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Airdate 12/30/8 7:22am Airdate 12/29/8 7:28am Speaking of Ft Wayne, their TV viewers appear better prepared for the change to DTV than some other Indiana cities. In the Fort Wayne viewing area, 83 percent of households with a conventional over-the-air antenna have requested the government coupon to help purchase a converter box that allows the digital signal to appear on their sets as of last week. That is the second-highest rate in the state, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The South Bend-Elkhart TV viewing area had the highest coupon application rate, 88 percent. The lowest rate was in Lafayette, at 55 percent. The OldiesChannel.com will count down the top 109 Oldies on New Years Day at 10am. Don't forget, you can get your news to us by using the email link on the left! Airdate 12/24/08 7:12am Bob Staggs of WCBK fame has passed away at 67. Bob did everything from sports PBP to morning drive. Airdate 12/23/8 7:18am Airdate 12/22/8 7:25am Summit City's WGL-FM (102.9) has been reported the air, but WGL (1250) is operating. Manchester College's WBKE-FM was also reported off the air. Federated Media's country WQHK-FM (105.1) is back on the air , but it was down for about 36 hours. One wonders if Mother Nature has a book or PPM? Airdate 12/19/8 7:17am Airdate 12/18/8 7:23am Airdate 12/16/8 7:25am Airdate 12/15/8 7:27am Country radio, long the most popular radio format, is no longer on top. Among 2,064 U.S. stations, the news/talk format now leads country. News/talk has gained 40 stations since November 2007. The format has gained 250 stations in the past five years and 450 in the past decade. Country has lost more than 350 stations since 1998. But it's still on top among current-driven music formats. Contemporary Christian is second with 945 outlets, followed by Spanish (922), adult contemporary, or AC (671) and top 40 (497). Contemporary Christian continues its upward growth, adding 28 stations from a year ago and more than doubling its numbers from a decade ago. The number of Spanish, AC and top 40 stations basically stayed flat during the last year. Other contemporary formats with more than 300 stations include alternative rock and hot AC, both with 380 stations; Southern gospel (322); and rock (310). Jazz, which has lost outlets in New York and Philadelphia, among other markets, dropped from 153 stations a year ago to 126 in November. Airdate 12/12/8 7:28am WMRI-AM and WXXC-FM Marion and WIOU-AM and WZWZ Kokomo and WMYK-FM, Peru, have their licenses transfered from Vox Communications Group LLC to Hoosier AM/FM LLC. Airdate 12/11/8 7:29am DLC Media is the new owner of an FM translator at 95.5 in Vincennes. It was sold by Horizon Christian Fellowship. Airdate 12/9/8 7:30am Airdate 12/5/8 7:18am Airdate 12/3/8 7:27am The Oldies Channel.com marks it's first year anniversary today. Airdate 11/26/8 7:31am WFWI Ft. Wayne adds "The Rockin' 80's" to it's line up. At 5pm last night Interep closed it's doors, leaving some 250 people out of work. Interep was radio's second largest rep firm. Airdate 11/24/8 7:11am WQKC has changed calls to WLCL. Their website is still a one page click to listen page, at classichits939.com Airdate 11/21/8 7:33am Classic Hits 93.9 is now a new player in the Louisville market. The former "Duck" (WQKC), which moved south and became The Ticket, started the format with The Rolling Stones Start Me Up. WAVG-AM will remain "The Ticket" at 1450 AM. Airdate 11/20/8 7:26am Indiana’s NewsCenter plans a new digital channel that will
broadcast local news throughout the day. Airdate 11/18/8 7:24am Airdate 11/17/8 7:29am The Oldies Channel.com team eliminated the WBIW team from the Bedford Teen Brain Games 150-60. With a feeling of excitement and nervousness, WSBT-TV on Sunday became the first station in its market to air its newscast digitally when it broadcast live from its new, state-of-the-art newsroom. (get the complete scoop at southbendtribune.com) Hop in your car for a 20-minute ride to work and you enter an
incredible world of choice for your listening pleasure. The advent of
XM and Sirius Satellite radio has given the normal listener hundreds of
choices where it used to be 20 to 30. Emmis Communications latest step to reduce expenses involves its company aircraft. It is exercising its early purchase option to buy the 23-year-old Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV so it can sell it. Airdate 11/12/8 7:25am The Indiana Broadcasters Association announced the winners of the 21st annual Spectrum Awards on Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel in Indianapolis. (see the complete list at indianabroadcasters.org) Inside Radio reports: CPB-supported stations are reaching more listeners than ever. Following a 3% increase last year, the stations climbed another 3% in the Spring 2008 survey to 28,744,600 listeners (12+) in an average week. Airdate 11/11/8 7:24am Airdate 11/10/8 7:21am Airdate 11/7/8 7:21am The CP for 89.9 in Ellettsville, has been approved. Mary's Children Inc. has the green light to hit the air. Airdate 11/5/8 7:24am Airdate 11/3/8 6:21am Part-timer Gage Lutes adds AE to his title at WBIW/WQRK/WPHZ
Bedford. The Franklin Central High School radio station raised more than $2,100 for charity as ghosts, ghouls, goblins and Spiderman filled the halls for the "No Tricks, Just Treats" Halloween party this week. WRFT General Manager Steve George estimates more than 1,300 people attended the event. Students with the school radio station will present their check for the foundation during a live broadcast on WFBQ-FM later this month.
WANE, channel 15, owner Lin TV Corp. and Time Warner Cable announced
a retransmission agreement Oct. 29, ending the blackout of Lin stations
on Time Warner’s cable systems. Don't forget Monday is National Traffic Director’s Day. The "holiday" is sponsored by the Traffic Director’s Guild of America.
