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On Sept. management changes on the music pro- needs and accelerate 29, presidential candidate Barack Obama and Dick Durbin, both Democratic sena- gramming side. Kid Kelly is named VP of the development of tors from Illinois, sent Arbitron president/CEO Steve Morris a letter requesting that pop /dance /urban, Gregg Steele is appoint - new products, ABC further PPM service implementation be delayed until the Media Ratings Council edVP of rock,Trinity Colon is namedVP of Radio Networks has accreditates the service. classical /jazz /Latin, Jon Anthony becomes combined its pro- While the senators acknowledge that a "properly implemented VP of country, and Mitch Todd is appoint- gramming and affiliate PPM system is more accurate" than Arbitron's diary methodolo- ed senior director of music production. Anderson relations departments. gy, Obama and Durbin say that the lack of MRC accreditation Kelly, Steele and Todd were from the VP of music programming Carl Anderson is leads them to "only conclude that it does not accurately reflect the Sirius side of the merger, while Colon and promoted to the newly created position of behavior of all consumers, including minorities." Anthony came from XM. All the new senior VP of programming and distribution, Responding to the letter, Morris said that the company will con- appointees report to Sirius XM senior VP overseeing both departments, while senior tinue to follow the MRC's Voluntary Code of Conduct and pur- of music programming Jon Zellner. Obama VP of affiliate relations TJ Lambert exits. sue accreditation in all markets. "The radio industry should not wait Meanwhile, XMVP of artist and label rela- Anderson says the new structure means any longer for electronic audience measurement," Morris insisted. "Broadcasters, agen- tions /senior director of young rock Steve the networks' programming team will no cies and advertisers in radio's top markets have long called for the adoption of a more Kingston has exited, as does Sirius director of longer work in a vacuum and that station precise and credible audience measurement tool. They have made it clear that adop- country programming Scott Lindy. feedback will drive the creative process. tion of the [PPM] service is critical if radio is to remain competitive in an increasing- -Mike Boyle "Here's a novel idea," he says. "Let's find ly challenging media marketplace." out what they want and build it for them." Five days earlier, in a unanimous vote, the NewYork City Council called on the FCC Collins Fills KYLD /S.F. ABC plans to develop a youth lab to explore to investigate the ratings service. The PPM has so far only received MRC accredita- PD Opening the interests of high school and college stu- tion in Houston, which employs a costlier recruitment methodology than is being used dents to help develop younger- focused pro- in Philadelphia and other PPM markets. On Sept. 19, Sens. Daniel Inouye, D- Hawaii, KQKS (KS 107.5) /Denver PD Cat Collins gramming, Anderson says. -Mike Stern chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and will exit the Lincoln Financial station later Patrick Leahy, D -Vt., chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary sent a let- this month to accept the PD position at Dial Global Dominates ter to Morris asking Arbitron to continue to pursue accreditation Clear Channel rhythmic KYLD (Wild Arbitron's RADAR Ratings before further PPM commercialization. Earlier last month, the 94.9) /San Francisco. A Bay Area native, he attorneys general of New York and New Jersey subpoenaed has programmed KS 107.5 for 10 years. Dial Global dominated Arbitron's RADAR Arbitron over the metered ratings system. Prior to accepting his first PD gig in Denver, report released Sept. 23. The radio net- Meanwhile, the FCC has received a handful of filings in response Collins was MD at WJMN (jam'n work owns five of the 10 top- ranked net- to its request for comments on investigating the PPM's impact on 94.5) /Boston. He replaces Jazzy Jim Archer, works on the list, including Nos. land 2 minority ownership. A second round of comments are due Oct. 6, who exited in August.- Darnella Dunham T2 +: Dial Global's Contemporary Network two days before Arbitron is scheduled to roll out PPM in eight mar- Flores and Adult Power Network. Following is a kets, including NewYork, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Davies Returns To timeline of the dealmaking that fueled its During a discussion at the National Assn. of Black Owned Broadcasters fall manage- Radio One network consolidation: ment conference Sept. 26 in Washington, Spanish Broadcasting System /NewYork mar- May 30, 2006: Excelsior Radio ket manager Frank Flores said, "SBS is not against the PPM service, it just wants it to Radio One /Atlanta has Tim Davies Networks acquires Westwood One's 24/7 be done right. In its present state it doesn't represent the diversity of the audience." onboard as VP /market manager for the music formats and combines them with Dial -Keith Berman, Mike Boyle, Darnella Dunham & Paul Heine four-station cluster. He replaces Wayne Global's X Radio syndication unit, later Brown, who resigned in June. renamed Dial Global Digital 24/7 Formats. Davies has more than 20 years of broad- Nov. 3, 2007: Triton Media Group buys Davis Honored As Record casting experience. He spent the last six years Excelsior Radio Networks and its sub- Executive Of The Year with Clear Channel /Memphis and previ- sidiaries, including Dial Global and MJI R &R executive editor Paul Heine, right, and ously worked for Radio One /Houston. Interactive, from Lincolnshire Management. R &R /E inboard director of charts Silvio Davies says that Radio One /Atlanta has June 20, 2008: Triton Media closes its Pietro) Bongo, left, congratulated Sony BMG four distinct brands -urban AC WAMJ acquisition of Jones Media Group and its Worldwide chief creative officer Clive Daris on (102.5 Grown Folks Radio), urban 24/7 format operating companies. his R & Industry Achievement Award record WHTA (Hot 107.9), smooth jazz WJZZ Sept. 22, 2008: Dial Global combines execut ve of the year win in Davis' mid:own and gospel WPZE (Praise 97.5) -"that col- Dial Global Digital's 24/7 formats with for- ManhAtan office. RCA Music Group captured lectively provide targeted information and mats from the recently purchased Jones an additional 10 trophies, including major entertainment that allow our sales team to Radio Network. label er the year and AC, hot AC and crban tailor effective campaigns for our clients." Sept. 23, 2008: Dial Global has the No. AC label awards. The ceremony honoring -Darnella Dunham 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 networks on Arbitron's Davis and all the winners was held Seit.19 RADAR report, covering June 28, 2007 - at the 2008 R &R Convention in Austii. NEWS UPDATES AROUND THE CLOCK: www.RadioandRecords.com June 25, 2008. -Alexandra Cahill OCTOBER 3, 2008 24/7 NEWS ONLINE p www.RadioandRecords.com 3 www.americanradiohistory.com WWW.RADIOANDRECORDS.COM: INDUSTRY AND FORMAT NEWS, AS IT HAPPENS, AROUND THE CLOCK. Bill Would Force HD Radio On BoJrkeeffrey Satellite Receivers Business Briefing Yo While Congress was mostly focused on saving Wall Street with (or without) a bailout bill, Rep. 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