Westwood One, the largest audio network in the U.S. and the official network radio partner of the NCAA, will tip off its exclusive live coverage of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship with First Four® action on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 6:30 pm ET.
Fans will be able to hear full play-by-play action from all 67 men’s basketball games, including eight first-round and second-round games, plus regional semifinals and finals. In addition, Westwood One will broadcast live coverage of NCAA Men’s Final Four® on Saturday, April 6, 2019, and the National Championship Game on Monday, April 8, in both English and Spanish.
Where to Listen
Westwood One’s complete NCAA men's tournament coverage can be heard on more than 500 radio stations nationwide and via SiriusXM. All 67 Division I men’s games will also be streamed online for free at NCAA.com/MarchMadness and on westwoodonesports.com. Additionally, the broadcasts will be available for free via the NCAA March Madness Live app, and TuneIn.com. Fans can also access live audio via Google Assistant-enabled devices by asking to “Play NCAA March Madness on Westwood One.”
All-Star Broadcast Team
The trio of Kevin Kugler, Hall of Fame Coach John Thompson, and Clark Kellogg will announce all the action for the Final Four and the National Championship in English. Kellogg will be simultaneously serving as a studio analyst for both CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ television coverage in addition to Westwood One coverage. Immediately following the pregame show broadcast on the TV set, Kellogg will make his way courtside to the Westwood One radio broadcast position to join Kugler and Thompson to call the game. Then he will rejoin TV for halftime before repeating the process in the second half and postgame. Jim Gray will serve as courtside reporter; three-time NCAA Player of the Year and Hall of Famer Bill Walton will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame analysis for the Final Four and National Championship.
The Games
For the third straight year, the Spanish-language broadcast will be called by Rafael Hernandez Brito and former All-American Greivis Vásquez and hosted by Clemson Smith Muñiz.
New to the crew this year is ESPN college basketball analyst and former coach Fran Fraschilla, who will join Jason Horowitz to anchor the network coverage from Westwood One's New York City studios. Brad Heller will anchor Westwood One’s coverage on the satellite, online, and mobile platforms.
In addition to Kellogg, Thompson, and Walton, Westwood One's coverage of NCAA March Madness® will also feature a wealth of renowned commentators and analysts including former All-Americans Jim Jackson, Dan Dickau, and Robbie Hummel; former SEC Player of the Year Will Perdue; former coaches Mike Montgomery and P.J. Carlesimo; and former college stars Donny Marshall, Austin Croshere, and Jon Crispin.
The roster of tournament play-by-play announcers will include Kugler, Tom McCarthy, Scott Graham, John Sadak, Ryan Radtke, Brandon Gaudin, Chris Carrino, Craig Way, and Ted Emrich.
Cumulus Media has announced that KBGG 1700 The Champ has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Twins baseball team and content distribution partnerLearfield IMG College to become the official radio home of the Minnesota Twins.
Learfield kicks off the partnership with broadcasts of two pre-season games on March 24th and March 26th, and with the season opener on March 28th.
Jack Taddeo, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Des Moines, said: “We are proud to bring the Minnesota Twins to Des Moines on 1700 The Champ and we look forward to many outstanding seasons of Minnesota Twins baseball.”
Every year we hear from Twins fans in Des Moines looking for ways to follow the team. We are ecstatic to have found a partner in 1700 The Champ to help bring Twins baseball to the Des Moines community,” said Twins President and Chief Executive Officer Dave St. Peter. “1700 The Champ already has an expansive sports format and this relationship will elevate both brands on the dial. We look forward to building this partnership for years to come and are proud to welcome Des Moines as part of the Treasure Island Baseball Network!”
Crown Media Family Networks, the company that owns the Hallmark cable channel, stopped working with its “Garage Sale Mysteries” star, Lori Loughlin, after she was charged in a college admissions scandal, it said on Thursday.
“We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels” involving the actress, the company said in a statement.
Reuters reports Hallmark’s announcement follows an earlier one from LVMH’s Sephora beauty chain, which said it was ending its partnership with Loughlin’s daughter, Olivia.
Olivia Giannulli, the 19-year-old daughter of “Full House” actress Loughlin and designer Mossimo Giannulli, is a social media “influencer” who goes by the name Olivia Jade online.
Products from her makeup collaboration had been removed from Sephora’s website by Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear whether her products were available in stores.
