Posted on 14 December 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Tim Pohlman will be joining CBS Radio Phoenix as their new market manager after the announced departure of Mark Waters in November. Pohlman will join the three station cluster consisting of country KMLE, classic hits KOOL, and top 40/rhythmic KZON.
Pohlman is no stranger to CBS Radio or the duties as market manager. He had been market manager of CBS Radio Los Angeles’ cluster. He has been CEO of Riviera Broadcasting.
Posted on 08 December 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Tuesday morning power outages in the Valley have not only left an estimated 18,000 people without electricity, according to APS spokeswoman Jenna Henry, but also briefly knocked out several major Phoenix FM radio stations.
Several– if not a majority– of the FM stations went to static around 10:27am. The static lasted for a minute or two before broadcasts returned on-air. A few others, like KOOL-FM, went from static to silence for a few moments more.
A second occurrence reportedly occurred just minutes shy of 11am, that affected Bonneville’s KPKX and KTAR-FM. Since both stations returned just before the noon hour, we presume the hour was used for transmitter work. Both are located on South Mountain, which supports a majority of Phoenix FM radio station transmitters.
Posted on 06 December 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
KMLE Country 108 morning duo, Tim & Willy, hosted their 18th annual “Christmas Breakfast Show at Night,” Saturday night at the Celebrity Theatre. Proceeds benefit the Tim & Willy Kids FUN-Dation.
Comedian Tim Hawkins was a part, as well as many other special guest appearances. Tim & Willy played with their All Earl Band, which is compiled of the Herndon Brothers– regulars at Scottsdale country bar, Handlebar J.
Below: Opening video to the Tim & Willy Christmas Breakfast Show at Night
Taylor Swift “sings” Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” with background dancing by Tim & Willy.
Posted on 01 December 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Clear Channel country station KNIX re-sign the morning duo, Ben and Matt, who have been with the station since January 2008 after departure of Tim & Willy.
Tim & Willy are fixtures in Phoenix country music radio, and Ben and Matt have been doubted to be a viable replacement. Contrary to those beliefs, they have been doing well, even battling the Tim & Willy morning show on country competitor KMLE.
Ben and Matt were awarded as “Best Country Radio Personalities” by the Phoenix New Times in 2009.
Below: “Meet Ben and Matt” YouTube video circa January 2008
Posted on 18 November 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Mark Waters has left the building at CBS Radio Phoenix as Sr. VP/Market Manager, overseeing Country station KMLE, Classic Hits KOOL, and Rhythmic/Top 40 KZON.
In 2006, Waters left Bonneville Phoenix. He joined CBS Radio Phoenix in November 2006, and has held the Sr. VP/Market Manager position of the three station cluster since February 2007, succeeding Marco Camacho.
It is not known at this time who the replacement will be.
Posted on 04 November 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
This year’s VA Veterans Day Parade in Phoenix will include longtime Valley morning radio host, Dave Pratt, as Celebrity Grand Marshal. The parade is set to begin at 11am from Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center on Wednesday November 11.
Pratt, who has been on the radio in Phoenix for nearly thirty years (KUPD, KZON, KMLE), was let go from CBS Radio/KMLE in late 2008 due to budget cuts. His support and dedication for the Phoenix community continues on. You can catch him at the upcoming parade.
Posted on 04 November 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
The month of October brought trouble to CBS Radio Phoenix, with the suspensions and departures of both on and off-air employees.
We begin with the KMLE Country 108 morning duo, Tim and Willy. Sources state the reason for their three day absence during the last week of the month was due to a suspension without pay on charges of plugola. Another CBS Radio Phoenix staffer(s) lost their job on the same charge.
101.5 Jamz (KZON) morning guy, Strawberry, was apparently charged of the same, suspended then fired. You can now hear him during the weekend on San Francisco’s MOViN 99.7.
Tim and Willy returned after their three day suspension; Jamz is in the process of searching for a brand-new morning show. No information is known on the replacement of the other position(s).
Posted on 05 October 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
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.”
Posted on 25 September 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Tim and Willy will be joining ABC 15 Daybreak starting Monday. (5-7am)
Posted on 29 August 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
Liz Boyle tells us that John Giese and Bill Andres (KDKB’s John & Bill) are planning to reunite at the AMEHOF benefit concert, Sept. 6. Also emceeing: Wonderful Russ (KDKB), Marty Manning (KESZ), and Jim West (KNIX, KMLE)!
For more info, go here.
