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Jeff West to return to KMLE Country

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:50:28 +0000

Jeff West tells us he will be returning to KMLE Country starting Monday evening.

West has been gone from the station since October of 2009 and had held down the afternoon drive slot on KMLE most recently.

He will now be heard weekday evenings, 7-midnight.

Valley stations’ Suns spirit strong

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:41:46 +0000

Valley stations have gone “orng” for the Suns’ two home playoff games at US Airways Center.

CBS Radio Phoenix stations 94.5 KOOL-FM, KMLE Country 108, and 101.5 JamZ attracted fans and listeners to sign the Suns board in front of US Airways Center.

101.5 JamZ and Power 98.3 staff and listeners represented themselves on national television last night, holding signs in support of the Suns with station logos on the back. They could be seen throughout TNT’s after-game show, “Inside The NBA.”

Power 98.3 signs held outside of US Airways Center Tuesday after a Phoenix Suns Game 4 victory over the Lakers. Photo Courtesy: TwitPic.com

A battle of Phoenix morning radio

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:31:16 +0000

AZCentral.com’s 4th annual Best Of poll is out, asking readers for their best choices around the Valley, from food, to entertainment, resorts, hotels, and the best of in radio.

One question asks,
“WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE MORNING DJ(s)?”

Options (and percentages as of 5:45 this evening):
Ankarlo (Darrell Ankarlo), KTAR
2%
Barry Young, KFYI talk radio
2%
Ben and Matt , KNIX
30%
Beth and Bill, KEZ
5%
Dave Pratt, formerly of KMLE
31%
Doug & Wolf, KTAR
1%
Holmberg’s Morning Sickness, KUPD
4%
Howard Stern, Sirius Satellite Radio
2%
Johnjay and Rich, KISS
21%
Tim and Willie, KMLE
2%

You can place your vote here.

PhoenixAirchecks.com Analysis:
- Where’s everybody else? Surprised to not see Chris & Amy. What about JR & Mary? And why not Tom & Maria? Dave Pratt is still an option, yet it’s been fifteen months since he’s been on the radio. (Yeah, but he also blogs for AZCentral.)

- Speaking of Dave Pratt, Pratt is beating Holmberg’s Morning Sickness over septuple! (that means times seven)

- Johnjay and Rich seem to be the ones most pushing for their followers on Twitter to vote for them on this one. So far it’s gotten them to 21%.

- Why can AZCentral never spell Willy’s name right?

Bruce St. James to KTAR-FM full-time

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:53:41 +0000

Radio veteran and most recent program director of CBS Radio Phoenix’s KMLE and KZON, Bruce St. James, made the announcement today that he will get his start on 92.3 KTAR-FM on Monday.

St. James will take care of the 9am to noon shift– a shift that most recently belonged to Darrell Ankarlo. He is no stranger to KTAR-FM as he had been one of a few wheel of hosts filling in for the 9am to noon shift while Ankarlo continued to recover from a serious injury suffered over a year ago.

Bruce St. James will take late mornings over beginning Monday, May 3.

KMLE Nation at Country Thunder

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:53:13 +0000

Country Thunder is underway in Florence, AZ, and KMLE Country 108 is present, complete with TweetPhotos.

http://tweetphoto.com/18588513

APD duties rearranged at CBS Radio Phoenix

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:57:06 +0000

CBS Radio Phoenix rearranged Assistant Program Director duties recently for both 94.5 KOOL-FM and KMLE Country 108. Drew Bland, who had held the APD position for both KOOL and KMLE since March 2008, will now only focus on KMLE. He makes way for Phoenix newcomer, Jeffrey T. Mason, who will take over the APD duties for KOOL.

In addition to Mason’s newly acquired duties, he will also continue to be heard middays on KOOL and afternoons on KMLE.

Announcement of a unique, local Dave Pratt return

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:18:02 +0000

Those who were awaiting the Morning Mayor Dave Pratt’s big news likely got it this morning via email.

The announcement was sent in the wee hours of the morning, written by Mark Curtis, friend of Pratt’s and of Channel 12.

“Well guess what? Pratt is back,” Curtis writes. “Yes, now you can still get your dose of Dave Pratt in the Morning! You can still get the bold opinions, off-beat humor and eye opening comments that have caused thousands to spit out coffee on their dashboards.”

When Pratt hinted that his announcement would have nothing to do with radio or television, he wasn’t kidding.

Starting today, he is making a unique return– still local– via personal blogging on azcentral. Get to his page here: www.davepratt.azcentral.com

Mason to also be included on KOOL

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:20:58 +0000

Back in mid-December, PhoenixAirchecks.com got first word from a friend of Jeffrey T. Mason that he will be KMLE Country 108’s new afternoon personality, set to begin Jan. 11 (originally– but the debut has since been moved to the 13th) and that this will be “my second run with OM Kris Abrams. We worked together at WFBC/Greenville in 1995,” Mason told AllAccess.com.

Now since yesterday, word from the same source is that Jeffrey will also get a full-time position at 94.5 KOOL-FM, a sister station of KMLE at CBS Radio Phoenix playing classic hits.

The word came suddenly, as he updated his homepage with large, bold font, “This just in,” and beginning the news with “there’s yet another twist to this story…” He will start at KOOL on Monday, Jan. 25, in the 10am-1pm time slot.

Many maneuvers are happening recently around CBS Radio Phoenix, including the replacement in Market Manager by bringing in Tim Pohlman, and most recently bringing in Bruce St. James to program KMLE and KZON, leaving Kris Abrams to program only KOOL.

KMLE, KZON get new program director

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:17:14 +0000

The beginning of Bruce St. James’ Facebook and Twitter status Tuesday evening reads, “I think I got a real job. My 6 month vacation is coming to a screeching halt.”

A change-up at CBS Radio Phoenix brings aboard Bruce St. James to program both Camel Country 108 (KMLE) and top 40/rhythmic 101.5 Jamz (KZON).

St. James is a programming veteran of Valley radio, most notably of Power 98.3 (& 92.3 before the switch),KKFR, and alternative station, The Edge, KEDJ.

KMLE hires Jeff Mason for afternoons

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:58:17 +0000

KMLE Country 108 brings aboard “Jeffro,” Jeff Mason, to the afternoon shift. He is set to begin January 11.

Jeffro comes over from doing afternoons and middays on country WMZQ-FM in Washington DC. His other positions at WMZQ included Music Director and Assistant Program Director.

You can find more at his website, JeffreyT.com, by clicking here.