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Bret Burkhart Joins KCBS' Anchor Team
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 09:32 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227899/bret-burkhart-joins-kcbs-anchor-team/
After 23 years at 810 KGO San Francisco, news anchor/reporter Bret Burkhart
is jumping to Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC.
Burkhart had been with KGO since 1999, most recently serving as morning and midday news anchor. He has also worked at KCSC and KPAY Chico and KFBK Sacramento in his career.
Audacy welcomes veteran news anchor and reporter Bret Burkhart to KCBS All
News (KCBS-AM) in San Francisco. Burkhart will serve as a news anchor for
the station.
“We are incredibly fortunate that Bret is continuing his already
illustrious career as an anchor for his hometown KCBS,” said Stacey
Kauffman, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy San Francisco.
“He brings to KCBS a comprehensive and complex skill set that we will all benefit from. Bret knows politics, the Bay Area, what makes a good story
and how to tell it, and we look forward to welcoming him aboard.”
“KCBS is the gold standard for news around the Bay Area and beyond and I
feel so fortunate to be joining an amazing group of broadcasters and storytellers,” said Burkhart.
Burkhart joins the station after spending the last 23 years for KGO Radio
in San Francisco. He most recently delivered the news during the station’s morning and midday shows. Over the years, Burkhart has served as an
eyewitness to history for countless listeners, from presidential
conventions to the downfall of one of America’s first homegrown terrorists, the Unabomber. Along the way, his sound-rich stories have gained national attention that garnered him an Edward R. Murrow Award. He has since gone on
to win ten more and was named the Associated Press “Reporter of the Year” eight times, including five consecutively. Other previous experience
includes Newstalk 1060 KPAY in Chico, CA and KFBK Radio in Sacramento.
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Lisa Waks Joins Cumulus As SVP/Digital Partnerships & Business Development
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 06:49 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227892/lisa-waks-joins-cumulus-as-svp-digital-partnerships-business-development/
Cumulus Media has announced the appointment of Lisa Waks as SVP/Digital Partnerships Business Development.
Waks joins Cumulus from TED Conferences, where she was Head of Global Media Partnerships, Strategy, and Operations. She also spent fifteen years at
Scripps Network Interactive in multiple roles including Vice President of Digital Sales and Business Development, Director of Strategic Partnerships,
and Western Region Sales Manager.
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) today announced that Lisa Waks has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Digital Partnerships and Business Development, leading Cumulus Podcast Network’s content acquisition strategy and content pipeline development, with a focus on personality-driven brand franchises in the News; Business, Money Tech; Sports; and Entertainment verticals. Waks reports to Suzanne Grimes, President, Westwood One and EVP, Corporate Marketing, Cumulus Media, who oversees the Cumulus Podcast
Network.
Waks brings more than two decades of expertise in building revenue streams through strategic partnerships and new product development. As a pioneer in
the digital video space, she is responsible for developing multi-platform opportunities across print, TV, experiential, and audio.
Before joining Cumulus Media, Waks was Head of Global Media Partnerships, Strategy, and Operations for TED Conferences, where she expanded their
digital business, streamlined operations, and launched the TED Audio Collective. She previously spent nearly 15 years with Scripps Network Interactive (now part of Warner Bros. Discovery) where she developed cross platform revenue streams and new business ventures including the launch of
a video lifestyle website and network. Waks began her career at Condé Nast with the inception of their web properties.
“Lisa is a trailblazer who has spent years creating new businesses,
building new revenue streams, and forging successful and enduring partnerships,” said Grimes. “We are excited for her to bring this fire and focus to Cumulus to help us continue to expand the Cumulus Podcast Network
with innovative, interesting, and unique content that is craved by
listeners and partners alike.”
“I am thrilled to begin the next chapter in my career with such a long-standing and prestigious organization. Cumulus is best-in-class,
leading the audio industry with a wide range of voices and premium
content,” added Waks. “I believe in the power of the spoken word, and through smart collaborations we will successfully deepen connections and community.”
