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Thursday, January 22, 2009
1/23: Auto Scoop nixed off V-103
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
V-103 has decided to end its weekly automotive advice show “Auto Scoop.” Last Saturday’s show was its last. PD Reggie Rouse said he wasn’t ready to announce what will replace it, if anything. Also, he had no answer for who the new mid-day host is going to be, deferring to his boss Rick Caffey, who will be back in town Monday.
Adam Goldfein, who co-hosted the show with Joyce Littell and is head of automotive services for CBS Radio, said he started the show in 2004 to help listeners with car buying. “It was a great run while it lasted,” he said. “Consumers felt like we were pro consumer. Dealers felt like we were pro dealer. We tried to walk the line and add entertertainment as well as helpful information.”
Goldfein has plenty of expertise in the area. His famil owned car dealerships and so did he before he got into radio.
For now, the TV show will continue on CW 69 at 10 a.m. Fridays and 3 p.m. Saturdays.
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1/22: Neal Boortz says he’s sticking around at least another four years
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The WSB-AM execs were probably thrilled when they heard Clark Howard was not running for mayor. They were also equally thrilled, I’m sure, to hear Neal Boortz yesterday tell his audience he was going to stay on the air as long as Barack Obama remained president.
That means at least four more years of Boortz.
“Can I have that in writing, please?” joked producer Belinda Skelton to me today, looking out for her own job security.
She isn’t sure when or if he’ll ever want to retire. “The first day a bit news story comes up and he can’t comment about it in front of a mike, he’ll explode!” she said.
Boortz earlier this month got to visit George W. Bush at the White House right before Bush relinquished power to Obama. His wife called while he was talking to Bush, who joked that he could have easily taken the phone and talked to her. (He forgot to turn off or vibrate his phone.)
-Also, 790/The Zone will remain the flagship home to Ga. Tech basketball and football through 2014. Also, 106.7 is simulcasting the games, as reported earlier. “We wanted to find an FM home,” said Neal Maziar, the program director. “It’s great for fans and advertisers.”
