Radio
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Former WUSB Assistant Music Director and incoming Program Director Christine M picks her top ten of 2007.
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WUSB 90.1 FM, one of Long Island’s most popular non-commercial community radio stations, is set to kick off its annual fall Radiothon on October 18th, according to a press release issued this week. An annual staple for the station, The Radiothon will run through November 12th and will feature a number of music specials including a Salsathon and a Hip-Hop Marathon. |
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Renown radio personalities Opie and Anthony will be syndicating their popular XM satellite radio program back to terrestrial radio, as announced on their program this morning. This marks the first time the satellite radio talent pool has been used as a resource for the FM platform. |
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Radio talk show host Howard Stern was bombarded by banners and chants supporting rival broadcasters Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia (commonly known as Opie and Anthony) as he attempted to enter the Ed Sullivan Theater Thursday afternoon. Stern, who was there to tape a segment for that evening's "Late Show with David Letterman," barely stepped out of his car before the legion of Opie and Anthony fans (affectionately known as the O&A Army) pounced. |
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Radio talk show host Fez Whatley, of the popular “Ron and Fez Show,” suffered a heart attack at his home in New York City late last week following the completion of his daily show on XM Satellite Radio. The news was announced by Whatley’s on-air partner, Ron Bennington, during this morning’s broadcast. |
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Ron Bennington and Fez Whatley, hosts of their own successful talk-based program The Ron and Fez Show on Washington, D.C.'s legendary WJFK-FM station, concluded their Friday night show with a fond farewell to the broadcasting outlet that has been their home since January of 2003. After months of apparent attempts to release themselves from their contract with Infinity Broadcasting, Ron and Fez were finally successful and bid adieu to their commercial radio home to move to...well, that part of the story still remains a mystery. |
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New York City's K-ROCK Radio (92.3 FM) has flipped formats, effective this morning. The station, which has been adhering to the "modern rock" format since it dumped "classic rock" in 1999, will now be operating under the "all rock" banner. Under this moniker, the station will sport a more varied and elclectic playlist that encompasses every facet of the rock genre. A message on the stations official website also notes that the new playlists will be "bigger" than any other competing station's playlists, which are typically limited to about 40-50 songs in continuous rotation. |
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Radio giants Opie and Anthony, who returned to the burgeoning satellite radio market as a premium feature on XM Radio in October of last year, held a bizarre set of auditions for their “High Voltage” channel line-up on Friday. |
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Despite endorsements by the nation’s top communications lawmakers, outbound Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell isn’t in favor of extending indecency regulations to satellite radio and cable TV. |
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Here are the WUSB Top 15 Local CD's for the month of February: |
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XM Satellite Radio (the nation's leading provider of satellite radio with more than 3.2 million subscribers) made an announcement last week that it is expanding its basic service package, in an effort to counter the fact that their monthly subscription price for said service will increase from $9.99 to $12.99 beginning April 2. |
