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WABE chairman blasts GSU/GPB partnership with WRAS
WABE’s current logo In an open letter released today, Louis Sullivan, chairman of Public Broadcasting Atlanta’s board of directors, blasted the Georgia State University partnership which allows Georgia...
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V-103 Car and Bike Show returns July 12 for 11th year
T.I. will be at V_103’s Car and Bike Show. Here he is at the BET Awards from June 29. CREDIT: Getty Images. This year’s V-103 Car and Bike Show July 12 will feature T.I. and the Hustle Gang, Rich Homie...
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GPB’s Bill Nigut discusses two new radio shows on WRAS
Bill Nigut returned to media last year after a decade long break and now hosts a GPB TV program “On the Story” and two shows on WRAS-FM. CREDIT: GPB Bill Nigut will return to the radio for the first...
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Ebony Steele’s status unclear with ‘Dish Nation,’‘Rickey Smiley Show,’ but...
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 16: MC Ebony Steele at the African Pride Haircare Relaunch and My Pride. My Way Campaign – hosted by Toccara Jones and Lance Gross presented by Strength of Nature at King Plow Arts...
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Exclusive: Ebony Steele is off the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, replaced by...
Claudia Jordan is the possible replacement for Ebony Steele on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. CREDIT: Getty Images Three sources have told me that Ebony Steele is officially off the syndicated...
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GPB rebuts WABE’s salvo against its GSU/WRAS partnership
Georgia Public Broadcasting chairman Michael H. McDougald, in a public response to WABE chairman Louis Sullivan’s letter last week castigating GPB’s partnership with Georgia State University, said...
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Kicks 101.5 is now almost all current songs, eliminating most from 1990-2009
Kicks has scaled back 1990s cuts in recent months and is now almost exclusively current songs. So that means a lot less Garth Brooks. CREDIT: Getty Images In recent months, the once dominant Atlanta...
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Steve Craig (99X, The River, X107.1) reminisces about the Ramones
Steve Craig of X107.1 and 97.1/The River, has warm memories of The Ramones. CREDIT: The River Steve Craig, who worked at 99X for 16-plus years and is now a jock on 97.1/The River and music director of...
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Sirius/XM report: Anthony of ‘Opie & Anthony’ not sorry for nasty tweets;...
Anthony Cumia has been part of “Opie & Anthony” since 1995. The show started on XM radio in 2004. CREDIT: Getty Sirius XM recently fired Anthony Cumia over harsh Tweets he made toward a black woman...
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With Jason Bailey out, Mike Bell joins 92.9/The Game
Mike Bell, who lost his gig when 790/The Zone dropped local programming in May, is now on 92.9/The Game. CREDIT: The Zone Morning host Jason Bailey is out and former 790/The Zone afternoon host Mike...
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Exclusive interview w/ Claudia Jordan, new member of Rickey Smiley Morning Show
Claudia Jordan started on the Rickey Smiley radio show on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. CREDIT: Getty Images On June 26, TV host Claudia Jordan ran into Rickey Smiley at his Uptown Magazine cover issue party...
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Radio/TV briefs: Kicks Country Fair 2014 with Miranda Lambert; Kicks...
Miranda Lambert will be at Verizon Wireless October 18, 2014 for the Kicks 101.5 annual Country Fair. CREDIT: Getty Images Kicks 101.5 Country Fair this year is headlined by A-list country star and...
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Atlanta radio ratings for spring 2014: WSB at top, Bull, Fish move up
The current WSB Radio logo. News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB remained Atlanta’s most popular station during the second quarter of 2014, a title it has kept since last fall. The station averaged a 7.2 share of...
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Three-way battle for top Atlanta radio song led by Nico & Vinz’s ‘Am I Wrong’
Nico & Vinz were spun 322 times on Atlanta radio this past week. It’s a tight race this week for most popular song in Atlanta, with Nico & Vinz’s “Am I Wrong” just squeaking by Magic’s “Rude”...
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Bert Show’s Jeff Dauler lands in hospital over an abnormal heartbeat
The Bert Show’s Jeff Dauler posted on Facebook and Twitter that he landed in the hospital Tuesday evening over an abnormal heartbeat called atrial fibrillation. Jeff Dauler in 2012. CREDIT: Q100 He...
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Will the Regular Guys and the Bert Show add new members any time soon?
The current trio on the Bert Show: Jeff Dauler, Bert Weiss, Kristin Klingshirn. Melissa Carter left the Bert Show more than three years go. Bert Weiss soon after found a replacement: Kristen...
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Catching up with Neal Boortz at WSB Careathon
Neal Boortz with cancer survivor Tyler Wages of Gainsville during the WSB Careathon August 1, 2014. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Neal Boortz cruised back into Atlanta last week to participate in News...
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TV/radio briefs: New Fox 5 set; Teen Choice winners w/Atlanta connections;...
Fox 5’s new set this morning for “Good Day Atlanta.” CREDIT: Fox 5 Fox 5 debuted its new, sleek modern set today. The color blue is prevalent. And there are a lot more video screens. Like homes, TV...
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Catching up with radio legend Tom Joyner (Kiss 104.1): “Sleep is overrated.”
Tom Joyner with Sybil Wilkes at WSB headquarters, where Kiss 104.1 is based. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Tom Joyner flew in from Dallas last week to Kiss 104.1 headquarters in Atlanta before his...
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Oldies 98.9 becomes older-skewing country NASH Icon 98.9
Atlanta-based Cumulus has turned its 98.9 signal into a format musical chairs. Today, it changed to its fifth format in less than three years. Most recently Good Time Oldies 98.9, it’s now NASH Icon...
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