media bytes for friday september 18, 2009

Friday, September 18, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

The GelderHead Thought Of The Day: All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. ~~ Napoleon Hill - What is your idea?

Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and XX 1090 are expected to announce a deal today. He’ll take on the afternoon drive.

Associated with sports for a very long time in San Diego, Lee was last heard on Xtra Sports San Diego. He is also calling NFL games, also heard at ESPN 800 AM. Busy man, but that’s the way Lee has worked in the past.

Known for his quality sports report, Lee is very welcomed back to the airwaves.

Noted: ESPN 800 will simulcast on FM 98.9 starting in October. The co-owned station was previously an urban station. ESPN Radio will have the post season baseball, so this comes at good time.

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Rush Limbaugh, heard on KOGO and KFI has donated $500,000 to the Los Angeles medical institution. This was the place he credits with saving his hearing in 2001. The House Ear Institute received the donation in memory of tDr. Antonio De la Cruz. The doctor just passed away from complications of lymphoma on July 31, at age 65.

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Somebody at CBS radio woke up and saw the future. They have picked up Adam Corolla’s podcast and are sending it nationwide via many stations. Tagged as K-ACE, the program will have opportunities for CBS to sale.

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media bytes for thursday, september 17, 2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

The GelderHead Thought Of The Day: Live out of your imagination, not your history. ~ Stephen Covey

Soon, a fall tradition will happen. This year Star 94.1 morning man, AJ will be be making this the biggest drive by far: 100,000 toys for the kids.

Delana Bennett sent in a kick off picture: Here are Geena, Colbie Caillat, AJ, and Delana. They were hanging with Colbie this morning in the STAR 94.1 Lounge!

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“Shotgun Tom” Kelly introduces Kenna Kanost the winner of the KCAL 9 casting call to work with “Shotgun Tom” as co-host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.

Tom writes, “This my 35th year working with MDA and my 13th year doing the Telethon in Los Angeles. Shotgun’s Aisles of Smiles TV spot ran on KUSI TV in San Diego.

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For those keeping score at home in anticipation: Yes, it’s going to happen. When? Hopefully soon. It’s a stay tuned item; and the web site will be updated when it does happen. Please resume normal programming, already in progress.

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The Dean of American Sportscasters, movie producer, and the go to guy on the 101.5 KGB show was caught on camera dancing with Ashlee from the Mikey Show. View historical film at Chainsaw Dance.

Noted: The world-famous and award winning movie No Brainer from 2008 will be shown on the big screen at the San Diego Film Festival.

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Morning show producer of the Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw show on 101.5 KGB is taking on the entire county. See her show the Chargers a few things. On hand were Nate Kaeding, Darren Sproles, Coach Turner, Mike Scifres and David Binn of the team.

View the video here.

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About San Diego will return to the airwaves. A deal is being finalized that will bring Ken Kramer’s About San Diego to public television. Plans call for production to begin at KPBS-TV in about three weeks. The half-hour show is being scheduled to air every Sunday beginning January 3.

This shows will result from a partnership between KPBS and Ken Kramer Productions, and an agreement with NBC 7/39. The NBC station has aired hundreds of individual About San Diego segments since 1995.

Ken Kramer’s About San Diego began as a radio show in the 1970s on KPBS-FM and later evolved into a half-hour program on KPBS-TV.

Two final, never before seen half-hour NBC episodes will air on NBC 7/39: Thanksgiving Day at 5 p.m., and New Years Day at 5:30 a.m.

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Update: Garrison Keillor cancels Point Loma

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 by SDRadio.

American humorist Garrison Keillor has to cancel his Point Loma Nazarene University appearance. The stroke he suffered was worse than reported. Garrison is best known for his show on KPBS FM.

From the University: “Due to medical reasons, Garrison Keillor’s performance scheduled for September 24, 2009, at Point Loma Nazarene University has been canceled. Following a recent minor stroke, Keillor’s doctors have instructed him not to fly in the coming weeks.”

Stay Tuned.

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media headlines for wednesday, september 16, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

The GelderHead Thought Of The Day: No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ~ Abraham Lincoln

GelderHead Productions, offering professional voice-over services to enhance business communications, announced today that it is spearheading the continued production of “Holiday Magic © 2009, a Gift for Children of all Ages,” a CD featuring music and a holiday tale that will be distributed to sick children at Children’s Hospital and their siblings. A number of singers and actors donated their talent for the CD, and funds are currently being solicited to cover the cost of production and ensure as many children as possible receive them.

Jeff Gelder, owner of GelderHead Productions, distributed 1500 CD’s to four hospitals in 2007 and 1500 CD’s to eight hospitals in 2008; he hopes to exceed that number this year and plans to “play Santa” in December at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

Donations are requested throughout the year. Checks of any denomination should be made out to GelderHead Productions (with Children’s Hospital CD Fund on the memo line) and sent to P.O. Box 3386, San Diego, CA 92163-3386, or donate via Paypal at www.HolidayMagicCD.com and click on “Make a Donation.”