The CPs for WHZN-FM, New Whiteland and WWDL-FM, Plainfield, have been sold for $105,098.73 to Horizon Christian Fellowship of Indianapolis, Inc. HZN is at 88.3 with 8kw and WDL is at 91.3 and 650 watts. Country WQLK-FM/Richmond, IN, PD/afternooner Steve Baker has left the building after 16 years Airdate 10/28/8 7:24am Ball State University is preparing to recreate Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" that sparked panic among some listeners who thought Earth was being invaded by aliens. Indiana Public Radio General Manager Marcus Jackman said the re-enactment on Thursday night, 70 years after Welles' broadcast, will be a treat for attentive, creative listeners. (get the scoop at five7four.com) Airdate 10/27/8 7:26am Paragon Media Strategies, reports that 14- to 24-year-olds mostly say their radio listening has increased over the last year or two, while they said the opposite last year. Paragon recruited the respondents and conducted the study online. (read more at nytimes.com) Airdate 10/24/8 7:19am Airdate 10/22/8 7:23am The Spanish-language radio station Sabor Latino 98.1FM-South Bend, will have an early voting rally Saturday to encourage voting among first-time registered voters and Hispanics. The nonprofit Sabor Latino also is looking for Spanish-speaking volunteers to assist first-time voters. To help call Eliud Villanueva, at (574) 210-9057. Radio has been right behind newspapers as the old-school medium most adversely affected by digital developments. New research, however, shows that radio is actually gaining audience, even in spite of its closest competitor, the iPod. (Read more at adage.com) Airdate 10/21/8 7:33am At 49 cents a share, Emmis has a market capitalization of $18 million. That's right. Investors think Emmis, with leading radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Indianapolis, is worth just $18 million. (indystar.com) For the third consecutive quarter of Arbitron radio rankings, John "JMV" Michael of WNDE-AM (1260) amassed a larger audience than the WFNI-AM (1070) team of Eddie White and Star columnist Bob Kravitz. (indystar.com) Granite Broadcasting Corp. is centralizing many operations for some of its Midwest stations in Fort Wayne. Signals for WMYD, a MyTV affiliate in Detroit, and WEEK, an NBC affiliate in East Peoria, Ill., will pass through the Fort Wayne facilities of Indiana’s NewsCenter. Master control, commercial and program scheduling, business support and on-air creative services also will be located in Fort Wayne for the two stations, according to a written statement. Airdate 10/16/8 7:34am Ken Dardis has some interesting thoughts... One boss, early in my career, showed me the importance of calm under fire: "I don't want you panicking when the transmitter goes down. Use that time to stay calm and analyze the problem." Transmitters were not always as dependable as they are today so I had to exercise that wisdom multiple times. Today, radio executives need to use that approach as they watch the industry evaporate into a sliver of the revenue generating machine it used to be. Until now, they have not. (audiographics.com) Airdate 10/15/8 7:38m Airdate 10/14/8 7:25am Airdate 10/11/8 8:15am Dain Henry has left his position as AE at WQRK/WBIW/WPHZ in Bedford. The unprofessional, party all the time atmosphere claims another staffer. Dain was one of only two people on the staff that had any previous radio experience. Redeemer Radio, Catholic Radio AM 1450, has announced its upcoming Fall Sharathon, with the theme of “Cast Your Vote for Catholic Radio,” Oct. 22-24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Celebrating the start of its third year of operation, Redeemer Radio is a local independent Catholic radio apostolate that serves the Catholic community of Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. WAWK in Kendallville continues to hold in waiting mode to go 24 hours. The FCC application appears to be tangled in red tape, so the wait continues. Airdate 10/7/8 7:18am Airdate 10/5/8 9:09am
LIN TV's 15 stations carried by Time Warner Cable in 11 markets went dark after the two parties failed to reach a retransmission consent agreement. According to Time Warner Cable, LIN TV all but cut off negotiations. "We offered to work through the night to reach an agreement, and they refused," said Melinda Witmer, chief programming officer for Time Warner Cable, which had asked for a short extension to complete negotiations. "It was LIN's preference to pull their signal off the air." (mediaweek.com) Patrick Hess, of Day 6 Design & Studios, LLC, announced that Regional Radio Sports Network of South Bend has hired his company to help market the network’s sports broadcasting endeavors. Mid-America has filed an ap with the FCC to use direct measurement on it's AM WMJY (1540), Martinsville. As both sides negotiated Saturday to get WISH (Channel 8) back into the Bright House lineup, the cable company implemented backup plans to make sure Colts fans could at least listen to today's game.Bright House agreed Saturday to broadcast radio station 97.1 (HANK FM), which handles play-by-play for the Colts, over its cable Channel 2. (indystar.com) Airdate 10/3/8 7:09am If you haven't caught it yet, The Vibe 106.3 is now 106.3 Joe FM in Ft Wayne. Phil Becker will be the JOE PD and also take care of rhythmic WJFX (Hot 107.9) and country WBTU (U.S. 93.3). Only one jock was full-time at The Vibe and may stay on to do part-time at the other stations in the cluster. Airdate 10/2/8 7:25am From Inside Radio.... Despite all the new media platforms, Americans consider radio the third most trustworthy source for news and information. The Opinion Research Corporation asked 1,005 adults to rank media sources on a scale of 1 to 10. With 10 being the most credible, radio scored a 6.0 behind TV and newspapers.
Airdate 9/29/8 7:24am Emmis Communications Corp. shares tumbled to a paltry $1.30 apiece this month, upping the pressure on CEO Jeff Smulyan to report at least a morsel of good news when the battered radio company announces quarterly results Oct. 10. This month Emmis said it is reducing the pay of 64 executives companywide to $15,000 (ibj.com) Airdate 9/26/8 7:38am The CP for 90.9 in Noblesville has been dismissed by the applicatnts request. A CP for 89.9 in Clifford has been filed by Linda Jerome Foundation. Many TV stations are filing extension of time to complete construction authorized pursuant to a permit for a new DTV station with the FCC. They include WFFT-DT, FT Wayne, WTWO-DT, Terre Haute and WFXW-DT, Terre Haute. Airdate 9/25/8 7:28am Joining WISH-TV Alicia Roman for weekend weather duties starting Saturday. Roman comes to Channel 8 from WIS Columbia, S.C., where she had worked since early 2006. Roman can be seen on weekends at 6 and 11 p.m. on Channel 8 and at 10 p.m. on MyNDY-23 Next Tuesday several local radio and TV stations will take part in what they are calling the largest one-day voter registration drive in history. The stations, all owned by Radio One, include WTLC-FM, WTLC-AM, WHHH-FM, WNOU-FM and Indy's Music Channel WDNI-TV. The stations will broadcast live from Lafayette Square Mall and Broad Ripple Park. WAJI, 95.1 FM, has launched an online station devoted solely to holiday music. The online station will stream live from the WAJI Web site. Airdate 9/23/8 7:28am Rush Limbaugh will soon be returning to the Lafayette radio airwaves. And he's bringing along Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and a number of other talk shows hosts. Within a few days, WSHY-AM 1410 plans to begin broadcasting a news talk format. (jconline.com) WNIT