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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
Former Urban Inspirational-Talk WBOK-New Orleans morning host Gerod Stevens (pictured) was arrested on theft of over $1,500 and forgery charges.
It seems WBOK called the authorities when it found cheques written by clients for advertising spots had allegedly been cashed by Stevens at a cheque cashing store.
Stevens (real name...
The voices of popes from as long ago as 1884 can be heard by the public after the digitising of 8,000 tapes from the Vatican Radio's pontifical archives.
Radio Vatican has been storing up its unique patrimony since it was set up under Pope Pius XI in 1931, but it has also older recordings, such as Leo XIII's Humanum Genus...
A grand jury has indicted longtime New York City DJ Dave Heman (pictured) on charges of attempting to transport a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Herman is best remembered for his many years hosting the then Rock WNEW “Rock & Roll Morning Show” for more than two decades. He was arrested last year for...
It happened at a building that houses several radio stations. Around 8 a.m. Monday, an employee of the Mid America Ag Network arrived and found several items disturbed on the ground floor. Thinking there may have been a burglary, that person began checking other parts of the business. Moments later, a body was discovered in the basement.
Police...
Police confiscated a semi-automatic handgun from a western New York radio host after the man was spotted early in the morning stalking around his backyard.
Tom Bauerle, 50, (pictured) had blasted state Governor Andrew Cuomo as a mentally ill and vindictive man on air. He then, it seems, feared that Cuomo was so...
The BBC apologised after its six o’clock news on Radio 4 mysteriously ‘vanished’ leaving the presenter to ad-lib for eight minutes.
Arlene Fleming (pictured) repeatedly apologised to mystified listeners for the ‘...
Hazmat workers were called in to check out a "suspicious package" that came in the mail at radio KXRK (X96)/Salt Lake City.
It all started when a station employee found the suspicious envelope, addressed from out of state, while opening mail.
Inside he found a CD and a business card. However, the card apparently had writing on it...
The Arabian Radio Network in Dubai has set a new Guinness World record for the longest continuous music radio broadcast by a DJ team.
Sindhu Biju and Mithun Ramesh (pictured) of Malayalam music station Hit 96.7 FM began the marathon on their Drive show at 5pm Dubai time on a Thursday, and ended the record-setting broadcast in the early...
A driver lost control of his SUV on icy roads and slammed into the front of the Park Hills studio building of Talk KFMO and Rock KDBB (B104.3) Missouri.
16-year-old Gavon A. McAllister reportedly slammed his SUV into the building after hitting an icy patch on a bridge near the stations just after 8pm on a Friday night.
He was uninjured, but the...
The owner of a Libyan radio station that broadcasts exclusively in English and plays Western music was found dead in his car, his body riddled with bullets.
Tripoli FM, which touts itself as Libya's number one radio station, went off air temporarily to mourn the death of Radwan Ghariani, (picture) head of programmes.
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A tearful former New York City radio personality has made his first appearance in federal court, five weeks after he was arrested in the U.S. Virgin Islands and charged with trying to arrange to have sex with a 7-year-old girl.
David Herman (pictured explaining himself) didn't enter a plea and will remain jailed pending a hearing to...
News-Talk WCCO Minneapolis morning news anchor Steve Murphy is back on the job after a robbery assault that sent him to the hospital.(picture)
Murphy, who runs the mile from his home to a bus stop at 2:30am every morning, said that an "older model, white SUV (was) traveling very slowly near me, and I felt suspicious, so I changed my route,"...
It happened to Steve Dale (pictured) on his way to hosting his Sunday morning “Pet World” show on news/talk WGN AM 720 in Chicago.
With the help of “Sunday Spin” host Rick Pearson and engineer Bob Ferguson, Dale wound up hosting his full 30-minute show via cell phone while trapped inside his...
A Florida FM station has proven easy listening fans may not be so passive after all. A recent financial appeal also gave Jones College in Jacksonville, FL a lesson in how important radio is to its listeners.
If fundraising didn’t improve, general manager Kenneth Jones threatened a sale of college station easy listening WKTZ-FM or, perhaps worse to...
Paris Hilton blasted a radio host as a “f**king a**hole” after an interview without realising she was still on the air.
The heiress called into “Bob and the Showgram” on North Carolina radio station G105 to discuss her new song “Good Time,” and was put off when deejay Bob Dumas brought up her infamous sex tape.
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After being fired by WTLC-FM. Indianapolis, Rusty Redenbacher (pictured) says the radio station's definition of frowned-upon self-promotion is difficult to reconcile with years he's spent plugging the company in his multimedia life.
Rapper/songwriter/DJ/producer Redenbacher said that WTLC management cited a "zero tolerance"...
Casey Kasem's voice has been heard in homes around the world, but now it seems his own family might not be welcome in his home.
Family members of the 81-year-old radio personality have stated that his health is deteriorating due to Parkinson's disease. His children, brother and others close to him throughout his life also claim Casey's...
Longtime Houston radio personality Michael Harris has removed himself from the airwaves indefinitely after accusing his boss of financial fraud at black themed KCOH.
According to Harris, he took the action after thousands of dollars in loans that he secured for station expenses were misused by KCOH owner Jesse Dunn.
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NO STATION LOGO IS AVAILABLE. PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN EXIST!
The ghost station of Omaha is a mysterious radio signal at 1490 AM, seemingly without owners, advertisers or disc jockeys, that plays a continuous loop of artists such as Buddy Holly, Petula Clark and Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand.
The only voices heard are in short station promos.“Magic 1490,” ntones an announcer. “The height of relaxation.”
Occasionally...
Looks like Neil Young (pictured) picked the wrong community to insult.
After saying that Fort McMurray, Canada, as a result of oil roduction in the town, looks like Hiroshima after the 1945
nuclear attack, radio station Rock 97.9 has banned his music from its airwaves.
Young gave a press conference in Washington, D...
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