Please call or email for 501c3 tax deductible donation details.

The tale on the CD is weaved by Jeffrey the Surfer Reindeer and Santa Claus as they make their way from the North Pole to visit the children. Along the way they meet Jeffrey’s cousin, Carlito, who lives at the Wild Animal Park. In 2007 we were introduced to Kate the adventurous teenage reindeer from Milwaukee, and every year there are new exciting characters.

The talent last year was remarkable, and included award winning actress and singer Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek) and her talented sister Marian Michaels, Broadway actress Ashley Fox-Linton (from Del Mar, CA) and Sam Bass of KyXy 96.5fm. Listen to music clips online at www.HolidayMagicCD.com.

Other performers who generously lent their talent to the CD are singer, songwriter Karl Anthony, nationally acclaimed voice actors Connie Terwilliger and Donna Reed, Sony recording artist James Higgins, Kenny Wesley, AudioGirlProductions.com, and more. Microsoft manager and writer Mark Patterson penned the script, and professional speaker Phillip Tanzilo, voice actors Greg Dehm, Heather Martinez, and Gelder also of KyXy 96.5fm, plays Santa Claus, Carlito, Kate and Jeffrey the Reindeer respectively.

The first CD was produced six years ago, when Gelder was tasked in a Landmark Education class to come up with a project that would enhance the community and ultimately take on a life of its own. That’s just what has happened, as Gelder now fields many inquiries about the CD all year long. “This year we hope to once again have CD’s for Children’s Hospital’s in San Diego, Milwaukee, Miami, Albuquerque, Orange County, New Orleans, Houston, and New York and we’ve had requests from other hospitals around the country.

For every $3.00 donation a child will receive a CD of their own,” says Gelder. “This is a labor of love that is received with much joy by children who are unfortunately spending the holiday season in the hospital and their siblings, who often crave attention due to so much being given to the ailing member of their family,” Gelder said. “We appreciate all donations! The more donations the more children that will be receiving a CD.”

About GelderHead Productions

GelderHead Productions offers professional voice-over and/or on-camera talent for commercials, narration, and spokesperson or emcee needs. Owner Jeff Gelder believes in giving back to the community, thus he is proud to produce a holiday CD that is distributed free to children who are confined to the Hospital during the most festive time of the year. For more information, visit www.GelderHead.com.

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Personal note: I’m 52-years old today; and it is indeed, a very happy birthday. For those keeping score at home, I’m as recovered as I can be from a pedestrian vs. car of nearly five year ago. It was that close; and I don’t mind having birthdays anymore — and more importantly, I look both ways thrice … before crossing a street. See you on the radio today, breaking news when it happens, enjoy the day.

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media headlines for tuesday, september 15, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Headlines for Tuesday, September 15, 2009:

AM 540 is broadcasting Spanish-language religious programming as of yesterday. The station, for a number of years, run by Mount Wilson Broadcasting from Los Angeles. Previous formats include: news, jazz (twice), classical, and adult standards. Stay Tuned.

SDNN.com has dropped all programming at AM 1700, XEPE. The on-line news portal’s pull back from the AM station leaves Joe Bauer off the airwaves.

Jeff and Jer may have a new radio deal, but the official word is to visit their web site at Jeff and Jer for the latest. When they departed Star 94.1 last month, Jerry told NBC San Diego he expected the showgram to leave the air for a month. Meanwhile the web site has been updated weekdays.

Jeff Gelder’s famed Gelderhead Thoughts returns to SDRadio tomorrow. Jeff is also making plans for the 2009 annual CD to benefit children in hospitals around the country.

Thank you for stopping by; full report on Thursday. See you on the radio today and here if news breaks. There will be detailed instructions on how to apply the necessary duct tape to fix the reports. Make it a great day!

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media headlines for monday, september 14, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

SDRadio returns tomorrow morning:

KGB goes boom on Saturday and causes a grass fire.
KGB’s Emily McGuire pass, punts, and kicks for the Chargers.
Jeff and Jer are not in the air, and the rumors and street buzz gets heavy
Two stations in the market that were once talent rich … are run by computers.

These and more … on Tuesday at SDRadio. Thanks for stopping by!

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media bytes for friday, september 11, 2009

Friday, September 11, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Never Forget

Jeff and Jer’s Human Flag. See Jeff and Jer for the full story.

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KCBQ’s Mark Larson heard mornings from 7 to 9 a.m., is expanding. Not to worry, it’s those “other duties and welcome changes” beyond his talk show.

Mark Larson Media Services, located at SpeakersGroup.net, represents over 40 unique personalities for special events around the world. Mark has formed a partnership with the legendary Jerry Lewis to market his new, special live show and career retrospective events. He debuted the new website this week. Find it at JerryLewisShow.com.

