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WNKU's Final Piece Signs Off
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 03:01 PM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119977/wnkus-final-piece-signs-off/
From RadioInsight
The final piece of the former AAA network based at 89.7 WNKU Highland
Heights KY/Cincinnati OH signed off this evening.
105.9 WNKN Middletown OH ended programming at 6pm as new owner Grant County
Broadcasting takes over with the intent to debut its new format on Monday,
October 2. Grant County purchased WNKN in July for $4 million to pair with
its existing Classic Country 106.7 WNKR Williamstown KY but is keeping what
it intends to do with the station close to the vest.
The WNKU programming ended with Acting GM/Afternoon host thanking many of
the past and present staffers of the station by name and playing Talking
Heads This Must Be The Place after a day spent playing listener requests
and stories about the station.
The other two pieces of the WNKU network were sold earlier this year. 89.7
WNKU is now Bible Broadcastings WYHH and 104.1 WNKE New Boston OH is now
Educational Media Foundations WPAY-FM.
The post WNKUs Final Piece Signs Off appeared first on RadioInsight.
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EMF: Don't Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 12:40 PM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/blogs/lance/119974/emf-dont-hate-player-hate-game/
From RadioInsight
Some have likened them to Star Treks Borg, others to Star Wars Galactic
Empire. As Educational Media Foundation assimilates radio stations into its
collective leaving nothing but a transmitter in its wake many have begun to
wonder how they got to this point and how to stop them.
To look at how EMF has gotten to this point you have to first look back to
where they came from. What would become the national K-Love brand started
out in Middletown/Santa Rosa CA in 1982 as FM 92 KCLB. The K-Love brand and
new KLVR call letters would come in 1988 as would translators expanding the
stations coverage to other markets surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area
such as Monterey and San Jose. Expansion to other markets would begin in
the middle of the 1990s bringing K-Love to places like Oklahoma City,
Phoenix, and Portland. The groups first big acquisition would be what is
now 91.1 KLDV Morrison/Denver CO and its network of two additional stations
and eighteen translators from Colorado Christian University for $16.6
million in 2000. The 2003 translator filing window would bring 250 new
licenses for EMF to utilize or eventually lease out in deals to help feed
other markets.
Educational Media Foundations business model portends well to constant
expansion. Multiple federal rules allow EMF to take advantage of loopholes
that commercial operators do not have the opportunity to do so. As a
non-profit EMF can take advantage of tax credits and loopholes. The
networks take on the majority of their revenue through listener donations
and as the group expands to more markets that brings more potential
listeners and donors. With the main-studio waiver that each EMF license
holds, the local stations do not exist as anything more than a rack of
equipment at the translator site as programming currently all comes from a
pair of locales. They dont need to have a local studio or maintain local
staffing cutting down costs.
Propublica lists EMFs tax records for 2011 through 2015. Over those five
years, total revenue has increased each year as EMF continues to grow. In
2011 EMFs net income was $34,678,623. By 2015 that increased to $57,217,989
(or pretty much the amount just paid to Entercom for KSWD Los Angeles). Of
the $167,459,850 in total contributions EMF received in 2015, 84 percent
was invested directly into the business through operating costs and further
acquisitions.
The value of Educational Media Foundation has doubled over those five
years. The valuation of its assets in 2011 was $206,563,650. By 2015 that
had increased to $408,830,206. What helps is how transparent and clean EMF
operates. Charity Navigator gave EMF a 96.56 score (out of 100) with its
only negative score for not having a Donor Privacy Policy on its website.
For that growth to continue EMF must continue to expand. The only places
left for that to happen are in the biggest markets. EMF owns the K-Love
trademark in most of the country, however areas including and surrounding
Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles were excluded due to grandfathered
stations already using the brands in those markets. Two of those still
exist: CBS Radio Classic Hits 98.7 KLUV Dallas and Univision Spanish AC
107.5 KLVE Los Angeles. Univision has yet to reach out to our request for
information regarding EMFs impending expansion into Los Angeles. In those
three markets EMFs secondary Christian CHR Air 1 brand does operate on
rimshot stations.
Since the 2007 economic downturn and the financial difficulties facing the
largest radio group owners, companies like EMF are the only ones with the
money to reach the asking prices of sellers. This has led to many heritage
stations like WABB Mobile, WCCC Hartford, and most recently WBRU Providence
being acquired by EMF. The combination of loopholes they used combined with
the shrewd operation and quality programming bringing in listeners and
turning them into donors is what allows EMF to continue to grow at the rate
it has. Its not evil its simply best suited to take advantage of the
current circumstances facing other radio station operators.
The post EMF: Dont Hate The Player, Hate The Game appeared first on
RadioInsight.
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FCC Releases MX Groups And Settlement Period For AM Translator Filings
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:47 AM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119972/fcc-releases-mx-groups-settlement-period-translator-filings/
From RadioInsight
The next step of the FCCs AM Translator Filing Period for the applications
made between July 26 and August 2 has been revealed.