Public Television has received a $239,917-grant to complete the station’s conversion from analog to digital master control. Airdate 9/22/8 7:18am Airdate 9/17/8 7:28am Findings in Arbitron's RADAR 98... Over 95% of adults ages 18-49 with a college degree and an annual household income of $50,000 or above tune into radio over the course of a week. RADAR network affiliates reach 85% of adults 18-49 and 25-54 in households with a college degree and an annual household income of $75,000 or above. The the trend in radio shows fewer young listeners ages 12-17. The complete report hits the streets on 9/23. An FM CP for 89.9 in Greensburg has been filed with the FCC by Connersville Apostolic Lighthouse Inc. A Petition to Deny has been filed by The Indian Association of Seventh-day Adventists Inc. Airdate 9/16/8 7:27am Emmis restructures the way its managers will be paid over the next 18 months to help the company weather the economic downturn. Salaries are being cut to $15,000 a year for the company’s top 64 managers in an effort to boost cash flow. Employees will get the rest of their pay in the form of quarterly cash or stock bonuses -- depending if the company hits its targets. (insideradio.com) Comcast Cable and WWKI-FM have yet to reach an agreement on television
arrangements for the annual We Care telethon, raising questions about
the future of the longtime Kokomo charity event. Get well wishes go out to Dean Spencer, Owner of WBIW-AM and WQRK-FM, and co-owner of WPHZ-FM. Spencer is on the mend after bypass surgery and is resting at home. Meanwhile at his stations, GSM Rebecca Godsey has been demoted to AE and Sarah Reinhard is the new GSM. Reinhard comes to the station with no radio background. The current GM, GSM and Group PD have no radio experience. This equation would add up to why the station is running almost zero spots and ratings are at their lowest in almost a decade. Airdate 9/12/8 7:33am About half (51%) say they usually stay tuned to their favorite
music station when commercial breaks come on, a statistically insignificant
change from 53% six months ago. Only 7% said they turn off the radio,
and 38% said they change to another station. Airdate 9/11/8 7:26am WFMS is once again in the running for the CMA Large Market Station of the year award. Airdate 9/9/8 7:24am Airdate 9/8/8 7:28am Sirius XM announced last Friday that it will carry all Notre Dame football and basketball games over the Internet. Sirius has enjoyed a relationship with Notre Dame football since 2004, and this latest offering via the Internet certainly raises the bar. The company press release states: SIRIUS Internet Radio will be the exclusive online home of every Notre Dame regular season football game and will carry every Fighting Irish regular season men’s basketball game live. It marks the first time that radio broadcasts of live sporting events are available on the SIRIUS Internet Radio platform. Comcast, the second-largest Internet provider in the U.S., will challenge a ruling handed down by the Federal Communications Commission last month. The ruling set an important precedent, marking the first time a company had been ruled in violation of the FCC's regulations guaranteeing access to the Internet for users. The ruling related to Comcast's limits imposed on bandwidth for certain file-sharing applications like BitTorrent, limitations that the FCC ruled should be discontinued by the end of the year. "We filed this appeal in order to protect our legal rights and to challenge the basis on which the [FCC] found that Comcast violated federal policy in the absence of pre-existing legally enforceable standards or rules," Comcast executive vice president David L. Cohen said in a written statement. He said the company believes the ruling "was legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." Comcast announced last week it would impose a 250-gigabyte cap on monthly Internet usage for residential customers starting on Oct. 1. The cap was announced in response to complaints from customers, many of whom wanted a definition of "too much" Internet usage. Before the announcement of the cap, users could be penalized for exceeding an undisclosed bandwidth limit, and risked having their service suspended. A user could download 125 standard-definition movies, about four per day, before hitting the limit. Airdate 9/3/8 7:25am Emmis Communications Manager - Corporate Commincations Jodi Wright splits to become Director - Communications for Indys' Gene B. Glick Company and the Gene & Marilyn Glick Foundadtion. Airdate 8/29/8 7:23am Airdate 8/27/8 7:17am Couple of mid-week good reads... Alan Furst asks, Can't We Fix This? Click on links to view (alanfurst.worldpress.com) Endangered Species: The DJ? (JacobsMedia) Airdate 8/26/8 7:23am Airdate 8/25/8 7:26am Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA) has announced that it has filed an application to transfer the listing of the Company's Class A Shares from The NASDAQ Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market. Airdate 8/22/8 7:22am Airdate 8/21/8 7:24am
Airdate 8/18/8 7:27am SOLD! WDVL-FM(CP)/Danville, to Calvary Chapel of Crawfordsville. Horizon Christian Fellowship of San Diego, pockets 14,951.68. The station will be at 88.1 and will run 5kw at 289 ft. WQHK, 105.1 FM, once again claimed the top spot as the highest-rated
Fort Wayne radio station. Longtime sports/talk station WNDE-AM 1260 has beaten back newcomer
WFNI-AM 1070 in a critical listener demographic despite WFNI’s extensive
promotion of hosts Eddie White and Indianapolis Star sports columnist
Bob Kravitz. WNDE won in two important time slots with the all-important
demographic of men ages 25 to 54, according to New York-based Arbitron
Inc., which recently released its rating book for mid-March to mid-June.
WXLW-AM 950, the market’s third sports/talk station, trails WNDE
and WFNI in all time slots, according to Arbitron. Westwood One has carried Notre Dame’s football broadcasts since 1968. But when the season begins next month the South Bend, IN school will have a new radio partner. The Fighting Irish signed a ten-year deal with ISP Sports, which works with dozens of other universities to create sports broadcasts. ISP inks a deal with Christian Broadcasting System’s CBSat satellite network to distribute games. (insideradio.com) Airdate 8/13/8 7:23am Airdate 8/11/8 3:17am Jeff Smulyan takes pride in the corporate culture of Emmis Communications.Still, it's hard to maintain morale when the radio business is taking more hits than a punch-drunk boxer. Lamented Smulyan: "We're an industry that can't find its bottom." He didn't add: "with both hands." (indystar.com) No CP for a would-be Kentucky noncom. Marty Hensley’s Indiana Community Radio Corp. (ICR) and Pennyrile Christian Community squared off for the right to build a new class A signal at 91.7 in Madisonville, KY, and in the FCC’s initial analysis, ICR won the CP based on the point system. But then Madisonville’s commercial station, Sound Broadcasters’ WKTG (93.9), noticed that the proposed transmitter site for the new station was the tower it owned. That posed a problem, as Sound told the FCC: "At no time prior to filing or in the more than seven years that [ICR’s] application has been pending did ICR contact Sound or obtain consent from Sound to use the [Site]."And given what it calls ICR’s "lack of candor," Sound says it wouldn’t lease space on the tower to Hensley now. ICR told the FCC it did have permission from Sound to use the tower, but it couldn’t supply any documentation, or even the name of anyone it had talked to at the company – so