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Leslie Fram has broken ground in both the radio & TV music biz
Leslie Fram at 99X for the 25th anniversary reunion show on October 26, 2007. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Posted Thursday, March 22, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog...
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New WABE podcast ‘Buried Truths’ mines civil rights crimes of the past
Hank Klibanoff, director of the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University, and producer Dave Barasoain are the masterminds behind the “Buried Truths” podcast debuting March 26....
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92.9/The Game’s Fricke/Douglas, Dukes/Bell on Talkers Heavy Hundred
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Talkers magazine is giving 92.9/The Game personalities more love than ever in this year’s Heavy Hundred...
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Kennesaw State names radio lab after Rhubarb Jones (1951-2017)
Donna Jones, Rhubarb’s wife, and their two daughters Callie and Presley at Rhubarb’s new KSU Radio Learning Lab. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com...
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TV/radio briefs: CNN/ James Comey town hall, ‘Brockmire renewal,’ Kevin Avery
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 08: Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a closed session with the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington,...
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Virginia Prescott: ‘On Second Thought’ replacement for Celeste Headlee
Virginia Prescott will be coming to Atlanta to host “On Second Thought.” Posted Monday, April 2, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Georgia Public Broadcasting has named...
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AM1160/WCFO sold to American Catholic Radio
Posted Monday, April 2, 20187 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Joe Weber has decided to sell his AM station, which is now NewsTalk 1160 WCFO, to American Catholic Radio, a...
View ArticleBroadcaster Niecey Shaw joins Classix 102.9
Niecey Shaw has joined the lineup on Classix 102.9, and will be broadcasting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the station announced in a news release. Shaw is a Brooklyn native with...
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FCC pulls Atlanta alt-rock station 99x off the air after interference complaints
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene (I’m helping to fill in for Rodney Ho while he’s out of the country.) Alternative rock station 99x is no longer broadcasting on 98.9 FM. A decision by the FCC...
View ArticleNew Talk 106.7 lineup: Shelley Wynter, Mike Brooks added, the Kimmer goes to...
I am in South Korea adopting a toddler but saw the news that Talk 106.7 has changed its line up. I’m keeping this barebones. Shelley Wynter is taking over mornings, previously held by Rob Stadler as a...
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Lyndsey Marie returns to Atlanta with Rock 100.5
Posted Monday, April 23, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Welcome back, Lyndsey Marie! The mid-day host at Rock 100.5 is returning to Atlanta after the Chicago rock...
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TV stories I missed while away: Erica Hill, Jovita Moore, Jerry Carnes, ‘The...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog I was gone for two weeks. Naturally, I missed a bunch of news. Here are some other notable Atlanta-connected...
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Radio briefs: Pete Combs returns, new Classix 102.9 host, Star 94 PD leaves
Posted Monday, April, 23, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Pete Combs is returning to News 95.5 and AM 750 as a radio reporter and he’ll also do work with ABC News....
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Davi Crimmins promoted on Bert Show as regular on-air personality
Davi Crimmins got to go on Bert’s Big Adventure in Disney for the first time in February, 2018. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio &...
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Bert Show adds fourth team member: Maurice ‘Moe’ Mitchell
Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Bert Weiss, who runs the Bert Show, has found a replacement for Brian Moote: stand-up comedian Maurice “Moe”...
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Denis O’Hayer retiring June 29 from WABE’s ‘Morning Edition’
Denis O’Hayer will retire from WABE-FM June 29 on “Morning Edition.” CREDIT: WABE-FM Posted Friday, May 4, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog 90.1/WABE-FM “Morning...
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96.7/The Beat loses lease of 92.3 signal to another hip-hop station owner
Posted Friday, May 4 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Hip-hop station The Beat is no longer on the 92.3 signal, replaced by another hip-hop station called...
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1690/WMLB-AM ‘Voice of the Arts’ shutting down after 21 years
080205 Atlanta, GA: Joe Weber, owner of radio station WMLB-AM 1690, former bakery supply company executive, owns the station and is the man behind its seeming chaos theory of programming. Portrait of...
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John Lemley finds life after City Cafe
John Lemley. CREDIT: Jeff Roffman Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog John Lemley will host his final City Cafe on the shuttering WMLB Sunday May...
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R. Kelly off Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora playlists but remains on Atlanta...
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 16: R. Kelly performs at Madison Square Garden on October 16, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images) Posted Friday, May 11, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on...
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