Alpha Media, Portland’s KBFF Live 95.5 has announced Amanda “ICE” Habrowski as Assistant Program Director. She remains Music Director and Midday Host.
Originally hailing from the city of Detroit, ICE is now a proud resident of Portland, OR., for the past 3 years, hosting Middays and serving as Music Director for Live 95.5. None other than Public Enemy’s, Flavor Flav coined her infamous “ICE” moniker during a stint on VH1’s “Flavor of Love 3,” where, unfortunately, Ms. Habrowski did not find the love she was searching for. But everything turned out just fine, because it left her with a rad nickname and another VH1 appearance on “I Love Money 2.” Her one-of-a-kind voice has been heard on the radio for over 10 years now, as she spins today’s hottest tracks fused with a Detroit-bred passion for music.
Alpha Media VP of Programming, Phil Becker commented on the announcement, “Over the last three years, ICE has been a vital part of our success and I’m thrilled to be able to offer her this opportunity.”
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“Dude! Is this real life?! I’d like to thank my mom, my dad, my #ICEcubes, my cat Smoke Man, my fellow co-workers and of course, the one and only Phil Becker for believing in me and letting me do what I love. There’s no other station I’d rather be at than Live 95.5. Alpha Media takes care of their employees and I cannot WAIT to make the most out of this opportunity,” remarked Ice.
SiriusXM announced Monday that veteran media executive Mike Connolly has joined the company as its new head of advertising sales. Connolly will oversee SiriusXM's ad sales efforts across its wide-ranging lineup of channels that take advertising, which includes entertainment, news, comedy and sports.
He will report to Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer.
Connolly, 57, comes to SiriusXM from ESPN, where for the last eight years he had been Vice President of Advertising Sales and Affiliate Sales for ESPN Audio Network, leading efforts to generate ad revenue through ESPN's array of audio content across all its national platforms as well as overseeing station relations for its 500+ affiliates. He brings broad experience working with varied on-air audio content in his three decades in media sales. Prior to joining ESPN he served as Senior Vice President of Ad Sales for both Citadel Communications and ABC Radio Networks.
"I've been a longtime listener of SiriusXM content and have always been a huge fan," said Connolly. "A vast majority of my career has been in radio sales so the opportunity to lead the sales effort at SiriusXM is a dream come true."
"Mike is a proven ad industry executive and we are excited to have him lead SiriusXM's ad sales team and continue its strong sustained growth," said Greenstein. "Mike's extensive experience in audio entertainment will be of crucial importance to SiriusXM as our programming depth and variety expand and the national audience of subscribers and listeners continues to rise."
Connolly succeeds Bette Rockmore as the head of SiriusXM's ad sales team. Rockmore, who has run SiriusXM's ad sales efforts since 2009, is moving into a teaching role at Pace University. During Rockmore's tenure, SiriusXM has seen remarkable ad sales growth, with a double-digit percentage increase in total ad sales revenue year over year for six of the last seven years. Rockmore will assist in the transition and continue to work with SiriusXM as a consultant.
Longtime Fox News contributor and fill-in host Laura Ingraham is in line for her own show on the channel, possibly in a key prime time hour.
On Monday a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN that there are talks underway between Ingraham and Fox executives, but no decisions have been finalized.
The addition of an Ingraham talk show could be part of a bigger-picture reshuffling of Fox News Channel's highly rated schedule.
Matt Drudge, who is well-sourced in conservative media circles, spurred intrigue about potential changes when he tweeted this on Monday: "FALL PREVIEW: Laura Ingraham's prime time to shine! After years in the trenches, much deserved."
The prime time hours on cable news are 8, 9 and 10 p.m. When Megyn Kelly left for NBC in January, Tucker Carlson took over her 9 p.m. time slot. Then in April when Bill O'Reilly was removed amid a sexual harassment scandal, Carlson moved into O'Reilly's 8 p.m. time slot and the channel's 5 p.m. conservative talk show "The Five" moved to 9 p.m. Sean Hannity remained in place at 10 p.m.
The cable news channel now seems to be exploring programming options in the event that Eric Bolling does not return. Bolling is the centerpiece of the 5 p.m. show that was created when "The Five" moved to 9. It is called "Fox News Specialists."
