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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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

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