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Loren Nancarrow is returning to be San Diego County’s on-TV weatherman. He’ll be found at Fox 5 San Diego very soon. Since Loren left Ch. 10, the weather has been out of whack. That’ll change with Loren back in the forecasting business. He joked on his Facebook page, “The News 8 Ranch became the 10 News Ranch, and now the sign will read Welcome to the Fox 5 Ranch. Either the ranch has an identity problem or I have issues holding a job.”

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Further ripples of change outside the market are having an impact. Thursday morning, KFI’s Bill Handle told his 5 a.m. hour audience they could find the recently departed Dr. Laura Schlessinger just down the dial on KOGO. Nice plug to AM 600. In LA, Laura moved from KFI to cross-town talker KFWB in the Los Angeles market. KOGO has a city grade signal in most parts of Orange County.

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CBS Les Moonves’ Thursday appearance at an investors’ conference. Moonves indicates that CBS is open to selling off more assets. On his recent Q2 call, the only kind of assets he mentioned in that regard were radio stations. As for possible expansion at CBS, that won’t happen in the radio group, but it might in other business segments. (via Radio-Info)

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KSON Cliff and Company: Finalist for CMA

Thursday, September 10, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Cliff and Company among the top in the country

Five finalists are selected for CMA Broadcast Personality and CMA Radio Station of the Year in four categories (small, medium, large, and major market). The categories are established by market size based on population as ranked by Arbitron.

Entries for Broadcast Personality of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement, and biographical information. Candidates for Station of the Year are judged on airchecks, ratings history, community involvement, and format leadership.

Three finalists are selected for National Broadcast Personality of the Year. To be eligible, candidates must be syndicated, short-form, hub voice-tracking, and satellite personalities heard in at least three markets with a minimum of 40 shows per year.

CMA members who are full-time, on-air personalities and CMA member radio stations in the United States and Canada were eligible to enter. The entries are judged by a panel of distinguished broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.

CMA BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:
National
— “American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) - Citadel Media
— “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40″ (Bob Kingsley) - KCCS
Productions, Inc.
— “The Lia Show” (Lia Knight) - Dial Global (Heard on KSON)

Major Market
— “The All New Dr. Don Morning Show with Doc, Grunwald, Rachael, and
Jason” (Don Carpenter, Steve Grunwald, Rachael Hunter, Jason
“The 300 Pound Cowboy” Raithel) - WYCD, Detroit, Mich.
— “Cliff and Company: Cliff, Morgan, Tanner, and Tori” (Cliff
Dumas, Morgan Thomas, Bill Tanner, Tori Peck) - KSON, San Diego, Calif.
— “The Cornbread Morning Show featuring Cornbread, Pat James,
Producer Annie, Father Harry, and Captain Mac” (Cornbread, Pat
James, Annie Henson, Harry Schroeder, Mac “Captain Mac”
Douglas) - WIL, St. Louis, Mo.
— “The Laurie De Young Morning Show” (Laurie De Young) - WPOC,
Baltimore, Md.
— “Paul Schadt and Sarah in the Morning” (Paul Schadt, Sarah
Waters) - WKKT, Charlotte, N.C.

The winners will be notified in mid-October and will be acknowledged at “The 43rd Annual CMA Awards,” to be held Wednesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) and broadcast live by the ABC Television Network from the Sommet Center in Nashville.

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media bytes for wednesday, 09/09/09

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

New: KSON’s morning show of Cliff and Company have been nominated for a Country Music Association Award for Personality of the Year — Major Market! Congratulations to Cliff, Morgan, Tanner, and Tori for the nod!

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Ian Rose, longtime San Diego radio news and traffic reporter, retired at age 62 on August 25th due to health reasons.

He had been the morning traffic reporter on “The Rick Roberts Show” on 760 KFMB, outsourced through Metro Networks.

Rose, who had worked in Fresno, Santa Maria, and Vista, came to San Diego in 1975.
Initially, he was a disc jockey, but switched to news a few years later on KOGO and later, KFMB.

Tim Stemler, GSM at Metro Networks said, “Ian was always a professional and was one of the best Traffic Anchors I have ever worked with. I know he will miss being on air.”

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It is official: Roger Hedgecock joins long time friend in LA. Dr. Laura will be the lead in for the Radio Mayor at KFWB. He begins his broadcast today at 980 AM.

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Bill Tanner, the man who can rhyme in time on a dime, is always makin’ statements during KSON’s morning show of Cliff and Company. He’s also starting something, and secret ops at the country station caught him makin’ a fashion statement.

Just a dab will do it; and the morning man won’t quit his day job — thankfully. Hear him, along with Cliff, Morgan, Tori, and Tanner-tainment at 97.3 FM / 92.1 FM KSON.

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media bytes for tuesday, september 8, 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

There is a major shift happening in Los Angeles. Starting today, Dr. Laura Schlessinger is heard on KFWB at noon. She remains on KOGO locally in San Diego. AM 600 could be a potential winner in this as Inland Empire and some parts of Orange County may receive San Diego’s station better than KFWB. Her last day in LA was Friday on KFI.