88 groups of filings have been considered to be mutually-exclusive to one
another have been given until November 29 to reach settlement agreements.
During that time stations may negotiate a settlement agreement to resolve
those conflicts or file a minor change modification application. Any
remaining MX filings will then go into auction as the FCC prepares to then
launch the next filing window.
The MX groups each include groups of applications including 2-4 stations.
The full list of MX groups can be seen here.
The post FCC Releases MX Groups And Settlement Period For AM Translator
Filings appeared first on RadioInsight.
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Daily Domains 9/28: A Bigger Block For Greenville/Spartanburg?
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:29 AM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119969/daily-domains-928-bigger-block-greenvillespartanburg/
From RadioInsight
Is Entercom looking to increase Urban 96.3 The Block W242BX
Greenville/104.5 W283CG Inman SC/WFBC-HD2 to a full powered signal?
Plus a potential frequency move in Birmingham, a name change in Memphis and
a change in Fayetteville NC.
This content is for Premium Annual and Premium Monthly members only. Visit
the site and log in/register to read.
The post Daily Domains 9/28: A Bigger Block For Greenville/Spartanburg?
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What Do Award Winners Sound Like?
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/blogs/ross-on-radioinsight/119960/award-winners-sound-like/
From RadioInsight
I ought to treat our national radio awards as a “to do” list, a reminder of
exemplary stations that I haven’t listened to lately. But there are just
enough winners of the NAB’s Radio Awardstwenty of them this year—for the
list to be daunting. Besides, they’re handed out when I’m busy at a
convention, covering the NAB/RAB Radio Show itself.
But this year, I made a point of taking a “Fresh Listen” to as many of the
Station of the Year winners as possible. I was listening to hear what made
great stations great. I was also listening in hopes of hearing community
and sense-of-place—always one of my hallmarks of a truly local radio
station.
Different broadcast owners participate in industry organizations like NAB
with varying amounts of brio. If a station makes it to the Marconi
nominations, one senses an inherent endorsement of the broadcaster’s
contributions to the industry itself. And having judged industry awards
myself, it always takes a concerted effort not to allow longevity to become
a consideration, when the question should be “how did this station sound
this year?” It’s hard not to hand out a lifetime achievement award.
But most of the Marconi Winners I’ve listened to so far this year did not
disappoint. Many sound consistently good. Most were in larger PPM-conscious
markets, but still offered companionship and something going on between the
records. Most had a sense of localism that went beyond the commercials,
although I still count great local sponsors towards one’s sense-of-place.
Here is a first sampling of six station-of-the-year winners.
WKRQ (Q102) Cincinnati
Hubbard’s Large Market Station of the Year, Q102 has been back and forth
across the line between Mainstream and Adult Top 40 for 45 years. Recently,
it’s blurred the distinction even more, billed as “Cincinnati’s Hit Music”
and typically well ahead of CHR WKFS (Kiss-FM). Now, the station is
planning October’s annual “Bosom Ball for Breast Cancer,” this year
starring the Revivalists, Lights, and LP. They’re also one of the number of
stations I’ve heard running a Secret Sound Contest this fall.
I always notice something interesting whenever I listen to Q102. The
station’s jingle and imaging package is distinctive and kinetic. But when
middayer Mollie Watson did a break, the tone was always conversational, and
the music often stopped, even in the middle of music sweeps. And the first
words of the break were often “Cincinnati’s Q102.” There was also localism
in the stopsets—the first ad I heard was for a peel-and-win contest at
Skyline Chili.
Here’s Q102 at 2 p.m., Sept. 18:
Imagine Dragons, “Believer”
Cheat Codes f/Demi Lovato, “No Promises”
Wiz Khalifa f/Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Portugal, The Man, “Feel It Still”
Usher, “Yeah!”
Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
Halsey, “Bad At Love”
Zedd f/Alessia Cara, “Stay”
Pink, “What About Us”
Ed Sheeran, “Perfect”
Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”
Lights, “Giants”
WHQT (Hot 105) Miami
Hot 105 PD Phil Michaels Trueba didn’t get to go to Austin to accept his
Urban Station of the Year Marconi. He was at home preparing for Hurricane
Irma. On Sept. 19, Trueba gratefully posted on Facebook that the award had
just arrived(in the mail. Stations can’t win the same award two years in a
row, but when I heard Hot 105 on Sept. 18, the heritage Urban AC was
certainly earning the next one.
That day, early afternoon hosts Rick Party and Benji Brown were part of a
multi-station relief drive from the Cox Radio studios. A listener who
considered himself lucky to only have been without power for three days
brought clothing, towels, and flip-flops. Then veteran middayer James T.
did a cutaway from Delray Beach where a listener was at a local school
helping feed displaced kids. A listener won $105 in the station’s version
of the “Dollar Bill Game,” and her first reaction was, “I could buy some
gas.” Syndicated late afternoon host Michael Baisden shouted out Trueba and
noted that Hot 105 had already filled up an eighteen-wheeler with supplies
and dispatched it to the Florida Keys.