“After careful review of recent developments, we have made the decision to end the Sephora Collection partnership with Olivia Jade, effective immediately,” a Sephora representative wrote in an email on Thursday.
Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were accused on Tuesday of paying bribes of $500,000 in a scheme that involved cheating on college entrance exams to help their daughter and another daughter, Isabella Giannulli, get into the University of Southern California, according to court documents.
Loughlin and her husband were taken into federal custody and later released on separate $1 million bonds on Wednesday.
Days before Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested for allegedly participating in a college admissions cheating scam to get their two daughters into college, their youngest, popular YouTuber Olivia Jade Giannulli spoke out about her dad’s former college experience in which he “faked” his way through his education, reports People.
During an interview with the Zach Sang Show posted on March 8, Olivia Jade, 19, said that she looks to her dad – who created the fashion line Mossimo – for “inspiration.”
“He didn’t come from a lot so it’s cool to see that he built it all himself,” she said. “He, like, built his whole entire brand and he wasn’t actually, like, I don’t know if I’m supposed to say this, ever enrolled in college. But he, like, faked his way through it and then he started his whole business with tuition money that his parents thought was going to college. That’s, like, such a different time. I don’t know if I was supposed to say that, but it’s okay.”
Also it was learned that Loughlin‘s daughters are dropping out of the University of Southern California — because they’re afraid of being bullied over the massive college admissions scam that has left them feeling like “a mess,” a report said Thursday.
Veteran programmer, talent coach and research executive Mike Shepard has joined forces with Tracy Johnson at Tracy Johnson Media Group, Inc.
Shepard brings 30 years of programming excellence to one of the world’s most successful radio programming and talent coaching companies.
Johnson talked about Shepard, “We’ve continued to grow the last few years and Mike is a perfect fit. He is a great talent coach, a legendary programmer and well-rounded media strategist. His expertise in multiple formats including Country, Sports Talk and Classic Hits, plus his research skills add depth and value to existing and future clients.”
Shepard most recently was VP/Programming for BCA Radio in San Diego, overseeing The Mighty 1090 (Sports Talk) and MAX FM (Classic Hits). Previously, he was the driving force behind San Diego’s Country powerhouse KSON, leading the station to its highest ratings ever.
He’s excited about his new role with Johnson. Shepard said, “I’ve been a huge fan of Tracy and his work for many years and I’ve seen first hand how his experience, philosophy and unique approach with talent have directly impacted ratings. I’m thrilled to add my expertise to the company and continue building on his amazing track record of success!”
Shepard has worked with dozens of high profile air talent, including Jack Diamond, Tony and Kris, Scott Kaplan, Bert, Rich “Brother” Robbin, Jack Murphy, Lee “Hacksaw” Hamilton and more.
In addition to his role as consultant and talent coach with TJMG, Shepard will continue to own and operate his research company, Shepard Media Research.
A YouTube star has been tapped to take over Carson Daly’s late night slot on NBC, according to The NYPost.
Lilly Singh, who has more than 14 million subscribers on her YouTube channel, announced her new gig on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Thursday night.
“I think its a little awesome for an Indian-Canadian woman to have a late night show,” she said. “I’m super honored and humbled.”
Singh is slated to take over as host of what was previously “Last Call With Carson Daly,” after Daly, who hosted the show for 17 years stepped down last month.
The rebranded ‘A Little Late with Lilly Singh” is set to premiere in the fall and will include comedy segments and interviews. It’ll make her the only woman to currently host a late-night talk show on one of the Big 4 networks.
“[The show] will be kind of like my YouTube channel but now I have more than three staff members,” Singh quipped.
Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest radio broadcasters in the U.S., raised over $1.3 million to benefit Johns Hopkins Children’s Center through “Mix 106.5’s 30th Annual Radiothon” in Baltimore. This year’s WWMX Mix 106.5 fundraiser set a new record in total donations over two days, bringing the total amount donated through Mix 106.5’s Radiothon to more than $23 million.
“It is quite the accomplishment to reach 30 years of the Mix 106.5 Radiothon and we are so proud of the incredible impact that this will have on so many families in our region,” said Tracy Brandys, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Baltimore. “It is a privilege to stand behind the invaluable work Johns Hopkins Children’s Center does day in and day out, and it is touching to see our generous listeners sharing the same outlook as well.”
"We are honored to have such a wonderful collaboration with Mix 106.5,” said Tina Cheng, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Children's Center. “For thirty years, our friends at the radio station have helped capture the world of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and brought it to listeners throughout Baltimore and beyond.”