the FCC has now dismissed Hensley’s Madisonville application, instead awarding the CP to Pennyrile. (theradiojournal.com) A CP has been filed for 89.9 in Greensburg by Connersville Apostolic Lighthouse Inc. Airdate 8/08/8 9:50pm On Thursday afternoon, (8/7)Kokomo police arrested Stephen A. Rich, 55, Indianapolis, on a Class A misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure after police set up a sting in Wildcat Creek Reservoir Park park during daylight hours. Rich is an afternoon DJ on Kokomo’s WWKI radio station. WWKI General Manager Mike Christopher declined to comment. Mike Shannon marks 30 years in broadcasting today with his morning show on The Oldies Channel.com. Shannon started at WKHM AM in Jackson, Michigan. Also during today's show the station will announce the grand prize winner in their Hot Fun In The Summertime Contest. The station gave out over $10,000 in prizes this summer and the grand prize winner will grab $500.00 this morning. Airdate 8/07/8 7:21am WJUK-LP in Plymouth has had its ups and downs in the past few years. It was silent for a time and filled papers with the FCC after it moved to a tower that was not stated on their license. The FCC has granted the changes it has asked for and it appears all is well once again at 105.7 We have added a direct link to Ft Wayne Media watch to our button/links on the left. Airdate 8/06/8 7:33am Airdate 8/05/8 7:39am For a complete list of Clear Channel stations going on the block (click here)
ARBs in! Click on city to view the numbers (Indianapolis) Will Comcast get what is coming to them? (melphillipsnowandthen.com) Airdate 7/30/8 7:33am
Smith started his career at radio station WIRE in Indianapolis in 1949. He later was director of advertising at Franklin Finance, Hartford City, Ind.; worked for CBS Network Sales in Detroit; was vice president and general manager at WFIE-TV, Evansville, Ind., (1957-61); vice president and general manager at WFTV-TV, Green Bay, Wis.; vice president and general manager, WLKY-TV, Louisville, Ky.; president and general manager, WTVW-TV, Evansville (1964-1981); president and general manager, WSBT Stations (TV-AM-FM), in South Bend; and senior vice president at SCI until his retirement. Smith was a member of the Indiana Broadcast Hall of Fame, a director and chairman of the CBS Television Advisory Board, president of the Indiana Broadcaster Association, president of the Southwest Indiana Broadcasters Association and a member of the Broadcaster's Foundation. "Berry was an exceptional leader. He was respected not only by local people at the stations here, but by other broadcasters. He was also well-respected by broadcasters nationally and he chaired the CBS Affiliate Board," says Franklin D. Schurz, chairman of Schurz Communications Inc. Airdate 9/11/8 7:26amA CP has been granted for 89.9 in Mary's
Children Inc is the license holder. is once again in the running for the
Large Market Station of the year award.Airdate 9/9/8 7:24amPurdue's Katie
Ramsey tells us how "Radio killed the radio star". View via
the link ()Airdate 9/8/8 7:28am has joined NewsChannel 15 as a weekend
meteorologist. She comes to NewsChannel 15 after four years at ’s
sister station, in Lafayette. "I learned so much in Lafayette"
said Greene. "I am now ready for my next venture. I want to continue
to grow as a forecaster and as a broadcaster."announced last Friday
that it will carry all football and basketball games over the Internet.
Sirius has enjoyed a relationship with Notre Dame football since 2004,
and this latest offering via the Internet certainly raises the bar. The
company press release states: SIRIUS Internet Radio will be the of every
Notre Dame regular season football game and will carry every Fighting
Irish regular season men’s basketball game live. It marks the first
time that radio broadcasts of live sporting events are available on the
SIRIUS Internet Radio platform., the second-largest Internet provider
in the U.S., will challenge a ruling handed down by the Federal Communications
Commission last month. The ruling set an important precedent, marking
the first time a company had been ruled in violation of the FCC's regulations
guaranteeing access to the Internet for users. The ruling related to Comcast's
limits imposed on bandwidth for certain file-sharing applications like
BitTorrent, limitations that the FCC ruled should be discontinued by the
end of the year. "We filed this appeal in order to protect our legal
rights and to challenge the basis on which the [FCC] found that Comcast
violated federal policy in the absence of pre-existing legally enforceable
standards or rules," Comcast executive vice president said in a written
statement. He said the company believes the ruling "was legally inappropriate
and its findings were not justified by the record." Comcast announced
last week it would impose a 250-gigabyte cap on monthly Internet usage
for residential customers starting on Oct. 1. The cap was announced in
response to complaints from customers, many of whom wanted a definition
of "too much" Internet usage. Before the announcement of the
cap, users could be penalized for exceeding an undisclosed bandwidth limit,
and risked having their service suspended. A user could download 125 standard-definition
movies, about four per day, before hitting the limit.Airdate 9/3/8 7:25amChanges
at ) include taking over morning drive and grabbing mid-days. Browning
previously worked at and /Cincinnati. Jack is a former WNTR morning co-host
and owns a local public relations firm. Rumors of a format change continue
to swirl. Communications Manager - Corporate Commincations splits to become
Director - Communications for Indys' Gene B. Glick Company and the Gene
& Marilyn Glick Foundadtion.Airdate 8/29/8 7:23amOne of the good guys
has left us. died Aug. 25. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, September.
6 at Northminster Presbyterian Church with calling 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Saturday, September 6 at Leppert Mortuary, Noral Chapel. Kevin worked
at and more. Kevin was just 49.Airdate 8/27/8 7:17amIndiana Fever radio
broadcasts for Aug 28 and Sept. 14 have been moved to 1430 AM and 950
AM . The Indianapolis Colts programming will fill their slot on 1070 The
Fan.Couple of mid-week good reads...Alan Furst asks, ? Click on links
to view ()Endangered Species: The DJ? ()Airdate 8/26/8 7:23am in! Click
on the city to view ()Airdate 8/25/8 7:26am News Director is featured
in a story in the Ft Wayne Business Weekly. Click the link to view. ().
(NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA) has announced that it has filed an application
to transfer the listing of the Company's Class A Shares from The NASDAQ
Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market. Airdate 8/22/8 7:22am- America
cable channel will broadcast daily highlights of syndicated morning radio
program beginning Nov. 3. Highlights of the show will air each night at
midnight Eastern time on WGN America and at 11 p.m. on Indianapolis TV
station . WGN senior vice president says and produce “one of the
most entertaining morning shows on radio.”Airdate 8/21/8 7:24amFort
Wayne area viewers have once again chosen and NewsChannel 15 as their
number-one news source, per released Friday. NewsChannel 15 is the area’s
top-rated news choice weekdays at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m., Noon, 5, 6 and 11
p.m. Both Saturday and Sunday’s evening and late night newscasts
also dominated the July ratings period. “It is always nice to receive
solid validation from the viewers,” said General Manager Alan Riebe.