One of Hot 105’s sweepers promises that “you know what you’re going to get
every time you turn us on.” But I’m always pleasantly surprised, both by
the songs that you don’t hear in every market, and by Hot’s evolution to
one of the most contemporary, and contemporary sounding Urban AC
stations—even as it continues to play the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I heard at
least four different “power intros” over songs in the hour I listened.
Here’s Hot 105 at 2 p.m., Sept. 18:
Mary J. Blige, “Be Happy”
MAJOR., “Why I Love You”
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Let’s Groove”
Fantasia, “Truth Is”
Beyonce, “Irreplaceable”
Changing Faces, “G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn, “If This World Were Mine”
Stevie Wonder, “Isn’t She Lovely”
Trey Songz, “Slow Motion”
KSHE St. Louis
“It all began in 1967 … and in 2017, it rocks on,” declares an emphatic
sweeper for “the Rock of St. Louis.” The heritage rocker is sponsoring a
fiftieth anniversary concert this year starring Sammy Hagar, ZZ Top, and
Collective Soul. But it’s also doing a second installment in a series that
is just current and former air staffers sharing reminiscences of the Rock
Station of the Year.
Here’s KSHE on Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.
Rush, “Working Man”
Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
Steve Miller Band, “Rock’n Me”
Eddie Money, “Think I’m In Love”
Def Leppard, “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak”
Electric Light Orchestra, “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Aerosmith, “Come Together”
Autograph, “Turn Up The Radio”
Pink Floyd, “Us And Them”
Seether, “Betray And Degrade”
Rolling Stones, “It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)’
Rod Stewart, “Maggie May”
Kerry Livgren, “Mask of the Great Deceiver” (afternooner Favazz’s “Favazz
Files” feature, saluting the Kansas band member on his birthday)
KPLX (The Wolf) Dallas
It’s not just the Country Station of the Year. The Wolf was the station
that reenergized the format in the late ‘90s and spawned dozens of howling
offspring in the process; it will celebrate its twentieth anniversary next
year. It’s still “Texas Country”—a signature part of the station’s initial
appeal—but the top-of-the-hour ID now identifies it as “the most
listened-to Country station in America.”
The Wolf and now-sister KSCS have traded places over the decades. KSCS has
become the more recent station. The Wolf always had some library, but is
now more clearly the yesterday-and-today Country station. In the hour I
heard, station veteran Smokey Rivers was teasing Luke Bryan tickets
throughout the hour, but the Wolf also had an album release party coming up
with new traditionalists Midland. There were also four chances to text to
win $1,000 a day.
While Wolf’s local credentials hardly depend on spots, it did have one of
the best “sense of place” sponsors—local Rahr & Sons Brewing. Apparently
the best times to enjoy a cold Rahr include cleaning falcons out of your
garage, burning ant beds with gasoline, licking Cheetos cheese off your
fingers, and installing a turbo charger on a Prius.
Here’s the Wolf at 2 p.m. on Sept. 18:
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day”
LANCO, “Greatest Love Story”
Brooks & Dunn, “Red Dirt Road”
Alan Jackson, “Livin’ On Love”
Kenny Chesney, “All The Pretty Girls”
Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood, “The Fighter”
Clay Walker, “If I Could Make A Living”
Blake Shelton, “I’ll Name The Dogs”
Gary Allan, “Songs About Rain”
Jon Pardi, “Heartache On The Dance Floor”
Travis Tritt, “Take It Easy”
Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”
Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris, “Craving You”
Keith Urban, “Raining on Sunday”
Chris Janson, “Fix A Drink”
KNDE (Candy 95) College Station, Texas http://candy95.com/
When I heard Candy 95 morning co-host Katy, apparently working solo that
morning, her topic was universal: “in-laws are coming; how can you
prepare?” But you know that “Aggieland’s Hit Music Station” is uniquely
local almost immediately. The fall contest is the SEC Challenge, soliciting
listeners’ college football picks. There are ads for a sister publication,
Brazos Wellness. The ad for regional chicken tenders chain Raising Canes
ends with “gig ‘em, Aggies!” Every stopset at the Small Market Station of
the Year ends with a PSA—a tradition you hear less of in major-markets
these days.
Candy 95, the most recently launched of the stations profiled here (it only
goes back to the mid-‘00s) isn’t rhythmic CHR. But it’s a young-feeling
mainstream CHR of the sort where I heard Drake’s “Headlines” in mornings.
Here’s the station at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26:
Charlie Puth, “Attention”
J. Belvin & Willy William, “Mi Gente”
Machine Gun Kelly f/Hailee Steinfeld, “At My Best”
Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out”
Selena Gomez, “Fetish”
Shawn Mendes, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back”
Blackbear, “Do Re Mi”
Justin Bieber f/Bloodpop, “Friends”
Cheat Codes f/Demi Lovato, “No Promises”
Why Don’t We, “Something Different”
Sam Hunt, “Body Like A Back Road”
DJ Khaled f/Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
88.7 WRHU Long Island, N.Y.
Broadcasting from “state of the art studios in the Lawrence Herbert School
of Communication,” “New York’s #1 Non-Commercial Station” is the voice of
the New York Islanders and the Long Island Nets, as well as Hofstra
University sports. The “Non-Commercial Station of the Year” winner is bloc
programmed. I could have gone for the “Rock N Roll Oasis” or the Saturday
afternoon bloc of the “Long Ireland Show” and “That’s How I Spell Ireland,”
followed by the Ska Show. There’s also a morning news bloc positioned as
being from the viewpoint of its student broadcasters. Instead, I went for
the midday “Alternative Nation” show, hosted that day by Celia Earl,
followed by the “Jazz Café.”
