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Star 94 listeners raise $85K for Scottish Rite
Rob Stadler, Star 94 PD Scotty Lindy, Cindy Simmons, Heather Branch, Rob Marino are among the folks posing in front of the big check after 13 hours of fundraising Thursday. CREDIT: Rodney...
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Claudia Jordan will cry and flirt on ‘Real Housewives’ but says she won’t...
Claudia Jordan joined “Real Housewives of Atlanta” soon after she moved to Atlanta. She didn’t know at first whether she’d be given full-time status. CREDIT: Getty Imgaes When Claudia Jordan took the...
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Jason Bailey debuts Dec. 15 on Rock 100.5 morning show
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 on Dec. 15, 2014 Former...
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Rose Scott, Denis O’Hayer adding noon show on 90.1/WABE-FM
Denis O’Hayer and Rose Scott will helm a new newsmagazine at noon starting Jan. 12 on 90.1/WABE-FM. CREDIT: WABE-FM Rose Scott and Denis O’Hayer will be hosting a new local two-hour newsmagazine on...
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My top 25 blog entries of the year: Mimi sex tape, Apollo Nida, Regular Guys...
Mimi Faust cries tears when she “finds out” her sex tape was “leaked.” CREDIT: VH1 By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed December 22, 2014 What stories really hit with my readers in 2014? A sex tape, bank...
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Top radio stories of 2014: Regular Guys, GPB/WRAS, Mayhem in the AM
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed December 23, 2014 As Atlantans spend less time with AM/FM (especially AM) radio, revenues and profits have stagnated and many media companies are not investing in...
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Most played radio songs, artists in Atlanta in 2014
John Legend’s “All of Me” was played nearly 10,000 times in 2014 in Atlanta, more than once an hour. CREDIT: Getty Images By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed December 26, 2014 Radio in Atlanta featured...
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Clark Howard gets toys to 5,200 foster children for Christmas
Clark Howard at a Marietta Wal-Mart earlier this month seeking donations for Clark’s Kids. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Clark Howard, in his 24th year, collected enough toys and gifts for 5,200 foster...
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TV/radio briefs: Power’s Scotty K & Riley’s ‘Stuff the Bus,’ Erin Coleman’s...
Scotty Kay and his staff take a selfie with a donor Jack English on Dec. 18, 2014 on the bus where they were “stuffing” donated toys for Toys for Tots. (center). CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY...
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2014 year-end Atlanta radio ratings: WSB on top, big leaps for Fish, the Bull
Herman Cain replaced Neal Boortz two years ago as a syndicated talk show host and on News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB, he has maintained Boortz’s audience. CREDIT: Getty Images By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com,...
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Star 94 dumps Cindy Simmons, adds new show from out of town
Cindy Simmons from 2013. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed January 5, 2015 Cindy Simmons is the first Atlanta radio casualty of 2015. The Star 94 morning host,...
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680/The Fan’s Chuck & Chernoff make a bizarre bet if Atlanta Hawks win...
Chuck and Chernoff are placing their freedom on the line for the Atlanta Hawks. CREDIT: 680/The Fan By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed originally January 6, 2015 With the Atlanta Hawks suddenly ranked the...
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TV briefs: Nick Cannon talks ‘Wild ‘N ‘Out,’‘Dish Nation’ renewed,...
Nick Cannon at Legends Comedy Club, where he auditioned comics for his show “Wild ‘n Out’ on MTV2, which returns January 7, 2015. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com Nick Cannon swung through town recently...
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Lois Reitzes, Rose Scott, Denis O’Hayer describe new WABE shows starting...
Denis O’Hayer and Rose Scott will be hosting a new two-hour noon show starting January 12, 2015. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed Friday, January 9, 2014 Public radio...
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Steve Holman, voice of the Hawks, named Georgia Broadcaster of the Year
Steve Holman in 2011. CREDIT: Joey Ivansco/ajc.com Atlanta Hawks radio broadcaster Steve Holman was named 2014 Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters...
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What did first day of WABE’s new shows sound like?
Lois Reitzes began her new two-hour arts program City Lights on January 12, 2015. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com BY RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed January 12, 2015 “Ever since we crawled out of that...
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Video: talking ‘Real Housewives,’ Andi Dorfman, WABE
CineStars’ Brittany Umar and I discuss the latest on “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Porsha Williams’ recent arrest, Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray’s split and a change in day-time programming at WABE-FM.
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How did the classic hip hop stations OG 97.9, Old School 99.3 and Boom 102.9...
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed January 21, 2015 As we approach the second month of an unprecedented three classic hip-hop stations in Atlanta, the first full month of ratings are in and the winner is…...
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Exclusive: John Lemley moves City Cafe to 1690/WMLB-AM from 90.1/WABE-FM
Johh Lemley worked at WABE in different capacities for 18 years but is now bound for WMLB. CREDIT: WABE, 2010 By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed January 21, 2015 John Lemley, who hosted City...
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Briefs: Kiss 104.1 adds classic hip hop songs, Ryan Young departs, new...
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed January 23, 2015 This week, Kiss 104.1 began slipping in classic hip hip tunes into its R&B mix in response to the three classic hip-hop stations that...
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