“We will continue all efforts to strengthen our position in the
Fort Wayne market”. The station’s website, WANE.com, saw 57,000
more video plays than last July,while time spent on the site rose 180
percent.Airdate 8/19/8 10:45am Director of AM Ops at and Ft Wayne becomes
News Director for both AMs as well as PD for KJG. The move is part of
a realignment of management duties at the stations and an emphasis on
local news. FedMed is looking for a new OM. Email your stuff to Airdate
8/18/8 7:27amAfter seven years at , Meteorologist will be leaving his
role at NewsChannel15. Moats has accepted the position of Chief Meteorologist
at WANE’s sister station, WUPW-Fox in Toledo, Ohio. Moats is scheduled
to make his last on-air weather appearances August 19 on NewsChannel 15
at 5, 6 & 11 p.m. (CP)/Danville, to of Crawfordsville. of San Diego,
pockets 14,951.68. The station will be at 88.1 and will run 5kw at 289
ft., 105.1 FM, once again claimed the top spot as the highest-rated Fort
Wayne radio station. The country-formatted station improved its standing
over last year in the overall rating category, which is listeners ages
12 and older, and scored the highest rating in the category for the second
time in four ratings periods.WQHK also was the top-rated station in the
age 25-54 listener demographic, which is followed by advertisers. News-talk
station , 1190 AM, was second in the category, followed by adult contemporary
formats , 97.3 FM, and , 95.1 FM. Country station WBTU, 93.3 FM, and classic-rock
station , 92.3 FM, were fourth, according to Arbitron results.In the overall
demographic, WOWO was second, followed by oldies format , 101.7 FM, and
. WQHK, WOWO, WFWI, and WMEE are owned by Federated Media. WAJI and WLDE
are owned by , and WBTU is owned by .()Longtime sports/talk station 1260
has beaten back newcomer 1070 in a critical listener demographic despite
WFNI’s extensive promotion of hosts and sports columnist . WNDE
won in two important time slots with has carried s football broadcasts
since 1968. But when the season begins next month the South Bend, IN school
will have a new radio partner. The Fighting Irish signed a ten-year deal
with , which works with dozens of other universities to create sports
broadcasts. ISP inks a deal with CBSat satellite network to distribute
games. ()Airdate 8/13/8 7:23amin! Click on the city to view. ()Airdate
8/11/8 3:17amNortheast Indiana consumers will have no choice but to adopt
high-definition television in February, but high-definition radio is still
waiting to be embraced, even by local radio stations. Two stations in
Fort Wayne, , 1190 AM, and one of the Northeast Indiana Public Radio stations,
, 89.1 FM, have created separate, HD radio channels. They are the only
two stations among the 17 Arbitron-rated analog stations serving Fort
Wayne and surrounding areas to do so. ()takes pride in the corporate culture
of .Still, it's hard to maintain morale when the radio business is taking
more hits than a punch-drunk boxer. Lamented Smulyan: "We're an industry
that can't find its bottom." He didn't add: "with both hands."
()A CP has been filed for 89.9 in Greensburg by Airdate 8/08/8 9:50pmin!
Click on the city to view ()On Thursday afternoon, (8/7)Kokomo police
arrested , 55, Indianapolis, on a Class A misdemeanor charge of indecent
exposure after police set up a sting in Wildcat Creek Reservoir Park park
during daylight hours. Rich is an afternoon DJ on Kokomo’s radio
station. WWKI General Manager declined to comment.marks 30 years in broadcasting
today with his morning show on . Shannon started at in Jackson, Michigan.
Also during today's show the station will announce the grand prize winner
in their Hot Fun In The Summertime Contest. The station gave out over
$10,000 in prizes this summer and the grand prize winner will grab $500.00
this morning.Airdate 8/07/8 7:21amA petition to deny has been filed by
. on the CP for 98.7 in Indy filed by .in Plymouth has had its ups and
downs in the past few years. It was silent for a time and filled papers
with the FCC after it moved to a tower that was not stated on their license.
The FCC has granted the changes it has asked for and it appears all is
well once again at 105.7We have added a direct link to watch to our button/links
on the left.Airdate 8/06/8 7:33amIt appears the CP for 88.5 in Laporte
for . has been dismissed by the FCC.Airdate 8/05/8 7:39am in! Click on
the city to view () () ()For a complete list of stations going on the
block (). and announced today that they have signed an agreement under
which WSBT Inc. will purchase the assets of the three Weigel low-power
television stations serving South Bend: and (MyNetworkTV). The transaction
is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in
the fourth quarter of 2008. , Chief Executive Officer of . said, “We
are excited for WSBT and look forward to serving the viewers and advertisers
and welcoming the employees of WBND, WCWW and WMYS to Schurz. Our company’s
strength mirrors that of our communities and we look forward to being
able to expand our public service commitment to our community.”Airdate
8/03/8 1:01pm, chief executive of ., is trying to persuade carriers to
stick AM/FM tuners in their phones for 40 cents each. If he did, some
226 million people would get instant additional access to radio stations.s
in! Click on city to view the numbers ()Will get what is coming to them?
()Airdate 7/30/8 7:33am, a longtime executive for , died Tuesday at 82.
Smith started his career at radio station in Indianapolis in 1949. He
later was director of advertising at Franklin Finance, Hartford City,
Ind.; worked for CBS Network Sales in Detroit; was vice president and
general manager at WFIE-TV, Evansville, Ind., (1957-61); vice president
and general manager at WFTV-TV, Green Bay, Wis.; vice president and general
manager, WLKY-TV, Louisville, Ky.; president and general manager, WTVW-TV,
Evansville (1964-1981); president and general manager, WSBT Stations (TV-AM-FM),
in South Bend; and senior vice president at SCI until his retirement.
Smith was a member of the Indiana Broadcast Hall of Fame, a director and
chairman of the CBS Television Advisory Board, president of the Indiana
Broadcaster Association, president of the Southwest Indiana Broadcasters
Association and a member of the Broadcaster's Foundation. "Berry
was an exceptional leader. He was respected not only by local people at
the stations here, but by other broadcasters. He was also well-respected
by broadcasters nationally and he chaired the CBS Affiliate Board,"
says , chairman of Airdate 7/22/8 7:17am Airdate 7/21/8 7:18am
Airdate 7/20/8 4:54pm Former U93 (WNDV) Jock,prod and web guy Tim Krueger passed away Saturday in Valpo. He was just 38. Details are few. Burns Funeral Home, Crown Point Chapel is handling the arrangements. Airdate 7/18/8 7:25am Airdate 7/17/8 7:24am Airdate 7/16/8 7:22am Delmarva Educational Association has applied for a translator at 98.7 in Indy. (BNPFT-20080619AIE) Airdate 7/08/8 7:17am WSBT 960 AM is back teaming with ND football, beginning with
the Irish-San Diego State game on Sept. 6.The six-year agreement to be
ND’s exclusive local radio home for football, announced Monday morning,
runs through the 2013-14 school year and also includes men’s basketball
and hockey, and related programming for all three sports. The Irish radio
broadcasts had been carried on stations owned by the Artistic Media Partners
since 1998 - most recently WNDV-FM (92.9) and WDND-AM (1490). The parties
announced the end of their relationship in June.