“Mix 106.5’s Radiothon is the longest-running Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ Radiothon in the country, and we are grateful for the radio station's steadfast support and commitment to helping our kids,” said David Hackam, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
“Mix 106.5’s 30th Annual Radiothon” was broadcast live from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, in Baltimore on Thursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22 from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET each day. Mix 106.5 morning show duo Reagan and Bethany, midday drive host Maria Dennis and afternoon host Priestly hosted the event. Donations were accepted via call-in to the Calvert Hall Miracle Line, online and via text message. Additional fundraising was done through corporate partnerships, sponsorships, a phone-a-thon and JHCC employee giving campaign prior to the radiothon.
But his extended family — a category that includes just about everybody in the Mid-South who watched television or listened to the radio from the 1960s through the 1990s — knew him by a simpler, more dramatic and romantic name: Johnny Dark.
According to The Commercial Appeal, Dark — the radio disc jockey and future television broadcaster who introduced the Beatles in concert at the Mid-South Coliseum and was an integral part of the promotion of Memphis 1960s rock and soul — died Monday at Methodist Hospital, after suffering a stroke four days after heart surgery. He was 75.
Dark had been in frequent poor health since the almost on-air 1993 New Year's Eve heart attack that ended his broadcast career and placed him in premature retirement. During the past 25 years, he underwent nine bypass heart surgeries, according to his wife of 54 years, Cynthia Dougherty. At the time of his death, he was a three-times-a-week dialysis patient, due to a past surgery for kidney cancer.
In the early 1960s, he reinvented himself as "Johnny Dark" for his first job as a radio disc jockey at WGMN in Millington, Tennessee. With his quick wit and snappy patter, he quickly became one of the region's more popular deejays, eventually making the leap to Memphis' WMPS.
As a WMPS star, he introduced the Beatles for the British band's evening performance on Aug. 16, 1966, at the Mid-South Coliseum. This was the infamous "cherry bomb" concert in which an explosive firecracker tossed on stage caused band members to think some crazed concertgoer had made good on the threats of violence that followed John Lennon's comment that the band was "more popular than Jesus."
Other acts introduced by Mr. Dark over the years, in Memphis and elsewhere, included the Beach Boys, the Supremes, the Rolling Stones, the Doors and Moms Mabley.
Using the the name 'Dude Walker', Dark also had stints in Louisville, Toronto, Chicago, Chattanooga and Los Angeles before he returned to Memphis in 1980. He returned at the request of Sam Phillips, to be program manager and on-air personality on Phillips' country station, WLVS. He later worked as morning weather reporter for another Memphis country station, KIX-106.
Mr. Dark soon became known for his face as well as his voice. In 1982, he was hired to be the morning weatherman on WREG-TV Channel 3. Eventually, he became the station's chief weather reporter, and then moved to sports, which he preferred.
➦In 1679...Philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz described binary numbering. In mathematics and digital electronics, a binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, which uses only two symbols: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one).
The base-2 numeral system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Each digit is referred to as a bit. Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronic circuitry using logic gates, the binary system is used by almost all modern computers and computer-based devices.
David Schoenbrun - 1950
➦In 1915...Journalist David Schoenbrun born (Died at age 73 - May 23, 1988), Schoenbrun enlisted in the Army in 1943 and became a World War 2 correspondent covering North Africa through to the liberation of France.
After the war, from 1947 to 1964, Schoenbrun worked for CBS, serving primarily as the network's bureau chief in Paris. He was one of the reporters known as Murrow's Boys.
From the 1960s through the 1980s, Schoenbrun served as a news analyst for WNEW Radio in New York (now WBBR) and other Metromedia broadcast properties, and later for crosstown WPIX Television and its Independent Network News operation. In the mid-1970s.
Schoenbrun is the author of On and Off the Air, a personal account of the history of CBS News through the 1970s.
➦In 1922...WSB-AM Atlanta signed-on.
First Employees Walter Iller, Walter Tison
The call-sign "WSB" carried an infamous history before it was assigned to a land-based broadcaster in Atlanta.
In very early days of radio licensing, sea-based broadcasters were included in the call-sign assignment system. The first licensee of the call-sign "WSB" was the S.S. Francis H. Leggett. After foundering off the Oregon coast on September 18, 1914, taking a toll of two of the 67 lives aboard, the call "WSB" was reassigned to the Firewood, the name of which forms a grim coincidence with its fate: the ship burned off the coast of Peru on December 18, 1919, with 28 persons on board, all of whom were saved.
