Happy
LARP
Birthday


Friday - Peter Bie, Jerry Clark, JD (Jeff Dean), Harald Huto, Melinda Lee, Charles Madrid, George Mair, Mike O'Neil, Marcia Rovins, and Van Earl Wright
 Saturday - John Fox, Ed Mann, John Phillips, and Jack Silver
 Sunday - Mike Carlucci, Ron McCoy (d), and Tom Thornton
 Monday - John Felz, Gene Sculatti, and Mychal Thompson

 

January:  Book tells how Big Boy XL'ed at weight loss
                  Future of the SCBA
                  KOST afternooner has yogurt on his face
                  Former KPPC GM dies
                  Go Classic Country
                  Monds had the BEAT
                  KGO drops to 12th
                  K/men man dies
                  Norm Epstein's game changer
                  Back in two and two
                  KOST Holiday present - AMP RADIO amps up Top 40 wars in new Arbitron ratings
                  Former Times editor joins KPCC
                 

                  CBS newsers honored with nine Golden Mike awards
                  Puppy Love singer is keynote speaker at NAB
                  Great Scott!New afternooner at KOST
                  Mario Lopez returns to Clear Channel
                  More LA stations join Clear Channel's iHeart Radio platform
                  Geraldo live with stealth marketing campaign
                   "Frivolous" mornings will be missed at KFI         

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                 ABC's of marketing KABC
                 My, my, my Delilah
                 Skyed for his new job
                 CDs going the way of 8-Track?
                 Handel to get more serious early
                 Miller books
                 Cumulus love affair

                  Ryan Seacrest is putting his AEG in one basket
                  George Noory almost abducted ... for real    
                  Early KFWB for sale
                  Former KNX morning man nominated for Hall of Fame
                  Saul Levine cranks up K-JAZZ
                  Where were the MADD ladies?
                  40 years of American Pie
                  What's your name?
                  Golden Globes not so golden for Ken Levine
                  Hispanic payoff at Clear Channel?
                 Bob Moore Goes Courtside
                 CBS/LA Gets New DOS from the Windy City
                 The Most Admired Women of Los Angeles Radio
                 But First This Message: A Quirky Journey in Broadcasting
                 Sports Update at KLAC and big promotion for Don Martin
                 Live and local is a winner
                 Big Bang Theory
                 Has Cumulus killed the radio star?
                 John & Ken react to LA Times front-page story
                 Dawn Girocco, vp/director of sales for CBS/LA, exits the cluster
                 Two Former LARP General Managers Die Within a Day of Each Other
                 Commander Chuck Street Grounded at KIIS/fm

Recent Radio-Related Emailings and Bulletins:

Ryan Seacrest to try out political news? (LA Times), 1.24
News exec out to stop the presses - (LA Times), 1.16
What About the Other 99% - (Jacobs Media), 1.11
Sirius XM Satellite Radio Will Not Die - (Forbes Magazine), 1.11
Sacramento Radio Formats - (Sacramento Bee), 1.11
KGO Talkers Say Farewell - (San Francisco Chronicle), 1.9
Did Cumulus Kill the radio star? - (Marin Pacific Sun), 1.8
Mike McVay Interview at AllAccess - (AllAccess.com), 1.6
Power pd Jimmy Steal interview by FMQB - Friday Morning Quarter Back), 1.5
Predictions in Chicago radio regarding LARP - (TimeOutChicago.com) 1.1
How the Voice of Tech Leaked His Own Sex Chat - (Gawker), 12.29
KOST holiday ratings winner - (LA Times), 12.28
Dick Clark on New Year's Eve telecast - (New York Post), 12.27
ESPN's Gottlieb brings a rare quality to sports-talk radio: contest (LA Times), 12.27
KGO hosts ambushed by news of firings - (San Francisco Chronicle), 12.26
Axl Rose of Guns 'n Roses bemoans state of LARadio - (LA Times), 12.26
KGO Listeners Protest - (KGO/TV), 12.19
Breaking News: Melinda Lee Cooks Up a New Recipe with CBS/LA (LARadio exclusive), 12.16
Geraldo Rivera to KABC, per Don Imus (LARadio bulletin) 12.12
 

