Changes:
Bryan O'Neal resigns his position as PD at Air1 due to
health issues but maintains his daily airshift on the
network... DAn Travis is the new PD at "Joy 99.9"
KGEE/Midland, TX... Claire Maurer joins WAY FM as an
Administrative Assistant. (9/27)
Cliff tredway has
decided to leave his position as host of the nighttime
syndicated show "Total Axxess" heard on CHRSN. Show producer
Greg Michaels will be filling in as host until a permanent
replacement is found. Tredway also served as MD at
WAYM/Nashville and will exit that as well. (9/23)
Movement:
Kelly McKay
is the new morning co-host at WRCI/Rochester coming from
WRMM/Rochester...Ron
Walters
has been upped at SAlem to VP/National Program Development
and Ministry Relations...
Joel Matalie
leaves the GM spot at WCTL/Erie to work in church
communications and OM Ron Raymond is made WRCI GM... (9/23)
Spoken Word Images
names new clients WMBI/Chicago and KBXL-KSPD/Boise for
station imaging. Contact Pete Bunch at 336-540-8000 or on
the web at
spokenwordmages.com.
(9/22)
Record
Label Changes:
Word Entertainment President
Malcolm Mimms
is out... Former Reunion Records President
Bruce Koblish
is now Executive VP/Ministry Development for The Worship
Network based in Clearwater, FL... (9/22)
Denny Nugent has been
named National PD for Moody Broadcasting based at
WMBI/Chicago. Reach Denny at 312-203-9601. (9/22)
Congratulations to
Salem Radio Network host Bill Bennett on signing his 100th
affiliate with KRMD/Shreveport! (9/21)
Broadcast
Data Systems (BDS) and SoundScan and the
Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA) have
extended their agreement. The agreement calls for BDS &
SoundScan to monitor gospel retailers and radio stations to
provide retail sales census data and radio airplay. The data
is used by Billboard magazine's Top Christian Albums and Top
Gospel Albums charts as well as the sole source of data for
Billboard's Hot Christian Singles & Tracks and Hot Christian
Adult Contemporary charts. BDS monitors 46 Christian radio
stations in North America and 1,285 Christian retailers
currently report to SoundScan. Nielson Music operates both
BDS and Sounscan. (9/20)
MOVEMENT:
Chuck Jewel has been
named GM of Salem's Houston stations including KKHT and
KTEK... Julie Stein joins
WAYF/West Palm Beach as Director/Promotions. She was most
recently with the Infinity stations in Cleveland...
Eleven-year WKSW/Dayton
APD/middayer Brian Kelly resigns
to take time off and then pursue a programming position in
Christian AC... WFIL/Philadelphia
MD Walt Cooper is leaving the
station to join WHAT/Philadelphia... WMSJ/Portland,
ME has ended their 10 year relationship with station
volunteer Thom Hazel, who was
the host of the WMSJ rock show "The Zone"... Inpop Records
has upped Rob Poznanski to
Director/Marketing. (9/16)
Congratulations
to WAWZ/New York PD/Mornings Johnny Stone and Morning
Co-host Stacey Austin who announced their engagement to be
married. This past Saturday, they visited the observation
deck of the Empire State Building in Manhattan and Johnny
asked Stacey the big question. Listeners to Johnny Stone in
the Morning on Star 99.1 this morning were treated to a
replay of the proposal because Johnny had the digital
recorder on in his backpack. Though a little muffled you
could still hear Johnny chicken out the first time asking if
she wanted to go get something to eat and then Stacey squeal
with delight at the sight of the box. Johnny and Stacey will
be celebrating a fall wedding with no date chosen at this
time. (9/13)
Rick Joyner has been
named Senior Mgr/Acquisitions for urban and traditional
gospel at The Gospel Music Channel. Joyner will be based in
Atlanta and comes from The Sheridan Gospel Network where he
served as PD. (9/13)
A
gospel trimulcast has been launched in Little Rock on KVLO
AM & FM and KPZK-FM. The stations are called "Praise
101.7/102.5/1250." The stations are owned by Citadel and OM
Joe Booker will serve as PD and Mark Dylan MD. (9/13)
WRCM/Charlotte
GM Joe Paulo & his wife celebrate
the birth of their 4th child born Sept. 3rd. (9/10)
Movement:
Gospel Music Channel, which will debut in October, names
Alvin Williams as Director/Promotion and Affinity
Marketing... Joel Shirk has left
the GM spot at WCTL/Erie to take a position at a local
church. Meanwhile WCTL OM Ron Raymond has been upped to GM.
