The Media Drop

Of interest from my RSS reader on 11/27:

Gothamist shares some details on Star, formerly of Power 105, Hot 97, and a number of other places, apparently getting another radio DJ gig in NYC
Wizbang’s Jim Addison points out that top Democrats plan to honor the picket lines at the upcoming Democratic Presidential debate, set for December […]

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With the Chicago Cubs making a playoff run in 2007, the team pushed its radio partner, WGN, into first place for the summer slot ending in mid-September, according to Arbitron ratings.

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Oregon Public Broadcasting is opening up its source code in a way by asking anyone within its community to become a source of the media outlet. They’re teaming up with American Public Media to launch what will be called the Public Insight Network®, and will handle things in a different manner than what we’ve traditionally […]

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Okay, so it’s not a fancy sports contract like most of you might be used to hearing about, but the Cincinnati Reds will have Marty Brennaman doing radio broadcasts for the club through 2010. The announcer, currently in his 43rd season in broadcasting, signed a contract extension that will keep him in the booth with […]

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Just caught over at The Radio Equalizer that an arrest has been made in the killing of Mike Webb, the KIRO talk show host who was murdered in April and not found until late June. TRE’s Brian Maloney’s got links to all the necessaries.

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Now that title may seem a big aggressive, but I’m not sure that is completely the case. On Saturday, CBS Radio announced its second major firing in a month, this time with “The Dog House with JV and Elvis” being booted from the network’s WFNY-AM station.
Whether or not the firing is justified or not […]

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Just one day after his show was pulled from MSNBC, Don Imus was just fired by CBS for his racially insensitive remarks towards the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Imus’ show, which was nationally syndicated, was run out of WFAN in New York, and had been broadcasting out of MSNBC / CNBC’s studios in recent […]

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Just caught this story about how MSNBC has ditched the simulcast of Don Imus’ show, based out of WFAN in New York, after the host made racially inappropriate comments about the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team. Obviously the network was going to make a decision based on the public outcry it has been hit with, but […]

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Just days after announcing that it had hit the 6 million subscriber mark, Sirius Satellite Radio has paid Howard Stern $83 million in stock after the subscriber numbers well exceeded estimates for year-end 2006.
As a Sirius subscriber, I’m really not surprised to see the growth in the space, for them or XM. They’ve definitely proven […]

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In case you haven’t noticed already, or you’re wondering what’s up, Los Angeles’ KKBT-FM, “The Beat,” has been changed to KRBV-FM, “V100, the Best Variety of R&B,” reports Radio Ink. This change has also brought a new on-air lineup including a local morning show rather than a syndicated show featuring Tom Joyner.

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