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From All Access: ANDREA GANIS, SCOTT DIMIG, JILLY WEINDORF, MITCH MILLS, JOE HAZE, JR AMMONS, CHAD RUFER, JAY SHANNON, NATHAN GRAHAM, JILL WEINDORF, DAVE LOMBARDI, MIKE O'REILLY, ELLIOTT WOOD, ZACH … more

From All Access: Fathers Day pricing games in today’s remarkably cheap C.P.R. Promotional Check-Up. … more

From All Access: It's WEDNESDAY -- time once again for some fresh, new columns ... exclusively on ALL ACCESS! * THE POWER PLAYER: ALL ACCESS News Editor JEFF SILBERMAN interviews MILK + HONEY MANAGEMENT … more

From All Access: MILK + HONEY MANAGEMENT has promoted NIC WARNER to GM. He will continue to work with such stellar talent as SIR NOLAN, DAVID HODGES, OLIVER HELDENS, LIL AARON, JUSSIFER and ANDREW CEDAR, as … more

From All Access: Hearty congratulations go out to SUN BROADCAST GROUP CEO JASON BAILEY, who tied the knot with long time partner KRIS SENTEL in COSTA RICA on APRIL 24th, at the exact moment of their … more

From Radio Online: The Music Modernization Act was passed on Wednesday in the U.S. House. The consensus music licensing bill, which is the product of the House Judiciary Committee's copyright review, is designed to update several key provisions of U.S. copyright law regarding music licensing. When proposed, the bill noted that much of … more

From Radio Insight: Luis Jimenez’s second run in mornings at Univision Spanish CHR “X96.3” WXNY-FM New York has ended after 14 months. Jimenez, who returned to WXNY in March 2017, has been hosting mornings in the New York market for the last 25 years. He spent 15 years at SBS’ “Mega 97.9” WSKQ until jumping to WXNY predecessor 105.9 WCAA in 2008. Following the move of the station to 96.3 in 2009, he remained there until July 2014 with the show syndicated to other Univision markets. He spent five months at SBS Spanish AC “93.1 Amor” WPAT-FM in 2015 before returning to WXNY in March 2017. Following Jimenez’ departure from WPAT-FM he launched a paid webcast at LuisNetwork.com, which he then hosted in afternoons following his WXNY show. He has now moved that to 7-10am Monday through Thursday. At WXNY, DJ Chris Mambo is now hosting mornings with middays jockless. The post Luis Jimenez Out At X96.3 New York appeared first on RadioInsight. more