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Triton Digital Adds Jelli; Makes Multiple Executive Promotions
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 06:24 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227887/triton-digital-adds-jelli-makes-multiple-executive-promotions/
Following its $230 million acquisition by iHeartMedia last December, Triton Digital has announced a series of executive promotions and the integration
of the Jelli platform into its services.
The new promotions include Stephanie Donovan to Global Head of Revenue,
Alex Fournier to Chief Technology Officer, Benjamin Masse to Chief Product Officer, and Molly Glover Gallatin moves over from Jelli as SVP/Marketing
and Jelli Customer Experience. Jelli, the progmmattic ad sales platform,
had been acquired by iHeart in 2018.
Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today several executive promotions. Stephanie Donovan has been promoted to Global Head of Revenue, Alex
Fournier to Chief Technology Officer, Benjamin Masse to Chief Product
Officer, and Molly Glover Gallatin has joined the executive team as SVP of Marketing and Jelli Customer Experience. The promotions further support the company’s recent integration of Jelli toaccelerate the development of innovative technology that serves the entire audio ecosystem across radio, streaming, and podcasting.
“At Triton Digital, it’s our mission to provide innovative technology and services that power the continuously evolving global audio landscape,” said John Rosso, President and CEO, Triton Digital. “These recent promotions within our executive team are key to maintaining innovation and operational excellence within our best-in-class audio streaming, podcasting, audience measurement, and advertising technology. Complemented by the integration of
the Jelli team and technology, we are the industry’s most comprehensive
suite of audio solutions.”
Stephanie Donovan is a recognized leader in the audio industry and a long-standing member of Triton Digital’s leadership team. In her previous role as SVP of Publisher Development, Donovan contributed to expanding
Triton Digital’s client partnerships in North America while also advocating for digital audio’s role in advertisers’ marketing mix. As Global Head of Revenue, Donovan will lead programmatic audio strategies and publisher development expansion within and beyond the 80+ countries Triton Digital currently serves.
Alex Fournier has extensive experience leading technology and operations
and has played an integral role in driving Triton Digital’s growth and performance. As Chief Technology Officer, Fournier will be responsible for leading the company’s technology roadmap and increasing its ability to meet evolving client expectations, specifically in regard to security, privacy, availability, and performance.
As a part of Triton Digital’s integration with Jelli, Molly Glover Gallatin has been appointed SVP of Marketing and Jelli Customer Experience.
Previously, Molly was the SVP of Marketing and Customer Experience for
Jelli and led its marketing initiatives. As SVP of Marketing and Jelli
Customer Experience, Glover Gallatin will oversee all marketing and communications activities for Triton Digital. In addition, she will
continue to lead customer experience for Jelli products.
Benjamin Masse has a proven track record of establishing synergies between business stakeholders, clients, and software development teams as Triton Digital’s Managing Director of Market Development and Strategy. As Chief Product Officer, Masse will lead product strategy and operations to ensure Triton Digital remains adaptive in the evolving audio marketplace. Masse
will also play an integral role in integrating Jelli’s platform technology for the radio advertising market into Triton Digital’s suite of advertising technologies.
With Triton Digital and Jelli joining forces, Triton Digital’s audio technology stack now provides a cross-platform advertising solution that
serves the entire audio industry. The combination of complementary products
and technologies accelerates Triton Digital’s development and growth of innovative solutions that benefit the global audio ecosystem.
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iHeart & State Farm To Launch iHeartLand On Roblox
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 06:16 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227885/iheart-state-farm-to-launch-iheartland-on-roblox/
After announcing earlier this year its intent to “bring immersive musical moments to the over 47M daily active users on the Roblox platform and
launch its first tokenized community”, iHeartMedia has announced it is partnering with State Farm to launch iHeartLand on the platform.