Earlier this month Bolling was suspended pending a probe into accusations that he sent lewd texts to colleagues, which he has denied.
If Fox News executives need to replace "The Specialists," "The Five" could be shifted back to its original 5 p.m. time slot. Then Ingraham could take over at 9 p.m.
Alternatively, Hannity could move up one hour to 9, and Ingraham could take over at 10.
Along with the Bolling suspension, another subplot is the ratings race between Fox and MSNBC. The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has snapped Fox's winning streak in the 9 p.m. hour.
The total eclipse of the sun across America (and specifically, in Missouri and Illinois) is taking place next Monday, 8/21! WARH 106.5 The Arch is celebrating by giving listeners a brand new…well a gently used…okay, a totally used 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse from Auto Centers Herculaneum, in Herculaneum, Missouri.
Have breakfast with Spencer’s Neighborhood and enter to win Monday, 6:00 am until 9:00 am at Bean Tree Café in Waterloo, Illinois or at the Monroe County Fairgrounds starting at 10:00 am near the “epicenter for eclipse totality!”
The ‘Hood will give you the keys to your 2007 Eclipse, complete with sunroof and CD player with Total Eclipse of the Heart on repeat, when the eclipse starts at 11:30 am!
Thanks to Auto Centers Herculaneum – guaranteed financing and free lifetime warranties!
Also for the eclipse - 106.5 The Arch will play THE soundtrack for the Eclipse starting at 12:30 pm on Monday, 8/21/17, with songs like Dancing in the Dark and Moondance!
The morning radio show on WXLP 96.9 FM 97X hosted by Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels was honored last week at Talentmasters Morning Show Boot Camp 29 with the Kidd Kraddick Award.
The award is named in honor of David Peter Cradick (1959-2013), a radio host and television personality known as Kidd Kraddick. Created in 2013, the award is based on components that include uniqueness, overall content, community service, and inspiration to other shows and personalities, according to a release from Townsquare Media Quad Cities, parent company of WXLP and 97x.com.
Dwyer and Michaels have hosted their showon 97X since 2007. It airs from 5:30 to 10 a.m. weekdays.
“Kidd was a friend and an inspiration to us very early in our careers. We’re incredibly honored to be
recognized with this award,” Mr. Michaels said in the release.
“The award is given to the host or show who excels in both on- and off-air excellence, as well as serving as an inspiration to others," said Don Anthony, Talentmasters president and host of Morning Show Boot Camp, in the release.
CBS Sports Radio will broadcast a LIVE, special edition of THE TAZ SHOW on Sunday, August 20 from 11:00 PM- 2:00 AM, ET, following wrestling’s highly anticipated summer pay-per-view event.
Two-time ECW World Champion and former WWE wrestler, current sports broadcaster and award-winning podcaster, Taz, will discuss the results of the night’s championship matches, including the winners, losers and biggest surprises.
In addition to airing live on over 200 CBS Sports Radio affiliated stations and 14 CBS RADIO owned sports stations, the show will be available online at TazShow.com, and later on-demand. The after show will also serve as the Monday, August 21 edition of THE TAZ SHOW podcast.
CBS RADIO stations broadcasting the after show are: WFAN-FM/AM (New York), WSCR-AM (Chicago), KRLD-FM (Dallas), KILT-AM (Houston), WJFK-FM (Washington, D.C.), WIP-FM (Philadelphia), WBZ-FM (Boston), WQAM-AM (Miami), WXYT-FM/AM (Detroit), KFNQ-AM (Seattle), WJZ-AM/FM (Baltimore), KRAK-AM (Riverside), KDKA-FM (Pittsburgh), WKRK-FM (Cleveland).
Martin Giles, a news anchor at WFLA 970 AM for decades, has died.
He was 81, according to WFLA radio.
Giles, a native of Plant City, started in broadcasting with Armed Forces Radio in the mid-1950s. He then served as a correspondent for the ABC Contemporary Network in New York before returning to the Tampa Bay area in the early 1980s to work as a reporter for TV station WTSP-Channel 10.
He became a news anchor at WFLA in 1985, and stayed there for 28 years, retiring in the winter of 2013.