Another causality in the program shift is AM 540. Operated by Mount Wilson Broadcasting from Los Angeles, prime programming was pulled from LA’s KGIL. Shows including Laura Ingraham, forced owner Saul Levine to change programming at the two stations.

LA’s 1260 has moved to Retro 1260, and AM 540 from Baja, is expected to begin broadcasting Spanish language religious programming.

Roger Hedgecock is expected to land the afternoon drive with his nationally syndicated show.

Also starting today is Bill Handel’s noon to 2 p.m. show on KFI and is syndicated by Premiere Radio. The two hour show will not be similar to the morning show, nor his weekend. He told his audience last week it would focus on the “big stories of the day”.

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Is this the week Rich Berra lands in San Diego? With no official announcement made, internal comments have suggested that the JohnJay and Rich show will be part of the San Diego morning skyline. Stay Tuned.

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Tommy Sablan went to the AC/DC concert the other night. Tommy writes: “Last night, I went to see ACDC in concert! Before the show, I met Laura and a long time friend of ours named Sandi Smith at a “bakery” across the street from the Sports Arena where we sat down and ate a nice dinner.”

Tommy adds: “The concert was great! I loved every minute of it, EXCEPT the fact that everyone was like idolizing the devil and 1 out 10 people wore those devil horns on their head. All night long, I was saying the LORDS PRAYER to myself but loving the music. ACDC must be living right and living healthy, because they look and sounded great for their ages. Their easy chord structured songs are the easiest to play on guitar, but are considered masterpieces. Every song had the same 3-4 chords and sound, but they all were great. It was a great Rock and Roll Show! I loved it! Looking out in the crowd and people watching was fun. You saw people TRAPPED in the 80’s and look like they never stopped living like they did and still kept the same haircut. You saw men in their 40’s bringing their kids.

The one thing I do need to tell you about last night was Barbara Lee Edwards from Channel 8! OH MY GOSH! She was gorgeous, sexy, and stunning in a Rock and Roll way last night. Her husband must go to bed every night with a smile on his face. Barbara is the nicest person around. For the last couple of years, she’s become a good friend of mine and she is very caring and she gives me some great advice and she is just a good person and San Diego is very lucky to have her. She looks great on television and she’s all professional, but if you ever get a chance to see her out of her news element, God has blessed you.

See the complete blog at JeffandJer.com, under Tommy’s blog.

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Her name is Kevan Christine, and she has an exhibit coming up. I’m a San Diego based music photographer and recently I created a new exhibit that will feature musicians from San Diego, Los Angeles and other areas.

The exhibit project is entitled “Musicians | Volume1″. The point of the project to to show that there are wonderfully talented musicians and bands out there that push and struggle every day to have their music heard. They don’t do it for the uncertain promise of glamour, money or rows of screaming fans. They do it because they have to. They have to create in order to live and breath.

This first installment features nineteen solo musicians and bands from across the United States. Volume 1 is a specific focus on the musicians in my hometown of San Diego, California. While all the musicians involved are of a wide variety of genres they all have a common ground….music is life and without it there would be no purpose.

The project will be on exhibit September 12 - October 8, 2009 at The Office in North Park. The opening reception will be the upcoming night of September 12 with live music by a few of the participating musicians.

Please check out the project website for more information at MusiciansVolume1.com .

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David Tanny, another San Diego based blogger tells about his changes at DavidTanny.com. David writes: “The website contains a 10 year old radio news and views blog, a gallery of past radio station logos, an HD Radio store in case anyone cares, a radio and TV database containing information about the Southern California radio and TV stations, an Internet radio station page, video arcade, optical illusions, Saturday Morning cartoon schedules of the 60s-80s, daytime TV schedules of the 60s-present, The Advetures of the O.B. Ranger page, a streaming rock and comedy radio station, a section for funny videos, and more.

“There are also playlists for the podcast shows that I produce for the Internet. There are also links to many social networking sites that I am on.

“There’s The Dementia and More Project (or DaMP) where I feature new and unreleased recordings of funny and weird songs. Visitors are welcome to submit some links to publicize their comedy stuff and even sell them on my page too.

“Last but not least, I have a store where I sell my comedy and dementia CDs and mp3 sets. Some of the mp3s can be sampled at my soundclick page. “Yes Parking Anytime” has song parodies, a salute to Free Radio San Diego, radios, cars, celebrities, nerdcore, and other novelty stuff. It’s found on CD Baby. My other two CDs, “This Side Up”, and “No Static on Channel 3″,
have more comedy and dementia selections. My last CD, “Rap With Howard”, is a Dickie Goodman-style collection of break-in recordings including three “So-Great Debate” presidential interviews and a 30-minute analog interview show I did way back in 1980.
All four CDs are linked on the home page of DavidTanny.com. Thirty copies of the mass produced “Yes” are available; the other three CDs are homemade on demand.

