Volume XXXII • Number 2 • January 13, 2006 After all the time slot juggling at Hubbard Talk KSTP/St. Paul- Minneapolis, there is yet another change in the station’s line-up as 2 THE year vet (and friend of the Conclave) Chris Krok exits evenings. Krok’s new destination has yet to be announced, but his former 7:30-10pm MAIN STREET slot at KSTP is temporarily being filled by weekender Dave Thompson. Communicator Network Expect Krok back on the airwaves in a new market in mid-February. Rock WIHN/Normal, IL PD Adam Chandler is spearheading a special AA TT TT LL EE promotion, teaming his station with The American Cancer Society in TT RR order to help with the upcoming Relay For Life. Amongst these efforts is an auction that could use donations.. If you can help, give Adam a Publisher: Tom Kay Associate Publisher/Editor • Claire Sather call at 309-888-4496 ext. 337. This cause is particularly close to Chandler, as his wife Molly is in the process of undergoing 1986-Main Street Marketing’s 20th Anniversary-2006 chemotherapy for breast cancer at the young age of 28. The TATTLER Just in: Nextmedia T40 WERO/Greenville –New Bern has tapped Tony wishes her a speedy and lasting recovery! Waitekus, PD of WHTS/Quad Cities for the past 10 years, for the same post in North Carolina (you may remember that Educational Media Non-profit WDET/Detroit has run in to some problems with funds raised has purchased WHTS and will change its format to contemporary via a public pledge drive, licensed through Wayne University; the Christian next month). Tony starts his new gig in 2 weeks. Congrats! problem being that the station made major changes to their programming just six weeks after listeners pledged money to keep the former WDET Twin Cities-based Musicland Holding Corp., owner of 800 Sam Goody, schedule on the air. Listeners are protesting the replacement of music Media Play, and Suncoast Media retail outlets, has filed for Chapter programming with NPR talk content and have scheduled a public protest th 11 bankruptcy. The embattled company founded in 1956 with a store and demonstration for today, Friday the 13 . (ironically) just across the street from the Conclave’s Marriott City Center Hotel says that its filing is aimed at ending leases for some unprofitable Don Gosselin is leaving his position as OM for Clear Channel/New locations. Musicland says that it will continue in operation and has asked Orleans to take on PD duties for the same company at AC WNIC/Detroit. the court to approve its honoring gift cards and merchandise returns; it He’s stepping in to the shoes left vacant there by Darren Davis, who previously announced the closing of all of its Media Play stores. In its departed last year for a Regional VP/Programming and OM AC WLIT- filing, Musicland listed assets of $371.5 million and debts of $485.6 Smooth Jazz WNUA job in Chicago/OM. Gosselin spoke to Billboard million, Radio Monitor about his decision to leave the Big Easy, saying that it was a difficult decision for him to make in light of the issues brought Conclave XXX Keynoter Mancow Muller’s friend and recurring morning about by last year’s devastating hurricanes, but that Davis was show character Raymond “Cowboy Ray” Hofstatter passed away instrumental in convincing him that the move was the right thing. “WNIC this week. As reported in an earlier edition of the TATTLER, Hofstatter is a great station, “ said Gosselin, “I couldn’t pass up moving to a top 10 was injured in November when he was struck in a hit and run accident market. I’m thankful that Clear Channel believes in promoting from on Chicago’s Southwest side. Mancow has offered a $5,000 reward within.” Gosselin will remain in New Orleans until the end of January. for tips leading to the capture of the as of yet unidentified culprit. Witnesses claim that the car that hit Hofstetter was a black Honda Civic. There’s a new afternoon show on at Entercom Country WDAF/Kansas City! The Work Release Program is now airing in the market from 2-7 Bob Landaas has left his host spot Journal Talk WTMJ/Milwaukee’s pm and is hosted by station vet Rick Miller and new-comer Sammey weekend Money Talk, and it seems the decision was “mutual”. Landaas Phelps. PD Wes McShay say that the show is for “When you’re ready gave an interview to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, station that he no to get into the ‘work is almost over and I’m on the way home’ mood.” In longer wished to be associated with WTMJ as they made the decision addition to a new show, there have been some staff shifts at WDAF, to replace the Plant Doctor show with what the Money Talk host called with Dir/Marketing-Promotions Hilary Woods moving to producer for a “paid infomercial” titled the Mutual Fund Show. Landass told the the David Lawrence & the Wakeup Crew morning show. Her assistant, Sentinal’s Tim Cuprisin, “I’m the head of a $2 billion investment firm. Lisa Mettlen, will be promoted to promotions director when Woods Trust is what we offer. Once you have ethical issues like that, you have starts producing on 1-16. to stand up and draw a line.” The station says that the new addition is not an infomercial and has a similar ad sales model to Landaas’ show. 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The collection will be his later radio work, died at the age of 62 from complications associated accessible to the public in the archives of the new $21-million media with a staph infection. “He battled his illness with great courage and museum that will be completed in 2006. “The American Music Awards tenacity,” said Steve Savard, the Rams’ radio play-by-play broadcaster are always one of television’s highest rated awards shows because of and Snow’s partner in the booth. “He was an inspiration to everyone the top-tier talent that performs and because of the quickness of the around him, including his doctors and nurses. Jack’s family appreciates production. We are pleased to accept this remarkable collection of music all the support and love St. Louis fans showed him during his illness.” television to our collection,” said Bruce DuMont, MBC Founder and Smith had a long career in Minot as sports director at KPLM from 1948- President. The American Music Awards were created by Dick Clark in 1972 and sports writer for the Minot Daily News from ’45-’48. He also 1973, while Schwartz, a former Executive Vice President of Dick Clark worked for Minot’s KXMC TV and KCJB radio from 1972 to 1986. Smith Productions, has produced and directed 30 of the 33 broadcasts to was named North Dakota Sportscaster of the Year five times, and was date. a charter member of the state Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He was 82. A couple of former TalenTrak faculty members are getting up in the world! First there’s Scotty Gunther who’s leaving his afternoon spot at The TATTLER usually only steals, er- READS, news from the real trades Clear Channel Top 40 WKST/Pittsburgh in order to have time to travel of the industry…but we couldn’t help but note an apparent divergence for his upcoming tour to promote his book “Scotty Says…Why Do of action in the rock departments of both Radio & Records and Billboard. People?” . He’ll also be starting his career as a national personality in Earlier in the week, R&R Rock Editor Ken Anthony’s position was the 2nd quarter of ’06. The second rising star is And Fomer WLUP and eliminated as the rock department was more or less combined with the WZZN/Chicago personality Zander.