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November 12, 2012
BBC Director General George Entwistle Exits Amidst Scandal
On the heels of the eruption of the JIMMY SAVILE scandal, the apparently false report on the BBC's "NEWSNIGHT" naming a politician as a pedophile has forced the resignation of BBC Director General and "NEWSNIGHT" Editor-in-Chief … more »
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December 11, 2008
Jere Sullivan Passes Away
Condolences to family and friends of veteran PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, SAN DIEGO, and MIAMI programmer, producer, and executive JERE SULLIVAN, who died TUESDAY of heart failure. SULLIVAN was working as Director of Traffic Operations at TRAFFIC.COM at the … more »
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May 9, 2008
John Tesh Adds Seven New Affiliates
THE JOHN TESH RADIO SHOW announces the addition of seven new affiliates adding AC stations: WMGF/ORLANDO, FL and WLRQ/MELBOURNE, FL for middays, Hot AC WZAT/SAVANNAH, GA; Classic Hits WXLY/CHARLESTON, SC; Hot AC KZXY/SAN BERNADINO, CA; AC WSNI/KEENE, NH … more »
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February 5, 2008
Knight Named WSJO APD
Afternoon jock CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT adds APD duties at MILLENNIUM Hot AC WSJO (SoJO 104.9)/ATLANTIC CITY-SOUTH JERSEY. KNIGHT and PD ERIC JOHNSON will be working together on programming SoJO, with KNIGHT taking care of the music programming … more »
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November 19, 2007
Philly Legend Hy Lit Dead At 73
HY LIT, 73, one of PHILADELPHIA's pioneer disc jockeys, died yesterday at PAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL of what his son termed "bizarre complications" after a knee injury, reports THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. SAM LIT said his father fell on NOVEMBER … more »
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May 1, 2007
Philly's Rod Carson: 50 Years In Radio
Veteran PHILADELPHIA radio personality and traffic reporter ROD CARSON will be celebrating 50 years in the radio business this summer. CARSON, one of the founders of SHADOW TRAFFIC, started at WCOJ-A/COATESVILLE, PA (west suburban PHILADELPHIA) … more »
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November 27, 2006
BBC Host Nick Clarke Dead At 58
NICK CLARKE, host of BBC RADIO 4 "THE WORLD AT ONE," died FRIDAY (11/24) after a battle with cancer at 58. CLARKE hosted the network's flagship political news program starting in FEBRUARY 1994, with a nine-month break to … more »
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November 21, 2006
PPM Indicates All-Christmas Stations Take Off After Thanksgiving
ARBITRON reports that its PORTABLE PEOPLE METER (PPM) testing in PHILADELPHIA and HOUSTON has shown that stations that have changed to all-CHRISTMAS music have seen a significant impact on their ratings only after the THANKSGIVING holiday. In … more »
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November 7, 2006
WJJZ Names Marano MD, Sirianni Promo Dir.
GREATER MEDIA Smooth Jazz WJJZ (97.5)/PHILADELPHIA has tapped MARGO MARANO as MD and CHRISTINA SIRIANNI as Promotion Dir. MARANO was previously APD at crosstown CLEAR CHANNEL AC WSNI, which is now Spanish "RUMBA 104.5." SIRIANNI had been … more »
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August 31, 2006
WFKB Gets A New Staff
NASSAU Classic Hits WFKB (107.5 FRANK)/READING, PA welcomes so many new faces to the station that PD/middayer RANDI ELLIS has allegedly demanded that everyone wear name tags. To get right down to it, FRANK has added KEN JOHNSON (most recently of KSFN/LAS … more »