David adds: “All this, and sections for Harry Potter and Hannah Montana stores too. Check it all out sometime. Thank you.

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Radio airchecks!

Rich Brother Robbin B100

Wolfman Jack XPRS 1090

Wolfman Jack visits Shotgun Tom

91X

A scope of nationwide IDs

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labor day 2009

Sunday, September 6, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 7 in 2009).

The holiday originated in Canada out of labor disputes (”Nine-Hour Movement”) first in Hamilton, then in Toronto, Canada in the 1870s, which resulted in a Trade Union Act which legalized and protected union activity in 1872 in Canada. The parades held in support of the Nine-Hour Movement and the printers’ strike led to an annual celebration in Canada. In 1882, American labor leader Peter J. McGuire witnessed one of these labor festivals in Toronto. Inspired from Canadian events in Toronto, he returned to New York and organized the first American “labor day” on September 5 of the same year.

The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City. In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the US military and US Marshals during the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with Labor as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.[2] Cleveland was also concerned that aligning a US labor holiday with existing international May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair.[3] All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day a state holiday.

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media bytes for friday september 4, 2009

Friday, September 4, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

The Green Room, hosted by Chris Cantore, is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at bands on the road. Shot on-location at reputable venues, each episode connects the viewer to groundbreaking, national touring acts with real interviews and rich, artistic live performances.

As informative as it is entertaining, The Green Room provides an exclusive, immediate way of staying musically informed. With Cantore’s vast music knowledge, The Green Room acts a filter, giving viewers the best of artists, venues, and live performances in music today.

Chris has several gems available for your own personal viewing enjoyment at ChrisCantore.com.

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Internationally renowned and locally produced Blue Bombers Championship Song is available for free at 101.5 KGB’s web site. Enter the key words “On Demand”. The high quality recording is one that will be cheerished for years. Thanks Chainsaw for all the work and hard effort for the one take.

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Those magical couple of Kristi and Jagger are ready for the weekend after their morning show today. The married couple are more than starts — their life partners who live their life on the radio. Enjoy the weekend!

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A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing) is proud to announce the 5th annual Strut for Sobriety! Little Tommy Sablan, Producer Jeff and Jer Showgram, Carol LeBeau and Geni Cavitt will serve as the celebrity emcees, and radio personality Joe Bauer is the auctioneer. View the attached flyer for more information.

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Thank you for making SDRadio part of your internet travels today! See YOU on the radio and next scheduled update is Tuesday — unless news breaks and the duct tape is rolled out.

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media bytes for thursday, september 3, 2009

Thursday, September 3, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

KPBS is pleased to announce a gift of $2.5 million from Joan and Irwin Jacobs. This generous donation will fund an extensive remodel of the KPBS newsroom to create an interactive space for the future – with an emphasis on multimedia convergence and multiple platforms.

“Joan and I have been longterm supporters of KPBS. We are enthusiastic about this project to further enhance the ability of its staff to cover local news,” said Irwin Jacobs, co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm. “KPBS plays a key role in journalism in San Diego and we applaud its commitment to quality and to the expanded application of multimedia to inform our community.”

When KPBS moved into the Copley Telecommunications Center in 1995, the station had a small radio news staff. But over the past 14 years, KPBS has added TV and Online news and content teams. Currently, the reporters, writers, producers and support staff are scattered throughout the building.

“It was time we created a physical environment where all news and content producers can work collaboratively,” said Tom Karlo, KPBS General Manager. “KPBS is honored to receive such a generous contribution that truly endorses our commitment to local journalism. Over the past few years we’ve converged our TV, Radio and Web teams – but this gift helps us create a dynamic workspace that will allow the unified news team to flourish and produce exceptional journalism for the San Diego Community.”

KPBS is currently working on selecting a design firm who will help transform the existing upstairs space within the KPBS building. The goal is to begin construction after the first of the year with a targeted completion date in the fall of 2010 – around the same time KPBS will celebrate its 50th Anniversary.

KPBS is a public service of San Diego State University, serving the region with TV, Radio and Internet content that is educational as well as entertaining—and free of commercial interruption.

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Rick Moorten, last heard on 94.1 FM has a liking for spuds. “OH, I don’t know …..”

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Mark Larson, morning host at KCBQ-AM 1170 recently completed a trip to the war theater in the waters off of Pakistan. The San Diego based USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 is in Indian Ocean in support of the effort in Afghanistan.

While there, Mark was broadcasting live on KCBQ and also filed reports.

Every day for hours, Carrier Airwing 14 launches an endless stream of F/A 18’s heading out to support our Marines on the ground, especially in Helmand Province and Kandahar, Afghanistan. This ship and its Strike Group are essential in what they’re doing, and these actions put these people right in the midst of current news. God bless them, and Godspeed. Afghanistan and this region are very hot this week (and not just the temperature).