From Radio Insight: The first impressive thing is the artists who step forward to testify. Brand names including Deborah Harry, Billy Idol, U2 (represented by manager Paul McGuinness), and Joan Jett. But also, Mike Score from A Flock of Seagulls, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins, Book of Love leader Ted Ottavio, Vince Clarke of Erasure. And in the story of WLIR Long Island, N.Y., those acts were as much a part of the story as the superstars — on WLIR, they were superstars. Then there are the music clearances — dozens and dozens of them. The documentary on the “Wrecking Crew” of L.A. studio musicians languished in limited release for years because of clearance issues. But WLIR, the New York area’s legendary Alternative outlet of the mid-‘80s, was clearly a station that artists wanted to pay back. New Wave: Dare to Be Different premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival. When it did, my neighbor, a Long Island native, got turned away — with a ticket — from the oversold screening. In late March, it premiered on Showtime. Shortly after that deal was announced, he saw me getting out of my car and rushed to my driveway to tell me about it. Such was the station’s impact. WLIR finished its evolution to Alternative in 1982. It lost a protracted license battle with the FCC in 1987, with the frequency remaining Alternative as WDRE under the new licensee and a number of WLIR staffers (including PD Denis McNamara and Max Leinwand, who are executive producer and associate producer respectively here). I worked briefly at WDRE in 1987-88, in between stints at R&R and Billboard. Moving to Long Island from Southern California, it was sometimes disconcerting to hear WLIR’s role in the format discussed as if there were no WPIX (New York’s short-lived new wave FM of 1978-79), KROQ Los Angeles (already an industry force when WLIR changed), or 91X San Diego (launched five months later). I crammed to learn the WLIR legacy retroactively, but it’s finally clear from seeing New Wave: Dare to Be Different (or just the excitement among station fans that preceded it) that it wasn’t the same as being there. Director Ellen Goldfarb brings forth artist after artist, as well as label staffers and listeners, to recall the impact of hearing ‘80s new wave on the radio in this somewhat random locale — close enough to but not New York. If you were beyond the normal reach of its Class-A signal and going to great lengths to listen, 15 years before streaming — there was more cachet for students to be in the eastern dorms at New Jersey’s Montclair State University because they could hear the station — then WLIR definitely invented the format for you. And if you were on Long Island, where “dare to be different” —one of the station’s taglines — wasn’t always as easy as it sounded, the impact went well beyond the music. For listeners, WLIR’s appeal was in its liberation from WPLJ and WNEW-FM (even though that station is itself remembered rapturously by a different set of listeners); the movie presents the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as the unavoidable tentpoles of ‘70s AOR, but when WLIR went Alternative in 1982, it was Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Journey from which WLIR was offering escape, not “Escape.”* As telling, for the often UK-based artists, it was a welcome alternative to top 40 BBC Radio 1, hipper than its American commercial counterparts, but still a monolith. Dare to Be Different was the documentary’s original title, modified when the Showtime deal was announced. Throughout the film, there’s a clear balancing act to be accessible to all viewers. But if you’re reading this review, the set pieces you’ll enjoy are the ones specifically related to the station — McNamara and the former engineer conducting a tour of the old studios; WLIR’s onstage shout-out from U2 as that band finally ascended to rock superstardom; a segment on the “Screamer of the Week” competition; a sequence on the reggae specialty show that helped Bob Marley finally find a radio home at Alternative, several years after his death. By contrast, a segment on CBGBs and the acts it made famous — Talking Heads, Ramones, Blondie — seems shoehorned into the middle of the documentary, taking the narrative backwards chronologically to the WPIX era. There’s no mention of WPIX or WDRE here. The documentary carefully ends with the sign-off of the original WLIR. Having seen the aftermath, the split between staffers who hoped to join owner Elton Spitzer at a new frequency and those who followed McNamara to WDRE was clearly bruising to my co-workers and undoubtedly to their former teammates as well. In time, things seemingly healed enough that the WLIR calls returned to the frequency for a while, and both sets of staffers are represented here. As for the music, Depeche Mode and the Cure remained prominent on Long Island radio for, well, as long as Depeche Mode and the Cure remained prominent. In one of the documentary’s most galvanizing scenes, McNamara likens the FCC decision not to renew Spitzer’s license to the damage caused by deregulation a decade later. But in the mid-‘90s, even before deregulation, Depeche Mode, the Cure, and WLIR’s place in the firmament had been challenged when Nirvana and Pearl Jam became the new Beatles and Stones. Twenty-five years later, the Alternative format is more “true alt” again. Large group ownership and station clusters may even play into that — it is easier to downplay guitar rock if there’s an Active Rock station in the cluster — but there’s no claiming that the spirit has changed. The segment in New Wave: Dare to Be Different that most brings that home is the one about the station’s relationship with the area record stores that stocked imports. Certainly, to a greater degree than its format counterparts, WLIR had no interest in whether a record was being “worked” to U.S. radio. Leinwand recalls how WLIR clashed with Island Records by adding Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax” immediately — rather than letting the label marketing plan play out for the year that it took to become a full-fledged American hit. But WLIR also gave a career to APB, the Scottish band that didn’t even have hits at home, or anywhere else in the U.S. These days, the unwillingness of most stations to go “off the menu” to find even an individual song is well documented in these pages. So imagine the likelihood of any owner following the music to an entirely new format. The post Review: “New Wave: Dare to Be Different” appeared first on RadioInsight. more

From Radio Insight: iHeartMedia Country 97.5 WAMZ Louisville has quickly filled its morning vacancy. The syndicated Bobby Bones Show will debut on WAMZ on Monday, May 7 replacing Corey Calhoun and Amy Nic. Calhoun announced on Monday that he is leaving his role as APD/Morning co-host for a position in another market at the end of this week, while co-host Amy Nic is shifting to afternoons to join Jay Cruze. The changes come as WAMZ rose to #1 in the Louisville market with a 6.7 share in the Winter 2018 Nielsen Audio ratings released yesterday. 97.5 WAMZ, Kentuckiana’s No. 1 for Country, announced today the debut of The Bobby Bones Show, effective May 7. The award-winning Country radio show will broadcast weekdays from 5 – 10 a.m. ET. Each morning, hosts Bobby Bones, Amy, Lunchbox and Eddie welcome the biggest names in Country music and entertain listeners with their unique mix of pop-culture news and information, crazy stunts and hilarious conversations.*The program was recently honored with its third ACM Award for “National On-Air Personality of the Year,” following a 2017 CMA Award in the same category. For his work on the program, Bones recently joined the National Radio Hall of Fame as the youngest-ever inductee, and he’s been dubbed “the most powerful man in country music” by Forbes. For more information, please visit*www.BobbyBones.com. “We are excited to have one of the top talents in the country on our airwaves,” said Earl Jones, iHeartMedia’s Kentucky-Indiana Region President. “We look forward to welcoming Bobby and the team on May 7.” “Bobby is hands down the biggest name in Country radio, and we couldn’t be happier to have him on a heritage brand like WAMZ,” said Jay Cruz, Director of Country Programming for iHeartMedia’s Kentucky-Indiana Region. “The content he delivers and the caliber of artists he has on the show are incredible! We can’t wait for him and the crew to start Pimpin’ Joy all over Louisville.” 97.5 WAMZ’s Full Programming Lineup: 5 a.m. – 10 a.m. The Bobby Bones Show 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Jamie Martin 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. ********* Jay & Amy 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. Eddie Foxx 12 a.m. – 5 a.m. **** CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan The post WAMZ Adds Bobby Bones For Mornings appeared first on RadioInsight. more

