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April 2016 |
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More Birthdays 4-10-16 Birthday greetings go out this week to; "Slats" (Tim Guinane) on Tuesday. On Wednesday, former morning man Timmy Vee, Tracey Young and Shawn Burke all celebrate. And Steve Schiffman will celebrate on Thursday. |
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WURB Is No More 4-13-16 The FCC has cancelled the license of WURB-FM 97.7, Cross City. A construction permit was granted to Alex Media, Inc. in 2011. Urban One Network, LLC purchased the permit in 2013. The station’s planned key demographic was black Americans ages 34 to 65. |
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Latest PPM Ratings 4-13-16 The latest Nielsen PPM ratings for Orlando are in. Read them here. |
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Congrats! 4-13-16 Congratulations go out to WTKS-FM 104.1's Monsters have come in at number 58 on Talkers Magazine 2016 Heavy Hundred. |
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WMFE Takes Awards 4-18-16 The news team at WMFE-FM 90.7 won awards in categories including cultural/historical feature and public affairs at the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters 2016 radio and TV contest held April 9 at the annual FAPB awards banquet in Orlando. Reporter Renata Sago won second place in the cultural/historical feature category for her piece “Vietnamese Vets Still Fighting the War Forty Years After Fall of Saigon,” which recounts the harrowing journeys of Vietnam veterans and Orlando residents Tuan Tran and his friend Cang Nguyen. In the public affairs category, second place went to Matthew Peddie, host of WMFE’s news and in-depth conversation program, "Intersection", and assistant news director, and Brendan Byrne, program and online content producer, for their Intersection show “Parramore Tackles a Changing Neighborhood.” The Aug. 18, 2015, show focused on how Parramore, Orlando’s historically black neighborhood, is dealing with crime and development, including a soccer stadium, amid an expanding economy. |
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WPOZ Turns Off PPM Encoder 4-18-16 Inside Radio has the explanation for the drop in the ratings for WPOZ-FM 88.3. Read it here. |
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Speaking Of Awards... 4-20-16 Winners of the 2016 Edward R. Murrow Award for small market Radio Stations include; WUFT-FM 89.1 for overall excellence as well as News Documentary: "Homeless Problem" and for News Series; "Differently Abled!". Congratulations to everyone involved. |
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Happy Birthday 4-21-16 Happy birthday tomorrow to CFLRadio veteran and WMMO-FM 98.9 Program Director, Hildi. |
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Jerry Greene Passes 4-21-16 Longtime Orlando Sentinel Sports Columnist and sports radio co-host/commentator Jerry Greene has passed. Jerry was a true "personality" and will be missed. Jerry worked stints at both WQTM-AM 740 and WYGM-AM 740. In Memory |
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Birthdays This Week 4-25-16 Former WJHM-FM 101.9 "Amp Radio" Program Director Bobby Smith celebrates on Wednesday. CFLRadio legend and founder of Doc Holliday's Phoenix Rising Radio Network celebrates number 55 on Thursday. |
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Happy Birthday! 4-30-16 Buddy Pittman celebrates number 64 on Sunday. Also blowing out the candles on Sunday will be Frank Scott and Chuck Agostinelli producer for the late, great Gene Burns at WKIS-AM 740. On Wednesday, WCFB-FM 94.5's Program Director, Michael Saunders will celebrate. |
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