(9/9)
Theresa
Ross at WPOZ/Orlando gives HisAir.Net an update on Hurricane
Frances. "Hurricane Frances came to Florida and literally
wore out her welcome. The entire air staff, engineering
staff and office staff at WPOZ camped out at the studios for
3 days as Hurricane Frances showed her fury in Central
Florida. The station lost power for only 10 minutes and was
able to stay on the air the whole time thanks to a back-up
generator. Millions of people all over are still waiting to
get their power back and trying to be patient while waiting
for FEMA and their insurance adjuster. Meanwhile, WPOZ is
making sure each county of the 8 counties we serve has all
of the vital information they need, from where to find ice
and water to what schools are closed as Central Florida
recovers from another hurricane. WPOZ is at Walt Disney
World's Night of Joy at the Magic Kingdom and is helping
Second Harvest Food Bank collect non perishable food items
for hurricane victims. (9/8)
Changes at
KBIQ/Colorado Springs as KBIQ PD Steve Etheridge has been
named Salem Colorado Director of Programming for the cluster
including KBIQ, Talk KGFT, News-Talk KZNT. KBIQ afternoon
personality Jack Hamilton will handle MD duties for the
station. Meanwhile OM/PD Parris Foxworthy has left the
station. (9/7)
Quickies:
WAFS/Atlanta is now airing music after running a month long
tribute to Ronald Reagan to kick off it's move to the 1190
frequency... KKFS/Sacramento morning co-host Sandy Plumb leaves the show
but remains with the station in production as night
personality Kim Kaplan will wake up early as the new morning
show co-host... Congratulations to WRCM/Charlotte GM Joe
Paulo and his wife for the birth of a their baby boy...
(9/7)
The Southern Gospel
USA Countdown hosted by Gary Wilson has announced it will
air on XM Satellite radio's American Country Music Channel.
The show also airs on 67 stations in the US and Canada and
American Forces Radio Network. (9/5)
Movement:
Rick Welke will leave his position as the Christian Editor
at R&R September 15th... WAYR/Brunswick, GA adds
Theresa Romano as mid day talent voice tracking the
weekday11am to 3pm shift... Salem is flipping it's KLUP/San
Antonio from Adult Standards to Conservative Talk September
6th. (9/1)
CHR WQYZ/Biloxi has
changed to a Black Gospel format calling itself "Hallelujah
92.5 FM". The station is owned by Gulf Coast. (8/31)
WMSJ/Portland,
ME announces Promotions Director Joe Polek has been
promoted to Assistant Program Director / Assistant Music
Director. Brian Yocono now becomes Promotions Director /
News Director. (8/30)
Changes
at Word Records in Nashville include
Sr. Director of A&R
Blaine Barcus getting promoted to VP/A&R. Meanwhile Andy
Peterson & Ronn Tabb both become Directors Product
Marketing. Sr. VP/A&R Shawn
McSpadden had this to add "As we have continued to reshape
Word Records, Blaine has shown great skill in finding talent
and making great records," (8/27)
Spoken
Word Images picks up some new clients including
WTRU/Winston-Salem, WFGZ/Bells, TN, KPSM/Brownwood, TX, and
EWTN's Catholic Answers Radio. (8/27)
Salem
will acquire KGMZ/Honolulu from Cox Radio, Inc., in exchange
for KHNR-AM (650 AM) and KHCM-AM (940 AM). In order to
execute this transaction, Cox Radio has exercised an option
to acquire KGMZ-FM from Honolulu Broadcasting, Inc. KGMZ-FM
is currently an oldies station.
(8/27)
Salem
announced that its nationally syndicated talk show hosts
will be broadcasting live at the Republican National
Convention in New York City from August 30 - September 2.
Talk show hosts broadcasting live nclude Bill Bennett, Mike
Gallagher, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved, Janet Parshall and
Dennis Prager. (8/26)
Gospel
Music Channel will launh January 2005 with a video-on-demand
service. GMC will have three brands comprising of Concerts:
featuring one-to-two hour events; Soul: the biggest urban
and traditional urban gospel artists; and Rock: the biggest
rock and hip-hop music artists in Christian music. The
company says it is also exploring the introduction of
Country, Southern Gospel and Contemporary Hits formats.
(8/25)
Movement:
Dwayne Edwards has left the MD slot at WPER/Washington DC...
Jeremy Nickerson will exit as Promotion Director at
WDCX/Buffalo this Friday Aug. 27... Olivia Paff is now MD at
WBVM/Tampa... WNCB /Duluth now officially "WJRF The Refuge".
(8/24)
KTSY/Boise promotes
PD Ty McFarland to Operations Manager to oversee day to
operations as well as the business of expansion of more
stations. Meanwhile KTSY APD Jerry Woods is upped to Program
Director. (8/20)
John Brown will
depart the morning news anchor spot at KADI/Springfield, MO
at the end of the month to become host of a new syndicated
TV program called The Daily Buzz. (8/20)
FLASH:
Bill Dewees has left his Station Manager position at
WONU/Chicago and has decided to pursue other opportunities.
