"ANOTHER YOU" the Debut Single from His Upcoming Solo Release, Son of a Preacher Man
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THE INNOVATORS R &R Kicks Off 2009 With A Celebration THE SPIN: Beyoncé 'Rings' In Year Of People And With Biggest Urban Hit To Date Companies On ine ' n Innovating New PROFILE: Clear Channel's Technologies, Products, Guru Evai Harrison Programming, . TALENT: R &R Debuts New Weekly Revenue Sources, Column Devoted To Air Talent Distribution Platforms And RADIO st RECORDS PROMOTION: Surviving The More Dreaded Post -Holiday 'Dead Zoie' JANUARY 9, 2009 NC. 1796 $6.5C www.RàdioandReco-ds.com Multi- Platinum Artist 3 time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Host of GONE COUNTRY 1, 2 & 3 One of People Magazine's Most Powerful People in the Music Industry Producer of the #1 Song of 2008 WB Nashville proudly presents "ANOTHER YOU" The debut single from his upcoming solo release, Son Of A Preacher Man www.americanradiohistory.com i TES ìsi Got i d i at agic 107.7 Orlando! Tesh is king of MID -DAY here at Magic We get lots of cDmments from listeners who enjoy his 'lntelligeice for yct r Life.' 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Some were propelled to the No. 1 12+ spot, Michael Martin, who resigned at year's end includingWNIC /Detroit, which made a 4.5-11.0 leap, andWLIT (93.9 the Lite) /Chicago, In a deal aimed at meeting federal owner- from a high -profile role which climbed 3.4 -8.7 to the top. WASH /Washington rose 6.7 -8.9 to tie for first with ship regulations. Clear Channel trades hot as Clear Channel /Los Bonneville International news WTOP-FM. Greater Media's recent sign -on W NUW (Now AC WNNF (Radio 94.1) and classic rock Angeles VP of pro- 97.5) /Philadelphia also made a robust 2.7 -6.1 jump from 17th to fourth 12 +. WOFX (the Fox) /Cincinnati to Cumulus gramming and PD of However, in some cases, ratings of stations that made the all- Christmas Hip but for five Green Bay, Wis., outlets: sports alternative KYSR in weren't the market's heritage Christmas station declined. While KOST /Los Angeles WDUZ -AM & FM (the Fan), country order to return to his increased 3.7 -5.5 for No. 2 12+ (and was actually No. 1 if ratings from the station's WPCK (Kicks 104.9), AC WQLH (Star family in San Jose, is Internet stream are factored in), crosstown KRTH (K -Earth 1 O1) actually dipped slight- 98) and oldies WOGB. hired as VP of pro- ly 4.5 -4.2. In Chicago, while the Lite was No. 1, crosstown WCFS (Fresh 105.9) Both cities are new markets for the Martin gramming for CBS declined 2.6 -2.0. Philadelphia's heritage WBEB (B101) and the new Now 97.5 both broadcasters. Cumulus also owns alterna- Radio's music stations in San Francisco and enjoyed Christmas cheer, as WOGL dipped 6.I -5.4. Keith Berman tive WZNN (the Zone) /Green Bay, PD of rhythmic AC KMVQ (MOViN 99.7). which is not affected by the deal. Replacing Mike Preston, Martin will oversee Apparently, little will change in that mar- alternative KITS (Live 105), hot AC KLLC MI- Christmas Format December Ratings In PPM Markets ket: While the names on the licenses will (Alice @97.3) and relaunched classic hits STATION OWNER FORMAT OCT.'08 NOV. '08 DEC.'08 change, Cumulus VP /market manager KFRC -AM. WLTW (106.7 Lite FM)/New York Clear Channel AC 5.7 5.4 6.8 Greg Jessen told a local newspaper that the Martin has a 15 -year history in radio in the WCBS -FM /New York CBS Radio classic hits 4.8 4.8 4.7 company will run the stations under an WWFS (Fresh 102.7)/New CBS AC 3.2 Bay Area, beginning in 1992. He moved to York Radio 2.7 2.6 LMA. "We'll still be Cumulus stations for KOST /Los Angeles Clear Channel AC 4.0 3.7 5.5 L.A. in November 2007. the foreseeable future," he said. The LMA KRTH (K -Earth 101) /Los Angeles CBS Radio classic hits 5.0 4.5 4.2 -Keith Berman and Kevin Peterson WLIT (93.9 the Lite) /Chicago Clear Channel AC 2.9 3.4 8.7 contains a five -year buy -back. WCFS (Fresh 105.9) /Chicago CBS Radio AC 2.5 2.6 2.0 A Clear Channel spokeswoman in SHAKER KOIT FM /San Francisco Entercom AC 6.3 6.0 6.1 New York acknowledges that "the deal KVIUDallas CBS Radio AC 3.8 3.3 