Archive for October, 2009

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KTAR-FM switches out Hendrie for Ramsey

If you’ve tuned-in to KTAR-FM tonight for Phil Hendrie, chances are you made an additional glance at where your radio’s dial is. Starting today, Dave Ramsey is now in-place for KTAR-FM’s evening time slot.

Rather than the news, talk, and comedy mix of Hendrie’s show, the topic of money will broadcast instead.

The move comes five days after the All Access story of Phil Hendrie bringing back his large cast of characters.

Norm Seeley reflects on radio being live

“Live” seems to be a luxury of radio these days, quickly becoming more and more of a rarity.

Norm Seeley (of KRUX and KOOL) has posted a blog this morning reflecting on live radio and providing us an audio clip eight minutes in length of a CBS broadcast aired on KOOL-AM, December 1, 1967. Lowell Thomas gave the news. Norm ran the network program from the studio.

It’s the magic of live radio — don’t miss all eight minutes!

Click here for Norm Seeley’s blog

KEDJ set for a morning show

KEDJ hires Jaime Cooley (former MD/nights of Alternative KNRK/Portland) to join Gadger in mornings. Cooley had been at KNRK for 13 years before getting fired in a round of Entercom budget cuts over a year ago. The music-focused morning show with Jaime Cooley and Gadger will debut November 2.

Her page at KNRK can still be found here.

The launch of the all-new PhoenixAirchecks.com

…launches TODAY at 5pm, with an all-new, easy-to-navigate layout. The all-news home page is categorized by station! Station pages can be found listed to the right. What can you expect? Quick updates, news, comment, and mp3s soon to be amongst pages. Enjoy. FOLLOW US: FacebookTwitter

Book on radio greats include several of Phoenix

Nationally recognized radio historian, Radio & Records, and All Access columnist Bob Shannon is coming out with a new book. It’s titled Turn It Up!: American Radio Tales and it features several of the biggest names of radio– talent, programmers, the innovators, and brilliant ones behind the magic of radio.

Some of those included are names us Phoenicians may know: Larry Daniels, John Sebastian, Gary Stevens, and Todd Wallace.

Turn It Up!: American Radio Tales by Bob Shannon.

Click here to check out the website and purchase.

KMLE’s Gwen Foster and Jeff West are out

KMLE’s Gwen Foster (middays) and Jeff West (afternoons) are no longer a part of Camel Country, leaving the Tim and Willy morning show as the only local talent. Jeff West had taken the afternoon slot after KMLE fired 20-year station veteran Big Shoe Stu in December 2008. The reason given for all of the above are the same: “budget cuts.”

Scott Anderson’s radio for Mesa

Scott Anderson makes the AZCentral.com website with his latest project.

Ex-radio ‘bomb thrower’ now using airwaves to unite Mesa

Read here.

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