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Thursday, October 12, 2006
10/13: Should WREK go commercial?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Creative Loafing here wrote a story about WREK-FM, the Georgia Tech radio station, possibly going commercial to raise funds and accommodate more sports programming. I’m not sure if this is even feasible though a handful of college-run radio stations are commercial. (I had a cousin who DJed on a commercial college station at Cornell.).
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10/12: Q100 outs Steve McCoy’s real name
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Star 94 morning show host Steve McCoy doesn’t use his real name. His real name, though, might be familiar to folks who listen to Q100. For several years, Q100 stunt guy Mark Owens has used the name Phil Terrana. The Bert Show this morning revealed that Phil Terrana is Steve McCoy’s real name. Voila! Inside joke revealed. As a courtesy to McCoy, I kept it to myself all these years, too. Actually, someone noted this in the comments section last week when I reported that Mark Owens is going to be producer for the new Morning X morning show at 99X.
“We jacked with them [Star 94] without jacking them,” host Bert Weiss said.
“I got my start at X. I was doing part time and weekends, doing whatever. I went by Mark. They needed a new producer at Q and a new street guy. No problem. I couldn’t use the same name on both sides. Jeff Dauler was the brainchild behind the name,” Mark/Phil said.
“Now he’s really going to hate me,” referring to McCoy, Dauler said.
Here’s Steve McCoy’s emailed response. He seemed nonchalant about the whole deal:
Actually, I’m flattered that they find that much interest in my name. In all the years on morning radio here…the subject has come up a number of times with listeners calling in and asking. Never tried to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes…..My two son’s have played hockey here since they were 6 and 8,and have had their name on the back of their Jersey for hundreds of games. So people have always asked….I’ve always answered.
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10/12: Clark Howard takes on Bank of America
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Peralte Paul, a colleague of mine, has written a story about the battle between WSB’s Clark Howard and banking giant Bank of America.
It’s an interesting tale related to a phony check and Howard asking listeners to withdraw millions from Bank of America. Supposedly, many people have pledged to do so.
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10/12: Star Jingle Jam lineup (pre-sale info)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As noted here yesterday by 10:30 a.m., Star 94 ‘s “new lineup” is the Jingle Jam lineup, not changes in DJs or format. It was all a stunt. The actual acts? Hinder (“Lips of an Angel”), the Fray (“Over My Head”), KT Tunstall (her fourth visit to Atlanta this year) and the Goo Goo Dolls (“Slide”). “I feel well rested,” Vikki Locke said after the announcement at 7:20 a.m. this morning since she and the rest of the jocks got yesterday off while Star 94 pulled the stunt. It’s going to be at the Arena at Gwinnett on December 9.
The group Hinder
Star is hyping this on the air as “the biggest Christmas concert in America.” You be the judge of that, especially since most radio stations haven’t yet announced their lineups. It is arguably stronger than last year’s Jingle Jam lineup of Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Gavin DeGraw, Howie Day and James Blunt. Rival Q100 hasn’t announced its concert lineup yet; last year, Q had Will Smith, Pussycat Dolls and the Backstreet Boys.
“It’s a fabulous lineup,” general manager Mark Kanov said after the on-air announcement. He said only four people in the station knew for sure about the concert before a phone conference with employees at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Knaov admitted some employees had angst and got uptight over the “new lineup” announcement. Before the news broke, he told them he wouldn’t do anything that would affect them directly by touting it on the air first before telling them.
The Fray
“Our intent is to put some fun back into radio,” Kanov said. “They say radio is too corporate and nobody has fun anymore. Star isn’t owned by one of those companies. [It’s privately held by Lincoln Financial.]. It was fun to stooge the jocks. They didn’t know until 5 o’clock. Some figured it out pretty quickly and easily. Others didn’t.”
Here’s the Internet presale info:
As an Insider you have a special opportunity to purchase your tickets before the general public on-sale. A limited number of select seats have been made available for a Gwinnett Center “INSIDERS” pre-sale. This ONE day Internet pre-sale for Insiders runs from Friday, Oct. 13th at 10:00am to 10:00pm. Tickets go on-sale to the general public Saturday, Oct. 14th @10:00am. Ticket prices start at $27.00.
All you have to do is click on the “Find Tickets” button below during the pre-sale and enter the password STAR and you can purchase your tickets. Remember there are a limited number of select seats that have been made available for this one day Internet only pre-sale so mark your calendar and do not miss out.
