Airdate 04/29/12 11:17a

Listeners on WBIW-AM, Bedford were treated to the F-Bomb and other less than professional comments made by an announcer during the Pacer's game this weekend. Listener reaction to the broadcast include... Wow the Pacers announcer is going to be in HUGE trouble....let the F word loose and dogged the girl who sang the national anthem...evidently he didn't know the mic was on... Bet that makes ratings go up! ... he commented that the girl could go collect her welfare check when she was done...(after the woman finished the National Anthem)... Thinkin the Pacer announcer needs to lose his job after that one.... Big oooops on his part thinking the mic was off. Dropping the F bomb and doggin the girl who sang the national anthem. Big booo at him! ... Both of our jaws just dropped and we looked at each other!...How many broadcast have those guys done?!...come on!? ... The FCC will hopefully be told...or have been monitoring.... Hope that the girl singer brings some serious fury down on his red neck ignorant head...I can't believe how disappointed I am in that radio station right now!! One would guess the woman who sang could sue the network and stations that aired the remarks. Side note- It is a shame how the 3 stations in the WBIW cluster have lost all professionalism over the last 4 -5 years. When will the owners wake up and see from the top down, there needs to be massive changes? Can't be good for WBIW for this to happen at license renewal time either.

Veteran Wisconsin broadcaster Chris Wooldridge, has joined the Q-Wake Up Crew at QMix 107.3 WRZQ in Columbus. He succeeds Emily Synder who left the company.

Scott Wayman of WCBK was the sole bidder for the Little Nashville Opry site during a Brown County commissioners tax sale, submitting the minimum bid of about $58,000. He will know in 120 days if he can take possession of the site. The wait time is to see if the current owner can pay about $120,000 in back taxes.

Airdate 04/05/12 11:32a After failing to report to WICR-FM, where he hosted two jazz shows three days a week, Charles "Chuck" Workman was found dead in his home after police, who forced entry discovered the body. He had worked at stations like WIRE, WTLC and WIAN.

Joining WJFX-Ft Wayne is Brooke Taylor for the mid-day airchair. She last was in Gainesville at WYKS-FM.

Airdate 03/05/12 1:54p Some changes at WAJI-Ft. Wayne. Marti Taylor resigns after seven years at the station. Taylor was MD/Promotions Director. Program Director Barb Richards also resigned her PD position. Richards will remain at WAJI on air. She has been at 95.1 almost 30 years.

Can Emmis convince NASDAQ to allow it to remain listed with its common stock price below $1.00 a share? Emmis states "delisting would also impact its preferred shares" and has requested a hearing to lay out a plan for how it intends to bring its stock back to good graces.

Songwriter, musician and all around good guy Doug Cowen has two reasons to now remember his birthday. Cowen, of South Bend, is a Feb 29th baby. But this year on his birthday he lost a friend we all knew. Read more here

Airdate 02/28/12 1:32p WZOC-FM Plymouth is being sold to Michael R. Leep and Kristen Guernsey Leep. The price? 2.1 million dollars, plus current owner, James C. Kunze, will provide consulting services for WZOC for five years at $25K annually, adding an additional $125K to the purchase price. What the station needs is a complete re-launch. All new talent and a new format. The station has been a tired sounding also ran for much of the past decade. It's biggest mistake was gut-checking when JukeBox radio came on and it's been down hill since then. Let's hope the extra $125K was well spent.

"Tuning In: The History of Radio in Vigo County is on display at the Vigo County Historical Society. Get more here

Missed the Indy Jan 2012 PPM, check it out here

Radio Disney Indianapolis, WRDZ-FM, 98.3 is looking for an Account Exec. Get the details here

In Bedford, Lite Rock 247 has signed on to the net. It's format can be found online by clicking here.

All Hit Country.com marks three years on the air on Friday March 2nd.

Airdate 02/09/12 7:40a At WTLC-FM, midday talent Tony Lamont is out. Taking over middays is Kris Raye. Sliding into the afternoon airchair is Karen Vaughn. Vaughn is also APD/MD. You may also remember Lamont also did mornings at WTLC at one time.

WBZQ-AM Huntington has been sold for $75,000 to Fifty Seven Media LLC. Larko Communications sold the property.

Airdate 02/03/12 1:21p The day the music died...

J.R. Ammons WZPL PD, gets the nod and grabs the Ops Manager title at Entercom Indy. He'll oversee WXNT-AM and WNTR-FM, along with ZPL. In the last ARB, ZPL and NTR were down a touch and XNT was ranked 30th. See the ARB here .

Airdate 01/26/12 1:19p Starting next month "Broadway Quay" Bangs will be the new midday host and APD at WHHH-Indy. He leaves the sunshine of Oxnard-Ventura for Indiana.

Evansville's WQXQ is now calling itself Q-102/Today's Best Music & Home of the QMIX. The change also brings a new PD, Rick Daniels. Beej & The Breakfast Bunch takes the morning slot starting Feb 1. You may remember WSTO was the home of Beej and crew from the mid 80's to the late 90's. "Beej" is Brian Jackson the VP/Sales-Creative.

Speaking of Evansville, get the latest number here, and Terre Haute here .

Airdate 01/24/12 12:51p Eric Michaels is the new PD/MD at WTHI-FM. Barry Kent, who held that title, will continue at THI in morning drive. Michaels also does afternoons.

Inbound from WLDR-FM Traverse City, Mi is David Goode. He'll share mornings duties with PD Charlotte Burke on WBTU-FM.

Airdate 01/23/12 11:52a Off to KHTT-FM -Tulsa is Austin from WJFX -Ft. Wayne for mornings. He'll join Lindsey (Lindsey Bauer) who is already a KHTT staffer.

