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Regular radioinfo contributor Ian MacRae posts industry news that comes into the categories of rumour, gossip, scandal and radio people behaving badly. Macca encourages you to submit anything you think fits and is keen to receive any feedback on stuff you see here. You can contact him at ian@allaboutradio.net
Masked man enters radio station studio and shoots DJ in Wisconsin
A man wearing a mask and hood entered a Wisconsin radio station early on a Sunday morning and opened fire on three disc jockeys in the broadcast studio.
WORT FM, a radio station based in Madison, said in a statement that five gunshots were fired, injuring one DJ in the buttocks and shattering the glass between studios.
The injured DJ was...
09 August 2018
China professor missing after radio interview is interrupted
The whereabouts of a Chinese professor known for his views critical of the government remains after police interrupted his radio interview with U.S. government broadcaster Voice of America.
Sun Wenguang was speaking to the station when he says that half a dozen officers barged into his apartment in the eastern city of Jinan. He can be heard...
09 August 2018
Radio host Art Bell died of accidental drug overdose: coroner
Longtime Nevada based radio personality Art Bell died of an accidental overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs according to the Clark County coroner’s office..
Bell died April 13 in a bedroom of his Pahrump home at age 72. The coroner’s office determined he had four prescription medications in his system: the opioid oxycodone...
02 August 2018
Radio announcer shot dead in the Philippines
Radio broadcaster Joey Llana (pictured) was shot and killed while driving his car to Legazpi for his radio program on 92.3 FM Home Radio Legazpi when he was ambushed.
Police said Llana, 43, was shot 14 times with a .45-caliber gun and a 9mm pistol by unidentified gunmen.
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24 July 2018
Adolf Hitler speech transmitted on police radios across Chicago
An Adolf Hitler speech shown in a 1935 Nazi propaganda film was broadcast over Chicago police radios in an unauthorised transmission. (Who would actually authorise it anyway?)
The audio was from a speech made by the Nazi leader in Leni Riefenstahl's production of 'Triumph of the Will', according to Imke Meyer...
09 July 2018
Radio hosts banned from Facebook over nude photo
Triple J Breakfast time hosts Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton, have copped a Facebook ban after posting a naked photo of themselves in support of struggling farmers.
They stripped off to pose for Instagram page The Naked Farmer, to support those in the agricultural industry with mental health issues.
Posing...
19 June 2018
BBC radio host chokes up recalling mum left final letter
Chris Evans broke down on air after he returned to BBC Radio 2 to host his breakfast show following his mother Minnie's death. She was 92.
The DJ became very emotional as he revealed she had left his family a letter before she died. “My sister phones me up and she says you’ll never guess what I’ve just found.
She’s left us a...
08 May 2018
Kanye West's music banned after slavery remarks
Detroit radio station 105.1 The Bounce has banned Kanye West’s music from its airwaves.
In a Facebook post, dj’s BiGG & Shay Shay said: “We feel like Kanye has gone too far with his latest statement declaring that ‘slavery was a choice. We are over it. We don’t want to hear Kanye’s music. So we are taking a stand and we aren’t...
08 May 2018
Paranormal radio host Art Bell dead at 72
Art Bell, a radio host best known for a paranormal-themed nightly show, syndicated on hundreds of stations in the 1990s, has died at his home in southern Nevada.
Bell hosted the popular radio talk show "Coast to Coast AM" before he left the airwaves in 2002. He broadcast the show from his radio station, KNYE, in Pahrump.
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15 April 2018
Station fined for playing song that 'glorified battlefield victories against non-Muslims'
A U.K. radio station has been fined by Ofcom after they played a song on air which “constituted hate speech”.
The decision against Radio Dawn, a community broadcaster in Nottingham, was made after they broadcast a particular piece of devotional music known as a Nasheed.
Ofcom ruled it broke the broadcasting code and ruled amounted...
06 March 2018
Radio presenter gives birth live on air
A US radio presenter has given birth live on air.
Cassiday Proctor, who presents a morning show on a local station in St. Louis, intentionally broadcast the labour and Cesarean section to her listeners.
After she went into labour the station worked with the hospital to follow her movements.
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25 February 2018
Bad news for Southern Sudan station – Good News Radio off air for weeks.
Rumbek Catholic Radio, Radio Good News, has been off air due to transmitter failure.,
The managing director for Radio Good News 89.0 FM in Western Lakes State, Luka Di Gumwil, said the station has been off air for close to two weeks but a new transmitter will soon be purchased by partners, particularly USAID VISTAS/AECOM.
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04 February 2018
Bubba the Love Sponge is back on Tampa radio
Radio host Bubba “The Love Sponge” Clem is once again heard in Tampa.
Clem, who lives in St. Petersburg, landed at WWBA-AM 820 after Beasley Broadcast Group’s WBRN-FM 98.7 said in December 2016 it would no longer broadcast his show in the Tampa Bay area following a ratings-tampering lawsuit filed against him by Nielsen.
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04 February 2018
DJ found guilty of groping Taylor Swift lands Mississippi radio job
David Mueller, the radio DJ found guilty of groping Taylor Swift, (pictured with you-know-who) has received a new job co-hosting a morning show in Mississippi. Mueller, who previously went by the pseudonym "Jackson," will now appear on-air as "Stonewall Jackson" and co-host "Jackson and Jonbob" on 92.7 KIX.
Mueller...
04 February 2018
BBC presenter making comeback four years after indecent assault conviction
Dave Lee Travis, best known for appearing on TV’s Top of the Pops and having a BBC Radio One show, was initially arrested in 2012 as part of the Operation Yewtree inquiry, itself started following the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Speaking to the UK Mirror, Travis announced his return to “radio”, fronting a two-hour weekend...
04 February 2018
Couple win a baby on radio show
A couple in Florida is overjoyed after winning a baby through a radio contest.
Anthony and Krista Rivera were one of 35 couples who entered the B103.9 competition in Lee County, Florida. The prize: a free round of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
The Riveras had very little hope of getting pregnant. Anthony was diagnosed...
16 December 2017
BBC radio presenter under investigation after groping female colleagues
The BBC is reportedly investigating one of its radio presenters after he allegedly groped a number of female colleagues.
The employee, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is said to have sexually harassed at least eight members of staff. It has been claimed that he would approach the women from behind before putting his hand up their skirts ‘to feel...
29 October 2017
India’s first LGBTQ radio show
Outspoken Indian gay rights activist Harish Iyer (pictured) is the host of "Gaydio," the first radio show dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in India, where homosexuality is a taboo and gay sex can be punished with up to 10 years in jail.
Iyer, 38, says: "As an activist, it is in my DNA to stand up for a cause. You hear heart-...
16 August 2017
Old time radio returns
Kansas Radio Theatre is a new comedy and music radio program with a live audience airing on more than 10 radio stations across the U.S. state.
The hour-long show includes family-friendly skits, music, and a variety of local and national talent.
Ray Wills, the show's producer says: "I don't think people in Kansas...
07 August 2017
UK Muslim radio station broadcasts lectures calling for holy war
Iman FM transmitted 25 hours of sermons from Anwar Al-Awlaki (pictured), a hate preacher killed by a US drone strike in 2011.
A complaint was made to Ofcom, which has suspended the Sheffield-based station's licence.
The watchdog said the material 'amounted to a direct call to action to members of the Muslim community to prepare for and...
09 July 2017
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