The metaverse growth will feature live experiences, combining major album releases, some of the biggest hit podcasts and interactive gaming.
iHeartMedia and State Farm announced today a groundbreaking partnership
aimed at redefining entertainment experiences in the metaverse, beginning
with Roblox. This summer, State Farm is celebrating its 100th anniversary
by stepping into the metaverse in collaboration with iHeartMedia to create
the future of live experiences, combining major album releases, some of the biggest hit podcasts and interactive gaming in exciting new ways for fans.
“iHeartLand is designed to break down the walls between artists, creators, brands and fans in new ways that are only possible in the metaverse,” said Conal Byrne, CEO of the iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group. “As the leading brand for music discovery and popular culture, and the No. 1 podcast
publisher globally, we’re excited to build an entirely new world for our biggest creators and the biggest names in music to quite literally play
with their fans. The interactive experiences players will get in iHeartLand
and in this new first-of-its-kind venue will be incredibly dynamic and creative. We couldn’t be more pleased to collaborate with State Farm given their history of innovation in marketing and desire to continue creating memorable experiences for consumers – and given our companies’ shared fundamental focus on community and neighbors, there was truly no other
brand we’d choose to embark on this project with.”
“State Farm shares in the excitement,” says Rand Harbert, Chief Agency, Sales Marketing Officer. “As the quintessential good neighbor, it only
makes sense for State Farm to join the virtual neighborhood that is the metaverse. We’re excited to work with iHeartMedia to meet consumers where they are in a way only our two brands can. Together, we aim to create a
space where fans can compete and collaborate to unlock once-in-a-lifetime experiences in a virtually limitless world of entertainment in iHeartLand.”
iHeartLand will be the premier destination in the metaverse for fans to interact with artists and creators while learning how to build their own
music empire through competition, collaboration and connection with the
biggest names in music, podcasting and entertainment. To celebrate its
launch, the new arena will kick off a steady drumbeat of events where fans
can expect performances, new music drops, interactive podcasts, exclusive collectible merch and special access to VIP experiences curated exclusively
for metaverse players. Additional details about iHeartLand and the
performance and event lineup will be announced closer to launch.
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Tim Convy Joins WARH's Courtney Show
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 04:30 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227218/tim-convy-joins-warhs-courtney-show/
Hubbard Variety Hits 106.5 The Arch WARH Granite City IL/St. Louis has
added a fourth member to The Courtney Show in mornings.
Tim Convy, who previously worked with host Courtney Landrum at Audacy Hot
AC Y98 KYKY, will join the show that also features his brother Chris Convy
and Brandon ‘Brando’ Luttman. Convy is a member of the band Ludo and a touring comedian. He previously co-hosted mornings at CHR Now 96.3 KNOU
from 2016-2018 and then at KYKY from February 2020 to March 2021. He was
also a producer on Comedy Centrals Not Safe With Nikki Glaser.
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JRDN Exits Nights At 103.5 Kiss-FM Chicago
Posted: 08 Jun 2022 04:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227849/jrdn-exits-nights-at-103-5-kiss-fm-chicago/
Jordan JRDN Foster has exited the night show at iHeartMedia CHR 103.5
Kiss-FM WKSC Chicago.
JRDN joined WKSC in 2015 and was promoted from overnights and fill-ins to evening host in October 2019. He previously was a rapper under the name Jay Foss.
I’m no longer with @1035KISSFM. Beautiful ride. Chicago I love you so much. Talk soon
- JRDN (@OnAirJRDN) June 7, 2022
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Bob Stroud To Step Down From WDRV Middays
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 11:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227813/bob-stroud-to-step-down-from-wdrv-middays/
Bob Stroud will step down from his midday shift at Hubbard Classic Rock
97.1 The Drive WDRV Chicago/96.9 WWDV Zion IL on June 30.
The 71 year old Stroud has been a staple in Chicago since joining 95.5 WMET
in 1979. Stroud will continue to host the “Ten at 10” and “One 45 at 1:45”
segments as well as his Sunday morning Rock and Roll Roots that has bounced around the market with him since launching in 1980 from WMET to 97.9 WLUP, 105.9 WCKG, 1000 WLUP, 94.7 WXCD, 93.1 WXRT, and since 2001 WDRV. Stroud
was the first on-air host heard at the station after its flip to Classic
Rock in 2001.
