Radio News

RNC Candidate Distributes Controversial Obama Song

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2008

RNC candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show.

Saltsman, a personal friend of conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, sent a 41-track CD along with a note to national committee members. “I look forward to working together in the New Year,” Saltsman wrote. “Please enjoy the enclosed CD by my friend Paul Shanklin of the Rush Limbaugh Show.” The ...

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Copyright Holders to Radio: Don't Be a Scrooge

Source: PC Magazine
December 19, 2008

The season of 24-hour holiday music is upon us, but it's not all jingle bells and Rudolph for a music copyright coalition, which is demanding that radio stations hand over adequate royalty rates. “In the spirit of the holidays, we're asking that the radio industry not be a Scrooge," Jennifer Bendall, executive director of musicFIRST, said in a statement. “Join us in closing the loophole in copyright law and ensuring that fair competition is provided to the artists and musicians ...

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Slacker Launches "Radio Plus" Service

Source: FortyThree PR
December 19, 2008

Slacker, Inc., today announced the availability of Slacker Radio Plus, a new value-priced offering which gives listeners access to all of the features of the free Basic Radio service, plus the ability to skip an unlimited number of songs in a commercial-free environment. “Slacker Personal Radio provides music lovers with an effortless way to hear and discover music that suits their unique tastes," said Dennis Mudd, CEO of Slacker. “Slacker Radio Plus is a great and inexpensive option for Slacker ...

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Pandora Hits Windows Mobile

Source: PC Magazine
December 17, 2008

It's been a long time coming, but Pandora Media just announced that Internet radio station Pandora is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones — at least in a limited fashion. As with other versions, Pandora for Windows Mobile lets you key in any artist or song; the service will then create a custom Internet radio station that plays that music plus other similar songs. At this point, the Windows Mobile version works on the Sprint HTC Touch, the Verizon XV6900, ...

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KWMU Names New GM

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 17, 2008

Catching up with a story from last week, public radio station KWMU (90.7 FM), which airs the Jazz Unlimited program hosted by Dennis Owsley from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on Sundays, has a new general manager. The new KWMU GM is Tim Eby, a public radio veteran who's currently at WOSU, an NPR station affiliated with Ohio State University in Columbus, and he'll start work on January 20. You can read the news release from the the station ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 8, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
December 17, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight (IPO Recordings) 381 289 +92 4 72 1 4 2 2 2 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 250 211 +39 1 63 1 10 3 3 4 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 201 204 -3 0 53 2 11 4 4 9 Bill Cunliffe The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Resonance) 199 155 +44 1 50 4 ...

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Stax Records Legend Al Bell Launches Website

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, AR and CHARLESTON, SC - Former Stax Records owner and Motown president Al Bell, a legend in the evolution of American music, has announced the launch of a new company, Al Bell Presents, LLC. The centerpiece of this new venture is a full-service website and the first of several Internet music channels, Al Bell Presents American Soul Music, both of which were built by Charleston, SC-based American Media Services-Interactive.

Mr. Bell notes that both the website and online ...

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Programmers Act on Arbitron's Portable People Meter Results

Source: Michael Ricci
December 15, 2008

Fresh data changes radio's numbers game Programmers act on Arbitron's Portable People Meter results.

There was punk aplenty at Saturday's opening show of KROQ-FMs two-night Almost Acoustic Christmas bill at Gibson Amphitheatre. The lineup was dominated by the 200 mph music, from headliner the Offspring down through Chicago's Rise Against and Southern California's own AFI and Slightly Stoopid. Even Stone Temple Pilots, with singer Scott Weiland back in the fold after his vitriolic breakup earlier this year with Velvet Revolver, ...

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