“Alternative Nation” was heavily ‘00s-based. I was thinking that it was
more hit-driven than a lot of mainstream commercial Alternative stations,
until Earl signed off with the “Teen Titans Theme” by Puffy Amyumi. “Jazz
Café” spanned original Great American Songbook titles to ‘80s jazz/pop to
the neo-standards movement. (There was an artist drop from Jaye P. Morgan,
among many others.) Underwriters were mostly aimed at adult listeners—a
mover specializing in arts and antiques, a local roofer, a local medical
center specializing in bariatric surgery.
Here’s WRHU on Sept. 19 in “Alternative Nation”
Smash Mouth, “Walking on the Sun”
Nirvana, “About A Girl (Unplugged)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Give It Away”
Sublime, “Santeria”
Tegan & Sara, “Where Does The Good Go”
All-American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret”
Cage the Elephant, “Too Late To Say Goodbye”
Muse, “Supermassive Black Hole”
No Doubt, “Hey Baby”
Puffy Amyumi, “Teen Titans Theme”
And here’s the “Jazz Café” that followed:
Billie Holiday, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Dave Lalama Big Band, Moody’s Mood For Love
Deborah Cox, What A Difference A Day Made
George Benson, Give Me The Night
Nat King Cole, Unforgettable
Grover Washington, Jr., & Bill Withers, Just The Two of Us
Nikki Yanofsky, I Got Rhythm
Cannonball Adderley Trio, Mercy Mercy Mercy
Frank Sinatra, I Wish You Love
Sammy Davis, Jr., A Lot Of Livin’ To Do
Barry Manilow, Bandstand Boogie
Frank Sinatra, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Fred Astaire, Cheek To Cheek
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Minneapolis City Pages: KMOJ courts younger listeners with new HD hip-hop
station, the Ice
Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:52 PM PDT
http://www.citypages.com/music/kmoj-courts-younger-listeners-with-new-hd-hip-hop-station-the-ice/448059173
From RadioInsight
The post Minneapolis City Pages: KMOJ courts younger listeners with new HD
hip-hop station, the Ice appeared first on RadioInsight.
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Eric Von Haessler & Herman Cain Swap Timeslots At WSB
Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:36 PM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119955/eric-von-haessler-herman-cain-swap-timeslots-wsb/
From RadioInsight
Cox Media Group News/Talk 750 WSB Atlanta/95.5 WSBB Doraville GA is
shifting its late-morning programming.
Starting Monday, October 2, Eric Von Haesslers The Von Haessler Doctrine
will move from 11am-12pm to 9am-11am, while Herman Cains syndicated program
moves in reverse to the 11am-12pm hour. Von Haessler will continue to host
an extra Podcast Hour immediately following the conclusion of the on-air
program.
Cain, who exited national syndication last November, but remained at WSB
and four other Cox stations will continue to have his full two hour show
air at the other stations. Those are 1290 WHIO/95.7 WHIO-FM Dayton OH, 690
WOKV/104.5 WOKV-FM Jacksonville FL, 96.5 WDBO-FM Orlando FL, and 740
KRMG/102.3 KRMG-FM Tulsa OK
Cox Media Group (CMG) Atlanta’s News 95.5 and AM750 WSB (WSB-AM/WSBB-FM) is
making a programming change in morning drive.
Starting Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, The Von Haessler Doctrine, hosted by Eric
Von Haessler, is moving to 9 a.m., and The Herman Cain Show will shift to
the 11 a.m. hour.
Condace Pressley, Georgia Radio Hall of Famer and WSB Radio’s Manager of
Program Operations and Community Affairs, said of the change, “I knew we
had something special the first time I heard the Von Haessler Doctrine on
Sunday afternoon. When the show moved to weekdays it took off. With
Atlanta’s extended rush hours, it’s great that listeners will get Eric’s
take on the morning news immediately following Atlanta’s Morning News with
Scott Slade.”
Pete Spriggs, WSB Radio’s Director of Branding and Programming, added,
“Herman Cain has given WSB and me some extraordinary success – in ratings
and in serving the community. Our listeners love Herman, and we’re so
pleased that he’ll continue to be a core part of the WSB lineup. Eric and
his entire team have been ideal additions to our radio family. Smart,
talented and vibrant performers who connect with the Atlanta audience so
well. They are already appointment listening on the radio and on podcast.
As Eric says, they are the ‘fastest growing radio show in America’.”
