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92.9/The Game becomes a Falcons affiliate
I was out last week on vacation and am reporting some stuff late. But in case you missed it: If you don’t have a TV handy, 92.9/The Game is the place now to listen to the games on the radio. CREDIT:...
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Radio briefs: #SaveWRAS rally today, Rhubarb Jones, Jason Goff, Steve & Vikki
Today, opponents of the Georgia Public Broadcasting day-time takeover of 88.5/WRAS-FM is holding a rally at Hurt Park at 4 p.m. as students return to campus. “Because the agreement between GSU...
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Fish’s free Celebrate Freedom concert August 30 features Steven Curtis...
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 01: Steven Curtis Chapman performs at the 2nd Annual KLOVE Fan Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House on June 1, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)...
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Jimi Jameson, Survivor lead singer, dies at age 63
LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 12: Singer Jimi Jamison performs Survivor’s song “Eye of the Tiger” as boxer Manny Pacquiao walks out to the ring to take on Juan Manuel Marquez in the WBO world welterweight...
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Jimmy Alexander cut from Star 94’s morning team
Jimmy Alexander is leaving Star 94 after 21 months. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Star 94 is dropping Jimmy Alexander from its struggling morning show after 21 months. His agent Norm Schrutt said Star...
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Star 94 loses another night jock in Ali Mac, who moves to Vero Beach, FL
Ali Mac has left Star 94. CREDIT: Star 94 Pop station Star 94 has lost another night jock, Ali Mac, who left after less than a year in that slot to take a morning show hosting job in Vero Beach, Fl....
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Old School R&B and Hip Hop 99.3 debuts
Luther Vandross is one of the core artists on Old School 99.3/1010 CREDIT: Getty Images Last month, Streetz 94.5 owner Steve Hegwood quietly added a new FM station in the market, a modest signal at...
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Steve & Vikki return in podcast form
Steve McCoy and Vikki Locke from 2001. CREDIT: Star 94 One of the biggest morning shows from the early 1990s through the mid-2000s was Star 94’s Steve & Vikki show. Now Steve McCoy and Vikki Locke...
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Clear Channel’s corporate name becomes iHeartMedia
Clear Channel, not iHeartMedia has huge reach because of both its iHeartRadio and its 1,200 radio stations. Clear Channel, the nation’s largest radio company which operates five radio stations in...
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Rock 100.5’s Lyndsey Marie moves to Chicago but will voicetrack mid-days here
Lyndsey Marie’s Twitter profile photo. Lyndsey Marie, mid-day host at Rock 100.5 for the past three years, has moved to Chicago to be the new mid-day host at 97.9/The Loop, a classic rock station...
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Power 96.1 jock Sonic is off the station after two years
Sonic interviewing Ryan Seacrest at the “American Idol” auditions in Atlanta in July, 2013. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Sean “Sonic” Leckie has left top 40 station Power 96.1 after two years. He was...
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B98.5 host Melissa Carter’s long-awaited baby arrives
Melissa Carter is having a baby via a carrier later this year. CREDIT: B98.5 B98.5 morning host Melissa Carter and her partner Katie Jo welcomed a baby today at 3:59 p.m. EST. “He’s here and he’s...
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Power 96.1 Jingle Ball Dec. 19: Calvin Harris, Fall Out Boy, T.I., Jessie J
T.I., already connected with two VH1 reality shows, will partake in a documentary about the rise of hip hop in Atlanta. CREDIT: Getty Power 96.1’s third annual Jingle Ball will feature a mix of rock,...
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Doug Stewart of 2 Live Stews debuts web radio show on Spreaker
Doug Stewart is hosting his own radio show on Spreaker from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. CREDIT: ESPN Doug Stewart, who hasn’t been able to procure a gig on the AM/FM dial for two years, last month...
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Celeste Headlee’s ‘On Second Thought’ debuts on WRAS-FM Monday Oct. 20
Celeste Headlee, a long-time public radio host, will be leading “On Second Thought” on WRAS-FM for GPB starting October 20, 2014. CREDIT: publicity shot 90.1/WABE-FM has spent decades with a split...
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92.9/The Game approaching two-year anniversary with momentum
Jamie Dukes is one of the handful of on-air personalities that has been at 92.9/The Game since the beginning. CREDIT: NFL Network This Friday marks the two-year anniversary of 92.9/The Game. It was the...
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Pres. Obama talks to V-103 to drum up the vote
Ryan Cameron and Wanda Smith at “For Sisters Only” earlier this month. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Pres. Barack Obama may be a pariah on the election trail for many political candidates given his low...
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Ryan Cameron inducted into Georgia Radio Hall of Fame
Current V-103 morning host Ryan Cameron, a new inductee into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, with former V-103 morning host Mike Roberts, who was inducted in 2013. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Several...
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Star 94 hires Donny Michaels as newest night jock
Donny Michaels comes from Albany, N.Y. Star 94’s latest night jock is Donny Michaels. He begins the week of Nov. 10 and will be on air from 7 p.m. to midnight. He was last a morning host on a pop...
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90.1/WABE exceeds fall fundraising targets
The arrival of a new competitor in 88.5/WRAS-FM over the summer didn’t appear to hurt 90.1/WABE’s fall fundraising campaign. WABE, which concluded its campaign last week, pulled in about $1.1 million...
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