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San Diego Radio Wires 11-15-03!rronlineMojo Nixon Bares All For The Beatles (Nov 14 shift). Nuff said. Read it on the website if you care.
San Diego Radio Wires 11-14-03!Jay Posner - TV/Radio Sports - The San Diego UnionESPN Radio 800 will start carrying "Sunday Night Football" either two nights from now (if USD isn't playing at the same time) or Nov. 23 because The Mighty 1090, which has first dibs, doesn't want it. Also: Chargers and other sports on TV.
John Maffei - North County Times TV/Sports
The University of San Diego tips off the college basketball season Saturday with a 9 a.m. game against Oakland in the BCA Classic. All USD games will be on radio with the nonconference schedule on ESPN 800 and the conference games on KCBQ (1170). Jerry Gross and Jim Brogan again call the action.
The Mighty 1090 has joined KKSM (1320) and jumped into the high school football game. Tonight at 7:30, The Mighty 1090 will carry the Oceanside-La Costa Canyon game while KKSM has San Pasqual-Escondido. Next Friday, KKSM has Valley Center-Escondido while 1090 carries the NHL Mighty Ducks. Both stations plan to carry CIF playoff games. SD City Beat Best of Picks 11-14-03!I couldn't find the magazine in any of the stores I frequent. Good thing they got it on the web.Best of Nightlife & Entertainment ReadersÆ Picks Let's excerpt the radio picks. Click on the link above to read the rest.
Best TV Station: KUSI.
Best TV Personality: John Coleman, KUUUUUUUSI. KUSIÆs wacky weather guy breezed through ôGood Morning Americaö as the showÆs first weather anchor and one day he got to brainstorming, ôWhat if there was a channel devoted to weather?ö Coleman thought up The Weather Channel in 1982. Best Morning News: KUSI Morning News. The morning news begins at 5:30 a.m. Best Evening News: KUSI News. Weeknights from 6 to 7 p.m. Best Radio Station: FM 94.9. They canÆt get exclusive radio sponsorship for the really big music events in San Diego, but thatÆs why we love them. They also understand the concept of new music. Anyaùthanks for ôDesert Island Disks.ö www.fm949sandiego.com Best Talk Station: Newsradio 600 KOGO. KOGO has the earliest news program in the county, with ôSan DiegoÆs First Newsö beginning at 5 a.m. Traffic every 10 minutes, business and sports every half hour, plus Paul Harvey. www.kogo.com Best Local Radio DJ: Hilary, 91X. SheÆs fearless and sheÆs a concerned citizen, but, most important, sheÆs posted photos of herself with rock stars on the stations website. ôMandatory Marleyö rocks. www.91x.com
Nationwide Radio News 11-13-03!All Access (registration required)It's official! RUSH LIMBAUGH will return to the "golden EIB microphone" on MONDAY (11/17). DAVID LIMBAUGH, RUSH's brother, told substitute host MATT DRUDGE that the PREMIERE host will indeed do his first post-rehab show next week, as widely rumored. "RUSH is chomping at the bit to get back on the air," DAVID LIMBAUGH said, so he can personally express "how deeply moved he is by the love and loyalty" of his listeners and "his gratitude to his stations and his advertisers. And as you can imagine," DAVID added, "there are one or two other things on his mind that he wants to talk about as well!" Los Angeles Radio News 11-13-03!Richard WagonerDrama Hour Returns? No, not to KNX. Saul Levine, owner of K-SURF (1260 and 540 AM) says he plans to bring the Drama Hour to his own station, just as soon as he can get the necessary clearances. "As soon as we can get the material, we'll be on the air," Levine told laradio.com last week. As of press time, there no additional information available. The stereo light still lights up when compatible AM stereo radios tune into KNX, but there hasn't been an actual stereo signal coming from the station in a few weeks. Calls to the station confirmed that KNX plans to install digital HD Radio soon ... and the current HD Radio system is mono-only. You can tell when they switch it on: you'll hear nothing but hiss on both sides of KNX from 1050 to 1090, and the regular analog signal won't sound as good as normal. HD, in fact, requires a 5 KHz cutoff for analog in order for the digital to work, and the digital carriers interfere with the analog signal on most radios. Geoff Edwards has indeed left K-SURF mornings. Nick Gerard is his replacement. insideradio.com Tomorrow night's Beatles promotion by Infinity gets bigger -- and more controversial. ABC's KLOS in Los Angeles played the entire "Let It Be. . .Naked" album on Monday night's Jim Ladd show - and immediately heard yelps from the label. Infinity's planning a coordinated presentation in 35 markets Thursday night -- and now adds a panel discussion featuring stars like Sheryl Crow, Fred Durst, Billy Joel and Geraldo Rivera, and moderated by Pat O'Brien.
