The “call to public service remains,” and so former Representative turned talk show host, J.D. Hayworth, says goodbye to his listeners today on Clear Channel’s news/talk 550 KFYI.

The brand-new programming schedule is not yet released. There is speculation on whether Mike Broomhead will get J.D.’s afternoon shift, or if the Nearly Famous Barry Young gets the earlier shift.

Hayworth is scheduled to appear on Darrell Ankarlo’s show at 10am on News/Talk 92.3 KTAR.

KTAR-AM and FM sister station, 98.7 The Peak (KPKX) has made the successful move to their palatial new building at 16th St. and Northern Ave. Now it was time to complete the move move this weekend, with KTAR following suit.

All throughout Friday, December 11, KTAR hosts mentioned it being the last day they would be broadcasting from their Central Avenue location of 13 years, and the move was happening– as they spoke. The shows still went on, just about unhitched, despite much behind-the-scenes packing and preparation going on.

Joe Crummey’s show, though hosted from Los Angeles, is fed back into the Central Ave. studio making it officially the last live, locally-oriented radio show to broadcast from the old building. The night was complete with occasional technical errors with soundbytes, audio processing, and once, a “testing” from a studio mic.

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.

Fybush.com’s “Tower Site Calendar 2010″ is hot off the press and ready for the many radio engineers, broadcasters, and enthusiasts alike to adorn their wall with. And many do, as a tradition. The 2010 calendar will make it the ninth year of its existence.

Included in the 2010 calendar will be a nice color photo of the KTAR-AM tower site at — you know, one of the few tower sites to be located in a great big parking lot– aptly named Tower Plaza. We won’t ruin the excitement by reporting what month KTAR-AM’s tower site is designated to, but it will be there.

It will be just one among many other tower sites taken by Scott Fybush in his travels around the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

The calendar proves radio towers to be unique, and not only for its surroundings whether they are in an urban area or in beautiful mountains.

The “Tower Site Calendar 2010″ is for sale at Fybush.com/calendar.html.

They can be ordered by credit card or by check.

Former Valley talker Charles Goyette appeared last night as a guest on nationally syndicated radio show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Goyette, who has been a talk show host on such stations as KFYI, KTAR, KXXT, and most recent, KFNX, spoke about his views on a looming financial crisis yet to come for America and viable investments to deal with it– topics all of which are included in his new book, The Dollar Meltdown.

Since the guest appearance, The Dollar Meltdown spent its first day in Amazon.com’s top 100 Bestsellers at 18th place.

Goyette is now set to hold a discussion and book signing in Scottsdale Thursday. It begins at 7pm at the Barnes & Noble on 90th St. south of Shea.

Click here to check out the website and purchase.

Nicole Franks joins KFYI as afternoon news anchor. She comes from Clear Channel sister station WTVN-AM in Columbus, OH.

Franks, a Phoenix native, is no stranger to Phoenix radio. She has been with KTAR-AM in the past, first as an intern while attending Arizona State University, and later as an associate editor of the morning news show.

Bonneville Phoenix, with Valley radio stations Sports 620 KTAR (AM), News/Talk 92.3 KTAR (FM), and 98.7 The Peak (KPKX), are currently in the process of moving studios and offices to another building.

The current building, located on the southwest corner of Central and Georgia avenues (just north of Camelback), will move four miles to the northeast near 16th St. and Northern at 7740 N. 16th St. The new location is said to be an upgrade from the cramped quarters of the Central Ave. location.

Old location at 5300 N. Central Ave. Photo courtesy: Google

Click here for Phoenix Business Journal’s story.

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.

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.

Beginning Thursday, Valley talker Austin Hill will be hosting KIDO-AM Boise’s afternoons, 3 to 6pm. For the past couple of months, Hill has frequently filled-in on KTAR-FM for Darrell Ankarlo.