talk media conference to offer

Issue 10
News • Talk • Sports Weekly
Talk Media Conference To Offer
“Discourse In The Desert”
A lineup of the nation’s top Talk media programming and
management executives, personalities,
and industry professionals will gather
in Phoenix February 20-22, 2008
for Al Peterson’s inaugural NTS
Aircheck Talk Media Conference.
The new annual event will be held
at the exclusive Scottsdale Plaza
Resort and will feature a fresh
cross-section of speakers to enrich,
entertain and inform attendees. We’ll
also have format-focused discussions
covering key issues facing News/Talk/Sports radio broadcasters,
webcasters, networks, syndicators, streaming media, bloggers,
podcasters and content providers. We’re proud to announce the
support of several Charter sponsors including Arbitron, Jones
Radio Networks, Premiere Radio Networks and Talk Radio
Network.
Over the past decade I’ve had the pleasure of hosting a long
list of professionals as part of an annual Talk radio industry event
that I was proud to have helped develop. However, as Bob Dylan
so aptly put it all those years ago, the times they are a- changin.’
We’re no longer just in the Talk radio business, we’re all in Talk
media – and that incorporates a wide range of delivery platforms
including radio, satellite, the Internet, podcasting and more.
To succeed as a programmer, manager, host or other Talk
industry executive today, you need more than the same old panel
discussions. You want to hear from innovators and leaders, both
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An Honor To Be Nominated!
Kudos to all of the News/Talk/Sports stations and personalities who have been nominated this year for an NAB Marconi
Award. Trophies will be handed out during the NAB Radio
Show, September 26-28, in Charlotte, NC.
Legendary Station
KIRO/Seattle
KKOB-AM/Albuquerque
WRVA/Richmond
WWL/New Orleans
Network/Syndicated
Personality
Neal Boortz, Jones Radio
Networks
Sean Hannity, ABC Radio
Networks
Major Market Station
WGN/Chicago
WSB-AM/Atlanta
Large Market Station
KIRO/Seattle
Medium Market Station
WDEL/Wilmington
WWL/New Orleans
Major Market Personality
Grandy & Andy, WMAL/
Washington, DC
Large Market Personality
Glenn Ordway, WEEI/Boston
Mike Trivisonno, WTAM/
Cleveland
Medium Market Personality
Al Caldwell, KLVI/Beaumont
Van & Bonnie, WHO/Des
Moines
Small Market Personality
Mike McNamara, KNOXAM/Grand Forks
News/Talk Station
KLBJ-AM/Austin
KSL-AM&FM/Salt Lake City
WBEN-AM/Buffalo
WMAL/Washington, DC
WWL/New Orleans
Sports Station
KFAN-AM/Minneapolis
KGME/Phoenix
KTCK/Dallas
KWEB/Rochester, MN
WWLS/Oklahoma City
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July 20, 2007
Airchecklets
KESN/Dallas PD John Lund exits for an undisclosed new gig
... Citadel/Chattanooga Market Manager Dan Brown will exit
August 31 after 29 years with the cluster that includes FM News/
Talker WGOW, and will be succeeded by Chuck Wilkins as
Station Manager ... Longtime KTSA/San Antonio host Brad
Messer has announced his retirement from the station where he
has worked since 1980 ... WMAC/Macon, GA morning co-host
Jami Gaudet has left the station. Shane McBryde will continue
to host the program solo ... Paul “Cubby” Bryant has re-upped as
Whoopi Goldberg’s sidekick for another year on Clear Channel/
Premiere Radio Networks’ syndicated Wake Up With Whoopi
... WABV/Abbeville, SC flips from Talk to Country .. Public radio’s Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of Car Talk, come to PBS
next summer in an animated series focusing on the adventures of
“Click and Clack” and their crew of mechanics and co-workers
... Thirty-three-year broadcast engineering veteran Al Jason has
joined Harris Corporation as District Sales Manager/Northwest
Region ... Houston Chronicle columnist Richard Justice joins
the staff of soon-to-debut Sports/Talker KILE/Houston, where
he’ll host 10am-noon ... Former NFL player Chuck Smith exits
after two years as midday co-host at WQXI (AM 790 The Zone)/
Atlanta ... Salem/Milwaukee has named Mark Jaycox as Station
Manager for Christian talker WRRD and Christian AC sister station WFZH (The Fish).