The Herman Cain Show continues as a two-hour program on the following CMG
radio stations: 1) WOKV in Jacksonville, 2) WDBO in Orlando, 3) WHIO in
Dayton and 4) KRMG in Tulsa. The podcast hour of The Von Haessler Doctrine
will continue daily at 11 a.m.
The post Eric Von Haessler Herman Cain Swap Timeslots At WSB appeared
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WNKU's Final Piece Signs Off
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 03:01 PM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119977/wnkus-final-piece-signs-off/
From RadioInsight
The final piece of the former AAA network based at 89.7 WNKU Highland
Heights KY/Cincinnati OH signed off this evening.
105.9 WNKN Middletown OH ended programming at 6pm as new owner Grant County
Broadcasting takes over with the intent to debut its new format on Monday,
October 2. Grant County purchased WNKN in July for $4 million to pair with
its existing Classic Country 106.7 WNKR Williamstown KY but is keeping what
it intends to do with the station close to the vest.
The WNKU programming ended with Acting GM/Afternoon host thanking many of
the past and present staffers of the station by name and playing Talking
Heads This Must Be The Place after a day spent playing listener requests
and stories about the station.
The other two pieces of the WNKU network were sold earlier this year. 89.7
WNKU is now Bible Broadcastings WYHH and 104.1 WNKE New Boston OH is now
Educational Media Foundations WPAY-FM.
The post WNKUs Final Piece Signs Off appeared first on RadioInsight.
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EMF: Don't Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 12:40 PM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/blogs/lance/119974/emf-dont-hate-player-hate-game/
From RadioInsight
Some have likened them to Star Treks Borg, others to Star Wars Galactic
Empire. As Educational Media Foundation assimilates radio stations into its
collective leaving nothing but a transmitter in its wake many have begun to
wonder how they got to this point and how to stop them.
To look at how EMF has gotten to this point you have to first look back to
where they came from. What would become the national K-Love brand started
out in Middletown/Santa Rosa CA in 1982 as FM 92 KCLB. The K-Love brand and
new KLVR call letters would come in 1988 as would translators expanding the
stations coverage to other markets surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area
such as Monterey and San Jose. Expansion to other markets would begin in
the middle of the 1990s bringing K-Love to places like Oklahoma City,
Phoenix, and Portland. The groups first big acquisition would be what is
now 91.1 KLDV Morrison/Denver CO and its network of two additional stations
and eighteen translators from Colorado Christian University for $16.6
million in 2000. The 2003 translator filing window would bring 250 new
licenses for EMF to utilize or eventually lease out in deals to help feed
other markets.
Educational Media Foundations business model portends well to constant
expansion. Multiple federal rules allow EMF to take advantage of loopholes
that commercial operators do not have the opportunity to do so. As a
non-profit EMF can take advantage of tax credits and loopholes. The
networks take on the majority of their revenue through listener donations
and as the group expands to more markets that brings more potential
listeners and donors. With the main-studio waiver that each EMF license
holds, the local stations do not exist as anything more than a rack of
equipment at the translator site as programming currently all comes from a
pair of locales. They dont need to have a local studio or maintain local
staffing cutting down costs.
Propublica lists EMFs tax records for 2011 through 2015. Over those five
years, total revenue has increased each year as EMF continues to grow. In
2011 EMFs net income was $34,678,623. By 2015 that increased to $57,217,989
(or pretty much the amount just paid to Entercom for KSWD Los Angeles). Of
the $167,459,850 in total contributions EMF received in 2015, 84 percent
was invested directly into the business through operating costs and further
acquisitions.
The value of Educational Media Foundation has doubled over those five
years. The valuation of its assets in 2011 was $206,563,650. By 2015 that
had increased to $408,830,206. What helps is how transparent and clean EMF
operates. Charity Navigator gave EMF a 96.56 score (out of 100) with its
only negative score for not having a Donor Privacy Policy on its website.
For that growth to continue EMF must continue to expand. The only places
left for that to happen are in the biggest markets. EMF owns the K-Love
trademark in most of the country, however areas including and surrounding
Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles were excluded due to grandfathered
stations already using the brands in those markets. Two of those still
exist: CBS Radio Classic Hits 98.7 KLUV Dallas and Univision Spanish AC
107.5 KLVE Los Angeles. Univision has yet to reach out to our request for
information regarding EMFs impending expansion into Los Angeles. In those
three markets EMFs secondary Christian CHR Air 1 brand does operate on
rimshot stations.
Since the 2007 economic downturn and the financial difficulties facing the
largest radio group owners, companies like EMF are the only ones with the
money to reach the asking prices of sellers. This has led to many heritage
stations like WABB Mobile, WCCC Hartford, and most recently WBRU Providence
being acquired by EMF. The combination of loopholes they used combined with
the shrewd operation and quality programming bringing in listeners and
turning them into donors is what allows EMF to continue to grow at the rate
it has. Its not evil its simply best suited to take advantage of the
current circumstances facing other radio station operators.
The post EMF: Dont Hate The Player, Hate The Game appeared first on
RadioInsight.
