International Radio Report
Program summary Sunday, April 25, 2004
- At the top of the program, get to know your new hosts Janice and Steve
Karlock
- WTWK 1070 Plattsburgh expected to carry Air America radio
> More affiliations coming
> New left-leaning talker
> Network has reached settlement with Chicago host-station
- Beer & baseball don't mix
> WLCM 1390 Charlotte, Mich., was to broadcast Tigers game
> WHen boss of the Christian station heard broadcast package included
beer sponsorships, the program was dropped
- The Edge 102.1 FM in Toronto: Alternative radio at its finest?
> Steve-O et. al. (Jackass) visits morning show
> Disregarded managers' pleas for decency, guests urinated in studio,
wrapped genitals in duct tape
> Guests removed by security because hosts didn't end interview fast enough
> Hosts temporarily suspended
- Potential night-time IBOC broadcasts on AM: FCC statement
> NAB is asking for this
> IBOC wreaking havoc for small stations, low-power stations
- Scranton, Penn. station owner faces sex-abuse charges
> Accused of abusing boys age 11 to 17, victims now in their 20s
- FCC said Spanish WXDJ-FM should be fined for indecency
> Did prank interview with Fidel Castro, who ended with tirade and expletives
- Bye-bye Radio Slovakia
> English broadcasts will end some time in May
- Israel might leave soon
> DW has introduced "new" English broadcast to North America... on satellite -30-
