What’s News?
January 2009
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Another
One Bites The Dust 1-2-09
Rama Communications
Leesburg station WQBQ-AM
1410 has
been silent since December 8.
Word is WQBQ-AM 1410 is still on the air. The detailed info is; in
November Rama has filed an
application for a Special Temporary Authority to remain silent due to
transmitter problems, for period of 60 days or until repairs can be
made to the transmitter.
Fennessy
Named As WIXC GM 1-5-09
Genesis
Communications, Inc announces the hiring of Kevin
Fennessy as General Manager for WIXC AM
1060 in Melbourne-Titusville. Fennessy, a veteran broadcaster with
management duties from great radio stations, such as WFIL-Philadelphia, WHAM-Rochester
and WKBW-Buffalo.
WELE Appoints K.P. Manning
1-7-08
Mark
Tillery, General Manager of WELE-AM 1380
appoints K.P. Manning
as Program Director/Systems Manager.
New Hispanic Program Coming
1-7-09
WNZF-AM
1550 / WNZF-FM 106.3 will
bring a Hispanic news/talk program to Flagler county beginning January 18. Gustavo
Ramos will host the program called "Buenos Dias Flagler".
Wake
Up Daytona Celebrates
1-8-09
Doug Kosarek,
Dave Laing and Mark
Williams celebrate two years on the morning show "Wake Up
Daytona" on
WNDB-AM 1150. Congratulations guys!
Brantley
Slaughter Passes 1-9-08
Hal
Marston informs us that Brantley
Slaughter has passed. Mr. Slaughter's career included a time as Chief
Engineer for WORJ-FM 107.7. From Mr.
Marston's email: "...Brantley
Slaughter passed away on January 6, 2009. What
a great guy! Brantley will be deeply missed. Brantley's
contributions to the community are innumerable as were his acts of kindness to
others. He was involved in local schools, charities, churches, government
and civic improvement causes. Many of us called him fondly the “Oracle
of Orange County” because of his civic activism and desire to help those less
fortunate than himself. We will miss his buoyant wit, keen intellect and huge
heart. Brantley Slaughter lived for others and died at age 78.
Programming
Changes Coming
1-12-08
Beginning January 19 Paul
Harvey morning news, Paul Harvey News and Comment and
The Rest of the Story return to Daytona Beach on WELE. Paul Harvey morning
news will air at 8:30AM with Paul Harvey News and Comments airing daily at
12:30PM. The Rest of the Story will follow ABC Entertainment News
weekday afternoons at 4:05PM.
Mancow Comes To Central Florida 1-12-09
WAMT-AM
1190 began airing the
syndicated Mancow show this morning from 6AM-9AM. The station also began
carrying the full 3 hour Laura Ingraham show from 9AM-Noon. Other recent
changes include the additions of Roger Hedgecock from 6PM-9PM and The Fox
Radio Network’s Tom Sullivan from Midnight-3AM. WAMT also carries
Bill O’Reilly from Westwood One and The Dave Ramsey Show.
Genesis
Shuffles The Deck 1-16-09
"The Beat of Sports with
Marc Daniels and Mike Bianchi" and "The
Sports Section with Marc Ryan" have
been moved from it's home on WAMT-AM 1190
to WHOO-AM
1080.
Marc
Bernier Celebrates 1-20-09
WNDB-AM
1150's Marc Bernier will
celebrate 18 years on the air in Daytona Beach on Wednesday. Congratulations
Marc!
Clear
Channel Cuts Talent 1-21-09
Clear
Channel has handed pink slips to WJRR-FM
101.1's Launa. At one time Launa
was part of the morning show with
Taco Bob and Pat Lynch,
known as The Fiasco. On the AM
side WQTM-AM 740's Maria
Isabel has been shown the door.
Sports
Return to 740 1-23-09
Clear
Channel Communications will reincarnate "740
The Team" on WQTM-AM 740.
Currently 740 is programmed as part of the "La Preciosa Network",
which began last January. The new lineup is not set.
Do Over
For Orlando 1-29-09
The
ratings service Arbitron has notified subscribers that three diaries were
attributed to "an unlicensed station." So Arbitron
will reissue the book on Feb. 2.
Credit was initially awarded to WHOG-FM
95.7 in the Orlando
book, but it turned out the reported listening was to a pirate station.
Break
Out The Birthday Cake 1-31-08
Erica
Lee, one half of WOMX-FM 105.1's morning
team of Scott and Erica will
celebrate a birthday on Monday, February 2. Happy Birthday Ms. Lee!
Buckethead Saves A Life
1-31-08
WOFL-TV
35 is reporting that WTKS-FM 104.1's Buckethead
(Jason Bailey) helped
save the life of a suicidal man. The anonymous caller told Buckethead he
wasn’t sure if he wanted to kill himself and didn’t know what to do. The
caller dubbed "Bill" was taken to an area hospital and is doing fine.
Here is the audio of that call.
Courtesy MyFox Orlando and WTKS-FM
104.1
Liz
Litterello Returns
Liz
Litterello Returns 1-31-08
Paul
Walker lets us know that Liz
Litterello will join WIXC-AM 1060
as News Anchor. Liz was Producer/Call Screener for
Bill Mick on WMMB-AM
1240/WMMV-AM 1350. Liz also hosted "Daybreak
with Liz Litterello" and "Coffee Talk"
on
WMEL-AM 920 as well as "The Space
Coast Speaks" on WINT-AM 1560.
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