Spring and Summer radio and TV changes

Jeremy Levy back with you to write about Spring radio and TV changes.Kori Rose of KUSA TV has had a baby. She returned to the station in April.For those who speak Spanish there is a new Sports deports radio station on 1120 radio I also read on Jason Barrett’s Sports media blog and also on radio insight that the Brand ESPN radio deports might be shutting down at the end of this year. J.J. Kinkade is no longer with 95.7 the party’s morning show with Nina Blanco. Nina and JJ are no longer with the station. Nina was most recently with intercom’s 107.5 radio. JJ is looking for his next radio opportunity. He has worked all over the country. Could changes be coming to 95.7 the Party? We will have to wait and find out. There is also no word yet on where Nina has gone. John E Kage has moved across the street from 98.5 KYGO radio to 95.7 the Party KPTT radio. KYGO has been looking for its next program director. Patrick Knight was serving in this role.Also 107.1 radio is looking for it’s next program director. Jowcol ‘Boogie D’ Dolby was Operations/Programming Director overseeing Rhythmic CHR “Flo 107.1” KFCO Bennett and Rhythmic Oldies “Jammin 101.5” KJHM Watkins CO. Dolby has spent the majority of his career at Radio One where he most recently served as OM of their Detroit stations until his exit in January. Unfortunately, this job didn’t work out and he is out after just a couple of months. These 2 stations are now looking for their next program director. I will keep you posted on this change of events I got this information from "radio insight". A Classic Hip Hop radio station has launched in Grand Junction. Grand Junction Media has flipped Hot AC “94.3 Kiss-FM” K232FB Grand Junction/KGJX-HD3 Fruita CO to Classic Hip-Hop “94.3 The Beat.The flip is the third recent change made to the cluster since Grand Junction Media closed on the acquisition of the stations from Redrock Radio Group earlier this year. Oldies “Redrock 101.5” KGJX rebranded as “101.5 The Junkyard” earlier in April while Country “107.3 Canyon Country” K297BR Grand Junction/KGJX-HD4 flipped to Classic Country “107.3 The Outlaw” in February This is very interesting to me when radio stations flip formats. This was also on radio Insight as well. I had not heard of this radio group before. Shannon Steel is 100.3 KIMN radio’s next mid-day host on KIMN radio. She has taken over for Emily who exited late last year. Good luck to Shannon. Shannon was most recently with KDSP radio helping them out with promotions kinds of things Shannon’s article was also on radio insight. Also Open Air Denver 1023 launches as the gradual shift of the station over the past few months to a new music discovery oriented AAA under recently added Program Director Willobee Carlan. The station is in the most competitive AAA/Alternative market in the country competing against the iHeartMedia combo of “Channel 93.3” KTCL and 97.3 KBCO as well as Community Radio For Northern Colorado’s more traditional Public AAA “105.5 The Colorado Sound” KJAC. The 6am hour of the new Indie 102.3 today consisted of:Colorado Public Radio has announced the relaunch of its Triple A outlet, Indie102.3. Previously known as OpenAir, the rebranded service will be an independent music discovery platform with a tightened focus on local artists and a new schedule of programs. Leading the charge is radio veteran Willobee Carlan, who joined CPR’s staff earlier this year. As Indie102.3’s PD, he has provided leadership and vision to the station’s ongoing development. MD Jessi Whitten and hosts Jeremy Petersen, Alisha Sweeney, Bruce Trujillo and Zach Gilltrap will introduce listeners to new music from emerging artists and from those they know and love. The Indie team has also been working with Mike Henry of Paragon Media Strategies on honing the service. I really think this is interesting. Open Air Denver Relaunches As Indie 102.3There are a couple of country radio things to write about. Bo Jackson has joined KTTS radio in Missouri as it’s mid-day host and it’s new program director. He was most recently with 92.5 radio KWOF and KIMN radio. He also did a couple of fill ins on altitude sports 950 back when that station was going through the switch from A.m. to FM. . I am really excited that Bo has found a new radio home in missouri. I have been trying to get a hold of him through e-mail to say congratulations but so far have been unsuccessfull. I also got this from radio insight. The next country radio move is the good morning guys Brian Gary and Todd Harding on Town Square’s country station in Fort Collins KUAD99.1 radio have retired. The station has a new morning show with hosts Jordan Soto and Michael Mason. Jordan has come from Cat Country 98.7” WYCT Pensacola where she hosted middays as ‘Jenna Scott’. Mason was most recently in nights at “98.9 The Bull” KNUC Seattle and has also worked in Portland and Richmond VA as well as a producer for Delilah. Congratulations to the both of them. Also congratulations to Brian and to Todd, I wish them good luck with whatever they are going to do next. KUAD has also been branded as New Country 99.1 radio. I got this information from radio insight. Also KTRR radio goes Retro. KTRR radio used to be called KTRY radio. They were focusing on hits from the 70’s and 80’s. They have now rebranded as a classic hit radio station. We will have to see what happens with this. The on air line-up will remain the same on