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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Bonneville International has divested itself of 17 Eastern US stations, selling to Hubbard Broadcasting. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Bonneville maintains KSL AM 1160, KSL FM 102.7 and KSL TV 5 in Salt Lake City, KSWD 100.3 FM Los Angeles, KIRO 97.3 FM, ESPN 710, and KTTH 770 Seattle, and KPKX 98.7 FM, KTAR 620 AM and KTAR 92.3 FM in Phoenix. This gives Bonneville the opportunity, and the dough, to purchase a full complement of eight stations per market, if they so choose.
The New Year will bring a couple popular talk shows back to Seattle radio. When KVI dumped Conservative Talk for Oldies Rock, the Sean Hannity and George Noory shows were up for grabs. Hannity moves to KTTH, a logical move. George Noory’s spacey late-night talk show moves to KIRO FM.
Inclement weather brought out the best from Newsradio KOMO FM and NewsTalk KIRO FM. Constant coverage of the weather and traffic situations kept stranded drivers company, some commutes across Puget Sound taking 8-10 hours one-way, as traffic snarled and cars spun-out or stalled in the icy, slippery, snowy mess. This was an example of how “live & local” radio best serves listeners.
If there is a Santa Claus…please bring Seattle:
1 – Country Oldies radio station on FM
1 – 60s MOR/Beautiful Music station on FM Something like classic KIXI or KSEA 100.7
1 – Oldies station on FM with personalities, a full-service Oldies FM – maybe a simulcast of the new KVI
Santa owes me for all the times he failed me as a kid.
KIRO, KIXI, KOMO, KTTH, KVI
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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