Grover Jackson was a featured player and co-host of the KTVW channel 13 Country Jamboree. Along with Chubby Howard, Grover and guests entertained with current and old-time favorites, live each week, from the north Tacoma studios of KTVW.
This is Grover, along with Arkie Shibley on HOT WOODPECKER RAG
Chubby Howard is a DJ at Ohio radio station WBZI LISTEN HERE Saturdays 9am-3pm
Belo’s KING Seattle and the Seattle Times newspaper are working side by side on a local online advertising network.
The beLOCAL Ad Network aggregates local media and pairs the content with advertisers. The venture “provides an opportunity for local web publishers to leverage the media sales teams of these two organizations,” said Belo in a statement.
“We have such a rich diversity of communities in Western Washington and each community blog has their own news stories, events, reviews and forums and that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” said KING Seattle President/General Manager Ray Heacox. “We believe this partnership we have with The Seattle Times will help these online community news sites to grow and increase their viability.”
Belo is pushing the beLOCAL network at its stations.
“This new partnership combines the power of The Seattle Times and KING 5 sales forces to help contribute to the viability of the great variety of local community blogs,” said Alan Fisco, Seattle Times Company VP of sales and marketing. “The Seattle Times already has strong content-sharing partnerships with many of these independent sites. Our new sales network will only make those partnerships stronger.”
[Michael Malone - Broadcasting & Cable]
Luke Burbank now becomes a permanent co-host with Dave Ross, 9 to Noon on KIRO FM. The synergy between these two broadcasters has brought positive listener reaction and this is yet another phase in the metamorphisis of the “News Authority”. Burbank, of TBTL [once a KIRO evening show], brings a huge following, in the younger/hipper demographics, with him.
KIRO shares Tony Minor now with KTTH 770. Minor takes the reigns as Assistant PD at the Rush Limbaugh affiliate. Tony will continue to fill-in as anchor at KIRO FM.
We have two very different news/talk FM stations in Seattle. KOMO, which is shedding talent, cutting costs and declining in ratings — appearing to slim down in preparation for a sell-off, and KIRO FM — innovative, progressive [not in the political sense], and entertaining.
Congratulations to FOX News on choosing to sign Juan Williams as a full-time Fox contributor. The $2 Million contract is a good investment, as FOX will gain audience from this move.
NPR, on the other hand, is about to lose a major share of it’s audience and significant funding due to the incredibly stupid actions of management this week by firing Juan Williams. Williams said what millions of Americans feel, that seeing people dressed in Muslim garb, boarding an airline flight scares the crap out of many people. Muslim terrorists were behind the 9/11 attack and we will NEVER forget.
In his blog [10/21/10] How to protest NPRs firing of Juan Williams, Dan Cirucci gives these tips:
“Click here and tell the NPR Ombudsman exactly what you think about the firing of Juan Williams.
Or try calling NPR Listener Services: (202) 513-3232 (Hours: 10am to 5pm ET, Monday through Friday).
Let NPR know loud and clear: This nonsense MUST stop!
BTW: Congratulations to Fox News for keeping Juan Williams on the air.”
Dan Cirucci is one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field.
He is a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State Abington and a former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association.
As reported online at Yahoo News:
National Public Radio believes it’s moved beyond just radio.
So the nonprofit network’s dropping the “radio” designation in its company name—so 20th century, right? It’s now rechristened itself to fit the aspirations of a 21st century, multi-platform media company. In other words, no “radio,” please–we’re only “NPR.
“NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller told the Washington Post that “NPR is more modern, streamlined.”
Comment: Audio broadcasts whether through the traditional “radio” or online, are still radio. You might call the online broadcasting “streaming” but it is still the same radio product, either music, news, sports or talk shows. Since most people will be listening with devices such as cell phones, iPods, iPads, etc. it remains “radio”. Radio is simply adding a new platform. That is my opinion.
Video online is NOT radio. Radio stations with webcams, remain radio – with a webcam. It is not, all of a sudden TV just because they added a webcam.
NPR has always considered itself “too hip for the room”. Not worth my dime or my time. Besides, their politically bent to the left and I don’t go that way.
Friendly, polite, nice guy, jokester — words used to describe Big Jim Martin. Jim Martin died Saturday from complications following recent gall bladder surgery.
The chat boards show a collection of remembrances from those who worked with or were fans of Martin. Big Jim liked the all-night shift on radio, he was smart and maintained a real day job. Big Jim Martin was heard on Seattle stations KJR, KING and KVI. Here is a snippet of an aircheck from Jim Martin at MusicRadio KING 1100.
Here are some audio samplings of the SONICS, a Tacoma garage band, that in 1964 was playing roller rinks and birthday parties. Then, the group got airplay on local stations, KTNT [ live broadcasts heard here ] and KTW. Later, major stations like KJR and KOL started playing the SONICS records. Read more on this band that became a major part of Puget Sound rock n’ roll history — http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8844
THE SONICS on KTNT Radio from the Red Carpet at 52nd & South Tacoma Way:
[pictured: Larry Lujack] We are almost 30 days into the “soft” launch of Hit Parade Radio and the project seems to be on-hold. There is a stream of pop tunes from the 60s/70s, minus Larry Lujack and the other celeb DJs earlier promised. Voice-tracking won’t cut it. If they want a product that will attract a huge national following, they have to produce the air talent and a presentation that doesn’t sound canned.
I am torn between Hit Parade Radio, in its current state, or my Ipod.
Saturday, May 19, 8:17 am
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