Network/Syndication Aircheck
FOX Sports Radio’s Sean Farnham and Krystal Fernandez will
broadcast live from the Right Guard Open, the second stop on the
AST Dew Tour, today and tomorrow (7/21) at North Coast Harbor
in Cleveland ... Jones Radio Networks’ affiliation crew has been
busy signing up the Ed Schultz Show at WJNL/Kingsley, MI;
WKMQ/Tupelo, MS; and KFXD/Boise; the Neal Boortz Show
at KVOL/Lafayette, LA; WCHM/Clarksville, GA; and KFXD/
Boise; the Bill Press Show at KKZN/Denver and KPTK/Seattle;
the Stephanie Miller Show at WNYY/Ithaca, NY; and Midnight
Radio at KNPT/Newport, OR; WBOB/Jacksonville; WBVA/
Bayside, VA; and WPMH/Claremont, VA.
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Satcaster News
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the 18-month-old operator
of XM/Canada is expected to break even “as early as next year,”
the company’s chief financial officer told analysts during a conference call this week. XM has lagged behind privately-held Sirius/
Canada in total subscribers since both services were launched in
late 2005 ... Reps. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Steven LaTourette
(R-OH) have written a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin
and Assistant Attorney General Thomas Bennett urging the
Department of Justice and the FCC to deny the proposed merger between XM and Sirius ... Meanwhile, Bear-Stearns analyst Robert
Peck said this week that he believes the merger of the two satcasters will ultimately be approved as, in his opinion, “no signifcant issues” have been raised against the merger during the FCC’s current
open comment window.
Gig Alerts
ABC Radio Networks seeks a VP/Affiliate Relations. The New
York City-based position requires extensive experience at the
GM level or key executive position. Send your resume to Jodi
Maynard, 13725 Montfort Dr., Dallas, TX 75240 ... WTZN (The
Zone)/Pittsburgh has an immediate opening for a sports reporter
with a minimum of two years’ experience. Send resume to lisa.
sawich@cbsradio.com... Delmarva Broadcasting is seeking a
regional GSM to direct sales for eight stations and its Internet
sites. Email your resume and references to sales@dbc1.com.
Every Girl’s Crazy ‘Bout A Sharp Dressed Man
Looking pretty suave hanging together on the red carpet at the 2007 ESPY Awards
held recently at the Kodak
Theater in Hollywood, CA
are (l-r) FOX Sports Radio
host James Washington and
former NFL all-star wide receiver Jerry Rice.
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within the format and from outside the broadcast industry, to
give you perspective, new knowledge and a better understanding of the media world in which we now live.
We realize budgets today are scrutinized more than ever,
and that you need to make a strong case for any dollars you
want to spend, especially on travel. In the weeks ahead, I’ll be
making a strong case to you on these pages and in our daily NTS
Aircheck Today email that TMC 2008 will be well worth your
time and money.
Over the past several weeks we’ve been canvassing News/
Talk/Sports media executives from across the country to get
their input on what kind of structure you need to meet your goals
and expectations. Our schedule – Wednesday afternoon through
noon on Friday – has been designed to meet your overwhelming
request for a conference that runs during the normal workweek
while also minimizing your days out of the office. Our Phoenix
location offers great low-cost airfare options and many non-stop
flights from virtually any city in the U.S. And let’s not forget
the Valley of the Sun’s famous February weather that’s sure to
offer a much-needed break from winter’s chilly blast for many
attendees.
Add to that a program of format-focused speakers and
sessions, our low registration fee of just $299 (good through
September 30), and our special low conference room rates, and
we think you’ll agree that the new Talk Media Conference will
be the one you’ll want to choose to budget for in 2008. It’s an
event I’m proud to put my name on.
Watch for announcements in the weeks ahead about special
guests, events and prominent executives who will be part of
News/Talk/Sports’ new “must attend” gathering. For more
details and to register now, just log on to our special TMC
website at www.TalkMediaConference.com.
While we’re already well into our planning to ensure that
you get a great event, I’m always anxious to hear your feedback
and ideas on how to make our very first Talk Media Conference
the new standard for the News/Talk/Sports industry. Got recommendations or suggestions? Email me at al@ntsaircheck.com.
Contact NTS Aircheck
NTS Aircheck
1102 17th Ave. South Suite 205
Nashville, TN 37212
Al Peterson: 858-486-7559
Brooke Trissel: 512-218-8228
news@ntsaircheck.com
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