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The first took place in October in Los Angeles. Arbitron. Galaxy, which owns stations in ChucchvckChurch, °on bV Artists Jones, Naomi Judd, Dobie Gray and Wagoner, as well as hit song- Syracuse, Utica and Albany, N.Y., has instead Country Radioi George Porter aY\ O o is sponsored as P a show MUSic Assn. writers Rick Carnes and Craig Wiseman, are among those set to take part in a panel inked a deal with radio -ratings provider Show Nashv\e.The Country ion the discussion of issues affecting the music industry. Among others, Cromwell Radio Group Eastlan Resources. Recocds, Networks. president Bud Walters and Sharon Kay, GM for Fisk University's WFSK /Nashville, will In addition, Galaxy CEO Ed Levine has á aO dRadio also participate. resigned his post on the Arbitron A second panel, which will focus on an overview of the Nashville market and issues Advisory Council. affecting broadcasters and independent programmers, will include Heidelberg Syracuse will now be the largest mar- MOVERS Broadcasting president John Heidelberg and Ginny Welsch, co- founder and executive ket in which Eastlan, which measures director of low -power FM WRFN. audiences in nearly 1011 small and medium Veteran senior executive Michael Douglass FCC spokesman David Fiske says the selection process for each panel is a collective effort markets, operates. 3 is onboard with Radio One as GM of its St. by the commission's various departments. "We are always looking for a variety of viewpoints," Levine says Arbitron's S250,O00 annual Louis urban radio stations WFUN and WHHL he says, noting that the Nashville stop meant heavy recruiting from the music industry. fee for Galaxy's Syracuse stations represents A &R veterans Jay Landers and Michael Former FCC commissioner Henry Rivera will moderate the panels, each of which about 8% of his company's expenses in that Kaplan join Columbia will be followed by a period for public comment. market. Galaxy's deal with Eastlan will Records as senior VPs of A &R ... Townhall All five FCC commissioners, including Nashville resident Deborah Tate, are expected reduce that figure to slightly more than 3% .com GM Chuck to attend. -Ken Tinker with additional reporting by Jefltep Yorke of expenses, according to Levine. DeFeo has been named VP /GM for Sirius Cuts Forecast, that Salem .V3ER Video Looms Communications - owned property as Shares Sirius fell 7% after Mel DeFeo of CEO well as the company's Karmazin said the satcaster's sales since News Talk Online ... Clear Channel AC Thanksgiving were lighter than expected and WLIT/Chicago general sales manager Ken $250M $12M that Sirius would end the year with no more Denton rises to director of sales for the The dollar value of radio spots The4 number of days it took Clear Warner Music Group's reported than 6.1 million subscribers. That's 200,0011 company's six -station cluster in the market the HD Digital Radio Alliance Channel to fill the void created fourth -quarter profit, which fewer than Sirius predicted in November. BMI /New York associate director of has earmarked for 2007 to by Citadel erasing the alternative translates into 8 cents per writer/publisher relations Wardell Malloy has ensure continued promotion of format at WRAX /Birmingham. share. Good news when But Sirius has another trick up its sleeve -a HD radio technology, HD2 flipped! been promoted to director of that department. On Dec. 2, Clear Channel compared with the same live TV service. "We have three content deals multicast channels and the gospel WENN to "105.5 the quarter last year, when the that are very close to being finalized," group's manufacturing, retail Vulcan" under the direction of company posted a $30 million SHAKERS and automotive partners. regional VPs Doug Hamand and loss, or 21 cents per share. Karmazin says, adding that Sirius video could That's on top of this year's Brad Hardin. be hitting the road in 20118 models. $200 million HD ad Former RAB president/CEO Gary Fries will consult Excelsior Radio Networks on its Dial Jerry Springer Pulls Global and MJI Plug On Radio Show Interactive subsidiaries RAB: October Radio Ads . Record label vet TV talker and former Cincinnati mayor Kerry Wood joins Grow 5% Jerry Springer has ended his daily radio GreenStone Media as VP of affiliate rela- Fueled by a spillover of political advertising from TV and easy comparisons to last year, show "Springer on the Radio." Springer tions /east ... radio advertising bounced back from a soft September, growing 5% in October, according to launched his show via Air America Radio Another label figures released by the Radio Advertising Bureau. in January 2005 but was dropped from the veteran, Joe Calitri, National soared in the month, up 14%, while local increased only 2 %. Nonspot revenue struggling network's full -time lineup last Wood joins Fueled by Ramen increased by 15 %. Factored together, October's local, national and nonspot revenue was up summer. Commenting on why he opted to Records as its first GM ... Clear Channel 6% compared with October 2005. end his syndicated radio run in favor of classic rock WAXQ /New York general sales Most analysts were expecting an October spike. Some even suggest that radio's sales other projects including a recent appear- manager Anthony Hammel joins crosstown pattern is beginning to mimic TV's. "One new development seems radio now has a muted ance on ABC -TV's "Dancing With the CBS Radio sports WFAN (the Fan) in a similar echo of the two -year cycle that TV has, garnering gobs of political in even years and drops Stars " -Springer told the Cincinnati role. Meanwhile, retail sales manager Cathy in odd years from politically juiced comps. Political is no longer merely a 'halo' effect on Enquirer,"Radio's a full -time job, and i just Murphy has been promoted to local sales radio, it has an impact," Jim Boyle said in a recent report for CL King & Associates, which manager for CBS' all -news WCBS /New York couldn't do it.These things are not going to ... Mark Waters has been named director of predicts a more modest 3% increase in November. come around again, particularly at my age, sales as well as business development direc- Year to date, radio revenue growth is flat, with national up 3% and local down 1 %. so i might as well take advantage of them" tor for CBS' three Phoenix stations: oldies The RAB's monthly revenue estimates are based on an index of more than 150 markets KOOL, country KMLE and talk KZON.