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WSB’s Belinda Skelton announces divorce after 23 years
Belinda Skelton with her former boss Neal Boortz in 2012. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/ rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, May 13, 2016 Belinda Skelton, a radio host heard on News...
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WSB-TV: scammer targets Bert Big Adventure
Bert Weiss before departing for Disney World for his 14th annual Bert’s Big Adventure. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/ rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Saturday, May 14, 2016 Yesterday,...
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Exclusive: Michael Graham out at NewsRadio 106.7 May 27; could Larry Wachs...
Michael Graham was on NewsRadio 106.7 from 9 to noon for two years. CREDIT; Boston Herald publicity photo By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, May 13, 2016 After two years, conservative...
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Mitch Evans has left 92.9/The Game after 3.5 years
Mitch Evans, has left 92.9/The Game after more than three years as a night host. CREDIT: Twitter profile photo By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Mitch Evans, a...
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Wanda Smith confronts Amanda Davis on V-103 about her drinking issues
Ryan Cameron, Wanda Smith and Jim Basile at the 11 Alive Can-A-Thon in 2014. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, May 19, 2016 Someone today just pointed...
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Bizarre Michael Graham/The Kimmer feud as Graham exits NewsRadio 106.7
Michael Graham did a spoof song about the Kimmer that caused the Kimmer to go straight after him. He poked the bear indeed. CREDIT: publicity photos By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed...
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TV/radio briefs: Fred McFarlin is out at 11Alive; new VP of radio at WABE-FM
Fred McFarlin has left 11 Alive after 2.5 years. CREDIT: publicity photo By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, May 26, 2016 Fred McFarlin, a long-time radio and TV personality, was let...
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Ebony Steele lands new job with Doug Banks show (which will get a new name)
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, June 2, 2016 Ebony Steele, who worked for many years with Rickey Smiley on his morning show until 2014, has landed a new radio gig on what had been...
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TV/radio briefs: HLN’s Erica Hill, Clark Howard, Frank Ski, Cumulus Media
Erica Hill won’t be coming back to Atlanta when she returns to HLN. Instead, she will be working out of New York. CREDIT: Twitter profile photo By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, June...
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GPB’s Celeste Headlee’s TED Talk about conversation goes huuuuge
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Celeste Headlee, host of GPB’s morning radio show “On Second Thought” on 88.5/WRAS-FM (9 a.m. to 10 a.m.), converses with different...
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Kicks 101.5, following Q100, cited for effort to ‘bias’ Nielsen Audio ratings
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Wednesday, June 8, 2016 This story may seem familiar because I wrote a similar one a month ago regarding Q100. Country station Kicks 101.5 was flagged in...
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Radio briefs: Bert vs. Jeff and Jen ratings update, V-103 Car & Bike Show,...
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, June 9, 2016 V-103’s Car & Bike Show is back for its 13th run next month featuring T-Pain, Waka Flocka, Young Dro and Fat Joe. It will be at...
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Southside Steve, Dallas McCade, Kristin Klingshirn added to Palm restaurant wall
“Southside” Steve Rickman gets a caricature, but he noticed immediately that his ponytail is not included. They plan to add one. “It’s my signature,” he said. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY...
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TV briefs/radio briefs: Elle Duncan on ESPN, Suchita Vadlamani, Jeopardy...
Atlanta native Elle Duncan has joined ESPN SportsCenter May 9. CREDIT: ESPN By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, June 10, 2016 Elle Duncan began her career at ESPN on Monday at 11 a.m....
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Life after ‘American Idol’: Bo Bice takes over NewsRadio 106.7, Adam Lambert,...
Bo Bice in Nashville, Tennessee in 2015, CREDIT: Getty Images By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, June 14, 2016 If you want to see if former “American Idol” runner up and Lake Jackson...
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Interview: Jim Norton back in town at Buckhead Theatre June 25
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 30: Comedian Jim Norton hosts the launch of SiriusXM’s “Comedy Greats” at SiriusXM Studios on July 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for SiriusXM) By...
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Atlanta Hawks extend radio deal with 92.9/The Game for three more years
Hawks center Al Horford walks off the court falling to the Cavaliers 100-99 in Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Philips Arena on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton...
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Ryan Cameron joining Falcons pre-show on 92.9/The Game
Ryan Cameron publicity photo 2016. By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Ryan Cameron is channeling Ryan Seacrest, adding more duties to his already busy schedule: he will...
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Shannon Burke takes Michael Graham’s slot on NewsRadio 106.7 (WYAY-FM)
Texas native Shannon Burke has been in talk radio for two decades. He lands at NewsRadio 106.7. CREDIT: Twitter By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, July 5, 2016 NewsRadio 106.7 has...
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Exclusive: Porsche Foxx returns to Atlanta radio (Old School 87.7) after...
Porsche Foxx at V-103 studio announcing her return in 2007.(Rodney Ho / AJC staff) By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Porsche Foxx, after a nearly eight-year absence from...
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