Posted on 20 November 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
When will we get some Christmas music on the radio? 99.9 KEZ, or how about 94.5 KOOL-FM? You can find the question asked on websites such as Yahoo! Answers.
It’s late November and we had no shortage of Christmas music this time last year. In fact, no shortage of it on Halloween. The season hasn’t seen the light of day so far in 2009.
As of this morning, the Christmas music lovers’ eagerly awaited wish has finally come true. KEZ kicked off all-Christmas this morning at 8am.
KOOL has yet to flip to all-Christmas– as the website hints that it may play Christmas here and there, it also provides a station on KOOLradio.com to be streamed that plays only Christmas music. It could be a holiday race not chosen to venture, unlike last year’s excitement and spirit.
Posted on 15 September 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
After five months of being off-the-air due to a traumatic brain injury, Darrell Ankarlo has remained on the on-air staff at 92.3 KTAR-FM, and made his long-awaited return this morning.
The show started at 9am with the voice of Valley legend Pat McMahon introducing what would be a well-produced, 55 minutes of the story of Ankarlo’s struggles and rehabilitation from the accident.
For more, including the audio of this, click here!
Posted on 13 August 2009 by PhoenixAirchecks.com
By Joe Benson –
(Note: Directed towards Radio Ink’s Eric Rhoad’s demand for leadership in radio)
As usual in a blog setting, I see the passion and emotion, the second guessing, “it’s the playlist, stupid”, and “the rich magazine publisher” comment about leadership.
I see the frustration, anger, and the bitterness too.
The support for what Eric writes is palpable and great cheerleading.
What is missing here?
That’s right. Leadership.
Rancorous “breaking the rules” is a publisher’s art for thought, “in a cosmos far, far away.”
As one who has been on both sides of this pasture fence, I am amazed at how no one has hit the problem at its very core…
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