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FCC Releases MX Groups And Settlement Period For AM Translator Filings
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:47 AM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119972/fcc-releases-mx-groups-settlement-period-translator-filings/
From RadioInsight
The next step of the FCCs AM Translator Filing Period for the applications
made between July 26 and August 2 has been revealed.
88 groups of filings have been considered to be mutually-exclusive to one
another have been given until November 29 to reach settlement agreements.
During that time stations may negotiate a settlement agreement to resolve
those conflicts or file a minor change modification application. Any
remaining MX filings will then go into auction as the FCC prepares to then
launch the next filing window.
The MX groups each include groups of applications including 2-4 stations.
The full list of MX groups can be seen here.
The post FCC Releases MX Groups And Settlement Period For AM Translator
Filings appeared first on RadioInsight.
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Daily Domains 9/28: A Bigger Block For Greenville/Spartanburg?
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:29 AM PDT
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119969/daily-domains-928-bigger-block-greenvillespartanburg/
From RadioInsight
Is Entercom looking to increase Urban 96.3 The Block W242BX
Greenville/104.5 W283CG Inman SC/WFBC-HD2 to a full powered signal?
Plus a potential frequency move in Birmingham, a name change in Memphis and
a change in Fayetteville NC.
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What Do Award Winners Sound Like?
Posted: 28 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT
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I ought to treat our national radio awards as a “to do” list, a reminder of
exemplary stations that I haven’t listened to lately. But there are just
enough winners of the NAB’s Radio Awardstwenty of them this year—for the
list to be daunting. Besides, they’re handed out when I’m busy at a
convention, covering the NAB/RAB Radio Show itself.
But this year, I made a point of taking a “Fresh Listen” to as many of the
Station of the Year winners as possible. I was listening to hear what made
great stations great. I was also listening in hopes of hearing community
and sense-of-place—always one of my hallmarks of a truly local radio
station.
Different broadcast owners participate in industry organizations like NAB
with varying amounts of brio. If a station makes it to the Marconi
nominations, one senses an inherent endorsement of the broadcaster’s
contributions to the industry itself. And having judged industry awards
myself, it always takes a concerted effort not to allow longevity to become
a consideration, when the question should be “how did this station sound
this year?” It’s hard not to hand out a lifetime achievement award.
But most of the Marconi Winners I’ve listened to so far this year did not
disappoint. Many sound consistently good. Most were in larger PPM-conscious
markets, but still offered companionship and something going on between the
records. Most had a sense of localism that went beyond the commercials,
although I still count great local sponsors towards one’s sense-of-place.
Here is a first sampling of six station-of-the-year winners.
WKRQ (Q102) Cincinnati
Hubbard’s Large Market Station of the Year, Q102 has been back and forth
across the line between Mainstream and Adult Top 40 for 45 years. Recently,
it’s blurred the distinction even more, billed as “Cincinnati’s Hit Music”
and typically well ahead of CHR WKFS (Kiss-FM). Now, the station is
planning October’s annual “Bosom Ball for Breast Cancer,” this year
starring the Revivalists, Lights, and LP. They’re also one of the number of
stations I’ve heard running a Secret Sound Contest this fall.
I always notice something interesting whenever I listen to Q102. The
station’s jingle and imaging package is distinctive and kinetic. But when
middayer Mollie Watson did a break, the tone was always conversational, and
the music often stopped, even in the middle of music sweeps. And the first
words of the break were often “Cincinnati’s Q102.” There was also localism
in the stopsets—the first ad I heard was for a peel-and-win contest at
Skyline Chili.
Here’s Q102 at 2 p.m., Sept. 18:
Imagine Dragons, “Believer”
Cheat Codes f/Demi Lovato, “No Promises”
Wiz Khalifa f/Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Portugal, The Man, “Feel It Still”
Usher, “Yeah!”
Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
Halsey, “Bad At Love”
Zedd f/Alessia Cara, “Stay”
Pink, “What About Us”
Ed Sheeran, “Perfect”
Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”
Lights, “Giants”
WHQT (Hot 105) Miami
Hot 105 PD Phil Michaels Trueba didn’t get to go to Austin to accept his
Urban Station of the Year Marconi. He was at home preparing for Hurricane
Irma. On Sept. 19, Trueba gratefully posted on Facebook that the award had
just arrived(in the mail. Stations can’t win the same award two years in a
row, but when I heard Hot 105 on Sept. 18, the heritage Urban AC was
certainly earning the next one.
That day, early afternoon hosts Rick Party and Benji Brown were part of a
multi-station relief drive from the Cox Radio studios. A listener who
considered himself lucky to only have been without power for three days
brought clothing, towels, and flip-flops. Then veteran middayer James T.
did a cutaway from Delray Beach where a listener was at a local school
helping feed displaced kids. A listener won $105 in the station’s version
of the “Dollar Bill Game,” and her first reaction was, “I could buy some
gas.” Syndicated late afternoon host Michael Baisden shouted out Trueba and
noted that Hot 105 had already filled up an eighteen-wheeler with supplies
and dispatched it to the Florida Keys.