Because superstitious seafarers objected to being issued a call "used by that ship which went down with all hands last month", "tainted" calls like "WSB" were quietly issued to unsinkable land stations.
Lambdin Kay, First GM
Originally on 740 kHz until the 1936 FCC band plan, WSB was the fourth radio station in the South, behind the first AM station, WBT 1110 AM in Charlotte, licensed in December, 1920... WNOX 990 AM in Knoxville, Tennessee licensed in November, 1921... and WWL 850 AM in New Orleans, licensed 13 days before WSB in March, 1922.
They, among others, are all considered "clear channel" stations. That designation is given to frequencies on which only one or two stations are assigned to a frequency that allows full power transmission day and night.
The WSB broadcast call sign stands for "Welcome South, Brother". Founded by the Atlanta Journal newspaper (once a competitor of the Atlanta Constitution, now merged), the station began broadcasting on March 15, 1922, just a few days prior to Constitution-owned WGM 710 AM (eventually swapped to WGST 640 AM.
➦In 1956...Elvis Presley signed a management deal with Colonel Tom Parker. Their partnership was uniquely successful, Elvis being an entirely new force in popular music, and Parker an entrepreneurial genius able to market him.
A carnival worker by background, Parker moved into music promotion, earning the courtesy rank of ‘Colonel’ from a grateful singer Jimmie Davis, who had become governor of Louisiana. After discovering the teenage Tommy Sands, Parker talent-spotted the unknown Elvis Presley, and skillfully maneuvered himself into position as his sole representative with control over much of his private life. Within months, he had won Presley a recording contract with the prestigious RCA Victor record label, made him a star with his first single Heartbreak Hotel, negotiated lucrative merchandising deals, made plans for TV appearances as well as a new career as an actor in film musicals. ➦In 1964... Pioneering radio deejay Alan Freed indicted by Federal Grand jury for income tax evasion. On January 23, 1986, Freed was part of the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. In 1988, he was also posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. On December 10, 1991, Freed was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
➦In 1971...CBS announced the cancellation of The Ed Sullivan Show.
From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. E.T., and is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades (during its first season, it ran from 9 to 10 p.m. E.T.).
Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the show; classical musicians, opera singers, popular recording artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues from plays, and circus acts were regularly featured. The format was essentially the same as vaudeville and, although vaudeville had undergone a slow demise for a generation, Sullivan presented many ex-vaudevillians on his show.
It was at the time the longest-running variety show in television history. (The final show aired June 6, 1971; Sullivan died of esophageal cancer three years later at age 73.
➦In 1972...Robert W. Morgan of Los Angeles radio station 93 KHJ played Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love" for 90 minutes straight. Police eventually raided the station fearing foul play, but discovered a publicity stunt instead. Morgan was best known for his work at several stations in Los Angeles, California, in particular KHJ-AM. Morgan also did morning drive at KMPC-AM, KIQQ-FM and KMGG-FM, and finished his career at KRTH-FM, where he retired for health reasons in 1997. He died from lung cancer on May 22, 1998.
➦In 1976...WCFL 1000 AM abruptly dropped its Top 40 format in favor of The World's Most Beautiful Music, leaving WLS once again as Chicago's only AM Top 40 station. Station management released all disc jockeys who did not have "no cut" clauses in their contracts with the official explanation of the format change as "being more in keeping with the labor movement". Larry Lujack, still under contract with the station, stayed on at WCFL playing easy listening music until moving back to WLS in September 1976. This format won few listeners from FM beautiful music stations such as WLOO, and by 1978 had been replaced by a gold-based adult contemporary format.
WCFL was sold April 3, 1978 to the Mutual Broadcasting System, which was then a subsidiary of the Amway Corporation. The history of the first and longest-lived labor radio station was over; after nearly 52 years, the "Voice of Labor" had been stilled. The station began to identify itself as "Mutual/CFL." A magazine-type news/talk format was adopted, with sports talk in the evening hours and Larry King overnight, but ratings remained low. In 1982 WCFL changed to an MOR format playing standards and non rock hits of the '50s and '60s mixed in with some softer rock and roll oldies and soft '70s and '80s AC cuts and even a few currents. By the end of 1983, ratings were still low so WCFL evolved into an Adult Contemporary format
Today, the station airs ESPN as WMVP-AM.
