Larry Gifford has been named Program Director at Bonneville/Seattle News/Talk outlets KIRO-FM and KTTH. Most recently PD at ESPN Radio west coast flagship KSPN/Los Angeles, Gifford’s radio resume also includes a two-year stint as PD of the ESPN Radio Network in Bristol, CT. Prior to that, he spent eight years as an anchor/reporter and editor at stations in Columbus and Dayton, Ohio. [ntsmediaonline.com]
CITADEL Country KATC/COLORADO SPRINGS, CO PD/PM drive personality NICK ALAN is joining ENTERCOM Country KKWF (100.7 THE WOLF)/SEATTLE as Night Personality/Imaging Director. Nights at KKWF were formerly handled by ALAN KABEL NICK will become the primary producer of station promos and imaging and he begins his new WOLF duties on MONDAY, APRIL 11th. [AllAccess.com]
Tags ALAN KABEL, Bonneville, CITADEL, Entercom, ESPN, KATC, KIRO FM, KKWF, KSPN, KTTH, Larry Gifford, NICK ALAN, THE WOLF
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Starting Monday, Deanna Lee will be the new midday personality and assistant music director at KKWF “The Wolf” in Seattle. Deanna hails from Nashville’s WSM FM, where she was Music Director and co-host of the morning show.
A note from the Funky Monkey: “The time has come to say goodbye and thank you to all of our loyal fans. For the last 11 years you have tuned in to our little station while we brought new rock music to the south sound. We have had the pleasure of meeting many of you at our events and love hearing the stories of how THE MONKEY has been the soundtrack for your lives…Thanks again for being the best listeners in the world! Think of us fondly and please keep local music alive and in your hearts.”
The ex-Monkey, KFNK is now GenX104.9.
Dave Richards, Operations Manager for Entercom’s Seattle stations and station manager, in particular of KISW, has been named VP of Programming & Operations. Is this a title in lieu of a raise? Times are tough these days and corporate radio is cutting back where they can. Could Dave be assuming yet more duties, maybe one guy doing the work of four people? We hope there is money to go along with the title. We wish him well with his new responsibilities. I know they are counting on him back there in Bala Cynwyd. Richards will oversee Entercom stations KNDD, KMTT and KKWF. Alternative, AAA, and Country formats, that’s a lot of plates spinning at one time.
“We love to dish” – From the rumor mill: Word is that KFNK, the Funky Monkey, has registered a couple websites [actually, parent company Clear Channel did] such as GenX1049 — leading many to believe that a format switch is coming up. KFNK is licensed to Eatonville [corrected] and was previously KKBY Country. Prior to that, the station call letters were KJUN FM, also a Country station. Studios at the time were located in Fife.
Tags Clear Channel, Dave Richards, Entercom, formats, KFNK, KISW, KJUN FM, KKBY, KKWF, KMTT, KNDD, radio
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Mike Moore, Entercom’s Country programmer has announced that Seattle’s Fitz in the Morning will expand to KBWF “The Wolf” in San Francisco. The morning show will continue to originate from the Seattle studios of KKWF.
KKWF, whose legacy dates back to 1948 as KIRO-FM and whose formats included Album-Oriented Rock (1967-1971), Beautiful music (1971-1989 as KSEA), Adult Contemporary (1989-1992 as KWMX), All-News (1992-1994 as KIRO-FM, again) and All-Talk (1994 to 1997 as KIRO-FM; 1997 to 2005 as KQBZ), flipped formats to its current incarnation on November 30, 2005. They are one of three Country outlets targeting the Puget Sound region; KMPS and KNBQ are the other two. [Wikipedia]
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The most recent People Meter ratings show Star 101.5 KPLZ back in the #1 spot, for the first time since 1989! Music stations KJR FM/Oldies, KRWM FM/Adult Contemporary, KZOK FM/Classic Rock, KBKS FM/Pop-Hip Hop, KMPS FM/Country, KJAQ FM/Top 40-Classic Rock, KKWF FM/Country & KCMS FM/Chrisitian [all music stations] took the top positions for listener ownership overall.
Stewart Ballinger, avid golfer and former owner/partner in KIXI Mercer Island & KFKF Bellevue, died this week. Ballinger changed the KFKF format from beautiful music to rock and roll. KFKF, as the new KZAM, was the first Seattle station to hire female deejays. Ballinger was 95.
Dr Demento takes his radio show exclusively to the Internet this fall. Demento will move his syndicated series from terrestrial channels to an Internet stream which will allow him flexibilty to play tunes that would otherwise be censored by radio stations now carrying the program.
KGY FM/Olympia, has yet to fully develop their website. The station plays a mix of Oldies & current Top 40 tunes with local deejays slaving over hot CD players and music servers. [It would have been much easier just to say "hot turntables", but those days are long gone]. “The Sound” carries hourly news reports from CBS along with local news.
Tags Dr Demento, Have You Read My Blog, KBKS, KCMS, KFKF, KGY, KIRO, KIXI, KJAQ, KJR, KKWF, KMPS, KOMO, KPLZ, KRWM, KTTH, KZAM, KZOK, Stewart Ballinger
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