Afternoon co-host Janda Lane will fill-in on middays starting July 1 until
a new host is found.
Hubbard Radio Chicago’s 97.1FM The Drive Brand Content Director Keith Hastings announced today that legendary Midday host Bob Stroud will
relinquish his full-time duties at the end of this month, beginning semi-retirement. He will continue to be heard on The Drive weekdays,
hosting daily features: Ten at 10 and One 45 at 1:45. Stroud will also continue to host his Sunday morning Rock ‘n Roll Roots program, something
he has done for an amazing 42 years, the last 21 of those on WDRV.
Stroud says, “I never saw this coming, a 43 year career in the city of my dreams, Chicago. Now it’s time to kick back a bit and spend the proverbial more time with my family, while still keeping a tone arm in the game by continuing to host two weekday features and my 42 year old baby, Rock ‘n
Roll Roots.
Brand Content Director Keith Hastings added, “I am just thrilled for Bob’s opportunity. To be able to enjoy life and family fun time, while
continuing to nurture his relationship with Drive Nation is a rare opportunity. He gets to continue to do what he loves, while doing it on
his own timeline. He is a special talent and a special person. I am
really pleased that we will be able to continue to work together in this
great city”.
While Stroud’s presence on the station continues, this shift in the lineup creates a new full-time opportunity. Hastings will immediately begin the search for a Midday host for the nation’s premiere classic rock station.
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Steve Cochran To Host Mornings At WLS
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 10:22 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227801/steve-cochran-to-host-mornings-at-wls/
Cumulus Media Conservative Talk 890 WLS Chicago has announced the addition
of Steve Cochran as morning host starting Wednesday, June 15.
Cochran most recently hosted mornings at Nexstar News/Talk 720 WGN from
August 2013 until the end of 2019. He had another stint at WGN from 2000 to 2010 in multiple dayparts including afternoons, mornings, and fill-ins. He
has also spent time at numerous other stations in Chicago including hosting mornings on AC 100.3 WPNT from 1994-96, multiple dayparts on 1000 WLUP and
97.9 WLUP-FM from 96-99, and afternoons at 560 WIND from 2011 to 2013.
Cochran also hosted late mornings at KTRS St. Louis from 2010 to 2013 and hosted mornings at KDWB Minneapolis from 1988-93 and had a very brief run
at “Z100” WHTZ New York in early 1996.
Cochran, who has been filling in on the morning slot for the past month,
fills the opening created by the exit of Bruce St. James in early April.
CHICAGO – June 7, 2022 – Cumulus Media’s (NASDAQ: CMLS) WLS-AM 890 today announced a proven winner in Chicago radio will bring his talent and deep Chicago roots to “The Steve Cochran Show,” a new morning talk show that will air weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. beginning June 15, 2022.
“Im delighted to welcome Steve to our team, where I know he will bring his wisdom, wit, and political prowess to morning drive,” said Stephanie Tichenor, Program Director WLS-AM 890. “Our listeners need a place to feel safe to express their opinions while having a destination for
entertainment, news, and, of course, conservative conversation. Steve will provide that for our Chicagoland audience. Im looking forward to growing
890 with Steve Cochran in the mornings.”
“Like thousands of others, I did my homework listening to The Big 89 WLS
when I was a kid,” added Cochran. “Its an honor to say those call letters, and I cant wait to get started.”
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Marty Lennartz To Move To Mornings At WXRT
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 08:18 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227797/marty-lennartz-to-move-to-mornings-at-wxrt/
Audacy AAA 93.1 WXRT Chicago will round out its lineup revamp with the move
of afternoon host Marty Lennartz to mornings starting Monday, June 13.