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Mark also adds that keeping the ship going requires many at sea replenishes. “Every seven days or so the Reagan is replenished with everything from food to parts to a MILLION gallons of jet fuel. And with today’s air operations supporting our Marines nearby in Afghanistan, the fuel’s at a premium in importance. It’s impressive to see how the supply ship (USS Rainier) comes along side, with both vessels keeping pace while underway (about 15+ knots or so) as supplies are shuttled across by cable, fuel line and helicopter.”

See more about Mark’s trip at LarsonBlog.com.

KCBQ’s Mark Larson is hanging out in space again. He’ll MC this Friday and Saturday’s “Race to the Moon” celebration, featuring a dozen American astronauts and a salute to our country’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. 2009 has been a year of many space milestones, including the 40th anniversary of man’s first lunar landing.

Friday night at the San DIego Air & Space Museum (where Larson also serves on the Board of Directors), a special reception will also feature a candid forum with all the astronauts, including three moon walkers. Mark is also moderator of the event.

Saturday evening the event continues with a gala awards dinner onboard the USS Midway on San Diego Bay. The new NASA Administrator (and space shuttle astronaut) Charlie Bolden will also be part of the festivities. For tickets and information, including the list of VIP’s attending, visit www.racetothemoonsd.org

Here’s video Larson at a recent Air & Space event commorating Apollo 8, introducing the usually reclusive first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong:

Some rare video of Neil in San Diego from the Air and Space Museum.

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Dean Goss returns to the San Diego airwaves! Former KCBQ, KGB, 13K K-Earth 101, KFRC among others will be filling in for Frank Anthony the week beginning at 12noon on the Walrus FM.

Frank’s daughter is getting married at Disneyland ~~ she works there!! The station employees are all celebrating in Frank’s joy.

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Washington Times Radio Hits New Heights In Southern California Skies Sept. 3

Host Rick Amato broadcasts from U.S.’s only Zeppelin using new wireless technology

Washington Times Radio host Rick Amato takes his show to new heights on today – literally, broadcasting for the first time ever from the only Zeppelin in the United States high in the skies above Southern California.

A new wireless technology will ricochet from San Diego, California up to Oregon and back to the Washington D.C. studios of Washington Times Radio for Rick’s report. The live remote signal will originate from the flight deck of the only Zeppelin within the United States, and the first to fly American skies in over 70 years.

Amato’s entire show will air on wsRadio.com from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Thursday, September 3rd and on 40 radio stations across the United States. It will also be available for download and listening on demand at www.amatotalk.com

The special report is called “The Golden State from Above.” Some have called California ungovernable. The state is near bankruptcy. Yet it is home some of the country’s most beautiful natural resources and most educated work forces. As California goes, so goes America. What does California tell us about America’s future? Join Rick and his guests from the worlds of politics, business and entertainment as they examine this issue.

Among the show’s scheduled guests: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (pending), Hollywood actor Robert Davi, Shawn Steel of the Republican National Committee, and California State Board of Equalization board member Michelle Steel, plus others to be announced.

The special broadcast will also mark the launch of wsRadioDC, a rare expansion of news and information programming during a time of budgetary caution. Later this year, a whole new line-up of shows will feature diverse individuals, associations, political groups and organizations hosting their own one-hour weekly talk shows. The new media of “Internet Talk Radio” will allow them to interact and communicate globally. Produced by wsRadio.com, the shows will broadcast live on the Internet, and then be archived and podcast on iTunes for 24/7 listening on demand.

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Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank will serve as the 2009 ambassador when the 11th annual, San Diego-based Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive kicks off October 1. Swank will share her personal experience with pet adoption and encourage families to find their new best friends this holiday season by visiting animal shelters and pet rescue groups. Along with founding partner Helen Woodward Animal Center and nearly 3,500 participating animal organizations worldwide, the program has set a goal to find loving families for 1.5 million pets between Oct. 1, 2009 and Jan. 5, 2010.

“I’m so proud to be working with Iams Home 4 the Holidays to help raise awareness about the importance of pet adoption,” said Hilary Swank. “Last year, the program’s adoption goal was to get 1 million pets adopted in just three months, but this year the goal is even bigger – we’re on a mission to find loving families for 1.5 million orphaned pets between Oct 1st and January 4th.”

Swank has adopted many pets throughout her life, including her two dogs Karoo and Rumi. She rescued Karoo from the side of a road while filming in South Africa a few years ago and adopted Rumi last fall from a participating IH4TH shelter in Los Angeles.

“Now more than ever orphaned animals need our help and who better to give them a voice than Hilary?” said Mike Arms, founder of Iams Home 4 the Holidays and President of Helen Woodward Animal Center. “Along with Hilary and her inspiration, our 3,500 animal organizations are working to shine a big spotlight on the need to help the nearly 8 million homeless pets in our country, and are committed to helping raise awareness about the importance of pet adoption.”

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Last night the sky was dancing. Jupiter and the moon will be doing a show nightly in the sky. Here’s the shot taken from last night .. and the bright light to the right of the palm tree is the largest planet in our solar system. Click on the photo for a larger view.