Giles is survived by his wife, artist Ping Chen, and his daughter, Susan Giles Wantuck, who serves as midday news host, producer and reporter for WUSF 89.7 FM. She also serves as a music host on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Current WFLA Morning News Anchor Steve Hall remembers Giles as a great writer. "He liked to push the envelope with his stories. Sometimes they bordered on the obscene, but they were always entertaining. I learned a lot from Martin.
"Martin decided to walk away from news a few years back. He wanted to spend more time with his family, but I know he really missed the news biz. "
➦In 1877…Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh suggesting that the word "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.
➦In 1945...Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces the news of his country's unconditional surrender in World War II over a radio broadcast to the Japanese people.
After meeting with the Soviet Union in Potsdam, near Berlin, to determine post-war terms for defeated Germany, the governments of the United States and Great Britain (together with China) issued an ultimatum to the Japanese government in late July 1945. It offered a simple choice: surrender unconditionally to the Allies in World War II, or risk total annihilation. In their carefully worded reply, the Japanese failed to capitulate completely, and on 6 August, the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another such bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The threat of further nuclear attacks drove Japanese officials on 10 August to accept the terms put forth by the Potsdam Declaration and submit their unconditional surrender.
On the afternoon of 14 August, a Japanese radio broadcaster told the public that Emperor Hirohito would soon make an Imperial Proclamation announcing the defeat. The following day at noon, Hirohito went on the radio himself, blaming Japan’s surrender on the enemies' use of "a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which is incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives." The emperor was not only a political leader in Japan, he was also revered as a near-god, and many Japanese did not fully accept the news of defeat until they heard him speak those unthinkable words.
As sadness and shame engulfed Japan, joy spread around the Western world. In the United States, news of Hirohito's announcement reached airwaves on 14 August (due to the time difference), and that day was declared Victory in Japan – or V-J – Day.
That afternoon, President Harry S. Truman addressed a crowd that had gathered outside the White House, saying "This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbour. This is the day when Fascism finally dies, as we always knew it would."
That day, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped one of the most famous photos ever published, a shot of a sailor in full uniform kissing a nurse in the middle of New York City's Times Square. The photo, published by Life magazine, became a symbol of the general atmosphere of jubilation in the United States following the end of World War II.
In Indianapolis, WIBC 1070 AM listeners - at least those who were up between 1:30 and 2:00am Eastern War Time on August 14, 1945 - likely heard; a Mutual network live broadcast of Cab Calloway's band from New York City, interrupted just before 2:00am with the first correct report that Japan had surrendered.
➦In 1948…CBS launched network television's first nightly newscast, a 15-minute show called "CBS Television News," anchored by Douglas Edwards. It was broadcast at 7:30 p.m. and in only five eastern cities at first. In 1950 the program's name changed to "Douglas Edwards With The News."
➦In 1965...Beatles concert at Shea Stadium. It was the first time a rock band headlined a stadium concert and, with 55,600 people, it set a new record for largest attendance at a pop concert. Tickets for the show had sold out in three weeks, merely by word of mouth created by young fans who asked the concert promoter about the next Beatles show while he strolled in Central Park. Supporting acts for the concert were Brenda Holloway, the Young Rascals, the King Curtis Band, and Sounds Incorporated. The show grossed $304,000. The Beatles' share was $160,000.
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➦In 1969…The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, promising "three days of peace, love, and music," began on Max Yasgur's 60-acre farm in Bethel, New York.
Of the more than 450,000 music fans drawn to the town, three died, two gave birth, four had miscarriages, and two got married during the festival. Performers included Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, the Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Santana, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly & the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat & Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Jimi Hendrix. Joni Mitchell was scheduled to appear but had to cancel due to being booked for a TV show.
Hendrix earned the most money from the festival, pulling in about $18,000. (For reference, that’s roughly $112,000 in 2015). Blood, Sweat and Tears ($15,000), Joan Baez ($10,000), Creedence Clearwater Revival ($10,000), and The Band ($7,500) rounded out the Top 5 earners. Other A-listers such as The Who and Joe Cocker took home $6,250 and $1,375, respectively. There was a lot of cash to go around, to be sure, but the event wasn’t as steep as some of today’s big-budget productions. Here’s one way to look at it: The in-demand deadmau5 is currently 2x more expensive to book than Hendrix was at his prime. Check out the full listing below.
