We’re hearing that Washington, PA-licensed WKZV-AM (1110) is now off the air for good. Apparently the land on which the tower sits has been sold and the tower site is expected to come down soon. The station signed on in 1970 as WKEG and held a variety of formats and owners until 1991 when the …
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May 15 2013
Ratings Madness
About a year ago, I said I wasn’t going to report on the ratings anymore. Arbitron announced that it would no longer publicly publish the numbers for stations who didn’t subscribe, and since that affects many stations within this market, it makes the monthly book appear inaccurate. However, it’s been interesting to see how drastic …
May 12 2013
From the e-mail files…
What happened to Saturday talk show host, Dimitri Vassilaros. He left with no explanations, there are some others there, that leave me cold. One Called Eddie Crow. WHERE IS DIMITRI? Eric’s response: I posted a week or so ago that KDKA hired a few hosts specifically for that time slot. One is John McIntire who most notably worked …
May 10 2013
Scaife sells shares of KQV
All Access reported today that Richard M. Scaife is selling his 700 shares (about 70%) of Calvary Inc. to 22 MIN LLC. The new company is owned by Cheryl Scott and Robert Dickey, Jr. the heirs of the late Robert W. Dickey who died in 2011. The Senior Dickey owned the lesser part of Calvary …
May 09 2013
WLFP sold
“AM Guys LLC” – made up of Ed DeHart and Stephen Zelenko – has purchased WLFP-AM (1550 Braddock) from receiver Mike Craven for $14,515. This according to this morning’s Tom Taylor NOW Newsletter. DeHart managed the station prior to the sale. Business TalkRadio bought the facility in 2007 for $225,000 and operated it as a …
May 08 2013
WBZZ adds afternoon co-host
Flick returned to CBS Radio Pittsburgh several weeks ago and now word that he has a co-host for the afternoon drive slot. Kelly Langenohl has joined WBZZ (100.7 New Kensington/Pittsburgh) creating the “Flick and Kelly” afternoon show (2:00 – 7:00 p.m.). Langenohl, a native of Pittsburgh, comes home from WBHV-FM in State College where she …
May 04 2013
Not lost… just not easily found…
Several years ago, I was volunteering at an event where one of our local stations was doing a remote. (I was there on behalf of the organization, not the station.) It wasn’t long before someone – a benefactor for the organization and a friend of one of the station hosts present – approached me and …
Apr 25 2013
Three hosts return to the airwaves
KDKA-AM (1020) has hired John McIntire, Eddy Crow and Ellen Gamble as hosts of various Saturday airshifts. They will also serve as fill-in hosts throughout the week. McIntire and Crow have already been on the air, the previous filling in for Marty Griffin last week. Gamble will do her first official shift this Saturday at …
Apr 18 2013
An interesting find…
This video comes from YouTuber “FuzzyMemoriesTV” who was able to get his hands on 16mm kinescope from the collection of Len Johnson. The newscast was offered by WIIC-TV (11; now WPXI) at 6:30 p.m. on August 23, 1962. The newscast was just 10 minutes long. Johnson moved on to Chicago where during the remainder of …
Apr 18 2013
Ratings
Seems that the ratings are bouncing around month-to-month again as the March PPM survey shows that WRRK came out on top for the first time in the station’s history. KDKA-AM, which had been first the last two months, dropped to fourth place. WDVE and WWSW fall between in second and third places respectively. The numbers …