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[RadioInsight] How ready is your station for a disaster? It's not "if," but "when"
RadioInsight /////////////////////////////////////////// How ready is your station for a disaster? It's not "if," but "when" Posted: 07 Dec 2018 12:23 PM PST https://radioinsight.com/tech/172609...or-a-disaster/ Photo courtesy of Charlie Wooten Wildfires in California. Hurricanes in Florida. Earthquakes in Alaska. If it seems like the parade of natural disasters isnt stopping lately, youre not wrong. Appearing on the Top of the Tower Podcast this week, Charlie Wooten, chief engineer of iHeart Medias Panama City, Florida cluster, shared his experiences riding out Hurricane Michael in late October. The storm took down the STL tower at the clusters studios and wiped out the three-tower array of its AM station, 590 WDIZ. But thanks to lots of careful planning before the storm, iHearts stations were the only commercial radio stations that kept programming going, providing vital information to the public. Underground fiber and iHearts national satellite connectivity offered multiple paths from the studio to the various FM transmitter sites, IP telephony provided phone numbers that emergency officials and the public could call with information, and iHeart even had a backup news team at its Tampa studios to take over coverage and provide some relief for the staff in Panama City. Wooten says iHearts national engineering network also provided essential support, with engineers from other markets driving and flying in to serve as extra help when he needed it most. A staunch believer in emergency preparedness, Wooten says his stations survival in the storm shows the importance of having backup plans for everything a broadcaster needs. I dont mean just a backup transmitter. Backup power, backup STL, perhaps a backup studio location, because backups thats what kept us going is that we had backups. My main three 100kW FMs never lost carrier, Wooten said. Aside from the towers that went down, Wootens other big issue turned out to be the generator at the studio, which didnt come up as soon as he expected it to even though it had just been tested under load a few days earlier. When you check it on Sunday and it cranks and it works and then Wednesday it doesnt, Im not sure what you can do to predict that failure or mitigate it. We would have had it on a lot quicker but we had to wait until it was safe to go outside. Want more insight into disaster recovery and preparation? In this episode of the Top of the Tower podcast, WHGL in Canton, PA gets back on the air after a snowplow clips a guy wire and takes down its tower. And in Current.org, I speak with public radio and TV managers in Alaska about their experiences in last weeks earthquake, which knocked one station out of its studio, potentially for months to come. Photo courtesy of Charlie Wooten The post How ready is your station for a disaster? Its not if, but when appeared first on RadioInsight. /////////////////////////////////////////// Hubbard Cuts WYGY Cincinnati Airstaff Posted: 07 Dec 2018 09:09 AM PST https://radioinsight.com/headlines/1...nati-airstaff/ Following cuts in Chicago and St. Louis, Hubbard Radio has now made cuts at Country 97.3 The Wolf WYGY Fort Thomas KY/Cincinnati OH. WVXUs John Kiesewetter reports that morning host Ernie Fat Man Brown, midday host Jimmy The Weasel Salzurulo and afternoon host Pistol Pete Miller were all let go on Tuesday. Evening host Bud Stross, who doubles as Promotions Coordinator for WYGY and sister Country B105.1 WUBE remains with the station. The Class A WYGY serves as a flanker to WUBE in a broad Country battle that also includes Cumulus Medias Nash-FM 94.1 WNNF and Grant County Broadcasters Classic Country pair of rimshots 105.9 WNKN Middletown OH and 106.7 WNKR Williamstown KY. WUBE ranks third in the Cincinnati market with an 8.9 share, while WYGY holds a 1.0 share. WNNF is at a 1.9, whie WNKN and WNKR registered a 2.0 and 1.0 share respectively. The post Hubbard Cuts WYGY Cincinnati Airstaff appeared first on RadioInsight. /////////////////////////////////////////// Mix 100.7 Tampa Launching Mix Morning Show With Laura Diaz Posted: 07 Dec 2018 07:18 AM PST https://radioinsight.com/headlines/1...th-laura-diaz/ iHeartMedia Hot AC Mix 100.7 WMTX Tampa is filling its morning vacancy with Laura Diaz. Diaz joins WMTX from XL 106.7 WXXL Orlando where she has served as a co-host on Johnnys House alongside Johnny Magic for the past seven years. She also has worked as a television anchor and reporter in Orlando and Monroe LA. The new show will debut on January 3, 2019 and fills the opening created by the station dropping the