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From Radio Insight: Is iHeartMedia AC 103.5 KOST Los Angeles about to receive its first direct competitor in over two decades? The post Domain Insight 4/25: Who’s Turning On A Lite In Los Angeles? appeared first on RadioInsight. more

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From Radio Insight: What’s up at Entercom Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM Sacramento? APD/Morning host Tony Tecate, Music Director/midday host Bre Ruiz, afternoon host Short E, and acting PD Randy Fox have all exited the station. Only “B96” WBBM-FM Chicago morning co-host Nina Hajian, who voicetracked nights at KSFM is still listed on the station website. Operations Manager Vince Richards told RAMP he will oversee programming until a new PD is hired and added, “Today was a difficult day, but we are pressing ahead and will be evolving KSFM back to its glory days. The format remains the same. We are looking for an entire airstaff and programming team.” The post KSFM Blows Out Airstaff appeared first on RadioInsight. more

From Radio Insight: Entercom AC 96.5 KYXY San Diego has promoted APD/MD Mark Blackwell to Program Director. Blackwell is coming up on his 35th anniversary at the station starting as News Director in 1983, adding Music Director duties in 1986, and the APD title in 1988. He takes the programming duties from Operations Manager Kevin Callahan will continue in that role and as PD of Alternative “Alt 94.9” KBZT and Country 103.7 KSON. In a memo to staffers Callahan wrote: It is with great pleasure I announce Mark Blackwell as Program Director for KYXY. In Mark’s 30+ years with KYXY he has been mentored by some of the best AC PD’s in the business and now it is his turn. Mark has shown his passion and expertise in the months we have worked together and I am proud to have him on our programming team. On another note, the KYXY staff has really stepped up the game on the station. I’m super proud of all the work the team has done together and I am excited they will be in great hands with Mark. Please take a moment to congratulate Mark on his new position and the KYXY team for the hard work and great effort over the last few months. The post KYXY Promotes Mark Blackwell To Program Director appeared first on RadioInsight. more

From Radio Insight: iHeartMedia is shuffling duties for three Phoenix and Tucson staffers. Reid Spivey moves from APD/Afternoon Host of Hot AC “Mix 96.9” KMXP and APD of CHR “104.7 Kiss-FM” KZZP Phoenix to APD/Afternoon Host at Country 102.5 KNIX Phoenix. Rameen Madani moves from Program Director of Hot AC “My 92.9” KMIY and APD of CHR “93.7 KRQ” KRQQ to take the APD roles and KMXP and KZZP. Meanwhile Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Tucson David Adams will add day to day programming duties for KMIY. iHeartMedia’s Arizona Region announced today new programming roles for Reid Spivey, Rameen Madani and David Adams, effective May 3. iHeartMedia Arizona has a strong cross-platform presence and includes a number of iconic brands and franchises — both broadcast and digital — encompassing more than 13 stations comprised of music, talk and news formats. Spivey has been named Assistant Program Director and PM drive host for 102.5 KNIX, Today’s Best Country & All Time Favorites, in Phoenix. He previously served as Assistant Program Director for 104.7 KISS FM, The No. 1 Hit Music Station in Phoenix, and MIX 96.9, Today’s Best Music Mix for Phoenix. In his new role, Spivey will work with Lois “Double L” Lewis, Music Director for 102.5 KNIX, and Steve Geofferies, Program Director for the station and Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia’s West Division. Madani joins iHeartMedia Phoenix as Assistant Program Director for 104.7 KISS FM and MIX 96.9. He previously served as Assistant Program Director for iHeartMedia Tucson’s 93.7 KRQ, Today’s Hit Music with Johnjay & Rich In The Morning, and Program Director for My 92.9, Tucson’s Variety from the 80s, 90s and Today. As Assistant Program Directors, Spivey and Madani will assist in the day-to-day operations of their station’s music programming and scheduling of music logs as well as be responsible for all the station’s imaging and branding. Adams has added duties as Program Director for My 92.9, where he will be responsible for the day-to-day programming operations and work closely with on-air personalities and sales to oversee the station’s on-air content, digital footprint and music programming. He will continue to serve as Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Tucson. “The growth of our team in the Arizona Region is a key aspiration for us,” said Geofferies. “We’re confident that David, Reid and Rameen will all make moves that will grow their career and increase our ratings and revenue in the Arizona Region.” “This is an example of more homegrown talent developing their careers in the Arizona Region,” said Linda Little, Region President for iHeartMedia’s Arizona Region. “David, Reid and Rameen each bring their own skillset that will be key to our region growth in 2018 and in the future as they continue to grow in their careers with us.” Bonneville Urban AC 102.9 KBLX San Francisco is moving Antoine Davis to mornings to join Tony Sco and Kimmie Tee on “The Morning Dream Team”. Nikki Thomas will move from weekends/fill-in to the afternoon slot, while morning co-host Tony Roberts departs. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Niecey Shaw joins Urban One Urban Oldies “Classix 102.9” W275BK Decatur/Atlanta GA for middays. Shaw has served as a traffic reporter in the market since 2001 and previously worked at Cox Urban AC “Kiss 104.1” WALR. The post People Moves 4/25: Job Duty Shuffle For iHeartMedia Phoenix/Tucson appeared first on RadioInsight. more

