Robert Feder is reporting that WCKG is expected to flip to an Adult Contemporary format, which could occur anytime between 7 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday. The format would target women 25-54, and would put it in direct competition with WLIT-FM. WLIT is expected to flip to Christmas music sometime in the next few weeks. Last year, WLIT flipped […]
Two of the on-air personalities of the station, Stan Lawrence and Terry Armour, stated on their blog that they are now former on-air personalities of the station. To read their post, click here and scroll all the way to the end.
WCKG holds Chicago hostage: Day 13 Garry Meier, Opie & Anthony out as of today Garry Meier announced on his morning show that today was his and everyone else’s last day at WCKG except for Steve Dahl. The moves also mean that the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show will have to find a new home in Chicago (which is not […]
WCKG holds Chicago hostage: Day 11 Phil Rosenthal is reporting in tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Tribune that WCKG and CBS Radio officials have confirmation of Steve Dahl moving to WJMK (Jack FM) beginning on November 5. Rumors have surfaced over the last few weeks over the fate of WCKG and the following moves pretty much confirms that there will […]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago Bulls will announce this coming week a deal with ESPN-owned WMVP-AM to air games starting with the season opener on October 31. WMVP, or ESPN Radio 1000, was the home for Bulls basketball during the franchise’s glory years in the nineties. In 2006, the Bulls took their radio broadcasts in-house and bought […]
The Sun-Times Robert Feder is reporting (and this is a tidbit that will make message boards explode over the weekend) that Steve Dahl, who hosts his successful afternoon show on WCKG-FM, is expected to land as morning jock at sister station WJMK-FM, or Jack FM. This comes as an impending format change will likely hit WCKG in the next two […]
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! A message board posting states that WCKG.com is no longer operable. Uh-oh… (it’s actually back up and running.) Keep it here for complete “team” coverage of this breaking, important, life-shaking news story! We now return you to Judge David Young already in progress.
Bulls looking for new radio home The Chicago Tribune’s Ed Sherman is reporting that the Chicago Bulls are looking for a new radio home after speculation has surfaced that CBS Radio’s WCKG-FM may flip from a FM Talk format to a Spanish-language one – perhaps as soon as the next couple of days. The Spanish-language format is one of the […]
News-talk WTMJ-AM is much like WGN-AM in Chicago – news, talk, community connections – and the uncanny ability to stay at number one. WTMJ finished first overall in Milwaukee’s summer book, but fourth in adults 25-54 – the crown in that all-important demo went to country station WMIL-FM. To see the complete list, click here. By the way, WGN finished […]
Clear Channel-owned WLIT-FM (The Lite) in Chicago has axed Whoopi Goldberg’s poorly-rated syndicated morning show and has reinstated Melissa Forman as morning personality. Since August 2006, when Melissa Forman was replaced by Whoopi, the morning drive ratings dropped like a rock. Among adults 25-54, the daypart went from 11th place with Forman to 19th place with Goldberg. Forman was let […]
A clean sweep of every major daypart kept WGN on top of the ratings in Arbitron’s summer book. WGN’s dominance started with Spike O’Dell in the mornings and went through John Williams and Cubs baseball in the afternoon. Other news of note: Mornings: – WGCI paid dearly for replacing top-rated (in 18-34) Howard McGee with syndicated Steve Harvey, with WVAZ’s […]
Both down a full point since last summer, while WGN blows out the competition (like the Colorado Rockies, WGN may never lose a book again!) For the complete results, click here. Update (10-16-06): No Feder today for some reason, so the daypart breakdowns will have to wait. In the meantime, here’s a Tribune story on the numbers, which contains some […]
The last time radio legend John “Records” Landecker was let go from a position was in 2003 at then-oldies WJMK-FM. In 2005, the oldies format signed off at WJMK, which became Jack FM. Now, Landecker has been dumped as afternoon jock at oldies outlet WZZN-FM. Landecker’s contract expires on Friday, but he did not show up for his afternoon shift […]
Faced with becoming another San Francisco (or Chicago before KISS-FM signed on in 2001), Indianapolis’ Top 40 fans were spared the loss of the format completely when Radio One (yes, the URBAN radio experts) bought the intellectual property, the name RadioNow, and format of WNOU and is putting it on its 100.9 frequency, kicking the smooth jazz format to the […]
In a very smart move, Clear Channel-owned WVAZ-FM (or V103) has renewed the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show in a multi-year deal. There was speculation that WVAZ would can the show and replace it with a local morning show. The TJMS and Radio One would have suffered a big blow if WVAZ didn’t renew the show. Chicago is the second-largest […]
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