1. Jimi Hendrix – $18,000
2. Blood, Sweat and Tears – $15,000
3. Joan Baez – $10,000
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival – $10,000
5. The Band – $7,500
6. Janis Joplin – $7,500
7. Jefferson Airplane – $7,500
8. Sly and the Family Stone – $7,000
9. Canned Heat – $6,500
10. The Who – $6,250
11. Richie Havens – $6,000
12. Arlo Guthrie – $5,000
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – $5,000
14. Ravi Shankar – $4,500
15. Johnny Winter – $3,750
16. Ten Years After – $3,250
17. Country Joe and the Fish – $2,500
18. Grateful Dead – $2,500
19. The Incredible String Band – $2,250
20. Mountain – $2,000
21. Tim Hardin – $2,000
22. Joe Cocker – $1,375
23. Sweetwater – $1,250
24. John B. Sebastian – $1,000
25. Melanie – $750
26. Santana – $750
27. Sha Na Na – $700
28. Keef Hartley – $500
29. Quill – $375
➦In 1986...WAPP 103.5 FM dropped Top40 for dance music as WQHT.
On August 15, 1986 at 6 pm, The Rolling Stones' "It's All Over Now" and a bomb noise rang out WAPP and the classic rock titles. The station debuted as "Hot 103.5" with new call letters WQHT and a new CHR/Dance format.
The first song was believed to be "R.S.V.P." by Five Star. Nobody in the radio industry expected it, but the new rhythmic/CHR format was taking shape. WQHT was the second such station with the format, months after Emmis launched it on KPWR "Power 106" in Los Angeles earlier that year.
WQHT moved to 97.1 FM on September 22, 1988 at 5:30pm with WYNY moving to 103.5 FM
➦In 1988...WPIX 101.9 FM changed call letters to WQCD, "CD 101.9", intially was a AC/Jazz hybrid, later just Contemporary Jazz. In 1989, they added some New Age and Soft AC cuts.
➦In 1995…NBC anchorman (Camel News Caravan, 1949-1956)/radio-TV game show panelist (Who Said That?)/Timex watch pitchman ('It takes a licking a keeps on ticking!') John Cameron Swayze died at age 89.
➦In 2002...Opie & Anthony broadcast the “Sex For Sam” St. Pat’s incident on WNEW 102.7 FM.
One of Opie and Anthony's stunts was "Sex for Sam", an annual contest where the goal was to have sex in notable public places in New York City. Couples from various states would be selected to be trailed by a comedian or member of the show, who would call the program to report the location. The contest was sponsored by Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams beer, and prizes included trips to Boston concerts sponsored by the beer company. The contest was approved by the station and had no major problems for the first two years.
However, in "Sex for Sam 3", comedian Paul Mecurio encouraged Brian Florence and Loretta Harper, a Virginia couple visiting Manhattan, to have simulated sex in a vestibule at St. Patrick's Cathedral on August 15, 2002, which was also a Catholic Holy Day of Obligation, and a Mass was going on at the time. When a security guard ordered Mecurio and the couple to leave the church immediately, Mecurio began to argue with the guard, who then contacted police. The couple was arrested and charged with public lewdness. Intense media scrutiny led to the Catholic League demanding that Opie and Anthony be fired. The Catholic League also threatened to get WNEW's license revoked.
Brian Florence, Loretta Harper
Opie and Anthony broadcast the next day, but were ordered not to directly address the incident for legal reasons. The show went into reruns the following week. On August 22, Infinity suspended Opie and Anthony for the duration of their contract, and canceled the show. However, the company continued to pay the duo to stay off the air for the balance of their contract. The Catholic League immediately dropped its bid to have WNEW's license revoked.
Infinity was fined a total of $357,500 by the FCC, the maximum amount allowed by law, and the second-largest indecency fine in American radio history. Infinity appealed the fine but again lost the case.