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media bytes for wednesday, september 2, 2009

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

For the latest on Jeff and Jer, check the official web site at JeffandJer.com. Tommy writes: “This is our home base to let you know what the latest is about the morning show and where we will be on the radio soon. We have Laura’s Diary and Tommy’s blog along with a new feature from Randy and his blog!”

The morning team will announce their return at the web site.

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Jerry has a secret 110 ton “lady” that he drives …..

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Leaving Z90.3 is PM Drive host and mixer DJ D-Rock. The web site is also minus the host. Stay Tuned.

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Letters to SDRadio:

Hey Chris,

As you well know, radio has always been about hype. Hey! It works!

When I was a kid, one of the local D-Js “locked himself” in the studio and played “The Twist” (Chubby Checker) continuously until — oh, I don’t know — somebody noticed!

A very effective promotion (which I was never part of) involved stations buying newspapers ads that read, “We sincerely apologize for the remarks made earlier today on our station by the morning team. They certainly do not reflect the views of the management of XXXX, and we are truly sorry. The persons responsible have been appropriately reprimanded.”

Of course, absolutely nothing untoward had been broadcast. But you can bet, the world tuned in the following day!!

A wise friend of mine once said, “it’s not what you do, it’s what you call what you do that matters.”

Much of radio remains the on-air circus side-show (”Step right up, see the amazing man eating chicken!!”) And the programs that are not part of the scam…are struggling.

Sad but true.

Clark Anthony

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This is pawfect!

“AUBREY”

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Adopt an Original! Adopt “Aubrey”: Just $225.

All pets adopted from Helen Woodward Animal Center have been spayed or neutered, have Up-to-date vaccinations and microchip identification.

Helen Woodward Animal Center kennels are open everyday from 11am to 6pm (Applications accepted till 5:45pm) at 6461 El Apajo Road in Rancho Santa Fe.

For more information call 858-756-4117, option #1 or log on to www.animalcenter.org.

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media bytes for september 1, 2009

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

MEC Network Top 40/Rhythmic BLAZIN’ 98.9 has let all of its programming and on air staff. Those out include Chris Loos, and music directer and afternoon host Vanya.

It was suggested that XESPN may find its way to FM or ….. Stay Tuned.

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Dave Mason writes: One week from tomorrow, the “Remastered” Beatles hit the stores. 105.7 The Walrus, in conjunction with EMI –has them NOW. Clearer, more consistent and as some said “The experience is much the same as hearing them on vinyl for the first time”.

Dave adds, “When The Beatles came out on CD in 87, the thought was they were clean, but very flat. The engineers at EMI spent four-years working on EVERY ONE of the Beatles original albums. You can definitely hear the difference. And beginning Friday at 12 noon- we’ll play a remastered Beatles song every 20 minutes through Wednesday (when the CD’s hit the stores).. We’re also giving away FIVE complete CD sets, one MONO Box Set and one STEREO box set. Each CD has a “mini documentary” surrounding the creation of that particular album. It’s really cool stuff.”

Dave also tells that this event, while special is “not worthy of a special announcement (hee hee) - -but as far as I know “The Walrus” is the only San Diego station that’s GIVING AWAY THE BEATLES.”

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A San Diego radio pro and on-air host, who kindly asked to remain anonymous … asked me to post this:

I have a special announcement. I’m not making any more special announcements. BOTH of the over-hyped “special announcements” in light of the potential landing place for Jeff and Jer are another reason why radio gets such a bad rap. Both stations should be ripped to shreds for hyping something that turns out to be a non-event. It’s just my take.

You are RIGHT ON with your letter to Clear Channel. Too bad it will fall on blind eyes. Unfortunately they’re so focused on saving every penny so certain corporate muckety-mucks can fly around the country surveying their empire than they’ve totally abandoned the audience. But you can only blame the politicians!! Let’s face it. The FCC was created to make sure that radio served the general public. Oh sure, they regulated stupid things like PSA’s and other irrelevant “community service” requirements- but dropping the regs as they did when multiple ownership came to be started a slide that continues today.

They won’t learn. But TV didn’t learn either. They started their death march when they allowed Cable TV to advertise…telling people there are other choices. Not that the public couldn’t figure it out for themselves – but why give people reasons to listen/watch elsewhere?

I just had to share about the “Special Announcement” deal. I grew up in radio in the age of “hype”, and self-promotion. But we hoped for a payoff for the listener when we urged them to listen at 7:20. These were no payoff. These were just plain stupid. It’s gonna hurt them—and the industry.

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Mount Wilson, Los Angles main transmitter site for FM and Television, remains in harm’s way. A total of 22 TV stations and 25 FM radio stations have towers and broadcasting equipment on Mount Wilson. Los Angeles basin police and fire radio facilities are also on the mountain.

Taken at 5:08 a.m.