➦In 2010... Retired Air Personality Ron Lundy WABC 770 AM, WCBS 101.1 FM NYC Lundy died of a heart attack at age 75 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Born as Fred Ronald Lundy June 25, 1934). He had recently been recovering from a previous heart attack after being dehydrated.
Lundy was born June 25, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of Fred Sr., a railroad engineer, and Mary Lundy. He served in the United States Marine Corps after graduating from high school.
Following the completion of his military stint, he returned to his hometown and attended a local radio broadcasting school on the G.I. Bill. At the same time, he worked across the street at WHHM-AM, where he got his first on-air experience one night when he substituted for the regular disc jockey who failed to report for his shift. This resulted in Lundy being hired as a full-time radio announcer by Hodding Carter for WDDT-AM, the latter's new station in Greenville, Mississippi.
After a stop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at WLCS-AM, Lundy was brought to WIL-AM in St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 by Dan Ingram, who was the station's program director until the middle of the next year. Nicknamed the "Wil' Child", Lundy had a style which was described as a combination of "country and crawfish pie" by Bob Whitney, who also played a major role in the appointment.
Lundy was reunited with Ingram at WABC 770 AM in 1965. He made his New York radio debut on September 1, working the overnight shift as "The Swingin' Nightwalker."
Beginning in May 1966, he became the midday fixture at the station for the next sixteen years. With his catchphrase "Hello, Love–this is Ron Lundy from the Greatest City in the World," he usually preceded Ingram's afternoon drive time program, and sometimes when Ingram was running late to the studio, Lundy would keep going until Dan arrived, doing impressions of The Shadow, where he would play Margo Lane and Lamont Cranston. The two best friends hosted "The Last Show" before WABC's format conversion from music to talk radio at noon on May 10, 1982.
In February 1984, Lundy resurfaced at New York's oldies station WCBS 101.1 FM in the mid-morning slot, following former WABC colleague Harry Harrison. According to program director Joe McCoy, the station created the slot especially for Lundy, reducing other shifts from four hours to three.
In June, 1997, Lundy's WCBS-FM show was awarded the 1997 "BronzeWorld Medal" at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards for the "best local personality".
Lundy retired from WCBS-FM on September 18, 1997. (Click Here to listen, courtesy of Musicradio77.com)
During Ron's final show, he rests his hand on Dan Ingram's shoulder
Upon retiring from radio, Ron and his wife Shirley moved to the small town of Bruce, Mississippi.
Lundy's voice made two cameo appearances during his career. The first one was in an early scene in Midnight Cowboy, when Joe Buck, hearing a Lundy WABC broadcast while listening to his portable radio, realized that the bus he was riding soon approached New York City. The other was in Starship's 1985 hit "We Built This City."
Lundy was inducted the St. Louis Hall Radio Hall of Fame on January 1, 2006.
➦In 2015...longtime jazz radio host Robert "Bob" Parlocha died at age 76 (Born - April 18, 1938). He was an American jazz expert who was best known as a radio host and programmer. He was also a professional saxophone player and gourmet cook. He was in wide syndication with his nighttime jazz show Jazz With Bob Parlocha. He was best known for his 16-year run at Bay Area station KJAZ-FM (1978-94).
➦In 2018....iHeartMedia, the biggest U.S. radio broadcaster, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a decade after a private-equity-led buyout left it with billions in debt.
A long-simmering feud between a pair of Tampa Bay radio personalities is headed to court.
According to actionnews.com, a lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of ‘Bubba the Love Sponge,’ Clem in Pinellas County. Clem is seeking unspecified damages from his former employer, Cox Media Group, and two of his former employees.
Mike ‘Cowhead,’ Calta is the current morning show host on Cox station WHPT 102.5 The Bone and Matthew ‘Spice Boy,’ Lloyd, a former Cox employee and a former member of Clem’s crew; Calta also worked with Clem early in his career.
The complaint alleges Cox engineered a scheme to that led to Clem’s termination from a competing radio company – Beasley Media Group.
“As our complaint alleges, Cox Media has engaged in improper, anti-competitive acts that no major media company should ever employ,” said Clem’s attorney Jeffrey E. Nusinov in a statement issued to ABC Action News. “Cox Media set out to destroy Bubba Clem – not through honest competition, but through dishonest and illegal means.”