KTRR radio.There is a new country radio station in Grand Junction, Colorado. Outlaw Rides Into Grand Junction, I liked the title of the Radio Insight post.The new station in Grand Junction has a couple of familiar names from the Town Square Fort Collins radio stations. Scott Stallie is serving as it’s station manager. And Ed Chandler is serving as it’s afternoon host. I first heard about Ed when he was with the Town Square media group in Fort Collins He was hosting an oldies show back then. I remember e-mailing Ed about his start with the Town Square media cluster and he was very happy that I started be coming a fan of his. I really wanted to maybe check out this new station in Grand Junction when I was there for a special Olympics event, but didn’t get a chance to. This station focuses on country hits from the 70’s to the early 2000’s. If I ever go to Grand Junction again I will certainly check out this station.There is good news on KYGO’s radio front. KYGO has found it’s next program director Bryan Michel. Bryan has programmed stations in Maryland. Good luck to Bryan. I certainly hope that he enjoys programming KYGO radio. Mike Casey has retired from Intercom’s 99.5 the mountains morning show. I really thought he was a great host for that station and I will really miss him on 99.5 The Mountain. Allie Hartwick is now hosting solo in the mornings. She also does news in the morning for EZ 1430. There is no word yet on if the station is making any changes. Also Jessica Farias is the new sales manager for the Colorado Springs and Pueblo Iheart radio stations. She was working in Denver in a sales position with Iheart media.Armen Williams has left KKFN radio and has now joined Entercom sports radio in Houston. He is now programming 610 Kilt AM in Houston. I will miss him in Colorado, but Armen wanted to be closer to family in Texas. Good luck to Armen. Who has taken over programming the fan? Well it’s Raj Sharon. Raj has programmed 105.5 radio in Colorado when it was a sports station. Congratulations to you Raj. He said in the radio insight article that this has been a dream of his. That is wonderful news. Also 104.3 The Fan back in Februarylost one of it’s most popular talents in Alfred Williams. Alfred is no longer with The Fan’s afternoon show with D-Mac Darren McKee. This is surprising news to me. This was the first change that Raj Sheron had to deal with. This was announced on the drive with Big Al and D-Mac show by D-Mac. D-mac wished Al good luck with what ever his next opportunity would be. I thought this show was just okay. I didn’t like it when Alfred and D-Mac would argue on the air. From this show I learned that D-Mac and Alfred were okay after they argued. During some of the breaks Alfred and D-Mac would laugh after some of their arguments. Good luck to Alfred with what ever his next career moves would be. In one of Jason Barett’s sports media blogs of his top 20 list of best afternoon shows D-Mac and Alfred Williams were ranked in the Top 20. They came in 15th. Congratulations to them for this. Also Brandon Stokley and Zach Bye were rated 20th in the list of the Top 20 mid-day shows. I got to meet Brandon Stokley recently at one of KKFN’s events at Brothers BBQ and he really was a nice guy. I plan to do an interview with him down the road. Mike Evans and Mark Schlereth were rated 6th in his list of top sports morning shows. One of the things I do like from Alfred is when callers ask him how he is doing he says I’m solid man! I’m solid.Wait! Wait! Don’t stop reading just yet because Alfred has found a new radio home. He is either going to be joining Orange and Blue 760 or 850 KOA radio. This will be announced soon. There are other changes happening on The Fan that I would like to cover first. Cecil Lammey and Michael Pritchard are no longer on from mid-days from 9 AM-12 PM. Cecil is still with The Fan. His role has been reduced to a writing roll. He still fills in as a host and he is still going to do the fantasy football show on Wednesday evenings. There is no word yet on where Mike Pritchard has gone.What has replaced this show? Well John Davis and Nick Ferguson who used to play with the Denver Bronco’s have taken over mid-days on 104.3 The Fan. John Davis is still on some weekends. I like this show. I have been listening throughout training camp and they make a great team. John Davis was on a couple of weekends ago with Nicki Jhabvala from the Athletic. I really thought they made a great team. I also like John with Orlando Franklin.Who has replaced Alfred Williams on The Fan? Tom Nalen is now D-Macs partner on the drive from 3-6 p.m. Tom Nalen was on Altitude Sports radio with Nate Kreckman. D-Mac said in an article I read, it has always been a dream of mine to work with Tom Nalen. I might tune in more to this show. When Tom Nalen was on vacation the second and the third weekend in August. Nick Ferguson was filling in for him.Back last Winter, Orange and Blue 760 made some cuts in on air personalities. Andy Lindahl was cut from the morning show as well as Marc Stout and Ray Crockett. Mark Stout has been doing some fill ins on KRFX radio. I really miss Andy Lindahl on Orange and Blue 760. After Andy’s departure James Gomez was a fill in. Julie Browman was also a fill in. James got a different job in the service. Julie was a great fill in, but she has a new job as a spokesperson for one of the fire departments. Julie has also been doing some fill ins on 850 Koa radio