One of Hot 105’s sweepers promises that “you know what you’re going to get
every time you turn us on.” But I’m always pleasantly surprised, both by
the songs that you don’t hear in every market, and by Hot’s evolution to
one of the most contemporary, and contemporary sounding Urban AC
stations—even as it continues to play the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I heard at
least four different “power intros” over songs in the hour I listened.
Here’s Hot 105 at 2 p.m., Sept. 18:
Mary J. Blige, “Be Happy”
MAJOR., “Why I Love You”
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Let’s Groove”
Fantasia, “Truth Is”
Beyonce, “Irreplaceable”
Changing Faces, “G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn, “If This World Were Mine”
Stevie Wonder, “Isn’t She Lovely”
Trey Songz, “Slow Motion”
KSHE St. Louis
“It all began in 1967 … and in 2017, it rocks on,” declares an emphatic
sweeper for “the Rock of St. Louis.” The heritage rocker is sponsoring a
fiftieth anniversary concert this year starring Sammy Hagar, ZZ Top, and
Collective Soul. But it’s also doing a second installment in a series that
is just current and former air staffers sharing reminiscences of the Rock
Station of the Year.
Here’s KSHE on Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.
Rush, “Working Man”
Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
Steve Miller Band, “Rock’n Me”
Eddie Money, “Think I’m In Love”
Def Leppard, “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak”
Electric Light Orchestra, “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Aerosmith, “Come Together”
Autograph, “Turn Up The Radio”
Pink Floyd, “Us And Them”
Seether, “Betray And Degrade”
Rolling Stones, “It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)’
Rod Stewart, “Maggie May”
Kerry Livgren, “Mask of the Great Deceiver” (afternooner Favazz’s “Favazz
Files” feature, saluting the Kansas band member on his birthday)
KPLX (The Wolf) Dallas
It’s not just the Country Station of the Year. The Wolf was the station
that reenergized the format in the late ‘90s and spawned dozens of howling
offspring in the process; it will celebrate its twentieth anniversary next
year. It’s still “Texas Country”—a signature part of the station’s initial
appeal—but the top-of-the-hour ID now identifies it as “the most
listened-to Country station in America.”
The Wolf and now-sister KSCS have traded places over the decades. KSCS has
become the more recent station. The Wolf always had some library, but is
now more clearly the yesterday-and-today Country station. In the hour I
heard, station veteran Smokey Rivers was teasing Luke Bryan tickets
throughout the hour, but the Wolf also had an album release party coming up
with new traditionalists Midland. There were also four chances to text to
win $1,000 a day.
While Wolf’s local credentials hardly depend on spots, it did have one of
the best “sense of place” sponsors—local Rahr & Sons Brewing. Apparently
the best times to enjoy a cold Rahr include cleaning falcons out of your
garage, burning ant beds with gasoline, licking Cheetos cheese off your
fingers, and installing a turbo charger on a Prius.
Here’s the Wolf at 2 p.m. on Sept. 18:
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day”
LANCO, “Greatest Love Story”
Brooks & Dunn, “Red Dirt Road”
Alan Jackson, “Livin’ On Love”
Kenny Chesney, “All The Pretty Girls”
Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood, “The Fighter”
Clay Walker, “If I Could Make A Living”
Blake Shelton, “I’ll Name The Dogs”
Gary Allan, “Songs About Rain”
Jon Pardi, “Heartache On The Dance Floor”
Travis Tritt, “Take It Easy”
Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”
Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris, “Craving You”
Keith Urban, “Raining on Sunday”
Chris Janson, “Fix A Drink”
KNDE (Candy 95) College Station, Texas http://candy95.com/
When I heard Candy 95 morning co-host Katy, apparently working solo that
morning, her topic was universal: “in-laws are coming; how can you
prepare?” But you know that “Aggieland’s Hit Music Station” is uniquely
local almost immediately. The fall contest is the SEC Challenge, soliciting
listeners’ college football picks. There are ads for a sister publication,
Brazos Wellness. The ad for regional chicken tenders chain Raising Canes
ends with “gig ‘em, Aggies!” Every stopset at the Small Market Station of
the Year ends with a PSA—a tradition you hear less of in major-markets
these days.
Candy 95, the most recently launched of the stations profiled here (it only
goes back to the mid-‘00s) isn’t rhythmic CHR. But it’s a young-feeling
mainstream CHR of the sort where I heard Drake’s “Headlines” in mornings.