Airdate 7/02/8 7:05am An estimated 33 million people in the United States alone are weekly listeners of internet radio, and that number is growing. Airdate 6/30/8 7:22am Joan Baumgartner Brown will lead the local public radio stations, having been selected the new President and General Manager by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. She starts Aug. 4, replacing Bruce Haines. Brown will be the new leader of Northeast Indiana Public Radio, which broadcasts Classical 94.1 FM and NEWS & Jazz 89.1 FM. This position was previously held by Haines before he became President and CEO of WFWA PBS 39. Brown most recently served as the chief development officer for Sojourners, a national organization in Washington, D.C. Airdate 6/25/8 7:29am Delmarva Educational Association has filed a CP for 98.7 in Indy. Airdate 6/24/8 7:28am Faith Christian Center of Columbus Inc has had their CPs for 89.7 in La Fontaine and 88.9 in W. Lafayette dismissed. The University of Indianapolis Alumni Association has a new president. Amber Harrison Stearns of Indianapolis, a 1995 UIndy grad with a bachelor's degree in communication/electronic media, is the new president of the board. Stearns is a news anchor and reporter for the WIBC-FM 93.1 morning news and previously was news director and assistant program director for more than a decade at WIOU-AM and WZWZ-FM in Kokomo. Airdate 6/20/8 7:08am Airdate 6/18/8 7:29am Hoosier Public Radio Corp has filed for a CP for a new station at 89.1 in Wilkinson. Independence Television Company of Salem has filed Extension of time to complete construction authorized pursuant to a modification of a DTV permit, for WMYO-DT Channel 51. Edwin C. Moore has filed an amendenment for his application for 1210 AM in Osceola. Airdate 6/17/8 7:26am Airdate 6/16/8 7:15am Airdate 6/12/8 7:19am People are giving to help Indiana flood victims. Walk-up donations at Emmis Communications’ studios on Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis brought in $8,000, and another $27,000 came in via Internet donations. An all-day phone bank staffed by workers of insurer Conseco in Carmel raised $169,000, said Ann A. Gregson, manager of resource development for the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis. A one-hour telethon held by WRTV helped the effort. B102.7 and Crossroads Communications is partnering with the Wabash Valley Red Cross, Medusa’s Salon, Trimpe Cleaners and Kroger’s South for a fundraiser to aid individuals and families in the Wabash Valley affected by the recent storms and floods. The fundraiser will begin on-air at 10 a.m. today with a 5-hour request-a-thon on B102.7. On-air personalities will be broadcasting live throughout the show at the Deming Park pool from noon to 2 p.m., and at Kroger’s South from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Airdate 6/11/8 7:22am Congrats to Emmis Communications Chief Executive Jeff Smulyan. The state attorney general’s office says he is owed $68.04. Are you owed money? Check it out here (IndianaUnclaimed.com) Airdate 6/10/8 7:19am Many Indianapolis broadcasters are joining forces today to support fundraising for the Red Cross, which has provided thousands of meals and shelter to victims from recent severe weather and flooding. They include WIBC-FM, WRTV-TV and WTHR-TV. Airdate 6/9/8 7:25am Fred M. "Fritz" Schultz, 75, of Ligonier, the founder and manager of WNRL-FM radio in Ligonier, died Thursday, June 5, 2008, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. Airdate 6/6/8 7:24am The call so far on WPNT 1620 in South Bend is that it sounds like they have a mic next to a TV speaker feeding CNN to the 10,000 watt AM. Things must be tight at AMP when they make their Group CE the PD too. Expect another format soon... polkas anyone? Airdate 6/4/8 7:20am Airdate 6/2/8 7:14am WBCL, 90.3 FM in Fort Wayne, gave some fast presents to patients at Lutheran Children’s Hospital. After an Indianapolis 500 promotion in which patrons guessed the number of Matchbox cars in a full-size car trunk, the station decided to donate the small toy cars to the hospital.
On May 18, our area was without electricity for approximately eight hours. I had always heard that one needs to keep a flashlight and a battery-operated radio for situations like this. As I was going up and down the AM and FM dials it struck me that I could not find one station that was being broadcast live and locally, including the news reports which were only national news, generally followed by a taped weather forecast. My question is, is there no market for any station to be live and local on a Sunday afternoon, and if not, where would one turn for information if this was truly an emergency?(southbendtribune.com) Airdate 5/28/8 6:28pm Congratulations to Sally Brown of the WSBT Stations. She is now on the NAB Radio Board. Brown is VP of Radio- Indiana at Schurz. Details continue to come down the grapevine of the deposition in the AMP legal matter in South Bend. Seems Jr. is back on the hot seat after a computer was produced with many many many pages of IMs (800 or so). This could be another nail in the coffin, as the computer belonged to a GM at the station at the time. Lots of guessing going around, but the general opinion is that
AMP will end up with IU sports, and WSBT will grab some ND action. Airdate 5/22/8 7:09pm John Trout grabs the PD job and also morning drive at Warm 93.3 (WRWM) in Indy. Bob Richards is named OM. Airdate 5/20/8 7:10am
Airdate 5/18/8 8:21am Randy Schiffman’s is leaving WANE, channel 15. He is retiring from television after more than 20 years. He came to the station in 1987. Schiffman was the station’s sports director and anchored sports segments during WANE’s evening and late-night newscasts. He’s moving on to explore other opportunities in Wisconsin, said WANE News Director Ted Linn. Reporter Niccole Caan also has left the station to become the evening and late news anchor at WLFI in Lafayette. Lin TV Corp., owns both stations. WLFI’s longtime female anchor left in March, and Linn recommended Caan for the job. Lin TV Corp., saw first-quarter net income drop from what it reported in first-quarter 2007. Net income was $1.5 million, a 93-percent decrease from the prior-year period’s $20.7 million. The decrease was due in part to last year’s one-time gain of $23.1 million from the sale of company operations in Puerto Rico. Net revenue was $93.1 million, an increase from first-quarter 2007, when it was $91.8 million. Company President and CEO Vincent Sadusky said the company paid off $22 million in debt during the quarter. In the second quarter, net revenue is expected to be $103.2 to $105.2 million. WFFT, channel 55, owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. saw first-quarter net revenue increase 2.6 percent from the same period last year. Net revenue was $63.7 million in the quarter ended March 31. During the same period in 2007, net revenue was $62.1 million. The company reported a net loss of $15.3 million. Without a one-time, $7.2-million charge for a contract termination, the net loss this quarter was $8.2 million. In the first quarter of 2007, the net loss was $9 million.Total net debt was $670.4 million, up from $665 million reported at the end of 2007. Nexstar chairman, president and CEO Perry Sook said in a written statement the company expects to end 2008 with the lowest debt leverage ratio in its history. Nexstar is expecting second-quarter net revenue to be $69.5 million to $71.5 million, an increase of 1.2 percent to 4.1 percent from the prior-year period. It was less than two years ago that the good and great – media moguls, politicians, black leaders and a star-studded list of entertainers including Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé – gathered at the J.W. Marriott for a black-tie gala to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Radio One, the black broadcasting empire that Cathy Hughes and her son had built from a single radio station in Washington, D.C. It’s only been downhill from there. Last year, Radio One posted a net loss of $387 million after its sales fell even faster than those of the industry generally and it was forced to write down more than $400 million in the value of its radio licenses. (journalgazette.net) Valparaiso's all-volunteer radio station got a little boost from the community Friday evening. About 250 people were expected for WVLP 98.3 FM's chicken dinner fund-raiser, held at the Butterfield Pavilion at Fairgrounds Park. (post-trib.com) Airdate 5/16/8 7:23am Airdate 5/13/8 7:18am Airdate 5/12/8 7:20am Numerous format changes late last year caused a major shake-up in the first-quarter survey results of central Indiana’s radio-listening habits. “It’s a weird book,” said Scott Uecker, general manager of WICR-FM 88.7 and instructor of communications at the University of Indianapolis. “There’s a lot going on in this market, and a lot for industry observers to keep their eyes on.” (ibj.com)
Airdate 5/8/8 7:11am Mike Shannon hits a career milestone today with show # 8000.
