Seattle’s Hot 103.7 (KHTP) Names Bre Ruiz Morning Co-Host
Previously, Ms. RUIZ was MD/on-air at Top 40/Rhythmic sister KSFM/SACRAMENTO.
Jump! (Ottawa) morning show gone, replaced by American syndicated morning show Brooke and Jubal
National Association of Broadcasters Award-winning radio hosts Brooke Fox and Jubal Flagg have co-hosted Brooke & Jubal In The Morning together since 2011, with the show launching into national syndication in 2015.
JJ-365 Salutes Tom Tompkins
After a year in Edmonton, he got offered the operations manager gig at CKRY-FM in Calgary. It was a fairly new station and not doing as well as expected. He felt that if you can’t have a successful Country FM in Calgary you shouldn’t be programming radio so naturally he took the gig. He was there for about 5 years with General Manager Rick Meaney and it became a great success
Firings at Edmonton’s Newcap cluster, Capital FM & K-97
Firings at K-97 and Capital FM
Also gone GSM Kelly Walters
(Photo: Melissa Wright)
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 30th
IT WAS AUG. 30th .. when, as the TV era kicked into high gear, “Screen Directors Playhouse” ended its 2.5 year run on NBC Radio…
When “American Bandstand” aired for the final time as a daily show on ABC-TV, becoming a weekly hour on Saturdays for another 26 years…
When ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘ Murphy Brown’ were big CBS winners at the Emmy Awards…
When, after five years, ABC-TV’s “The Brady Bunch” came to an end …
..and when the “Late Show with David Letterman” debuted on CBS-TV, with guests Bill Murray (pictured) & Billy Joel.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Bob Costas and NBC about to end a decades-long partnership
Costas, 66, told USA Today that “what was once a perfect fit no longer fits that description.”
Joe McFarland takes over the afternoon airwaves on QR 77 Calgary
“Joe brings a great mixture of skills ideally suited for this day part,” said John Vos, Director of Talk and Talent at Corus Radio Calgary