Radio Waves: 2017

December 22 — Sounds of the Season on JazzKNOB; Best of Stern: 2017

December 15 — Show your love of K-Surf with a sticker; Readers talk back

December 8 — Cumulus bankrupt; MG Kelly tells of moving to Ten-Q; Wink Martindale aircheck

December 1 — Entercom’s David Field is done apologizing for his bad decisions; Cumulus update; WHere’s Warren; Go Christmas

November 24 — The end of The Sound; Entrercom’s Field may have sold his way into failure; KOST and SiriusXM start the holiday sounds

November 17 — Cumulus defaults on interest payments; My Turn reaction; War of the Worlds did cause panic some places

November 10 — My Turn on The Sound; War not over

November 3 — The night that (really didn’t) panic America; The Sound gets a little more time

October 27 — Fire on Mount Wilson; when will KOST go Christmas; iHeart drowning in debt; We need Bonneville; replacing The Sound

October 20 — Programming local; September ratings

October 13 — Reiling tribute; rocking ’til Jesus comes; KLOS is making moves …

October 6 — Where will Sound listeners go? Maybe to The New 88.5

September 29 — Borgers tribute concert; Laboe sets record

September 22 — Climbing to the top of a transmission tower; fun on the Woody Show; misdirected appeal

September 15 — KCSN expands reach by merging with KSBR; Great Mo

September 8 — When 100.3 FM was KIQQ; inspiring women; short takes

September 1 — Thomas passes; Barber begins his 50th radio year; Woody adds Oregon

August 25 — Sabo speaks (and knows of what he speaks); you can’t save AM when you are defeated; Alt won’t have to carry the Chargers (and the PD must be dancing in the street)

August 18 — Visiting the (Andy) Barber; new Sony portable radio performs fine; KFI, Alt 98.7 and KEIB get the Chargers … but do they want them?

August 11 — Johnson’s Aircheck gets into Hall of Fame; KFI antics; satellite golf

August 4 — Rick Dees fills in for Ellen K on KOST; Daly leaves Amp; Readers Revenge and Short Takes

July 28 — Explaining the ratings

July 21 — My FM — KBIG — wins big in June ratings results

July 14 — Why is Disney pretending to have an FM in Los Angeles?

July 7 — Bingenheimer to SiriusXM; Woody syndicate; What is Lew up to now?

June 30 — Sirius-ly Summer fun; Chris Lane at Go Country; Big ratings; stop the merger!

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June 16 — Poison pill in place at Cumulus ti stop Lew … or me?; better signal for KABC; Disney country

June 9 — Passionate listeners to K-Surf

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May 26 — Last day of Ten-Q; K-Surf changes bring comments from listeners; KCRW Summer Nights 2017

May 19 — Emmis sells Power 106; Short Takes

May 12 — Seacrest does radio and TV simultaneously; ’60s memories

May 5 — Boss Radio Anniversary; My FM’s BIG success story

April 28 — March Nielsen ratings

April 21 — Rita Wilde staying with The Sound for a while!; Entercom-CBS merger update

April 14 — The KFIs in the Sky; ReelRadio now free to everyone; Slater slated for news; The Highway Stations

April 7 — Talkin’ with Shotgun’; remembering San Diego’s B-100; Waggies reaction

March 31 — Recognizing radio excellence with … The Waggies!

March 24 — It’s all oldies on K-SURF 1260; reader reaction; memories of KPOL

March 17 — Oldies return to Los Angeles, courtesy of Mount Wilson Broadcasters

March 10 — Web stream dominates Tampa, Florida; KDAY and KDEY break up

March 3 — Judge disagrees with Cumulus regarding debt restructuring; Wood mornings; old stiffs

February 24 — Uncle Joe gets a Sound contract extension; Kip Moore to Go Country 105; Mighty Met memories; Waggies II

February 17 — What to do with CBS trademarks?; Tweeden Joins McIntyre; Waggies

February 10 — CBS stations merging into Entercom … what happens now?

February 3 — Holiday ratings

January 27 – Personal radio addiction; more ratings problems; bonuses at Cumulus … for what?

January 20 — New HD Radios from Sangean appear very appealing

January 13 — Project Yellow Light radio contest hopes to make driving safer; Rams ratings; Hollywood and Levine

January 6 — Joey Reynolds hopes to start a new dawn in talk radio; Podcast Mania; 1500 AM return?