From the FCC: Iowa Network Access Division Tariff FCC No. 1 Granting in part and denying in part AT&T's request for an expedited filing schedule for any opposition to its motion to amend the Aureon Protective Order https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=350426

From All Access: TOWSON UNIVERSITY Triple A WTMD/Baltimore has partnered with BALTIMORE MAGAZINE for their first-ever Music Issue, on stands in MAY. The issue is dedicated to the BALTIMORE music scene, … more

From All Access: FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Triple A WFUV/NEW YORK is set for another FUV BOAT excursion on FRIDAY, JUNE 1st. The fund-raising event for the station will feature WFUV DJs RITA HOUSTON, CARMEL HOLT, … more

From All Access: NIELSEN will reissue the MARCH 2018 monthly PPM data for NEW YORK and NASSAU-SUFFOLK metros. Here is their explanation for the move: The integrity of our data is one of our top priorities. … more

From All Access: The U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has just passed the MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT, HR 5477, unanimously with 415 votes. The bill, co-sponsored by ROBERT GOODLATTE (R-VA) and JERROLD NADLER … more

From All Access: Entertainment law firm SERLING, ROOKS, HUNTER, MCKOY & WOROB has appointed CRAIG AVERILL as a name partner, and will change its name to SERLING, ROOKS, HUNTER, MCKOY, WOROB & … more

From All Access: Congratulations to SCRIPPS Country KTTS/SPRINGFIELD, MO, which has won two Regional EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS from the RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION (RTDNA) for excellence in … more

From All Access: ALL ACCESS has learned that TOWNSQUARE/NORTHERN COLORADO OM JUSTIN TYLER, who doubled as day-to-day PD for Country KUAD, Hot AC KKPL, Alternative KMAX, and Classic Hits KTRR in the FT. … more

From All Access: The FCC has proposed a $25,000 fine against WINSTON TULLOCH for allegedly operating an unlicensed FM pirate station on 90.9 FM in PATERSON, NJ. The fine follows several observations by FCC … more

From All Access: FACEBOOK has compiled a 27-page book of content guidelines that specifies what can't be posted on the platform, CNN reports. The company's 7,500 content moderators will decide on what … more

From the FCC: Rate of Return TRPs . https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=350381

From the FCC: Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of Sunset Digital Communications, Inc https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=350425

From All Access: The 6th Annual NEEDTOBREATHE Classic golf outing, held APRIL 23rd at the DANIEL ISLAND GOLF CLUB in SOUTH CAROLINA, featured athletes, musicians and pro players who raised more than $200,000 … more

From All Access: Kudos to PRESS COMMUNICATIONS Country WKMK/MONMOUTH, NJ, which successfully raised $153,427 for ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL during its two-day radiothon earlier this month. … more

From All Access: iHEARTMEDIA Alternative KTBZ (94.5 THE BUZZ)/HOUSTON has announced its summer show "THE BUZZ BUD LIGHT ROAST" will be SATURDAY, JULY 21st at THE WOODLANDS PAVILION featuring BLUE … more