Lennartz has been with WXRT since 1981 in multiple roles including morning
show producer, overnight host, Creative Assistant to Programming, and host
of both Live from Studio X and The Big Beat. He has been in the afternoon
drive slot since the retirement of Frank E. Lee in 2015. He takes the
morning show slot that will be vacated by Richard Milne at the end of this
week to care for his wife.
Annalisa, whose addition to the WXRT airstaff last week came without an announcement on daypart, will fill Lennartz slot in afternoons. She
currently holds that position at Northeast Broadcastings 92.5 The River
WXRV Boston.
Audacy announces 93XRT (WXRT-FM) afternoon host Marty Lennartz will
transition to host the Chicago station’s morning drive beginning June 13. Lennartz will succeed Richard Milne, who recently announced he is stepping away.
“Marty has exemplified excellence at every move during his 40 plus year career at WXRT,” said Laura Duncan, Brand Manager, 93XRT. “Chicago will start the day with a friend they’ve known for years.”
“I couldn’t be more excited about doing mornings on XRT and follow in the footsteps of three of my best friends, Terri Hemmert, Lin Brehmer and
Richard Milne,” said Lennartz. “I started my career getting up early to produce Terri Hemmert’s morning show after being her student at Columbia College and now all these years later I get to host.”
Lennartz, a Chicago native, joined 93XRT in 1981 as a producer for Terri Hemmerts morning show. In 1986, he became a full time DJ providing the soundtrack for the all-nighters and early risers as longtime overnight
host. In the mid-2000’s, Lennartz was named Creative Assistant to Programming, which came with a wide range of responsibilities from music programming to writing to production. He also helped establish 93XRT’s “Live from Studio X” series, hosting close to 100 performance and interview sessions with some of music’s biggest artists. After introducing 93XRT listeners to new artists as host of “The Big Beat” for 14 years, Lennartz came back to the air full-time as afternoon host.
Annalisa, who was announced June 2 as the newest addition to the 93XRT
lineup, will host afternoon drive beginning June 13.
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Kate Bushs Uphill Journey at Radio
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 08:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/227703/kate-bushs-uphill-journey-at-radio/
If there’s any artist who typifies, for me, the difference between music discovery in my adolescence and how songs are found now, it’s Kate Bush.
I first read about Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” in Winter ’78 in Billboard. It was probably first just an anonymous chart listing in “Hits
of the World,” but then there was pre-U.S. release industry buzz about the album, The Kick Inside. That might be typical of nobody else’s childhood,
but the same sort of excitement was happening in any music paper that a
certain type of teen might have read.
I saw a lot of songs written about on the UK charts that I never got to
read about. Some I would come across while record-hunting in Canada, where
all things British were more likely to have been hits, and more likely to
have at least been released. (That’s how I found the pop/reggae “If I Had Words” by Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley, but most people heard it years later in Babe, where it flew past most Americans.) Some I didn’t hear until
I could stream UK radio and heard them as gold in the late ’90s.
I hung out in a lot of record stores in 1978. The Kick Inside seems as if
it would have been a record-clerk favorite. I can’t believe I never heard
it played all the way through, but the No. 1 in-store favorite in that era would have easily been Blondie’s Parallel Lines. I finally got to see Kate Bush on Saturday Night Live in 1978, but she performed the next single,
“Man With the Child in His Eyes.” Im not sure when I finally heard Wuthering, but in my college dorm a year later, I heard the Pat Benatar
version a lot more.
The first Kate Bush song I heard on the radio was 1980’s “Babooshka.” By then, I’d learned to find Radio Luxembourg for the 90 minutes or so per day that you could hear it in the Northeast on shortwave radio. “Babooshka” was exactly what I was looking for from UK radio, something way hipper than “Steal Away” and “Sailing.” Again, no claim is made toward these being more
normal music fan hacks. They would have just gone to an import store, and I finally found that single at Chicago’s Wax Trax. Same with her holiday single, “December Will Be Magic Again.”