syndicated Brooke Jubal in October. The station is still seeking a co-host for Diaz. Interested applicants can submit their resumes here. –Mix 100.7, The Best Variety of the 80’s, 90’s, and Today, announced today the debut of The Mix Morning Show with Laura Diaz. The new show will broadcast weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. beginning January 3. The Mix Morning Show with Laura Diaz will showcase a variety of hit music, highlight the latest pop culture news and feature fun interactive games with listeners. Diaz joins Mix 100.7 from iHeartMedia Orlando’s XL106.7, where she co-hosted alongside Johnny Magic on Johnny’s House for seven years. “My great-grandparents emigrated from Spain to Tampa in search of the American Dream,” said Diaz. “To think that 103 years later I have the opportunity to be the female lead on a morning show and continue the dream is overwhelming! I’m grateful and humbled to be able to join a community-focused station like Mix 100.7 and to continue doing what I love with iHeartMedia.” “Laura’s unique female perspective makes her the perfect fit for mornings on Mix 100.7,” said Randi West, Mix 100.7 Program Director. “I’m excited for her to join us in Tampa Bay!” The post Mix 100.7 Tampa Launching Mix Morning Show With Laura Diaz appeared first on RadioInsight. /////////////////////////////////////////// Station Sales Week Of 12/7: Everything WOLD Is Sold Again Posted: 07 Dec 2018 05:00 AM PST https://radioinsight.com/headlines/1...is-sold-again/ Bristol Broadcasting has acquired Classic Hits 102.5 WOLD-FM Marion VA from T.E.C.O. Broadcasting for $165,000. T.E.C.O. reacquired WOLD-FM and 103.5 WZVA last November for cancellation of the $651,039 promissory note owed by CDM Broadcasting. WZVA was then sold to Bristol in March for $200,000 and then flipped from Country to CHR Hot 103.5 in July. Bustos Media sells Chinese 890 KTXV Mabank/Dallas TX to James Sus Dallas Major Radio LLC for $1.8 million. The buyer who operates China Radio International programmed stations in eight additional markets, has been operating KTXV via Time Brokerage Agreement. Jorge Ana Sudays Suday Investment Group will purchase Country 94.1 KDLK-FM and Conservative Talk 1230 KDRN Del Rio TX from Forum Broadcasting for $420,000. In a deal not yet filed with the FCC, Phoenix AZ attorney Timothy Stratton will acquire Oldies 850 WYLF/93.9 W230CZ Penn Yan NY from Jeff Pearces MB Communications for $285,000. George Kimble of Kozacko Media Services served as broker for the buyer. Translator Sales First Ventures Capital Partners sells Silent 105.7 K289BI Davenport IA to Augustana College for $60,000. K289BI will rebroadcast the currently non-existent HD2 of Public News/Talk 90.3 WVIK Rock Island IL. The post Station Sales Week Of 12/7: Everything WOLD Is Sold Again appeared first on RadioInsight. /////////////////////////////////////////// Cumulus Makes Morning Changes At Four Toledo Stations Posted: 07 Dec 2018 04:00 AM PST https://radioinsight.com/headlines/1...ledo-stations/ Cumulus Media is making morning changes at four of its stations in Toledo to ring in 2019. The moves start with Lyn Casye and Cliff Smithers moving from Classic Hits 93.5 WRQN to Country K100 99.9 WKKO to join incumbent host Gary Shores. Shores has been with WKKO since 1975 and programmed the station from 1985 until earlier this year. Casey and Smithers fill the co-host opening created by the passing of Harvey Steele last December. To fill the morning show opening at WRQN, The Denny Schaffer Show will slide down the hall from CHR Q105.5 WQQO. Denny Schaffer, co-host Suzie Moser and producer Paul Spoerl will be replaced by current evening host Eric Chase. Chase previously anchored mornings on iHeartMedia CHR 92.5 Kiss-FM WVKS in Toledo until his exit in June 2017. The final move will be at Classic Rock 94.5 WXKR where Mark Benson will retire after 22 years with the station on December 21. He will be replaced by Jeremy Pyke Peterson. Peterson, who has worked at stations including WXRK New York, WKSC and WLUP Chicago, WMRQ Hartford and WSSR Tampa during his career, previously worked in Toledo at iHearts 104.7 WIOT from 2005-2014. The post Cumulus Makes Morning Changes At Four Toledo Stations appeared first on RadioInsight. /////////////////////////////////////////// Nieman Lab: Google is launching a voice-driven version of Google News for smart speakers and phones Posted: 06 Dec 2018 05:39 PM PST http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/12/goo...rs-and-phones/ The post Nieman Lab: Google is launching a voice-driven version of Google News for smart speakers and phones appeared first on RadioInsight. |
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