New Radio Star (maybe there is hope for local radio to carry Dr. Demento in the So. Cal. Outland) (November 11, 2003) The all-comedy programming added to Infinity's KLSX-FM posted huge ratings growth in the recently released Summer Arbitron. LA's Hot Talk KLSX-FM went all-comedy, weekend overnights, on August 29. The September segment of the Summer Arbitron exploded from a 1.5 share to a 6.4 share in adults 25-54 for that time period, as extrapolated by Maximiser. "We're delighted with the acceptance of a laugh-button on the LA radio dial", KLSX Program Director Jack Silver commented. "The programming is unique, compelling and funny". The programming is a blend of tightly edited professional stand-up comedy, in-studio interviews with touring comedians and radio-comedy such as parody news, phony phoners, topical bits and parody songs. The programming is produced and provided exclusively by Hollywood-based All Comedy Radio (http://www.allcomedyradio.com). Jack Silver, KLSX. jesilver###cbs.com (replace the ### with the obvious to e-mail.
San Bernadino Radio Wires 11-11-03!Call Sign Change: KRLH(AM), San Bernardino, to KTIE.San Diego Fall Ratings Period 1 11-11-03!Details at a couple of other well-known websites on the Internet.Some highlights: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5...who cares? In the country music wars, KSON dips down to a 3.6 while Bob 99.3 drops to a 1.2, even though Bob could be heard all over San Diego County, but San Diegans clearly prefer KSON Country so much that with the addition of KFSD-FM 92.1 to relay the KSON signal better in North County, the ratings for KSON are surely to go up at XHCR's expense in North County. In the alternative rock wars, with 92.1's final month rating at 0.8, KBZT, which has stolen most of the ratings of 92.1 and 91X, climbs up to a 2.8, while 91X is down to a 2.2. The three sports stations, ESPN 800, XPRS 1090, and XTRA 690, combine to a total rating from 1.5 to 1.8, but the rating of ESPN 800 is not posted since it's too low.
Triumph Calls Chris Cantore on 91X (11-10-2003)Last week on 91X, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog made his morning radio show round in San Diego (and, of course, pooping on it) as he called in Chris Cantore to talk about his new CD titled "Come Poop With Me" (last checked, #30 on the Amazon.com sellers list), featuring songs with Jack Black, Adam Sandler, and Late Night host Conan O'Brien, where Robert Smigel first orginated his Triumph dog puppet show.Visit the Brand X page to hear the interview, listen to the single "I Keed", and to see some classic videos of Triumph from the Conan O'Brian show. Buy Triumph's "Come Poop" Here (11-10-2003)Come Poop With MeTriumph The Insult Comic Dog / Audio CD and DVD (November 4, 2003) Buy It From Amazon Here! Track Listings:
WARNING: some strong language and explicit lyrics. Parental discretion is advised. Triumph's "I Keed" song has gotten airplay on 91X, 94/9, and 92.1 in San Diego, as well as becoming a recent add on the playlist of DFSX Comedy Radio which features fun, novelty, and comedy music 24 hours a day. 91X Food Drive Update 11-10-03!As heard on Chris Cantore's Brand X show, as he was doing an impression of DJ Steve West with an overexaggerated tired voice earlier, the station raised over 400,000 pounds of food for the needy, the final tally, or 200 tons.The first two acts for Frosty The Show, Man announced: Jack Johnson and Hoobastank San Diego Radio Wires 11-10-03!All Access (registration required)After giving a record $200 million to NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, the estate of the late JOAN KROC has also announced that KPBS-F and KPBS-TV/SAN DIEGO has also been bequeathed $5 million. Like the NPR award, the donation is the largest in KPBS history; KROC's total contributions to the station over the years have totaled $8 million, including $3 million to construct the KROC Production Center at KPBS' COPLEY Telecommunications Center. What is D.T. Doing This Week? 11-10-03!
Mon: 9am: wake up, check e-mail for news, download news, bounce back spam,
forward questions to newsgroups.
TUE 8am - wake up, watch monologues of Leno, Letterman, Conan, and Kilborn on VCR.
WED 8am - see Tuesday
THU 8am - see Tues
FRI 8am - see Tuesday
SAT
8am - see Tuesday
SUN 8am - wake up, watch some NFL shows
And that's what the life of D.T. is like. 91X News (11-10-2003)This past weekend, 91X sponsored its annual Resurrection Relief Weekend featuring Steve West who stayed at the studio for 54 hours straight playing tons of old punk, new wave, and other alternative rock songs that haven't been heard in many many years.Saturday, Mojo Nixon of KGB did his song "Don Henely Must Die" but he forgot some of the lyrics near the end of the song. Sunday, Terri Nunn of Berlin co-hosted the last six hours of the Resurrection weekend talking about old times, discussing her life and her new song, and asking listeners to donate tons of cans to the needy. At press time, there is no word how many thousands of pounds the station has raised. Coming up Monday morning on 91X's Brand X show: at 7:30, listen for the first band announcement. The "Frosty The Show, Man" is Friday, Dec 5th at 4th & B to benefit Toys for Tots. The only way to get in the show is to simply donate toys through a 91X toy store stop. Details at 91X. Riverside Radio Wires 11-10-03!All Access (registration required)SALEM's Talk KRLH-A (SMART TALK 590 KRLA)/SAN BERNARDINO gets its own identity, dropping the slogan and name of sister KRLA-A/LOS ANGELES in favor of "NEWS-TALK 590 KTIE, THE TALK OF THE INLAND EMPIRE." The lineup remains the same. |