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| Site Updated: Nov 21, 2008 12:32 PM ET |
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Obama Considering FCC Appointments
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Several former staffer names surfacing
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As President-elect Barack Obama busies himself with staff appointments, broadcasters are buzzing about names being tossed around for his choice for FCC chairman. Among them are Blair Levin and Julius Genachowski, former advisers to one-time FCC chairman Reed Hundt, who is serving as Obama's senior transition team adviser. Also heard: former FCC staffers Scott Blake Harris, Donald Gips and Larry Strickling.
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| Updated Nov 21, 2008 12:32 PM ET |
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Gehron, Cantillo Exit Harpo
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A surprise in the Windy City as GM John Gehron and PD Laurie Cantillo exit their positions at Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Radio. Gehron is an industry veteran with a storied career that includes working as regional VP and market manager of Clear Channel/Chicago, co-COO of American Radio Systems and as senior VP for CBS Radio.
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Nielsen To Measure Huntsville Twice A Year
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The Nielsen Company will conduct two surveys a year in Huntsville, Ala., in its deal with Cumulus and Clear Channel, announced earlier this week. Nielsen spokesman Gary Holmes says that will be the only market where two surveys a year will be conducted.
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Ammons Returns To Star 94
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J.R. Ammons (pictured) is your new PD at Lincoln Financial CHR/top 40 WSTR (Star 94)/Atlanta, returning to the station where he spent 11 years as APD/MD/promotions director. He starts on Dec. 15 and plugs the hole made when Dan Bowen departed in August. Ammons comes from the PD chair at Cox top 40 WAPE/Jacksonville, where he's been since May 2007, and he also spent a little under a year programming Wilks CHR/top 40 KMXV (Mix 93.3)/Kansas City after leaving Star in 2006.
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CHR/Top 40 |
| No.1 |
Katy Perry
Hot N Cold |
| +327 |
Taylor Swift
Love Story |
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Rhythmic |
| No.1 |
T.I. Feat. Rihanna
Live Your Life
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+204
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Beyonce
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
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Hot AC |
| No.1 |
Jason Mraz
I'm Yours |
| +85 |
David Cook
Light On |
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AC |
| No.1 |
David Cook
The Time Of My Life
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+529
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Burl Ives
A Holly Jolly Christmas
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Alternative |
| No.1 |
Offspring
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid |
| +109 |
Franz Ferdinand
Ulysses |
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Active Rock |
| No.1 |
Apocalyptica Feat. Adam Gontier
I Don't Care
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+196
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Guns N' Roses
Better
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Rock |
| No.1 |
AC/DC
Rock N Roll Train |
| +51 |
Nickelback
Something In Your Mouth |
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Triple A |
| No.1 |
Coldplay
Lost!
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+23
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Jakob Dylan
Something Good This Way Comes
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Urban |
| No.1 |
Beyonce
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) |
| +334 |
Ne-Yo Feat. Jamie Foxx & Fabolous
She Got Her Own |
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Urban AC |
| No.1 |
Usher
Here I Stand
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+83
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Donnie McClurkin
Stand
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Rap |
| No.1 |
T.I. Feat. Rihanna
Live Your Life |
| +388 |
Ne-Yo Feat. Jamie Foxx & Fabolous
She Got Her Own |
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Country |
| No.1 |
Zac Brown Band
Chicken Fried
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+15070
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George Strait
River Of Love
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Christian AC |
| No.1 |
Brandon Heath
Give Me Your Eyes |
| +45 |
David Crowder Band
O, For A Thousand Tongues To Sing |
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Latin Pop |
| No.1 |
Luis Fonsi
No Me Doy Por Vencido
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+31
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Kalimba
Se Te Olvido
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Tropical |
| No.1 |
RKM & Ken-Y
Te Regalo Amores |
| +40 |
Grupo Mania
Marialola |
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Regional Mexican |
| No.1 |
Alacranes Musical
Dame Tu Amor
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+132
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Vicente Fernandez
El Ultimo Beso
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Gospel |
| No.1 |
James Fortune & Fiya
I Trust You |
| +40 |
Arkansas Gospel Mass Choir
I Lift My Hands |
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Smooth Jazz |
| No.1 |
Eric Darius
Goin' All Out
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+16
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Jesse Cook
Havana
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Latin Rhythm |
| No.1 |
RKM & Ken-Y
Te Regalo Amores |
| +56 |
Aventura
Por Un Segundo |
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| Updated Nov 21, 2008 12:32 PM ET |
The Billy Bush Show picks up a new affiliate: Say howdy to Clear Channel Hot AC WKDD/Akron, where Bush takes over nights. The shift was made vacant when Krissy Taylor made the daypart-whiplash-inducing move to mornings last week
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In the Nov. 21 issue of R&R …
SPECIAL REPORT
• THE PUBLIC INTEREST – Along with entertainment and information, community service remains a vital calling card for stations across all formats and markets of every size, to the tune of $10.3 billion annually.
• MARKET PROFILE – In the nation's capital -- and news capital -- Bonneville International dominates radio news with top-rated WTOP, trimulcast on three frequencies in Washington, market No. 9.
• STREET TALK – With his noncompete finally finished, Rochester, N.Y., morning legend Brother Wease returns to the airwaves -- this time at classic rock WFXF (the Fox).
AND
• PUBLISHER'S PROFILE -- TM Studios president David Graupner offers a rare viewpoint: some good news about business.
... plus much more editorial in every format, industry news, Street Talk and the most trusted charts in the business!
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