Clem’s show is currently heard on WHBO 1040 AM. Last year the former top-rated shock jock in Tampa Bay reached a settlement with consumer research company Nielsen over a ‘ratings tampering,’ lawsuit. Terms were not disclosed.
In Wednesday’s filing, Clem’s lawyers claim Calta and Lloyd played a major role in leaking footage of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan having sex with Clem’s wife to Gawker. Gawker and Hogan settled their lawsuit in November 2016.
Hulk Hogan is also suing Calta, Lloyd and Cox Media group over the leak in Pinellas County.
Embroiled in a firestorm of controversy over recently unearthed radio comments and seeing advertisers flee from his show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson anchored the top-rated program on cable news Tuesday night, leading across the board.
Devoting the top of his show to blasting Media Matters for publishing clips of him making a spate of racist and misogynistic remarks during appearances on shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show from 20016 to 2011, Carlson drew a total viewership of 3.086 million total viewers and 532,000 in the key 25-54 demographic during the 8 PM hour, according to contemptor.com.
During the 8 PM time slot, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 pulled in 1.199 million total viewers and 330,000 in the key demo while MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes attracted a total audience of 1.605 million and 265,000 in the demo.
Carlson also saw increases in both his total viewership and demo audience from Monday night, when he drew 2.895 million and 495,000, respectively.
Meanwhile, in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Bubba Clem defended Carlson's comments from more than a decade ago: "I host a comedy-driven radio show for guys. Until Sunday, no one confused it with something that should be taken seriously. Given my on-air name, 'Bubba the Love Sponge,' I assume most people get the joke. We are rude, sometimes profane.
"Tucker Carlson called into my satellite radio show regularly from 2006-11, and like all my guests, he adopted an edgy comic persona for the broadcast. He said really naughty things to make my audience laugh, and they did. The 100 or so shows we made with Mr. Carlson weren’t a secret.
"Mr. Carlson is being smeared by a new generation of speech police for a new crime—refusing to give in to a small group of political activists who love all forms of “diversity” except of political thought. They take his comic words of a decade ago, reframe them as hateful, and require adherence to their demands. They attack the advertisers that simply want a chance to sell things to his audience, and threaten them with reputational destruction by public shaming unless they repudiate him. In the marketplace of ideas, these guys are shoplifters.
Entercom and the Washington Capitals have extended their multiplatform broadcast partnership.
As part of the extension, Entercom station WJFK 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. will remain as the flagship home of the Washington Capitals carrying all Capitals games plus pre and postgame shows. In addition, all games will continue to be streamed on RADIO.COM, the fastest-growing digital audio app in the U.S., andthefandc.com. The new extension will run through the 2021 season.
“We are thrilled to bring Capitals hockey to D.C.’s top-rated sports station 106.7 The Fan,” said Phil Zachary, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Washington D.C. “In addition to all games, the station will provide fans with full coverage of their favorite team through premiere programming on air, online and on demand. Capitals fans nationwide now have more resources than ever to stay up-to-date with the team and we look forward to continue serving as their hub for everything Capitals.”
“We are extremely pleased to extend our partnership with Entercom,” said Hunter Lochmann, Chief Marketing Officer, Washington Capitals. “Entercom station 106.7 The Fan has been a great partner for us and have provided our fans with terrific original programming and coverage of our team. The powerful signal the station provides is a great benefit to our fans.”
106.7 The Fan has been the home for Washington Capitals games and will continue to carry every game live with the Capitals’ veteran broadcast team of John Walton and Ken Sabourin. Capitals game broadcasts will continue to include 15 minutes of pregame coverage prior to puck drop and 45 minutes of programming after the game concludes. The postgame show will include player interviews and a live broadcast of Capitals head coach Todd Reirden’s postgame press conference.
The Capitals pre and postgame shows will continue to be hosted by Ben Raby.
In addition, 106.7 The Fan will air a weekly Caps show, “Crashing the Net” with Tom Daly on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Weekly programming will also include two weekly interviews with Capitals players, including defenseman John Carlson on “Chad Dukes vs. The World,” Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. and forward Brett Connolly on “Grant & Danny,” Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Morning show “The Sports Junkies” will feature a bi-weekly interview with head coach Todd Reirden on Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m.