Shannon hits the mark just 90 days before his 30th anniversary in radio. It was pointed out to me by a reader that on Google, when you type in Indiana radio news, we are the top entry. Never even thought to look, but thank you for putting us at page top. The site will be two years old on May 17th. Airdate 5/6/8 2:15pm Airdate 5/5/8 5:19pm Regent Communications reported a 3.1% decline in net broadcast revenues during the first quarter of this year, to $20.8 million from $21.5 million. This represents a per-share loss of 8 cents compared to a three cent loss during the same time last year when the Cincinnati-based group lost $1.2 million. Wall Street analysts were expecting revenues of $21.11 million. Evansville is the home of 5 of their stations that include WJLT, WGBF AM/FM, WDKS and WDKQ. Update from WNUY 100.1 where they switched to a talk based format
about 2 weeks ago. The new show lineup on weekdays includes a local morning
show from 6-9 a.m. with Dayle Mentzer, Rick Elwell, Rob Caylor and Queen
Diane, who had been on “The Pat White Show” on WOWO, 1190
AM. Lynne Harvey died at her River Forest (IL) home early Saturday morning after a yearlong battle with leukemia. Lynne, whom husband Paul Harvey called "Angel," recognized throughout her industry as "The First Lady of Radio," was one of the great broadcasting figures of the past century and the first producer ever inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. A director, writer and editor, she was the creative and administrative heartbeat behind the number-one-rated Paul Harvey News and Comment, which reaches tens of millions of listeners. Her guidance and ingenuity helped shape many radio and television formats widely used today, such as the concept of news features within hard-news broadcasts and the humorous "kicker," which became a Paul Harvey trademark. She is survived by her husband Paul Harvey and their son Paul Jr., who has become an integral part of their broadcasts
Airdate 5/1/8 7:30am Airdate 4/30/8 7:37am Airdate 4/27/8 3:03pm Airdate 4/24/8 5:15pm Airdate 4/23/8 7:18am Airdate 4/22/8 7:17am SOLD! (sort of) Airdate 4/19/8 3:46pm The RIAA spent nearly $2.8 million lobbying on Capitol Hill last year. They reported that they lobbied on a bill to limit fees charged to Internet radio stations for music broadcasts and on efforts to limit copyright violations, especially overseas. Political observers and media analysts have been in a stir lately about the supposed power of conservative talk radio and how the talkers might be influencing voters. The hand-wringing includes discussion by left-leaning congressmen and pundits that the Fairness Doctrine should be revived to force balance onto the radio airwaves.(indystar.com) The Michigan City News-Dispatch begins using a weather forecast package prepared by WNDU television, Channel 16 in South Bend, and its Chief Meteorologist, Mike Hoffman.
Airdate 4/15/8 7:44am Listeners who tuned in to WZOW-FM (102.3) the past few days expecting
to hear “whatever rocks” have instead heard Kenny Rogers and
Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream.” The song had
been playing continuously since Wednesday to mark the station’s
upcoming format change. It also caused plenty of confusion and speculation
among listeners. Airdate 4/13/8 3:57pm Indianapolis Colts broadcaster Bob Lamey was one of three men who were inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame during the group's annual banquet on Saturday. The University of Indianapolis has been named the state's Television School of the Year in the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters annual college competition. Scott Uecker, general manager of UIndy TV and UIndy radio station WICR, noted that campus cable channel UIndy TV 5 debuted just two years ago. Redeemer Radio, Catholic radio AM 1450, will broadcast its “Christ Our Hope” Spring Sharathon April 23-25. The WBCL Radio Network has purchased WCVM Radio from CSN International, a California nonprofit corporation. WBCL has started broadcasting on 94.7 FM, licensed to Bronson, Mich. Nine figures from academia, the arts, broadcasting, business, chemical engineering, journalism, law and technology will receive honorary degrees at the University of Notre Dame's May 18 commencement ceremony including Catherine L. Hughes (doctor of laws) -- Founder of Radio One. Airdate 4/10/8 5:40pm Price tag for Lake Cities Broadcasting Corp was 3.8 million dollars. Steve Swick is keeping things local, good for him! Airdate 4/9/8 7:20am Airdate 4/7/8 5:09pm The Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association has announced its winners for the 2008 broadcast awards for television and radio. There are so many listings, so to save space, click the awards link to view them (awards) Airdate 4/2/8 7:10am Airdate 4/1/8 3:37pm Entercom's WZPL is one of 8 stations that is now airing Your Time with Kim Iverson. This Hot AC show is a live 5 hour program. Airdate 3/31/8 2:55pm WIBC-FM is launching Cell Cam Traffic, a service for cell phones that streams live, free video from 56 traffic cameras mounted along highways in Central Indiana. All you need is a compatible cell phone -- a pretty lengthy list that includes many flip phones and smartphones, including the BlackBerry. Download the application by going to http://wibc.com/traffic+on your Web-enabled phone. Install it, and you'll see a list of cameras to view. Tracy Forner, the early morning co-anchor at WXIN (Channel 59) for the past five years, left WXIN after his contract was not renewed. Angela Ganote will be doing the morning broadcast with subs until Forner's replacement, Scott Jones, joins the Fox station in mid-April from KJRH (Channel 2), the NBC station in Tulsa, Okla. Ray Cortopassi of WRTV-6 left the station March 21 after his contract ended. Airdate 3/28/8 7:11am He was one of a kind, and he was a "Broadcaster" in the truest sense." Phillips arrived at WGN Radio in 1956. He retired from a weekend show in 1998. His lasting legacy at the station is the "Neediest Kids' Fund," a children's charity. Phillips had been battling Alzheimer's disease for the past five years. Airdate 3/24/8 7:08am Airdate 03/18/8 2:17pm Airdate 3/15/8 11:33pm Airdate 3/13/07 1:25pm Airdate 3/11/8 6:45pm Phil Stoerck (Phil The Listener) from WTTS-Bloomington passed away at 55. Learn more at wttsfm.com ARBs in, click on city to view... Airdate 3/9/8 6:07pm Six University of Indianapolis students won national recognition
in a recent competition organized by the Broadcast Education Association,
a professional organization of more than 1,300 people and 250 college
and university departments involved in electronic media and multimedia
enterprises. Against such competitors as Arizona State University and
the University of Alabama, the UIndy students won awards in three categories. Airdate 3/7/8 11:18am Airdate 3/5/8 7:06am To focus Hoosiers’ attention on the threats posed by tornadoes and thunderstorms, Governor Mitch Daniels has proclaimed this week as Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The National Weather Service will conduct a statewide test of communication systems between 9:30 and 10 a.m. and between 6 and 6:30 p.m. (CST) today. Friday is the make-up drill day if inclement weather postpones Wednesday’s drill. These tests should be used as times for families to practice their own preparedness plan.