I was working at Radio & Records in 1985 when “Running Up That Hill” was released. In the halls, there was a lot of excitement about Bush finally
having her American hit. “Running” was No. 3 in the UK, but only No. 30 in America. It was the kind of song that I remember hearing on Top 40 KKHR Los Angeles, faster on rock songs than KIIS. At that moment, it felt like Bush
had made her radio record, but not her hit.
I knew of, but don’t think I heard the UK follow-up, “Cloudbusting.” I knew it much better six years later as the sample in “Something Good” by the Utah Saints. Her guest appearance on Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up”
was No. 9 UK, but only top-70 here and upstaged by the other singles from
So.
I was working at Alternative WDRE Long Island (the once and future WLIR)
when the She’s Having a Baby soundtrack came out, and that’s how I knew “This Woman’s Work,” more than a year before it finally became a UK hit. I
also remember hearing “Love and Anger” on WDRE and thinking that was what a hit single by Kate Bush would sound like. But it wasn’t even a big UK hit, and in the U.S., there were a lot of Alternative songs that should have
been pop hits in 1990.
“Rubberband Girl” also sounded like Bush was trying to construct a hit single, at a time when Top 40 in the U.S. could have used one. Mostly I
heard it on WKQX (Q101) Chicago, then at the height of its “new rock alternative” excitement. But I also seem to remember suburban WBUS, the closest thing available to a Mainstream Top 40 at the time, playing it as
well. In the UK, it was her last Top 20 song until this week, when it
returned to No. 8 on the official chart but debuted a few days later at No.
2 on the syndicated Big Top 40 countdown.
When Meg Myers brought her version of “Running Up That Hill” to No. 1 at Alternative two years ago, it was a perfect example of a song that was
“kind of known” to some listeners. In retrospect, it was a song that Top 40 should have dealt with then. If it had the combo of “known nugget” plus “established artist” (e.g., if Toto had chosen that song instead of “Africa”), it probably would have crossed over.
My initial thought after the Stranger Things spike in activity was that Top
40 should go back and play Meg Myers. Since then, Warners has serviced the
Bush version to pop, and the original is the one on those stations that
still seek out secret weapons, such as WXSS (Kiss 103.7) Milwaukee and WDJQ (Q92) Canton, Ohio. There is resurgent Alternative airplay for the Myers version (and the original).
Bush’s original “Running” has plenty “ahead-of-its-time” currency — the EDM
pop of the late ’10s and early ’20s has spent a lot of time trying to recreate Bush’s sound with manipulated vocal samples. Bush’s “Running” is
officially on Rhino/Warner, meaning that 36 years after “At This Moment,” we have the possibility of Rhino getting a second No. 1 from a TV show placement. We also have the odd “only-in-2022” specter of a song breaking at contemporary formats and going into Classic Hits libraries at the same
time.
As radio ponders “Running Up That Hill,” please understand that the excitement is in dealing with it now, not waiting to see if it tests in six weeks (although my prediction is that, with the help of TV, it almost
certainly will). The best-case scenario for pop radio is still “more traditional radio records” plus “more outliers” — that would get us to 30
viable records instead of hovering in the high teens/low 20s.
Music writers and the music industry were happy enough that Kate Bush had
her moment in 1985, so they must be ecstatic for her now. It’s fun to
imagine what the next step could be. She did record other songs that
sounded like hits, all ripe now to return in (slightly) remixed form. That
Utah Saints record still sounds amazing (and anticipates today’s reliance
on flipped and interpolated older songs). It’s also not hard to imagine her back with some sort of Elton John/Dua Lipa-style collaboration. (Coincidentally, when Bush recorded a song for an Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute album, it was “Rocket Man.”)
