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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 radio DJ faces sex charge in U.S. court
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...
29 November 2013
Radio newsman attacked & robbed on way to work
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,"...
15 November 2013
Radio host trapped in elevator
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...
08 November 2013
Fans save easy listening station
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...
25 October 2013
Paris Hilton Calls Radio Host F**king A**hole On Air
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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14 October 2013
Radio station fires popular DJ over song selection
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"...
14 October 2013
Casey Kasem's kids claim they're being kept from ailing dad
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...
09 October 2013
Radio personality off the air after accusing boss of fraud
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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30 September 2013
Where's Omaha's 'Magic 1490' radio coming from? Who knows?
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...
24 September 2013
Neil Young banned from Canadian radio station for comparing town to Hiroshima
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...
24 September 2013
Court rejects former radio employee's claim in 'Wee For A Wii' lawsuit
A California appeals court has rejected a claim by former KDND 107.9 - The End, Sacramento morning show assistant Matthew Carter that the company owes him legal fees for his defense against charges brought by the family of the woman who died in the "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest in January 2007....
09 September 2013
What can happen when you don't verify a caller
Station management at Sport ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team in Albany, NY say they are investigating who might have perpetrated a hoax on host Mike Lindsley.
The station allowed a caller who claimed to be ex New York Yankee Shane Spencer (pictured) on the air, who then claimed he took steroids. The caller was not...
19 August 2013
‘Annoying Music Shows’ creator dies at 59
Bette Davis singing “Feliz Navidad”. Donald Duck quacking “Amazing Grace.”. Nearly anything by Slim Whitman.
All were among the recordings heard, for better and often for worse, on “The Annoying Music Show,” which ran on U.S. public radio from...
08 July 2013
Pandora buys a radio station. Why?
Here’s one to add to the head-scratching acquisitions in the technology industry. Music streaming service Pandora has purchased a radio station serving the fine people of Rapid City, South Dakota. All 70,000 of them.
Why have they bought CHR station KXMZ-FM which broadcasts as 'Hits 102.7'?
The...
14 June 2013
Cyber attack on Washington radio websites
The Web sites of Washington radio stations WTOP (All News) and sister station Federal News Radio (aimed at federal government employees) have been hacked, potentially infecting the computers of people who visited their Web sites.
A statement posted on WTOP’s Web site said that users who visited its page using Internet...
09 May 2013
Washington station brings back “Commuter Idle”
All news WTOP Washington has announced the return of “Commuter Idle” .
It’s an extreme commuter competition in which listeners share their daily travel horrors and compete for prizes and the chance to be crowned WTOP’s “Commuter Idle.”
Entrants have to submit a story describing their commute and the...
04 May 2013
Radio host tells Newtown families to ‘go to hell’ for joining gun control debate
Newtown victims, including Mark Barden, have been front and center in the gun control debate since Adam Lanza killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Now a Minneapolis/St. Paul gun-loving conservative radio host thinks they should “go to hell.”
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29 April 2013
BBC radio starts the day with birdsong: ‘Tweet of the Day’
The BBC has announced that veteran naturalist David Attenborough (pictured) will host a 90-second show dedicated to British birdsong. It features the song of a different bird each weekday, along with background on the species’ behavior, habits and place in literature and folklore.
Attenborough, who has traveled the world for...
29 April 2013
BBC radio starts the day with birdsong: ‘Tweet of the Day’
The BBC has announced that veteran naturalist David Attenborough (pictured) will host a 90-second show dedicated to British birdsong. It features the song of a different bird each weekday, along with background on the species’ behavior, habits and place in literature and folklore.
Attenborough, who has traveled the world for...
26 April 2013
BBC World Service fan forces neighbours to move
A BBC World Service fan "plagued" his neighbours by playing Radio 4 non-stop forcing them to to move house.
A court has heard that Robert Thomas, 59, (pictured) would listen to Radio 4 at full volume day and night, forcing his neighbours Stewart and Juliet Dunlop and their two teenage children to...
16 April 2013
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