Jim Roberts has been given the Director of Programming nod for Schurz Communications. Jim will now oversee almost a dozen stations including WSBT-AM/WNSN-FM South Bend, WZOC Plymouth, WHFB-AM/FM Benton Harbor Michigan, WKOA AM/FM, WASK, WKHY and WXXB. Jim has been with Schurz for about 12 years. Airdate 2/28/8 10:03am Airdate 2/26/8 7:04am W242AN/Shelbyville, IN- Indiana Community Radio Corp, sold to 3 Towers Broadcasting Company, LLC for $20,000 W231BT/Martinsville, IN -Horizon Christian Fellowship, sold to Mid-America Radio Group, INC. for $32,000 Airdate 2/25/8 7:10am Carmel High School's radio station, WHJE-FM (91.3), will broadcast all five games of the Class 4A boys basketball sectional on Tuesday, Feb. 29 and March 1 at Eric Clark Activity Center at Carmel High School. Students on the broadcast team are Sam Agee, Kyle Binder, Pat Boylan, Andrew Chernoff, Brad Huber, Matt Kraft and Ryan Quinlan. Airdate 2/22/8 5:45pm Scotty Davis, just ready to start mornings on Radio NOW (WNOU) in Indy lost his sister in a car accident. We hope you'll keep Scotty and his family in your prayers. Airdate 2/18/8 7:16am If you don't like what's happening, wait a bit and things will change. The wry adage about weather in Indiana now seems to apply to radio in Indianapolis. During two of the last three years, format changes rocked the nation's 40th largest radio market. (indy.com) “Wellness of You,” a radio program featuring 15-minute segments on gospel music, health hints, happy living and area events, will begin airing on WAWK 1140-AM each Sunday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Evelyn Reynolds Wible, 80, of Muncie, formerly of Terre Haute, has died. She was traffic director at radio station WBOW in Terre Haute. While at WBOW, she met Darrell Wible, sports director of the station. The couple was married in 1954. Former radio station owner Bill Dixon is seeking the State House District 22 seat in the May 6 Republican primary election. Dixon built and ran radio station Wawasee 103 for 15 years. Recently, Dixon started wawaseetv.com, which broadcasts selected sporting events for Wawasee High School on the Internet. Airdate 2/15/8 7:02am Northeast Indiana Public Radio President and GM Bruce Haines is joining PBS affiliate WFWA-TV/Ft Wayne as President. Haines has been with Northeast Indiana Public Radio for 20 years."It's exciting stuff and I'm very grateful and energized about the opportunity to stay in public broadcasting and to be staying in Fort Wayne," Haines said.
Clear Channel will release its fourth quarter and full year 2007 results on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. ET. The company will not hold a teleconference. The company also said it expects to close its $27.4 billion deal to go private during the first quarter of 2008. Airdate 2/5/8 7:08am In two years, Purdue amateur radio W9YB will celebrate its centennial. The audio stream feed of The Oldies Channel.com has replaced WQRK on Comcast Channel 14 in Bedford via BNL. Airdate 2/2/8 5:44pm Airdate 1/31/8 7:07am Airdate 1/30/8 7:09am Airdate 1/28/8 7:10am The Flagship Stations for Purdue Sports Broadcasting in Lafayette, IN is looking for a Market Manager with a successful record of Sales Management experience and a passion for selling sports. Responsibilities include overall station management including but not limited to sales, marketing, promotions, hiring, training, managing cash flow and long term planning. Qualified applicants - email: lafayetteradio@aol.com Thought for the day... Jack can play what he wants, but just can't do what he wants. Airdate 1/25/8 7:12am Airdate 1/23/8 7:03am Airdate 1/18/8 7:11am Airdate 1/15/8 7:15am On view of the Emmis Q3 report can be read here (seekingalpha.com) Airdate 1/11/8 7:55pm Airdate 1/10/8 6:48pm Sad news coming in this morning. Kenny Ray of Spirit 95 FM passed away last night. Details are few but Kenny Ray (Howard) spent many of his 20+ years in radio in South Central Indiana and was at WBIW for many years. Kenny had been having back pain and was feeling ill yesterday. Shares of Emmis Communications fell five cents to a 52-week low of $2.42 after Emmis reported that its fiscal third quarter radio revenues fell 3.2% to 64.56 million compared to $66.7 milion during the same period last year. The company said the loss was primarily due to weakness in its New York and Los Angeles clusters, accounting for a 7% loss -- to $55.6 million from 59.8 million -- in its domestic radio division.
Clear Channel Radio Vice President and Market Manager Rick Green announced that radio broadcasting veteran Buzz Casey has been named Director of Operations for the company’s Indianapolis radio group, which includes radio stations WFBQ, WRZX and WNDE-AM. Casey will be responsible for the programming of WFBQ (Q95) and will oversee the station group’s on-air and on-line programming and marketing. Airdate 1/9/8 7:06am A new level of local sports radio competition began Monday when three AM stations began fighting for ratings. The battle commenced at 3 p.m. (indystar.com)
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Airdate 1/4/8 7:14am It was 9:39 on Wednesday that Indy got a bit warmer. WWFT flipped to A/C as Warm 93.9 Kicking off the format switch 93 hours commercial free. Remember to email your station news to us! Airdate 12/31/7 8:31am Interesting story in the Indy Business Journal, on changes in Indy radio. (cms.ijb.com) The Oldies Channel.com has launched a new and improved website. Airdate 12/27/7 6:59am Jack was sent packing at WJJK as they have dropped the Jack attack over the past few days. Now 104 5 WJJK. But their website still offers Jack rewards... Airdate 12/26/7 7:00am Airdate 12/21/7 7:20am
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