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Travis Moon Appointed PD of KAJA-FM/San Antonio Clear Channel/San Antonio appoints Travis Moon as the new Program Director of Country KAJA-FM/San Antonio. He will also handle afternoon drive. Most recently, Moon served as PD of Bonneville Country WUBE-FM and WYGY-FM/Cincinnati since August, 2007. Before that, Moon spent ten years as Assistant PD of Country KEEY-FM More

O'Brian Readies KINB-FM/OKC for Alternative Flip Ferris O'Brian is purchasing Regional Mexican KINB-FM (105.3)/Oklahoma City, former Citadel station, from the Last Bastion Trust, reports the Oklahoman. O'Brian, a former host on the station when it aired an Alternative format, plans to drop its Spanish format and return it to Alternative as "The Spy." More

Citadel/Albuquerque, Reno Go Paperless w/vCreative Citadel Broadcasting's clusters in Reno, NV, and Albuquerque are going to a paperless production order system using vCreative PPO from vCreative. The broadcaster's 4-station group in Reno and 7-station group in Albuquerque join Citadel's clusters in Chicago and Memphis making the switch. Reno Production Director More

Citadel Chicago, Memphis to Use vCreative Services Citadel Broadcasting's WLS-AM and WLS-FM/Chicago, along with WGKX-FM, WKIM-FM, WRBO-FM and WXMX-FM/Memphis have signed to go "paperless" with vCreative's option of bartering overnight minutes. Additionally, the stations will use vCreative PPO, a workflow management system for both production orders and streaming orders, More

WNCI and WLZT/Columbus Taps Florentino as PD Tony Florentino is named Program Director of Clear Channel CHR powerhouse WNCI-FM and AC WLZT-FM. Most recently, he was OM at crosstown Saga with programming duties at AC WSNY-FM (Sunny 94.7). Florentino replaces Michael McCoy, who made the move to CC-owned CHR WKQI-FM (Channel 95.5)/Detroit. Before joining WSNY in More

Citadel Media Inks Marquee Talent for 24/7 Formats Citadel Media is adding several marquee personalities to anchor specific dayparts on its 24-hour music formats. Initial talent includes Jeremy Robinson, who has hosted afternoon and evening time slots for KSCS-FM/Dallas, Race Taylor of WPLJ-FM/New York and WKHX-FM/Atlanta morning show host Cadillac Jack. The network also More

Group CEOs Call For FM Tuners in Cell Phones Group heads and CEOs from evey major broadcast group, including Cumulus, Entercom, Clear Channel, Commonwealth, Bonneville, Emmis, Greater and Citadel met in separate meetings with FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Robert McDowell on Tuesday. More

Citadel Media en Espanol Partners with Terra USA Terra, a digital content producer with a primary focus on the U.S. Hispanic market, has partnered with Citadel Media en Espaņol to manage the online brand extensions of the network's portfolio of radio products. The first joint effort for the two companies is the launch of a new web site for Maria Marin's radio show, "Tu Vida More

Citadel Broadcasting Discloses Chapter 11 Plans In a 10-Q filing on Friday that disclosed Q3 financial data, Citadel Broadcasting revealed for the first time that bankruptcy may be on the horizon. "The company does not expect to meet its covenant requirements under the Senior Credit and Term Facility as of January 15, 2010," Citadel disclosed to the SEC. "The company More

Citadel Q3 Revs Down 14.1%, Earnings Swing to Loss In a 10-Q filing, Citadel Broadcasting reported third quarter net revenues fell 14.1% to $183.8 million from $213.9 million in 2008. Radio revenues declined 9.9% to $155.8 million from $172.9 million, while radio operating income (OI) was flat at $51.4 million. The company posted a net loss of $21.3 million (8 cents per share), More

CBS Radio Tops Ando Media's Internet Audio Top 20 CBS Radio tops Ando Media's monthly Internet Audio Top 20, consisting of May through September, 2009. The media giant's interactive division saw 214,181 average active sessions, 35.4 million session starts and an average time spent listening share of 1.8. Following close behind was Citadel at #4 with 3.3 million session starts More

Citadel Media Signs Partnership with McVay's LDR Citadel Media has signed an agreement with Listener Driven Radio (LDR), a new listener-driven platform that allows listeners to program their favorite radio stations. LDR turns audiences into collaborators for stations seeking audience interaction. Its interactive platform allows listeners to request songs, impact playlists and More

Lisa Strickland to Exit Citadel Media for Record Biz Lisa Strickland has resigned from Citadel Media after two years and plans to return to the record business, effective November 2. She is heading to independent label Golden Music Nashville as Regional Director of Northeast Promotion and Marketing. Strickland joined then ABC Radio Networks as Manager of Affiliate Relations for More

Auto Garage Sues KBER/Salt Lake City Host for $500K Rock KBER-FM/Salt Lake City afternoon co-host, Allen Handy, one half of "Mick and Allen," is being sued by a local garage after Handy allegedly told listeners of the "Freak Show" that the shop "stole the car from him," a 1965 Mustang. He also asked listeners not to use the car repair shop, according to the suit filed last week More

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