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V-103’s Ramona DeBreaux gets married at Lake Lanier
Ramona DeBreaux marrying Wayne Overstreet Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Lake Lanier. PHOTO courtesy of Mary Catherine Sneed. V-103 mid-day host Ramona DeBreaux got married to Wayne Overstreet over the...
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Chuck & Chernoff, Rude Awakening, Marc & Randy make Talkers Sports Talk Heavy...
Chuck & Chernoff are the top-ranked Atlanta show on the Talkers Sports Talk Heavy Hundred list at No. 15. CREDIT: 680/The Fan Talkers magazine last year in its second annual Sports Talk Heavy...
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Tom Magliozzi of NPR’s ‘Car Talk’ dies at age 77
Tom Magliozzi’s laugh boomed in NPR listeners’ ears every week as he and his brother, Ray, bantered on Car Talk. CREDIT: Car Talk Tom Magliozzi of NPR’s ‘Car Talk” had died from complications related...
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90.1/WABE-FM cutting classical music during the day
Lois Reitzes will be soon starting a talk show from 10 a.m. to noon about the arts while keeping her First Cup show on the HD2 channel. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By Rodney Ho In a move that...
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Bert’s Big Thank You sends 170,000-plus letters to overseas troops
Bert Weiss, Kristin Klingshirn and Jeff Dauler of the Bert Show at the conclusion of sending out 170,000 letters to troops worldwide last week. All the letters should arrive by Thanksgiving. CREDIT:...
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Radio briefs: Old School 99.3/1010, Sonic in San Diego, Q100 at 97.9 going...
TLC back in its heyday is now heard regularly Old School 99.3/1010. CREDIT: Publicity photo Old School 99.3/1010, which debuted on the FM side in October, has shifted its music mix, getting rid of the...
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Radio briefs: Scotty K and Riley’s ‘Thriller’ Halloween, Star 94’s Jingle...
Mike Moran, the general manager for Fish 104.7, a Christian pop station, recently went on air to endorse Senatorial candidate David Perdue before he handily won the seat this past Tuesday. It is...
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Classic hip-hop OG 97.9 replaces Q100 at 97.9, then 102.9 went Boom!
LL Cool J back in the day. Fans of Notorious B.I.G., Salt-n-Pepa and LL Cool J rejoice! The classic hip-hop revolution has begun on Atlanta FM radio. Last week, it was Steve Hegwood‘s Old School...
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Boom 102.9 is third new classic Atlanta hip hop station in a week
For fans of 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Lil Kim, the Atlanta FM dial is now an embarrassment of riches because a third station has suddenly to play classic hip hop, this time on Radio One’s 102.9 signal....
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Fish 104.7 goes all Christmas for 13th year in a row
Amy Grant is going to be heard quite a bit on the Fish over the next month singing Christmas tunes. CREDIT: Getty Images Like the Pink Pig and the Lenox tree lighting, Fish 104.7’s pre-Thanksgiving...
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Atlanta’s WQXI inspiration for famous ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ turkey drop episode
Les Nessman reports the turkey drop off that goes awry. CREDIT: CBS I posted this last year but in honor of this fine day, I’ll do it again, my holiday gift to you: I hope all of you are having a great...
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Rock 100.5’s Axel Lowe leaving Atlanta for 96ROCK in Cincinnati
Axel Lowe has been a consistent presence on Atlanta radio going back two decades. CREDIT: Twitter profile photo page Axel Lowe, long time 99x and Rock 100.5 jock, is leaving Atlanta after more than two...
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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ briefs: Mama Joyce on Mama Sharon, Porsha...
Mama Joyce’s standard look on “Real Housewives of Atlanta.” CREDIT: Bravo By Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com, filed Dec. 3, 2014 Mama Joyce, Kandi Burruss‘ cantankerous mom, expressed regret to TMZ after Mama...
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Ken Cook (Fox 5), Mike Roberts (V-103) in Georgia Assoc. of Broadcasters Hall...
Ken Cook was a stable force at WAGA-TV from the time it was a CBS affiliate through Snowmageddon. By Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com, filed Dec. 4, 2014 Local TV weather forecaster Ken Cook, who just retired...
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Larry Wachs out at Rock 100.5, Jason Bailey in
Jason Bailey, who recently was let go from 92.9/The Game, is joining Rock 100.5 as the new morning host. CREDIT: publicity photo By Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com, filed originally Dec. 5, 2014 Jason Bailey,...
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11 Alive Can-a-Thon collects record 229,000 cans
11 Alive’s 32nd annual Can-a-Thon for the Salvation Army collected more than 229,000 cans this year, the most in its history. I stopped by Turner Field Friday morning in misty overcast weather and took...
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Perry Laurentino dropped by 93.7 FM and 680/The Fan
Perry Laurentino spent a decade with the Rude Awakening but (happy holidays!) he is now out of a job. CREDIT: 680/The Fan By Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com, filed originally on December 7, 2014 Amid the...
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Remaining Regular Guys honor Larry Wachs on air
Back in 2011, the Regular Guys did a roast at the now closed Funny Farm with (l-r) Eric Von Haessler (cut in 2013), manager Marshall Chiles, still current Regular Guy Tim Andrews, “Southside” Steve...
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Lincoln Financial (including Star 94, the Zone) sold to Entercom
Steve McCoy and Vikki Locke were part of Star 94’s hugely successful morning team back when the station was throwing off cash in the tens of millions every year. CREDIT: Star 94 By Rodney...
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Video: ‘Real Housewives,’ radio firings, Arby’s and Jon Stewart
CineStars’ Brittany Umar discuss the the latest episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Jon Stewart continuing to take jabs at Arby’s and the firings of Larry Wachs and Perry Laurentino. ( function()...
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