(8/19)
Don Schaeffer is
named PD at WVFJ/Atlanta coming from the OM slot of the
Clear Channel stations in colorado Springs. (8/19)
Educational Media
foundation purchases KQAA/Aberdeen, SD from Aberdeen Radio
Rance. (8/19)
The
WAY-FM Media Group is announces its 50th radio
frequency, recently signing several new CHRSN affiliates,
and new translator 100.7-FM in Hopkinsville, KY. According
to COO, Dusty Rhodes, “Fifty is a great milestone! These
are exciting times at WAY-FM with new full-power stations
and translators, plus new affiliates with CHRSN (The
Christian Hit Radio Satellite Network), and we’re expecting
this growth to continue in the coming months.” Recent
stations adding CHRSN include KKEQ/Fosston, MN and
WAVL/Pittsburg. WAY-FM currently owns 11 full-power stations
and 20 translators. CHRSN airs on an additional 19
frequencies. (8/16)
LifeChanging
Seminars recently celebrated the one year anniversary of the
daily one minute feature “Redeeming the Time.” The program,
which teaches time management from a Christian perspective
launched in 2003 and currently has about 650 outlets. Visit
www.LifeChangingSeminars.com
for more info on the program. (8/16)
Changes:
WGRL/Indianapolis is now using the call letters WISG (93.9
The Song)... PD scott Herrold moves into afternoons as
current PM drive guy Jack Davis takes the morning show at
KCXR/Tulsa...
Sad news as Robert Johnson, Chairman/CEO
and founder of Dominion Video Satellite and satellite TV
service Sky Angel, passed away this week. (8/12)
CMB (Christian
Music Broadcasters) will host an online chat with Audience
Development Group's John Frost on Sept. 8. Go to
www.cmbonline.org.
(8/11)
CHANGES:
KXKS/Albuquerque has been purchased by Wilkins
Communications from Jack Mortenson for $775,000. The station
now off the air, will be programming Christian Teaching &
Talk... C.C. Matthews has departed the PD slot at
WRVI/Louisville and MD Fred North handles temporary
programming duties ... Former R&R sales rep Jennifer Allen
joins The Marketing Group as their Director Christian
Broadcasting... WNCB/Duluth is now calling itself "Positive
Hit Music, The Refuge WJRF". (8/6)
Rachel
Beasley joins INPOP as
AC Radio Promo Coordinator while Laura
Wall becomes Marketing Manager and Nate Yetton will
concentrate on CHR and Rock formats. (8/5)
WVFJ/Atlanta
PD morning personality Kurt Wallace will join
WGRL/Indianapolis (93.9 The Song) later this month. Wallce
who was recently upped to J93.3 PD will be on the air at
WGRL as part of the stations morning show still being
assembled. (8/4)
WVXG/Marion, OH is
under a LMA from Christian Voice Of Central Ohio, Mark Boyer
is GM. (8/3)
MOVEMENT:
PM
Driver Steve Lewis exits WAYF/West Palm Beach to become a
firefighter... WIBI/Springfield,IL grabs David Brock to be
it's Morning guy/Prod. Director coming from KFOX/Lufkin...
Leah Marler has left her morning co-host slot at
KADI/Springfield, MO. (8/3)
Moody
Broadcasting Network's WGNR/Miami hosted a July 20th
ground-breaking ceremony and celebration
for their new broadcast center. WGNR has executed a not yet
completed capital campaign to raise $1.9 million that
includes the purchase of the new land and construction of a
new turnkey facility including studios,
conference room and offices. (8/2)
Salem
Communications Corporation reported a
2nd QT net broadcasting revenue increase of 10.1% to $47.8
million from $43.4 million for the same period last year.
Commenting on these
results, Edward G. Atsinger III, President and CEO said,
"Our second quarter 2004 net broadcasting revenue and
station operating income growth of 10.1% and 18.9%,
respectively, will, once again, significantly exceed the
performance of the overall radio industry. This strong
performance is fueled by our start-up and developing
stations. In particular, our contemporary Christian music
stations achieved an increase of 20.8% in net broadcasting
revenue and an increase of 54.3% in station operating
income. (8/2)
Salem
Communications Corporation has completed the acquisition of
Christianjobs.com, one of the leading faith-based Internet
job search companies for $250,000. Jim Cumbee, president of
Salem's Non-Broadcast Media division, noted that. "The job
search function is an element that we have wanted to add to
our Internet sites, which include OnePlace.com and
Crosswalk.com, for some time. Christianjobs.com is a
natural, strategic fit with great upside potential and
provides a unique complement to the current content on our
sites." Christianjobs.com is a full-featured employment
website focusing on employment within the Christian
community. The company serves the hiring needs of
Christian-friendly companies and organizations while
enabling job seekers to access that community. (8/2)