Recent columns

December: Top 50 stations in December Arbitron
                     Top 11 LARadio News Stories of 2011
                     Warren Olney Set for Lifetime Achievement Award
                     Dr. Jenn Berman Orchestrates Relationships
                     Light Ad Load at KFI
                     LaFern Cusack Honored by PIRATES
                     AMP's Booker on VH1
                     Inside story on Geraldo’s hiring at Cumulus
                     Chairs moving at KABC
                     Howard Stern set to judge America’s Got Talent
                     Maureen Lesourd is driven
                     Yes to Yesi’s promotion at Power 106
                     KGO used to be in our hood
                     New line-up at KABC revealed soon - some will be shocked ... others surprised and delighted ... and others disappointed
                     Merlin made Dave Williams disappear in Chicago - the inside story about what happened
                     Red Eye Radio blinks - McIntyre and Terri-Rae headed to KABC
                     When Dodgers had an 18.4 share
                     News/Talk #1 in San Francisco, but no KGO in top six
                     KGO archives
                     KGO firings
                     Ideas for KABC
                     John Phillips is really good
                     Rape at Gunpoint Points Gloria Allred on Personal Path
                    Why do we hate change?
                    KGO fallen
                    Former Arrow personality returns to Chicago
                    Former Hot 92.3 morning host returns to LA
                    Skylord set for double duty
                    Top 40 #1 in San Diego
                    Windy Nightmare
                    Remembering Bruce Vidal
                    KFI tops November Arbitron ratings two months in a row
                   Will KABC ever address lowest ratings in station history?

 

November:    Fermented Meets Demented: Reversal on Radio Reinvention
                        Spanish and English Christmas Songs on Spanish Radio
                        Sam Rubin's daughter wants to know how her father knows Santa
                        Best Christmas song video
                        Looking for KKDJ Beatles Montage
                        6,000 KOST fans usher in the holidays at Disneyland
                        Former KFI weekender takes over afternoons in Vegas
                        Another KABC talker picks up pen at the Daily News
                        Randy Michaels awarded
                        Stop eating
                        Funnie from KFI news anchor
                        Royal bummer
                        Carson Daly slams Seacrest’s “Kardashian Crap”
                        Loser’s Recovery
                        As Regis Ends Run, LARP Recalls Personal Kindness
                        Trip to Chargers Game
                        Hear Bing’s White Christmas and Win $1,000
                        New Afternoon Gumbo
                        LaFern Cusack a Golden Buccaneer
                        Warm Voice Silenced
                        Time for Reinvention: Rules for Reinventors
                        Do You Hear What I Hear? Jhani Kaye jumps on story of KTWV all-Christmas launch ahead of KOST
                        Big Hearts at all-Sports KLAC
                        David Perry's Missing Sounds
                        News at Dawn
                        710/KMPC newsman dies
                        List of LARPs Tied for 11th for Best of 2011
                        Former KABC Talker Joins KRLA
                        Maureen Lesourd reacts to her firing
                        Lisa May in Car Accident
                        Radio Failed Penn State
                        First Look at New Book: Neon Fun Jungle - Quest for Adventure in Hollywood Rock 'n Roll Radio
                        Big Boy's Big Scare
                        In KFWB We Trust
                        Holiday concerts
                        Who Needs FM? AM Talker #1
                        LARP Talker quits to run for Mayor of Los Angeles
                        Top 40 radio stations in Los Angeles
                        Over 40 LARadio jobs available

October: Open Email to Marko Radlovic, New Manager at KABC
                 “I Lost All Hope of Ever Having a Good Hair Day Again” - Molly Paige 
                 Can All-News Attract an Under-50 Audience?
                  Cumulus Down-Sizing Hits KLOS and KABC
                  Former KIEVer Dies
                  Ralph Garman appears on House        
                  Massive lay-offs ... Are we having fun yet?
                  Increased Value for (Jack) Silver

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