Here’s the station at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26:
Charlie Puth, “Attention”
J. Belvin & Willy William, “Mi Gente”
Machine Gun Kelly f/Hailee Steinfeld, “At My Best”
Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out”
Selena Gomez, “Fetish”
Shawn Mendes, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back”
Blackbear, “Do Re Mi”
Justin Bieber f/Bloodpop, “Friends”
Cheat Codes f/Demi Lovato, “No Promises”
Why Don’t We, “Something Different”
Sam Hunt, “Body Like A Back Road”
DJ Khaled f/Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
88.7 WRHU Long Island, N.Y.
Broadcasting from “state of the art studios in the Lawrence Herbert School
of Communication,” “New York’s #1 Non-Commercial Station” is the voice of
the New York Islanders and the Long Island Nets, as well as Hofstra
University sports. The “Non-Commercial Station of the Year” winner is bloc
programmed. I could have gone for the “Rock N Roll Oasis” or the Saturday
afternoon bloc of the “Long Ireland Show” and “That’s How I Spell Ireland,”
followed by the Ska Show. There’s also a morning news bloc positioned as
being from the viewpoint of its student broadcasters. Instead, I went for
the midday “Alternative Nation” show, hosted that day by Celia Earl,
followed by the “Jazz Café.”
“Alternative Nation” was heavily ‘00s-based. I was thinking that it was
more hit-driven than a lot of mainstream commercial Alternative stations,
until Earl signed off with the “Teen Titans Theme” by Puffy Amyumi. “Jazz
Café” spanned original Great American Songbook titles to ‘80s jazz/pop to
the neo-standards movement. (There was an artist drop from Jaye P. Morgan,
among many others.) Underwriters were mostly aimed at adult listeners—a
mover specializing in arts and antiques, a local roofer, a local medical
center specializing in bariatric surgery.
Here’s WRHU on Sept. 19 in “Alternative Nation”
Smash Mouth, “Walking on the Sun”
Nirvana, “About A Girl (Unplugged)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Give It Away”
Sublime, “Santeria”
Tegan & Sara, “Where Does The Good Go”
All-American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret”
Cage the Elephant, “Too Late To Say Goodbye”
Muse, “Supermassive Black Hole”
No Doubt, “Hey Baby”
Puffy Amyumi, “Teen Titans Theme”
And here’s the “Jazz Café” that followed:
Billie Holiday, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Dave Lalama Big Band, Moody’s Mood For Love
Deborah Cox, What A Difference A Day Made
George Benson, Give Me The Night
Nat King Cole, Unforgettable
Grover Washington, Jr., & Bill Withers, Just The Two of Us
Nikki Yanofsky, I Got Rhythm
Cannonball Adderley Trio, Mercy Mercy Mercy
Frank Sinatra, I Wish You Love
Sammy Davis, Jr., A Lot Of Livin’ To Do
Barry Manilow, Bandstand Boogie
Frank Sinatra, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Fred Astaire, Cheek To Cheek
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Minneapolis City Pages: KMOJ courts younger listeners with new HD hip-hop
station, the Ice
Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:52 PM PDT
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Eric Von Haessler & Herman Cain Swap Timeslots At WSB
Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:36 PM PDT
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Cox Media Group News/Talk 750 WSB Atlanta/95.5 WSBB Doraville GA is
shifting its late-morning programming.
Starting Monday, October 2, Eric Von Haesslers The Von Haessler Doctrine
will move from 11am-12pm to 9am-11am, while Herman Cains syndicated program
moves in reverse to the 11am-12pm hour. Von Haessler will continue to host
an extra Podcast Hour immediately following the conclusion of the on-air
program.
Cain, who exited national syndication last November, but remained at WSB
and four other Cox stations will continue to have his full two hour show
air at the other stations. Those are 1290 WHIO/95.7 WHIO-FM Dayton OH, 690
WOKV/104.5 WOKV-FM Jacksonville FL, 96.5 WDBO-FM Orlando FL, and 740
KRMG/102.3 KRMG-FM Tulsa OK
Cox Media Group (CMG) Atlanta’s News 95.5 and AM750 WSB (WSB-AM/WSBB-FM) is
making a programming change in morning drive.
Starting Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, The Von Haessler Doctrine, hosted by Eric
Von Haessler, is moving to 9 a.m., and The Herman Cain Show will shift to
the 11 a.m. hour.
Condace Pressley, Georgia Radio Hall of Famer and WSB Radio’s Manager of
Program Operations and Community Affairs, said of the change, “I knew we
had something special the first time I heard the Von Haessler Doctrine on
Sunday afternoon. When the show moved to weekdays it took off. With
Atlanta’s extended rush hours, it’s great that listeners will get Eric’s
take on the morning news immediately following Atlanta’s Morning News with
Scott Slade.”
Pete Spriggs, WSB Radio’s Director of Branding and Programming, added,
“Herman Cain has given WSB and me some extraordinary success – in ratings
and in serving the community. Our listeners love Herman, and we’re so
pleased that he’ll continue to be a core part of the WSB lineup. Eric and
his entire team have been ideal additions to our radio family. Smart,
talented and vibrant performers who connect with the Atlanta audience so
well. They are already appointment listening on the radio and on podcast.
As Eric says, they are the ‘fastest growing radio show in America’.”
The Herman Cain Show continues as a two-hour program on the following CMG
radio stations: 1) WOKV in Jacksonville, 2) WDBO in Orlando, 3) WHIO in
Dayton and 4) KRMG in Tulsa. The podcast hour of The Von Haessler Doctrine
will continue daily at 11 a.m.
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