TV Meteorologist Cliff Nicholson passed away on Friday. Nicholson worked at WTHR, WISH and WRTV. He was a fixture in Indy for over 20 years. The viewing for Nicholson will be held today from 5-8 p.m. at Cicero Christian Church at 1715 Stringtown Pike in Cicero. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, also at Cicero Christian Church.

Need to catch up on some ABR's? Click on the city to view the latest. Ft. Wayne, South Bend .

Airdate 01/17/12 2:29p John "Records" Landecker has left WIMS-AM in Michigan City. Catch him still on WLS-FM as he jumps to full time.

Paul Poteet has joined the Indy Star as their weather expert. Poteet will provide a short weather video and forecast every weekday morning for the Star. The project is called Star@Sunrise.

Airdate 01/16/12 2:45p The "Duke of Louisville" Bill Bailey (William Boahn), died at a hospital in Louisville on Saturday. He was 81. He was most remembered for his shows on WAKY-AM and WKLO-AM. Get more details HERE . Some pups back then, now in radio in Indiana, may remember him and his style.

Clear Channel Radio Friday announced it has changed its name to Clear Channel Media and Entertainment to better reflect the evolution of its business.

Fiscal third quarter net revenues were reported by Emmis Communications. The numbers were down, $59.3 million as compared with $66.3 million in 2011. Radio net revenues fell 16.8%. Emmis posted net earnings of $113.4 million ($2.90 cents per share) as compared to $1.6 million (14 cents per share) in the year ago period.

Airdate 01/07/12 2:15p What a year 2011 was for radio... and not always in a good way. From more layoffs to radio groups removing in some cases the last local staff in many markets. More and more non-radio people continued to replace seasoned pros. These non-radio people continue to offer radio little future. It is sad to see what has happened to a once great media. November of 2011 showed the highest number of listeners ever dropping AM/FM radio to head to the Internet for their radio choice. Who does radio blame? The simple answer itself.

Radio is busy grabbing dollars from clients and then not following through on the deal. From spots not running, to spots with no thought at all running. We have to remember that our sales people should also bring marketing ideas to the table. Many just get the signed contract, grab the dollars and put little if any thought into copy and the finished product. Then when clients get little or no response they blame the economy or the weather or competition for the lackluster results.

Of of my BIG pet peeves of 2011 was The Postal Service. Their TV ads told of the evils of email, and the net in general. The thought was put in to the viewers mind that snail mail was safe, (no virus problem or theft of information while on the net). After the big pitch to use the Post Office (and the not the net), the spot ends with "for more information go to..." YUP the Post Office website. Hummm that bad net was where to go to get info however.

Another pet peeve is now a week into 2012, how many radio websites still featured a holiday theme or ads featuring gift ideas. How can a client expect radio to handle the marketing of their business when it can't handle its own brand?

The rumors of another 2,000 radio people heading to the beach in 2012 is just plain sad. Multi-stations being handled from one location outside the market. Why do people think this is a wise idea?

I know clients in my market have hundreds of local radio horror stories. From fraudulent billing to being charged for spots never approved. Once the salesperson got the contract they never came back to see the client...(BUT the bills made it there just fine). Plus stagnant morning shows to people that forget why people tune in. TO BE ENTERTAINED! They have had enough of morning shows that talk to hear their own voices in their headphones. Enough of old fashioned remotes that draw zero people. Enough of empty promises made by people that have no idea what makes radio work and why radio was once great. In general enough ... period.

With license renewal time soon, maybe the public will wise up and contact the FCC and complain about the injustice radio has done to them. 2012 is here... we've been told the world could end in December. Will radio make it that long in it's current state?

In other news the December Indy Arb is out. See it here .

Fort Wayne police arrested Billy Elvis of 92.3. (aka Christopher Durkee) Why? Suspicion of drunken driving and marijuana possession. Elvis faces an initial felony charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and possession of paraphernalia. Even playing the radio card “Come on, I’m Billy Elvis” didn't help. Allen Superior Court records show the officer wrote in his report that he could smell alcohol and marijuana coming from the car. A breath test at the scene measured Elvis' blood-alcohol level at 0.11 percent. The report also stated the officer found a clear plastic bag of marijuana weighing about 6.5 grams in Elvis' jacket pocket as well as a marijuana pipe in his pants pocket. Another marijuana pipe was found inside the car, according to the report. This isn't his first brush with the law. He was charged with operating while intoxicated in Allen County in 1990 but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of reckless driving in that case. In 2007 police in DeKalb County arrested him on charges of operating while intoxicated and possession of marijuana. He also lost his gig as emcee at Komets games due to the above current problems.

Northeast Indiana Public Radio in Fort Wayne is looking for its next Program Director. We operate an NPR news/jazz station, and an all-classical station. Looking for someone who is creative, eclectic, disciplined, positive, with a passion for community-based radio. Duties include audio production, programming of automation system, on-air hosting, program producing, representing the station to internal and external constituencies, supervising volunteers, and other duties as assigned. Candidate should demonstrate familiarity with AudioVault, Allegiance, Audacity, Pro Tools, and standard office word processing software. Familiarity with CMS a plus. Bachelor’s degree required, master’s preferred, with experience in public broadcasting. A journalism background is a plus. We are hoping to recruit and hire the right person quickly. EEO. Contact Doug Gruber, Jazz Coordinator, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WBOI-FM, 3204 Clairmont Ct. Fort Wayne, IN 46808. (We do not know at this time why Andrew Anderson is leaving.)

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