International Radio Report
Program summary Sunday, May 23, 2004
- WQMA 1520 ends Top-40 format
> Last AM station in U.S. to carry that format
- WABC 770 will re-run Music Radio on May 31
> 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Memorial Day
- Street-gang-run pirate radio raided in Chicago by cops,
> Used to warned criminals of approaching police officers
- WCEE, licensed low-power FM station in Florida, blasted out of water by
pirate station run by ClearChannel employees
- FCC thinking of giving away vacant frequencies from TV ch. 2 to 52 for
broadband
> Won't wait for full conversion to digital television, so plan may cause
interference
- Radio indecency takes on whole new meaning
> DJs on KNRK in Oregon fired for playing audio of Nick Berg's beheading
> They mixed it with music and made fun of it
> Ironically, FCC had nothing to do with it because it doesn't fall within
"indecency" rules
- Radio and TV Marti will be getting extra help to "combat" Fidel Castro
> Introduction of mobile broadcasts from C-130 aircraft
- Independent/alternative station 103.1 FM in Los Angeles gets new DJs
- Pay radio comes to Canada
> Applications to CRTC for subscription-based radio
- Cross-border stations conduct own ratings survey
> Martz Communications canvasses West Island of Montreal
> Ranks #6 overall, sandwiched between CBC Radio One (#5) and CJPX (#7)
(p.s.: BBMs coming next week)
- Dino Sisto returns to CJAD
> Tips? Pass them along!
- WQLZ morning host taken to a hospital
> Bottle rocket exploded on the ground, launchppad was his buttocks -30-