5.3 was to satisfy regulatory conditions" from Baker Returns To Boston Clear Channel AC KODA/Houston 6.4 6.6 6.9 the company's July 30 merger with Bain Cox AC WSB-FM (B98.5) /Atlanta 4.5 4.3 6.7 Tom Baker is the new market manager for WBEB (B101)/Philadelphia WEAZ Radio AC 8.1 7.5 8.4 Capital but declined further comment Greater Media's Boston cluster, including WNUW (Now 97.5) /Philadelphia Greater Media AC 1.7 2.7 6.1 -Jrdie Gidlou' and Jdfreylivke alternative WBOS, country WKLB, AC WOGUPhiladelphia CBS Radio classic hits 5.8 6.1 5.4 WMJX, classic hits WROR and talker WTKK. WASH -FM/Washington Clear Channel AC 6.1 6.7 8.9 WNIC /Detroit Clear Channel AC 5.0 4.5 11.0 CBS Launches Syndicated He replaces Phil Redo, who exited the cluster KOST /Los Angeles Internet stream 0.5 0.6 0.4 Overnight Show last month. Baker, who spent the last year as WLIT (93.9 the Lite)/Chicago Internet stream 0.3 the company's interim market manager in KVIUDallas Internet stream 0.1 "Overnight America With Jon Grayson," a Detroit, previously worked in Boston for KODA/Houston Internet stream 0.1 new syndicated show originating from CBS Entercom. -Kevin Peterson WBEB (8101)/Philadelphia Internet strea 0.1 Radio talk KMOX /St. Louis, debuted Jan. Arbitron 5 on three additional CBS properties: WBZ /Boston, KDKA /Pittsburgh and Radio's 2009 Transformation WCCO /Minneapolis. Exiting WBZ as a What's the recipe PPM Now Currency In 14 result are overnight that every radio host Steve LeVeille, broadcaster needs Markets; Sampling Advances sports anchor Tom to follow to get On Dec. 31, Arbitron commercialized PPM ratings in Atlanta, Dallas -Fort Worth, Detroit and Cuddy and weekend ahead of the game Washington with release of its December audience estimates, covering the period Nov. 21- Dec.17. This host Lovell Dyett. in 2009? brings the total number of markets using the PPM as currency to 14, with New York, Los Angeles, Overnight host Al That's our ques- Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Houston, Middlesex, Nassau -Suffolk, Riverside and San Jose. Mahnberg and week- tion. What are your In addition, since the radio ratings firm began including digital stations in its PPM estimates in July end host Brad Walton Ramsey answers? 2008, Arbitron has encoded 520 stations. Fourteen digital stations -Internet and HD radio -have met are ousted from Grayson R &R has teamed with industry its Minimum Reporting Standards (MRS): In December's survey, that amounted to a 0.495 weekly WCCO. KDKA has been running syndi- thought leader /strategist/researcher cume. Three of the 14 digital stations come from newly commercialized markets: WAOK- Internet AM/ cated overnight programming. Mark Ramsey to solicit your answers Atlanta, KVIL -Internet FM/Dallas -Fort Worth and WAMU- Internet FM/Washington. CBSVP ofnews /talk Steve Moore calls to the most burning question of the Arbitron also provided a summary of sample quality metrics for the December survey the new program "a customized simulcast" year: Radio -what do we do now? report that revealed how black, Hispanic and Spanish- dominant samples have performed: conceived "to till a need" based on con- Send your constructive ideas to On average, panels in the 14 PPM markets exceeded the persons age 6 and older sample versations with programmers in those [email protected] target by 8°/o, the 18 -54 sample target by 2 %, the black age 6 and older sample target by markets about challenges they are facing. by Jan. 30. We'll sort through the 6% and the Hispanic age 6 and older sample target by 14 %. -!hike Stern contributions and publish the best In the eight markets qualifying for Spanish -language weighting, on average the PPM ones ovine and in print. panels exceeded the Hispanic Spanish- dominant sample targets by 38% and English - NEWS UPDATES AROUND THE CLOCK: www.RadioandRecords.com dominant sample targets by 9 %.- Alexandra Cahill JANUARY 9, 2009 24/7 NEWS ONLINE @ vww.RadioandRecords.com 3 www.americanradiohistory.com RA -200 You can't afford not to be there, get in now! Need results in 2009? Learn what you must know from the experts in Radio, Advertising, and Media.