WNEW's ratings had been dreadful overall aside from Opie and Anthony. With the forced cancellation of its only strong performer, its ratings dropped even lower than those of noncommercial stations and never recovered. The station began playing music again in January 2003, starting with a Top 40 format, then going to an adult contemporary format, and later switching to a classic dance music format before returning to the AC format, at which point the station's call letters were changed to WWFS. The station has since been moderately successful. In a bit of irony, Opie and Anthony would make fun of an incident at WNEW in late 2004, in which the program director got drunk, went on air, and confused the call letters with those of WNEW's arch-rival WKTU.
Harper pleaded guilty a month later to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to seven days of community service. Her partner, Brian Florence, died of a heart attack on September 25, 2003
➦In 2003…NBC News reporter (from 1952 until his retirement in 1986)/aerospace specialist Roy Neal died following heart surgery at age 82.
➦In 2008...Chris “Mad Dog” Russo calls Mike Francesa to say goodbye at WFAN 660 AM
➦In 2008…Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped define R&B music with recordings by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge and Solomon Burke, died of heart failure at age 91. Wexler coined the term "rhythm & blues" while writing for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s.
➦In 2014...Al Meredith, longtime WCBS 101.1 FM News passed.
Al Meredith
In an age when radio news was disappearing faster than rotary-dial telephones, Al Meredith remained a radio newsman for 38 years, according to David Hinckley at The NY Daily News on the occasion of Meredith's retirement in 2008.
Meredith retired in 2008 retiring amid a shower of accolades from almost everyone he ever worked with.
Meredith was heard on WCBS-FM for 28 years. "It was the only place I wanted to work," he says. "I hoped to retire from there. And I did. It was a great run."
Meredith didn't start out as a newsman. His first radio gig, in 1964, was playing music on WGBB. But after four years in the Air Force, "getting C-130s in and out of Vietnam from Okinawa," he came back and found no deejay jobs open.
There was a full-time news job, though, at WGLI. He took it, liked it and over the years got deeper and deeper into it. He won numerous awards for public service specials, which he particularly enjoyed because "they always teach me something, too."
Pandora today announced that Roger Lynch will join the company as CEO and president, and a member of its board of directors, effective September 18, 2017.
Naveen Chopra, who has served as Pandora’s interim CEO since June 2017, will continue in his role as chief financial officer. In addition, Pandora announced it has also appointed Michael Lynton to its board of directors.
Pandora’s current chairman, Roger Faxon, on behalf of the Pandora board, stated “After a thorough and thoughtful search process, we are thrilled to have Roger join us as CEO and a member of our board. Roger brings a stellar leadership reputation, a wealth of consumer experience, and a lifelong passion for music to Pandora – all of which are critical ingredients in the continued evolution of our company. We are absolutely confident that Roger is the right leader for Pandora who can create value for shareholders by marrying Pandora’s numerous assets with the opportunities ahead. As I have said before, with ‘digital radio’ at the core of our business, and both ‘Plus’ and ‘Premium’ as new, integral parts of our arsenal, Pandora is now in an ideal position to leverage changing consumer behaviors to further expand and monetize our listening audience. We are very excited to welcome Roger as our CEO as we embark on our next chapter with renewed focus, a strong balance sheet, a strategic partnership with SiriusXM, and an incredible team of loyal and creative employees.”
Lynch has extensive experience leading, innovating and scaling consumer media and technology businesses globally, including having guided a number of companies through critical transformation periods. Through his media industry and subscription experience, he has frequently worked with large content providers to effect business models that embrace technological changes in distribution.
As the founding CEO of Sling TV, Lynch led the creation, launch and growth of Sling TV to become the #1 Live OTT service in the U.S. Prior to Sling TV, Lynch served as executive vice president, Advanced Technologies, for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporations.
“I cannot imagine a more important and exciting time to join Pandora,” said Lynch. “With a massive, diverse and highly engaged audience, a market-leading digital advertising business, a best-in-class product portfolio and an extremely passionate and talented group of people, Pandora is well-positioned to capture an even greater market opportunity. As a lifelong musician and exuberant music fan, this is the perfect opportunity to combine my industry experience with my love for music. I look forward to working with this great team, having a lot of fun, and leading Pandora through its next exciting phase.”
New York’s July radio ratings include a number that is wonderfully satisfying for everyone who ever got discarded from a job because the bosses wanted to go young.
