Shooting Yourself in the Foot......

As I drove around Southwest Arkansas the last couple of days I came to one conclusion, radio is committing suicide. Radio folks are blaming new technology for the downturn in radio. I blame RADIO!. Just listen. Stations are wanting to sound like each other AND the worst thing they are automated and NOT LIVE. Sure some stations voice track but it's to the point where the regular listener can tell it's canned. And what really sucks these days is the news the station personnel writes and puts on the air. Nearly every station's news sounded like minutes from a board meeting and what really is funny is when the news person reads a police report OR a news release word for word. So radio managers and owners remember technology is not killing your business, YOU'RE killing yourselves. Well time to sync the ipod and load it up. Happy trails!

Fired OR Retired??

Seems long time Sudbury Broadcasting Station manager Rob Hill is no longer with the company. Of course no OFFICIAL word is available on WHY he's no longer working for Sudbury. Was Rob fired...or did he retire?

Cuts at Noalmark-Hot Springs

This from a tipster: The Big Daddy and Heidi show is no more due to budget cuts Keith (Big Daddy) Michaels has been let go. Heidi is still there but no longer in the morning she will be doing some vt and production. Hawk is still at KLAZ as well as part time running the board for the races at Oaklawn and who knows what else.

YET Another One Bites the Dust in Hope

One can't but laugh...looks like Sudbury Broadcasting in Hope is looking for a new News Director. Oh the wonderful world of radio in Hope!

Craig Relocates Runyon

This from a tipster: larry crain has removed his former ops mgr/sales mgr/property mgr JR Runyon from his searcy operation (after much speculation and rumor) and relocated him to his operation in conway.

Fordyce, AR Owner/Operator Buys Station in the Show Me State

Gary and Carna Coates, owner/operator of KBJT/KQEW in Fordyce, Arkansas is purchasing KUPH/FM in Mountain View, MO for $400,000. A tipster tells, IAR, He is reportedly leaving and moving to West Plains to operate this station. His brother Paul has recently purchased eight other stations in the area.

FM101/RTN Goes Off Air

This from at tipster: FM101.1/RTN radio has been shut down by Equity Broadcasting. There has been nothing on the station for several weeks and I was able to confirm that the station was shut down and not just off the air temporarily with an Equity employee this weekend.

Equity never owned the station, only leased it.....