Listeners can tune in to 106.7 The Fan (WJFK-FM) in Washington D.C. on air, as well as nationwide on the RADIO.COM app and website. Fans can also connect with the station on social media via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
WSAN 1470 AM has become an iHeartPodcast Channel effective immediately, iHeartMedia Allentown announced Wednesday.
The channel will showcase popular podcasts. The station will be a one-stop shop for a variety of podcasts including trendy shows such as “Stuff You Should Know,” “Part Time Genius” and “Broken Harts.”
Craig Stevens, senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia Allentown, said in the news release: “The iHeartPodcast Channel is a carefully curated experience that brings you the most creative stories from over 25,000 podcasts available on our free iHeartRadio app.”
AM 1470, which had been broadcasting sports in Spanish as ESPN Deportes, also made the announcement Wednesday on its sister station WAEB-AM. The 1470 frequency will continue to broadcast Lehigh Phantoms hockey, but according to Stevens, the station will no longer carry the Philadelphia Phillies games in Spanish.
Across cable news, the salaries paid to on-air contributors remain shrouded in mystery, ranging by network and by market demand for the contributor's expertise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, because at least 10 former Fox News contributors have served in President Donald Trump's administration and been forced to file financial disclosure forms, a window into the network's payroll has been opened.
Among the eight Trump staffers who were forced to disclose what Fox News paid them to contribute, salaries averaged about $141,000 and ranged from a low of $31,336 for New York socialite Georgette Mosbacher (who serves as ambassador to Poland) to a high of $569,423 for John Bolton, who now serves as Trump's national security adviser.
A Fox News spokesperson would not comment on how the network decides contributor salaries, but a person with knowledge of the process said that many non-famous contributors start with a per-appearance fee agreement that provides them with a small guaranteed retainer for agreeing to be exclusive to Fox News. If the person resonates with Fox's audience and delivers ratings, the network would likely offer them an annual, flat-fee contract, firming up their contributor status.
KBME 790 AM sports talk host Josh Innes said Wednesday on Twitter that his morning drive program had been terminated for "budget reasons" and wrote, "I do not have a show anymore."
Innes, who was hired by the iHeartMedia station in October 2016 after an earlier stint in Houston on KILT 610 AM, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking elaboration on his Twitter messages, according to The Houston Chronicle.
Innes reported on his own departure in a series of Twitter messages that began about 4 p.m. Wednesday. Asked by a listener about the podcast of Wednesday's show on the KBME website, Innes replied:
Unfortunately, the show was terminated today. Budget reasons. That is why the podcast isn't up. Sorry https://t.co/xD7zX3jP50
Innes' apparent departure brings to an end a turbulent period that included high hopes on iHeartMedia's part for a significant listenership boost from a host who enjoyed ratings success during his earlier stint on KILT.
Josh Innes
However, Innes' ratings have mirrored those of the station and of Houston sports radio in general. KBME's morning drive audience share as of the most recent Nielsen Audio ratings ranked 25th among all Houston radio stations among men 25-54, the key demographic for sports radio, and trailed the station's competitors at KILT and KFNC 97.5 FM.
Innes also was involved in occasional controversy at the station. The Texans in 2017 revoked his media credentials, citing repeated violations of team media policies, and station personnel were removed from the Radio Row broadcast area in Minneapolis prior to Super Bowl LII in January 2018 after a confrontation between Innes and KILT talk show host Seth Payne.
He also was suspended in May 2018 after he spoke on the air about his disagreements with talk show host Adam Clanton, who was subsequently fired by the station.
He also enjoyed a rocky stretch in Philadelphia, including a story in Philadelphia magazine headlined "Is Josh Innes Destroying Philadelphia Sports Radio?"
Innes was fired in 2016 by WIP but was hired by iHeartMedia to replace longtime talk show host Charlie Pallilo in afternoon drive time. He launched his show by mocking Pallilo's delivery and his ratings performance and pledged to boost KBME's ratings performance.
His show moved to morning drive time in June 2017 but also failed to make significant ratings headway in that time slot.
Westwood One’s complete NCAA men's tournament coverage can be heard on more than 500 radio stations nationwide and via SiriusXM. All 67 Division I men’s games will also be streamed online for free at NCAA.com/MarchMadness and on westwoodonesports.com. Additionally, the broadcasts will be available for free via the NCAA March Madness Live app, and TuneIn.com. Fans can also access live audio via Google Assistant-enabled devices by asking to “Play NCAA March Madness on Westwood One.”
