media bytes for monday, february 9, 2009

World Famous Sonny West is back in the morning chair at KyXy-FM. The long time morning host wrote at his personal blog about changes and landmarks in life: “I experienced another such landmark January 22 at 2 A.M. My first, and hopefully my last, heart attack. A 100% occluded left anterior descending coronary artery. Yep, the cardiologist (Dr. Nassir Azimi at Grossmont Hospital) cheerfully told my wife he’d never seen the “widow maker” blocked quite like this one. And that he’d remember it for the rest of his career (and he’s only 38.) He, along with Dr. Hassankhani, surmised they needed to perform and angioplasty and see if they could unclog this bugger. Why two doctors? Because I’m so damned important! Thankfully they think ALL their patients are so DAMNED important. So it really wasn’t an “egotastic” moment. You see, Dr. Hassankhani is “the electrician” — he’s an electro-cardiologist who had performed two cardiac ablations on me in the past 24 months. Dr. Azimi is “the plumber” –he’s the guy who unclogs the pipes. So together these two journeymen tradesmen set out to make me better. I didn’t need to look for their union label, I simply needed to have the chest pain stop. And they did. And now, two weeks hence, I am planning my return to work to the KyXy Morning Show, Monday February 9th and a lifelong struggle against weight gain, salt over usage and consistent exercise regimens.”

Sonny returns with co-hosts Susan DeVincent and traffic ace Kevin Dean.

Sonny adds: “I am thankful for all the landmark events in my life but none greater than this one. For along with this one comes the landmark opportunity to truly become “renaissance man” literally. In some regards a lot like Benjamin Button who grows younger and smaller with age. I’ll never get younger, but I intend to grow smaller.”

“I am thankful to my electrician and my plumber for the chance to be reborn.”

Thanks Sonny, See YOU on the radio! Read more about Sonny here.

Noted: KyXy is on Twitter. Find them at here.

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Confirmation that Dave Abromowitz (right) is not part of the Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw morning show at 101.5 KGB. Dave Rickards tells SDRadio: “Bromo took himself off the show back in 2008 for personal reasons, and got swept up in the CC layoffs last month. It’s not the way I wanted it, but that’s how he did it.”

Thursday’s will never be the same.

Heard on air is Ruth 66 who is doing the longest guest appearance on the show. Stay Tuned.

Noted: Last night Clear Channel San Diego workers gathered near Mission Valley to talk with those who departed their job. The four hour scheduled wake was attended by many.

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hEAR WAX: Echostar was quietly buying Siruis debt. Now publicly known, will the satellite broadcaster be bought out by the firm? Echostar is the parent of Dish Network … Clear Channel’s massive debt is in danger of being rated as junk. Part of the problem: weak advertising sales nationwide. The same problem is also effecting newspapers and television…..

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Oceanside is the home of an FM translator. K253AD-FM broadcasts at 98.5 FM. The tower is near Lake San Marcos and is authorized for ten watts of power. The translator relays KLRD-FM from Yucaipa. The station plays contemporary Christian hits from Air-1. There are several more applications for translators in the county. It is a sister station of KLVJ from Julian.

FM 94/9 has turned on the HDRadio signal. In addition to streaming on-line, over the air, iPhone application, the station is digital. To listen a HDRadio receiver must be bought.

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Thank you for making SDRadio part of your broadcast day. See YOU on the radio, and here later in the broadcast week!

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