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L&M tobacco explains radio broadcasting
2010/11/20 – 10:57 pm
A 1935 advertisment from the tobacco company, a sponsor of many radio programs…
broadcasting, Ligget & Myers, radio, studio, transmitter
Radio Notes – Onward & Upward
2010/11/09 – 9:27 pm
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.
KVI’s Early Switch To Oldies [audio]
2010/11/07 – 6:00 pm
These rough cuts are from 6PM-630PM, the soonest I could get near a recorder.
KVI changed format a day ahead of schedule. The station began playing Oldies on Sunday afternoon. This relieves listeners of those nagging infomercials!
Promos have announced that the morning show starts the Monday after Thanksgiving. That’s sooner than expected. The morning show debut had been scheduled to start on January 3, 2011.
57 KVI Flips on Monday
2010/11/07 – 3:32 pm
KVI is scheduled to begin their Oldies format tomorrow, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they chose to run non-stop Christmas music for the next seven weeks.
This gives them a jump on the other stations with the holiday presentation, and saves the big switch to Oldies for January 3rd, the day the DJs debut with “Seattle’s Greatest Hits”.
Bringing a music format back to AM might not make sense, except that Oldies sound great on AM, as they did when they were originally released, and Seattle AM radio definitely needs a shot in the arm.
Before I become too excited about these changes, I must remind myself that it is possible that this is all in the name of prepping KVI for a larger asking price when it goes on the block. With corporate radio, this is always an option. But, my Christmas wish is that KVI kicks some ratings butt with the Oldies music and stays with the format for many years.
Full service radio is something Seattle hasn’t seen in decades. News on the hour, local DJs, community involvement…request lines? I am as giddy as a little school girl just imagining the new KVI sound. It could be real cool, Jewel. Then we would have it made in the shade!
TV, Newspaper & Radio Notes
2010/10/26 – 3:14 pm
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.
Bloopers: It happens to the best of them
2010/10/04 – 10:53 pm
ABC Radio News anchor, Doug Limerick, suffered a little slip of the tongue this morning during a story on the funeral being held today for singer Eddie Fisher. After reporting that Fisher’s wife would be “euthanizing” Eddie at the funeral, Limerick quickly corrected the story to clarify that Fisher was actually going to be “eulogized” instead.
Doug Limerick’s radio career began in 1961, at WOHS Radio in his hometown of Shelby, N.C. Limerick attended Wake Forest University, majoring in Speech and also working at the campus radio station. From there, he worked at stations inon in Monroe, N.C., Raleigh, Birmingham, Charlotte and Boston.
In 1979, Limerick joined Washington, DC’s WRQX Radio. During this time, he also handled the weather at Washington’s Channel 7.
Limerick has won many awards, including two Edward R. Murrow awards.
KXXO – Ask for it by name!
2010/09/21 – 12:05 pm
Let’s talk about brands we trust. In the ever-changing broadcast business, there isn’t a whole lot of either quality radio or consistency. Formats change when ratings slide or a new program director walks into town. A rare gem is KXXO Mixx 96.1 FM. KXXO in Olympia is what we might refer to as a “stick in the mud”. That is not necessarily a bad thing. KXXO has maintained it’s adult contemporary-soft rock format and most of the same staff for well over 20 years. The morning team of RP McMurphy and Ann D’Angelo, Freeway Hero team Rick Johnson/Jack Archer, and Dave Mann in the afternoon, names we have become used to, music for our crowd on the way to and from work each day.
Listeners know what they are getting when they punch up KXXO on their car radio presets. KXXO is a station you can listen to all day at work, just like they say on the air. Truth in advertising.
Personally, I prefer KXXO over the closest competitor, KWRM FM. It comes down to how a station makes you feel, just as most things you buy or brands you trust. You become comfortable with what feels right to you, like old sneakers or worn bath towels. The same goes with radio stations. With many radio stations, just when you start getting comfortable with it, they switch up DJs or change format altogether.
I will continue to reach for my preferred brands of groceries at the store and keep KXXO as one of the presets on my car radio. I can depend on what I will get when I tune in to KXXO. Not that I am resistant to all change. But I can’t part with those old towels and sneakers either.