The resurgence of “Running Up That Hill” is certainly a likely “exhibit A”
for fans of the ’80s who have since checked out of paying attention to current pop music. The time when their kids were turning them on to Katy
Perry and Usher has passed, and it’s easy to be cynical about a 1986 Kate Bush record being more potent than current music. I’m on the record as
still finding plenty of recent music that I like. But in the new paradigm, especially at a time when there aren’t enough hits, there’s room for both.
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Chris Sommer To Depart KRLD
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 06:47 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227790/chris-sommer-to-depart-krld/
Chris Sommer will depart his position as afternoon news anchor on Audacy
News 1080 KRLD Dallas on Friday, June 17.
Sommer has been a staple in the Dallas market since the early 90s when he
first joined News/Talk 570 KLIF as a newscaster and then spent two decades
as part of the morning show at Country 99.5 The Wolf KPLX from 1992 to
2011. He joined KRLD and the Texas State Network in 2012.
In a Facebook comment announcing his departure, Sommer wrote, Good morning!
As some of you correctly surmised after reading my brief post on Saturday,
I am leaving KRLD/TSN effective Friday, June 17. But I also have made the decision to leave the broadcasting industry, which has been so good to me
for nearly 40 years. It’s the only real job I’ve had since I was a teenager, and it’s been a wonderful ride.
I am departing to take on a completely new challenge in a totally different field. It’s out of my comfort zone, but I think I’m gonna love it, and as I mentioned on Saturday, I am extremely excited for the next chapter.
I have seen a lot of teammates come and go over the years, and I have
always thought it extremely unfair when someone you listen to vanishes
without explanation. I did not want that to be the case in my situation. I consider each of you a friend, and I want you to know that I will still be around. Please holler at me anytime.
Thanks for all your kindness and friendship and thank you for allowing me
to come through your radios over these many years. And one more thing for
my friend Chopejoe Rodriquez Jr. maybe I will make it out your way to take
in a Lindale game this fall!
May God bless you all!!
As my friend Cody Alan used to say, bye for now.
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WCCO Adds Jason DeRusha As Afternoon Host; Adam Carter & Jordana Green Take Vacant 9-12 Slot
Posted: 07 Jun 2022 04:40 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227718/wcco-adds-jason-derusha-as-afternoon-host-adam-carter-jordana-green-take-vacant-9-12-slot/
Audacy News/Talk 830 WCCO Minneapolis is launching new shows in two prime weekday dayparts on Monday, June 27.
Jason DeRusha, who will be leaving CBS WCCO-TV on June 23 after two decades
at the television station, will takeover afternoons from 3-6pm. DeRusha
joined WCCO-TV as a reporter in 2003 and has served as morning and noon
anchor since 2013. He also serves as
Food Editor/Restaurant Critic for Minnesota Monthly and has been a regular fill-in host on WCCO radio since 2011.
That will bring to an end the afternoon show hosted by Paul Douglas and
Jordana Green since August 2017. Douglas will remain with WCCO as the
stations Chief Meteorologist. Douglas has served as a television
meteorologist in the market at KARE-TV from 1983 to 1994 and WCCO-TV from
1997 to 2008. Green, who joined WCCO as late night host in 2012, will move
to late-mornings from 9am to 12pm, where she will be paired with current
news anchor Adam Carter. They fill the opening created by Cory Hepolas departure in February.
The remainder of WCCOs weekday lineup remains in-tact. Vineeta Sawkar, who joined the station in January, will continue to anchor The Morning News.
Chad Hartman hosts 12-3pm. Nights will feature Minnesotas Drivetime News
from 6-630pm. Sports to the Max hosted by Mike Max will continue from
630-9pm, and Henry Lake from 9pm-1am.
Audacy has announced an updated weekday programming lineup for 830 WCCO (WCCO-AM) in Minneapolis, including the launch of a new afternoon drive
show hosted by Twin Cities media personality Jason DeRusha. DeRusha will be heard weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CT, beginning June 27.
“Jasons not only a beloved and trusted Minnesota broadcaster; he also has
the rare ability to truly connect and engage with everyone he talks to,”
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