of some of the best audio available for September 11 anniversary
broadcasts.
"9/11 Remembered" from Steve West at
www.airchexx.com. Or contact
Steve at
stevewest106@hotmail.com. Flash
Flood Productions has produced a
complete voiced list of victims in
the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Go to
www.flashfloodinc.com.
For a list of 9/11 Tribute songs
click here.
(9/10)
Forefront Records
promotes Kat Davis to Senior Manager of National Promotions while
Tim Watson is the new Coordinator of National Promotions. (9/4)
The
Fish / Chicago names Maura Myles as Johnny Stone's
morning co-host. She replaces Stacey Austin, who joined
"The Fish" in 2001 after eight years on the air with Stone in
Dallas.
Myles, a Chicago native and AIR Award winner, is married to
Jimmy Novak, evening personality at WLUP-FM in Chicago. She's
been a traffic reporter and
news anchor for a dozen local stations via Metro Networks and
Shadow Broadcast Services since 1993.
(9/3)
Send
your station or label news to
news@hisair.net.
Dale Riddick leaves
the PD slot at WPSM Fort Walton Beach. (9/3)
WCLQ
"89Q" Wausau MD/Morning Host Scott Michaels has resigned to join
"The Bridge" WQCK Baton Rouge as Interim PD/Mornings. Michaels
starts at WQCK Monday September 9th. WCLQ PD Matt Deane will need
a replacement so contact him right away if you're interested at
715-355-5151 or send your package to WCLQ, 4111 Schofield Ave.,
Suite 10, Schofield, WI, 54476. (9/3)
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