Widely respected radio veteran Scott Shannon, who left the morning show at WPLJ 95.5 FM in early 2014 amidst an unspoken sense that management felt he’d aged beyond the audience, just hit number one in the mornings at WCBS-FM 101.1, the station that had quickly scarfed him up.
Purely as a radio story, this is impressive because in New York, the 6-10 a.m. period for years has been owned by CBS Radio sister-station all-news WINS 1010 AM – a solid, reliable one-stop for headlines, weather and traffic/transit.
So it’s rare for any music station to reach.
WCBS 101.1 FM is a music station that plays “classic hits,” focusing on the ‘80s and ‘90s. It also subscribes to a classic philosophy about DJs. It wants them to have personalities, writes longtime city media watched David Hinckley in a piece for The Huffington Post.
Hinckley notes DJs used to be your friend, talking to you and even referencing the music they played. More often these days, DJs chime in only long enough to say, “And now, 12 in a row.”
Radio programmers will tell you that’s what today’s listener wants. It’s frustrating for those of us who always heard radio as more than a jukebox. Not that there are a lot of jukeboxes any more, either.
Happily, morning shows have remained a last haven for conversation, and Shannon is among those who will even talk about the music, which he knows back to Elvis and Buddy Holly.
His New York career started in 1983, when he revived the dormant top-40 format at WHTZ 100.3 FM, Z-100, taking the new station “from worst to first” in his initial ratings quarter.
After a brief trip to L.A., he returned to New York in 1991 and settled in at WPLJ for almost 23 years, which in radio is the equivalent of four or five centuries.
So it was puzzling to listeners when, in February 2014, he left rather abruptly. There were no official statements on either side, but it was clear WPLJ’s owners, Cumulus, made no real effort to keep him.
However it went down, Shannon was not ready to switch off his microphone, and weeks later he was hired for mornings at WCBS-FM.
Since then, WCBS-FM has consolidated its position as a market powerhouse – a tribute to Program Director Jim Ryan and veteran city DJs like Dan Taylor, Broadway Bill Lee and Joe Causi.
And to Shannon, who rehired his long-time WPLJ sidekick Patty Steele and has clearly reconnected with a lot of folks who grew up hearing him on Z-100. Read More Now
Westwood One and Billboard, the world’s largest voice in music, announced today that they have joined forces as American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks will utilize Billboard’s Country Airplay chart to run down the week’s top songs in the U.S., beginning the weekend of September 9-10.
Based on actual radio play as monitored by Nielsen Music, Billboard’s Country Airplay chart is the most authoritative ranking of the biggest hits being played on country radio across the nation.
The pairing of American Country Countdown (ACC) and Billboard is a return to the show’s roots as Billboard served as the chart source for the program for more than 35 years, beginning with ACC’s inception in 1973.
“We could not be more excited to have Billboard’s country radio chart back on the air, exclusively with American Country Countdown,” says Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard’s vice president of Charts and Data Development. “Our partnership with Kix Brooks, a chart-topping legend himself, and the Westwood One team, will give country fans everywhere unparalleled insight into the week’s biggest country songs.”
Brooks said, “Having ACC and Billboard back together is long overdue. American Country Countdown was established on the Billboard chart information in 1973, so I’m thrilled that we were able to reestablish that history and relationship.”
Bryan Switzer, Westwood One’s VP/GM Music & Entertainment/Country, added “We’re thrilled to have reunited two iconic brands with American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks and Billboard. Through the years, both have earned the trust and respect of the listening public and the industry. It will be great to hear them together again each and every weekend.”
Stations interested in American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks can contact Country@westwoodone.com.
Originally hailing from the city of Detroit, ICE is now a proud resident of Portland, OR., for the past 3 years, hosting Middays and serving as Music Director for Live 95.5. None other than Public Enemy’s, Flavor Flav coined her infamous “ICE” moniker during a stint on VH1’s “Flavor of Love 3,” where, unfortunately, Ms. Habrowski did not find the love she was searching for. But everything turned out just fine, because it left her with a rad nickname and another VH1 appearance on “I Love Money 2.” Her one-of-a-kind voice has been heard on the radio for over 10 years now, as she spins today’s hottest tracks fused with a Detroit-bred passion for music.