both in the mornings and afternoons. There is no word yet on where Ray Crockett has gone. Andy Lindahl has found a new radio home. He is working with Nate Kreckman from 2 to 6 PM on 92.5 Altitude Sports radio. It is so good to hear him back on the air. Nate Kreckman and Andy Lindahl make a great team together.Hang on for just one second. What has been going on on Orange and Blue 760 at the beginning of July? Orange and Blue 760 is no more. That station has been replaced with national programming from different national hosts Glen Beck, Sean Hanity, Rush Limbaugh, Dave Ramsey, and other political hosts. The new station is called Freedom 760 93.7 which used to be an oldies format with DJ’s Hal Moore, Bryan J, Rick Marshall, and some other hosts. There is no word yet on where these hosts have gone. Hal Moore has retired from radio. That is surprising news. I was a loyal listener to Hal Moore since 1997 when he was doing shows with Murphy Huston on News Talk 630 KHOW. I have followed him when he moved to KEZW for afternoons, Kool 105 for a morning show with Jack Regan, and then to the station 1510 and 93.7 radio. Hal has always been a fun host to listen to because of his energy and I learned something new from him every time I listened. I found a tape of when he was with Murphy Huston and the Gabby Gourmet. They were talking about different ice cream flavors.They were having people call in with their different ice cream flavors to watch the Avalanche with. In my opinion that is what a morning show should be. A morning show should be a show with fun topics so that callers can interact with the topics. It is really a shame that KHOW doesn’t have this format now in the mornings. Hal Moore said in an article that I read in "Westword" that 1510 and 93.7 have been very good to him. One thing I didn’t know was that Brian J was actually the owner of the station's son. He did his show from Chicago where he lived. The owner of the station is Hunt communications. Hal also said that the station was going only to AM. He wanted to be both on the FM and the AM dial. Hal is happy with the way it all worked out. Peter Boyles said in the same article that Hal is certainly a legend in this business. I certainly agree with him. I can still hear his voice saying at the end of his show on different radio stations. “I love you Denver!”What happened to Ryan Edwards? Ryan has moved over to 850 KOA radio and he is doing the afternoon show with Benjamin Albright. This show will be switching times at the beginning of September. It will be called Bronco’s Country tonight. Dave Logan and Rick Lewis were with them for a couple of weeks to get them situated. There is no word yet on where Steve Atwater or Andrew Mason have gone Andrew Mason has been doing some interviews on KOA radio. Susie Wargin will be joining the Bronco’s side lines as their new side line reporter. Dave Logan and Rick Lewis will be moving their show from 4-7 PM on KOA radio to 9 to 12 in the mornings on KOA radio.I will post more updates on the new schedule once I hear them Brandon Krystzal is the Bronco’s insider for 850 KOA radio. There is no word yet on where Justin Adams has gone . Justin was Brandon’s partner on Orange and Blue 760. Kathy Lee had her baby at the beginning of July as well. It was a little tough for her, but she is back on the KRFX morning show and she will be returning to Lewis and Logan when they start their new show. Also Grant Mandy’s call screener is going to be come Rick Lewis’s and Dave Logan’s producer for the new show and Angie who used to be the producer for the Michael Brown’s show is now producing for the Mandy Connell show. Bryan Beard who was with The Fan 104.3 has now joined KOA radio to help Alfred Williams on his new show starting in September. Krista Kafer and Michael Brown are no longer on 850 KOA radio and 630 KHOW radio. These moves were made to hopefully make room for Alfred Williams and to also make room for Bronco’s country tonight. Michael Brown is doing podcasts. Krista Kafer might make ocasional fill ins on Iheart media stations. I will really miss Krista. I really thought she was an entertaining host.Back in the early 2000’s there was a DJ on KYGO radio named Wingnut. Wingnut has now joined KNUC 98.9 the Bull radio in Seattle for mid-days. He is also the assistant program director. That is wonderful news for him. He was also on KWOF radio for a time. KTSA radio 550 AM radio in San Antonio, Texas had a new line-up starting in the early part of June. Sean Rima is hosting with Trey for two hours before starting his own show from 9-11 AM. I think this is an interesting move. Sean did some work for KOA radio back in the early 2000’s. I haven’t listened to his show in San Antonio yet, but I will over the next couple of monthsThe last thing I would like to share is that Jerry O’Neal, a sports radio host in Orlando, has retired from 740 and 96.9 The Game. The reason why I bring this up is that Mandy Connell worked on this show with Jerry O’Neal and the Shot Doctor back when she was on that station during her sports career. Jerry was the Orlando colleges football team announcer and he is now fully retired from the station altogether. Congratulations to you Jerry. I really enjoyed listening to you when I visited Orlando. As you notice there are a lot of changes. Some of the changes are still coming and you can be sure that Jeremy Levy will keep you posted on them as they come out.Thanks for tuning in.