Tag: "Opportunity"

Monday, September 12, 2016

KSPN, Los Angeles Revamps Programming; Live and Local Lineup Launches September 21.  Rumors about these changes have been leaking for a week or so but now ESPN reports the official changes for O&O KSPN “ESPNLA 710AM.”  These alterations to the current schedule also line up in more traditional dayparts.  First, the 5:00 am to 7:00 am “Kelvin & Travis” show is gone and the all new “Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge and LZ” airs in the 6:00 am to 9:00 am slot with Keyshawn Johnson, Jorge Sedano and LZ Granderson.  While it appears that Travis Rodgers is off the station, Kelvin Washington moves to afternoons – 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm – with incumbent Marcellus Wiley (Wiley went solo after partner Max Kellerman joined the company’s ESPN2 for the “First Take” show).   The current “Thompson & Trudell” program expands by an hour, airing from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.  “Mason & Ireland (12:00 noon to 3:00 pm) and “ESPNLA Rewind” (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm) remain in their current positions.  The 9:00 pm to 6:00 am block will feature ESPN Radio Network programming.  Station VP/GM Scott McCarthy comments, “With an extremely powerful all live-and-local lineup, we are ensuring that ESPNLA continues to be the destination station for Los Angeles-area sports fans.  Fans want context and analysis after our L.A. teams play, and our local focus – especially in morning drive – will super-serve them with the best in L.A. sports talk.”

PPM Analysis: MLB Flagships.  TALKERS magazine managing editor Mike Kinosian presents a look at the performances of stations that serve as flagships for Major League Baseball based on data from Nielsen Audio’s August 2016 PPM survey.  In this report you’ll find charts listing: stations by format and (6+) AHQ share; ratings fluctuations from July 2016 to August 2016; ratings fluctuations from August 2015 to August 2016; and how stations ranked in their respective markets.  See it all here.

Cumulus Media Files with SEC to Ask Shareholders for Reverse Stock Split.  This move is an effort to get Cumulus stock above the $1 threshold on the NASDAQ so it doesn’t get delisted.  If shareholders agree, it would set the company on course to try to get far fewer shares of class A, B, and C stock trading at a higher price.  Under the 1 for 8 split, shareholders would get one share for every eight they own.  If the Reverse Stock Split is effected it would mean the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock goes from 750,000,000 to 93,750,000, of Class B Common Stock from 600,000,000 to 75,000,000 and of Class C Common Stock from 644,871 to 80,609.  The shareholders with the most stock in Cumulus include Crestview Radio Investors holding 30.2% of Class A stock; Lew Dickey, Jr. with 11.2%; and Greywolf Event Driven Master Fund with 5.5%.  Lew Dickey owns 100% of the Class C stock.

Genuine Austin Radio to Buy Sports Duo KTXX-FM/KLGO-AM ‘The Horn.’  The sports talk duo branded “The Horn” – KTXX-FM and KLGO-AM in Austin – is being sold to Bob Cole-led Genuine Austin Radio, LLC for an undisclosed sum.  Genuine has been operating the stations under an LMA and will continue to do so until the sale closes.  The seller is Total Austin Sports Radio, LLC.  The stations are the home of the University of Texas Longhorns sports as well as other local and regional sports franchises.  Broker on the transaction is DEFcom Advisors, LLC which represents the seller.

WYSL, Rochester Personality and New York State Assemblyman Bill Nojay Dead at 59.  The cause of death was an apparent suicide for Republican New York State Assemblyman, attorney, and radio talk show host Bill Nojay.  According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Nojay apparently took his own life at his family’s cemetery plots in the Rochester area on Friday (9/9), the same day he was to appear in federal court to answer to fraud charges related to a trust fund he managed in his capacity as an attorney.  He was also running for re-election for his assembly seat.  Nojay hosted the 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm daily talk program on Radio Livingston-owned WYSL, Rochester/W221CL “Newspower 1040.”

The Presidential Race/Clinton Health Concerns, 9/11 Anniversary, North Korea Nuke Test, Samsung Note 7 Troubles, Friday’s Dow Dip, NFL Season Opens, and MLB Action Among Top News/Talk Stories Over the Weekend.  The activities of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, especially Clinton’s abrupt exit from 9/11 ceremonies and news of her pneumonia diagnosis; the anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001; North Korea’s announcement of a successful nuclear weapon test; Samsung’s recall of the popular Galaxy Note 7 and reports of fires caused by exploding batteries; The Dow drops almost 400 points on Friday over concerns about interest rate hikes; the 2016 NFL season opens and Major League Baseball action were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio over the weekend, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

Odds & Sods.  A deal between CBS Sports Radio and Westwood One has the latter serving as the exclusive ad sales rep for the new “Jim Rome’s Daily Jungle” podcast that launched back in August on the iTunes and Play.It platforms.  WW1 is selling endorsements, live reads, pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll advertisements…..The nationally syndicated “Joe Pags Show” announces a number of recently added affiliates to the WOAI, San Antonio-based program.  Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo reports that his roster now numbers 66 stations across the country, including: KUIK, Portland; WAVL, Latrobe, Pennsylvania; WHBY, Appleton, Wisconsin; WAAM, Ann Arbor, Michigan; WJNT, Jackson, Mississippi; WATT, Cadillac, Michigan; WMKT, Charlevoix, Michigan; WHIR, Danville, Kentucky.

On the Road Again.  With coverage of Campaign 2016 in full gear, the Salem Radio Network talk hosts – including Mike Gallagher, Hugh Hewitt, and Dennis Prager – are hitting the road “to rally conservative voters in battleground states like Colorado, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”  Pictured here on the Great America PAC bus en route to a rally in Orlando, Florida today (9/12) are (from l-r): Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, Prager, Hewitt, and actor Jon Voight.

Cool NewsRadio Morning Drive Opportunity.  Delaware’s NewsRadio 1450 and 1410 (WILM-AM and WDOV-AM) in Wilmington, Delaware is looking for a morning host to take them to the next level on their spoken-word stations.  The right candidate will have a contagious personality with 3 years or more experience doing spoken-word formats.  You’ll live the target listener lifestyle and have a successful track record in growing ratings and revenue as an “ambassador in our community.”  You’ll be known on a first-name basis with their local business owners, politicians and non-profits. You’ll engage listeners on important subjects, on-air, with a sense of responsibility to inform and entertain.  And, you’ll love meeting listeners at station promotions and non-profit or civic events.  If this sounds like you, you will love iHeartMedia in Delaware.  They work hard and play harder, all the while being so close to beaches, bays, big cities and breathtaking getaways.  If you are a sports fanatic, you will love living on the I-95 corridor surrounded by three major markets with easy access to dozens of college and professional sports teams.  They offer a modest salary with exceptional opportunities to supplement your pay, a good health and benefit package, excellent facilities with a support team ready to help you win!  If this sounds like your next step, send your “zipped” package (MP3, resume and cover letter) to: skyphillips@iheartmedia.com.  iHeartMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!