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Mount Wilson Fire Assault, Day Two

Monday, August 31, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Report: Two towers down. Los Angeles’ Mount Wilson remains in harm’s way despite the push by firecrews to break the advance — on two sides.

The observatory web site’s camera is posting pictures.

From 6:42 p.m.

From 7:12 p.m.

From 7:36 p.m.

From 9 p.m.

From 9:21 p.m.

From 9:45 p.m.

From 10:07

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For a map of the fire zone, visit Google Maps.

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Celebrating Local Town Heros

Monday, August 31, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Tommy Sablan has posted his thoughts about the Chula Vista Little League Team winning the World Series. Read it at JeffandJer.com under Tommy’s blog!

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media bytes for monday, august 31, 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Welcome to SDRadio for Monday, August 31, 2009

Anything going on?

Radio Sophie Brings a trip to see “Pink” in Ireland.

San Diego Jack FM Brinks Alice Cooper to North County on October 31.

No format changes nor station sales. Two radio events. Resume normal programming.

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Reminder: A.J. and the crew have moved to Star 94.1.
Frankie V has morning duties today at Channel 933.

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From Chris Carmichael, publisher and writer SDRadio.net
To: Clear Channel San Diego Management

Subject: News We Can Use

Last week, I blasted KOGO for their lack of coverage — for two weeks in a row — for not covering the Chula Vista Little League team at the 9 p.m. newscasts on a Sunday night. Yes, I understand that it was talked about earlier in the day during talk shows by various hosts. It was also pointed out in this day of smart phones, social media, the news gets out. Really? Drive your listeners away to other info sites? Never mind the majority of the listeners who do tune in as radio as their point of contact.

The medium is changing. For a majority of your listening audience, the newscasts are the focal point of getting the latest news, weather and sports in the casts. It adds further insult to the listener’s ears, it was reveled that the newscasts were prerecorded.

That’s a sham from a station that has a legacy of Golden Mikes.

What is going to happen when calamity strikes? It’s not an if, as ear witnessed this weekend on on KFI. When news broke on Sunday with the fire swath that darkened the skies of Los Angeles, the station responded. They responded in full force.

Meanwhile in San Diego what will happen when (not an if) calamity strikes in the middle of the night? Will the listeners be rewarded by hearing audio of your TV partner as described by the corporate plan? Will your news team, already stretched thin, be able to cover the county? Is this, as Cliff Albert wrote me, “No big deal.” Don’t let San Diego response be similar to what happened in Minot, North Dakota.

The calendar is moving into full fire season and it’s hoped this year will be a non-event. What about earthquake or weather? There is an obvious concern knowing that newscasts, being recorded in advance and “computer failures” may happen. Not a good feeling as the primary station for news and information as the designated Emergency Action Notification outlet. It’s no comfort the second station is 1360 KLSD.

All the silliness aside, give your listeners the assurance that San Diego’s News and Talk Station is that: a news and talk station that can be depended on. Give truth to the term live and local. Our lives may depend on it.

Sincerely,

Christopher Carmichael
Editor and Publisher
SDRadio.net

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LA’s Mount Wilson was intact this morning. The support to fight the fires were focused on homes, and said the fire would “overrun” the area. As of this morning, the site is intact. The firefighters have Mount Wilson being overun by fire sometime today. Help to fight the raging fire, was on its way.

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LA TV/FM towers in fire’s path; expect overun tonight

Sunday, August 30, 2009 by SDRadio.

    

Breaking: Los Angeles TV and FM towers in harm’s way. Officials are expected to let fire burn through. There was some retardant placed at sunset tonight. Two firefighters were killed near the “Station Fire” tonight.

View image. From Mount Wilson, in Los Angeles. The site has been providing pictures through out the day. Click on the photos for a bigger views.

On Mount Wilson: “That site is the nerve center for most of communication in the Los Angeles area,” Station Fire Commander Mike Dietrich said. “It is not out of danger as we speak. Right now we are so early in the fire and this is a treacherous fire.”

Fire to over run: KFI reports:
Firefighters have pulled off Mt Wilson, officials expect the critical communications point to 
be overrun by fire about 7pm.

The tower cam is being overloaded on Sunday afternoon. Various media have been publishing the web site. I will post photos when possible.

At 1:50 p.m.

At 2:25 p.m.

At 2:51 p.m.

At 3:20 p.m.

At 4:10 p.m.

AT 6:23 p.m.

At 6:49 p.m.

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At 7:07 p.m.

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At 7:28 p.m.

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At 7:48 p.m.

At 7:52 p.m.

At 8 p.m.

At 8:42 p.m.

At 9 p.m.

At 9:21 p.m.

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Scott Fybush has an extensive web site that identifies the stations. Please visit his web site for further information at Fybush.com LA’s Mount Wilson. Photo used with permission for SDRadio.

Scott says this photo is about 90 degrees off from the tower cam (above).

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Obvious Question

Friday, August 28, 2009 by SDRadio.

Who will be on the morning shoe at Channel 933 on Monday?

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