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In This Week's
e-QB
This
week's e-QB Cover Story goes Up
Close with WDVE/WXDX OM John
Moschitta, and features
Programming To Win, Question Of
The Week, Talent Tips, Hot Shots,
and This Week in FMQB History.
[more]
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FCC Commissioners
Talk Ownership
Rules With Senate
While payola and
indecency were not
on the agenda, the
FCC commissioners
discussed media
ownership and more
with the Senate
Commerce
Committee.
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Proposed FCC
Payola Settlement
Could Total $10
Million |
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Virgin Records And
Red Jumpsuit
Apparatus Present
Passionate PSA
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Trink, Kempler
Upped At Capitol
Music Group
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Philadelphia 's SKIN
Radioseeks label service.
Philadelphia
's newest radio
station, SKIN
Radio/WHAT-AM,
targeting post
college adults
featuring
Alternative Rock,
Hip-hop, Jam
bands, Reggae, and
R&B; is requesting
label service.
Please direct all
mailings to: Al
Clay,
Program Director,
SKIN
Radio/WHAT-AM,
10 Shurs Lane
/Suite 204,
Philadelphia
,
PA
19127
. www.skinradio.com,
aclay@skinradio.com |
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Entercom
Modern Rocker KRBZ/Kansas
City promotes
MD/midday host Jason
Ulanet to
APD. Ulanet will
continue in
middays and can be
reached after 3
p.m. CST for music
calls at (913)
744-3868.
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Due to the
Capitol-Virgin
merger, the EMI
Music Reactive
label has shut its
doors. Most of the
staff has been let
go, including VP
of Promotion
Cheryl Broz
and National
Director of
Promotion Jeffrey
Naumann.
Broz can still be
reached via EMI
Music Reactive
phone and email
until February 2.
Reach out to
Naumann at
818-706-3864 or
yeepahs@aol.com. |
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Donnie
Fandango
is named the new
morning show host
for KPNT
(The Point)/
St. Louis
, starting Monday,
January 29. The Fandango
Experiment
replaces Rover's Morning Glory and be more music-intensive. "The Point
is always asking
our listeners for
input when it
comes to the radio
station. The
demand for a local
morning show that
plays music has
been overwhelming
- therefore I'm
happy to introduce
the Fandango
Experiment,"
said PD Tommy
Mattern.
Fandango had
previously been
with the Point
from 1996-2001,
and will be joined
on-air by Christy
Sawyers for
news and traffic. |
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KROX (101X)/
Austin
night host Trina
Quinn is
exiting the
station in
February. After 10
years at the
station, Quinn is
relocating to
Asia
to work on a
documentary film. |
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WWCD
(CD101)/Columbus,
OH adds Mike
Folker as a
member of the
station's Music
Team, replacing
Eric Jacobs.
Also, Rudy G
of the
Independent
Playground specialty
show adds
weeknights from
6-9p. |
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Sen. Feingold
Calls For Strong
Consent Decree On
Payola
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Universal Music
Sales Slip In Q4
Digital music and
new releases from
U2, Jay-Z and Gwen
Stefani keep UMG
strong, but the
company saw a 1.5%
decrease in
revenue.
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EU Takes Another
Look At Sony BMG
Merger
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XM Fortifies Auto
Relationships
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Sony BMG Q3: CDs
Down, Digital Up
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XM On Windows
Vista, Expands
Deal With Honda
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Verizon Said No
Thanks To Apple's
iPhone
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Warner Music Group
Completes Deal For
Roadrunner Records
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Canada's MuchMusic,
Amp'd Mobile Team
Up
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Fall Out Boy Take "Flight" On One-Day Tour
Band to play shows in New York,
Chicago and Los Angeles on February 6, the release date
of Infinity On High. |
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Quick Hits: Kurt Cobain, NIN |
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Quick Hits: Coldplay, The Good The Bad & The Queen, The
Clash, Kings Of Leon
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It's Official! Police To Reunite At Grammys
As expected, The Police will
reform and open the Grammys on February 11. |
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Quick Hits: Incubus, Nickelback, U2, Lily Allen, NME Awards
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Modest Mouse To Launch Ship On March 20
Band annouces 14-song
tracklisting for new album. |
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Quick Hits: Coldplay, Virgin
Festival, The Afghan Whigs |
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Jared Leto Discusses Playing A Killer In Chapter 27
The 30 Seconds To Mars singer
talks about his role as Mark David Chapman, the man who
shot John Lennon. |
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Quick Hits: Pearl Jam, The Killers, Grammys, Tool,
Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol
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Quick Hits: Fall Out Boy, Velvet Revolver, MCR, Glastonbury,
Staind, Tom Waits |
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Beastie Boys Working On "Different" New Album
The Beasties will preview new
songs at Australian festival in February. |
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Quick Hits: Bono, Daughtry, Kurt Cobain, Dinosaur Jr. |
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Rage
To Reunite For Coachella
Rage Against The Machine
will reform to headline the Coachella festival,
alongside the Chili Peppers and Bjork. |
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Quick
Hits: Bono, Kurt Cobain, Goo Goo Dolls, Dinosaur
Jr.
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Quick
Hits: Peter Gabriel, Marilyn Manson, Rock
N Roll Hall of Fame, Army Of Anyone
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Evanescence
Sets Second Leg Of Tour
, The band will play 14
dates in arenas with Chevelle and Finger Eleven. |
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Quick
Hits: (+44), Snow Patrol, Angels &
Airwaves, Li, ly Allen, Kaiser Chiefs, Crowded House,
The Decemberists, Social
Distortion
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NIN's
Year Zero "Not A Hip-Hop
Record"
Trent Reznor clears up
misconceptions about his new album via an NIN
fan club site. [more] |
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