The latest news, information, and other Kansas City media tidbits from BroadcastKC.com. http://www.broadcastkc.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:01:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=430&Itemid=35 When I write a Weekly Radio Recap, the intro is (oddly enough) always the last thing I write. With that in mind, it seems appropriate that I apologize in advance for probably the worse pun you'll ever see on this site... The headline writing only goes upward from here, people!BIRCH... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:38:37 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=428&Itemid=35 Today we have a great Independence Day quote for you from a one-time Kansas City sportscaster. I'd completely forgotten this hilarious tidbit until I ran across it again a few months ago. Since then, it's been sitting on my desktop just waiting for today... Hope you enjoy it!... Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:15:33 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=420&Itemid=35 Last weekend the Missouri Broadcasters Association handed out their 2010 awards during their annual convention, and a number of local stations were honored by MBA. In all, the Kansas City market collected 15 awards and certificates of merit in categories ranging from news public affairs programming to sports... Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:21:44 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=35 Here at BroadcastKC, there's nothing we enjoy more than helping to showcase great Kansas City talent - be it on the web, or promoting the locals in national contests. You may recall last summer we asked you to help send a KCTV personality to New York as Regis Philbin's co-host... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:49:31 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=426&Itemid=35 Former KQRC Music Director/Afternoon Driver Paul Neanderpaul Marshall is officially back in the game, as it was announced tonight (http://neanderpaul.com/new/2010/02/16/1657/) that he has been named Program Director at Sandusky's KDKB-FM in Phoenix, Arizona. At 93-3 KDKB (http://www.kdkb.com), Marshall will replace PD/morning man Steve King, whose exit was announced... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:14:14 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=35 Hello again, and thanks for checking out the latest KC Weekly Radio Recap here at BroadcastKC.com. We hope you've got some time on your hands, because we're got almost twenty items for you to wrap up what was indeed a busy week in KC radio! It's our biggest recap yet,... Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:00:54 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=363&Itemid=35 Is Christmas really less than two weeks away? Uh oh. Time to go shopping... (No, seriously...) Before I go, here's a quick Weekly Radio Recap for ya!MACKENZIE JOINS KKSN FOR PM TRAFFIC -- Kelly Urich has an old cohort back at his side, as former KMXV traffic gal MacKenzie (aka... Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:11:08 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=366&Itemid=35 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11321 id=100000189710610 l=dc425c1630)This is a really exciting post to share with you... Today we're proud to announce that BroadcastKC.com has acquired a significant portion of the reel-to-reel audio collection of late Kansas City radio personality Dan Oberholtz (better known as Dan Diamond). Diamond, who passed away in 2006 after... Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:10:05 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=35 Last week marked the second release of Arbitron PPM data for Kansas City, this time for the Holiday 2009 ratings period, which consists of the December 10th - January 6th timeframe. While the December ratings (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=378 Itemid=35) were released just before the end of the year, those... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:37:19 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=417&Itemid=35 The April 2010 PPM numbers for Kansas City were released on Friday, and below you'll find the 6+ numbers (as well as cume for local stations) during the month. As we like to note, these 6+ numbers can be useful for general observations, but are not typically used for... Sun, 23 May 2010 12:26:02 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=424&Itemid=35 Some big happenings this week (special congratulations to KTBG, that one little station that breaks our impartiality rule!), and apparently more to come Monday morning. We'll be listening and will of course keep you posted. In the meantime, here's what went down this week...KCRADIO.COM TO FOLD MONDAY? -- The end... Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:37:10 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=423&Itemid=35 Well, while I was off celebrating a birthday last Monday, I learned something rather interesting... Turns out my birthday is the same date that WHB was purchased by the Storz family's Mid-Continent Broadcasting in 1954 (same date, but drastically different year!). Suddenly this love of radio begins to make sense,... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:47:33 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=422&Itemid=35 Kansas City's 6+ PPM results for May 2010 were released on Friday, so it's time once again for us to share both the monthly 6+ results and cume for the market. Though it is usually narrower sets of demographic information that are used for sales purposes, the 6+ are... Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:36:18 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=419&Itemid=35 Hope you enjoyed the short week and had a good Memorial day as well. It was not only a short week, but also a pretty quiet one - unless you happened to be one local station, or a KC radio alum who never stops...GEN-X RADIO MAKES TWEAKS -- 99.7FM's transformation... Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:27:52 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=412&Itemid=35 Well, a busy week is now in the books (I think I always call it a busy week when the recap numbers more than half a dozen items)... Here's what's up on the KC dial!JEANNE ASHLEY EXITS STAR 102 -- It was the end of an era at... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:42:23 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=411&Itemid=35 Kansas City's March 2010 PPM results were released by Arbitron on Friday afternoon, and what follows are the 6+ numbers and station cume for the ratings period. While these numbers are not typically used for sales, as stations sell from more relevant demographics, we can still generate some big... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:45:32 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=35 Big changes at Entercom's KKSN today, as the station has segued from Hot AC to 80s/90s Hits under the banner of Kansas City's Gen X Radio. Among the fallout from the transition is the departure of two of the station's three syndicated weekday programs, and a new... Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:42:54 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=405&Itemid=35 One day after a highly publicized protest/counter-protest (http://www.965thebuzz.com/pages/6699705.php?) involving the Phelps family and station listeners, Entercom's 96-5 the Buzz was at it again with a familiar (but related) April Fools prank from early in the station's history.If you didn't catch KRBZ (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=44 Itemid=38) this morning between 6AM and... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:27:55 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=402&Itemid=35 Death claimed a Missouri radio legend today, with the passing of long-time KMZU personality Radio Don Sibley. Sibley, who had been diagnosed with cancer only three weeks ago, died at Carroll County Memorial Hospital early this morning.The 70-year-old broadcaster was a part of west-central Missouri radio for decades,... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:10:22 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=35 (http://www.1037thedam.com) After a few days of timely stunting as 103-7 the Leprechaun, Cumulus unveiled the newest addition to their Kansas City portfolio this morning, launching active rocker 103-7 the Dam. The station took to the airwaves at 10:37AM, beginning their new format with Fuel... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:35:00 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=399&Itemid=35 Among the news and historical posts here, I still like to sometimes share some personal reflection, and today seems like a good day for a bit of that. I think no matter our age, we all have our list of favorite radio jocks we grew up listening to - people... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:47 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=398&Itemid=35 Rebuilding the site has taken longer than I expected, so taking that into consideration, I'm going to post Weekly Radio Recaps here again, until we're able to get the new site up running. The last month of updates does no one any good sitting on the new site... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:22:49 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=397&Itemid=35 We regret to share that legendary radio personality, historian, and voiceover talent Richard Ward Fatherley has passed. Fatherley, who had suffered a heart attack February 14th, passed away Monday afternoon at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Services are pending, and when information becomes available, we will post it... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:04:44 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=389&Itemid=35 Just wanted to make a quick post with an update on the BroadcastKC redesign that's currently in progress...-- I've been hesitant to keep posting updates here the past few weeks, as our redesign is both time-consuming AND from the ground up (meaning it's just more content to transfer later).... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:23:31 +0100 http://www.broadcastkc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=388&Itemid=35 We've got some audio for you today, courtesy of a Kansas City radio alum by the name of Wyatt Cox. You may remember Wyatt from KUDL (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=108 Itemid=31)-AM/FM in the 1970s, but these days he's based in Ely, NV at KELY-AM (where, it should be noted, Richard... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:08:36 +0100