SayWhat left the station in December 2017. And it doesn’t happen like that,” Mutha said. This was posted by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. )�sW����*��Q�{�]XSZ��c(��o���N1�^�(WA�}�>׃�H�B1�z�$.Wu���t��ui��q�kؘBI�f��|z�1r�x.����'1��Y��%�eI�YX�l�:( �~�qr�{�+ʀ��=TΨ`��0���b�}��IwN��TO�B�s,j����?�t��1:'1]�,8���b=���C�l��lhس��[6x|u_? Ten facts about radio personality, Dede McGuire, who hosts her own morning show as well as co-hosting an afternoon show with Doug Banks WUSL (98.9 MHz), branded Power 99 FM, is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It carries an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. But country music's listener base in a Northern city such as Philadephia was not very large, and the station struggled in the ratings. Boom! I was a martyr for the music. I called Brian [Phillips, the boss.] In 2008, he wrote an extensive blog about his experience. Last time I was in school, Bill Clinton was the president. That was my viewpoint.". "I thought it was funny at the time. Listeners of the Power 99.1 morning show, have been quoted as saying: “Reka is very positive” “I look up to her independence” “she’s funny” “she wakes me up every morning” and even “I love you Reka”. Brian Philips (1992-1999) - He was the 99X program director during the station's rise from feisty underdog to powerhouse until 1999. Since then, he became a morning host in Seattle and recently began working at a rock station in Portland, Ore., KINK-FM, as program director and afternoon host. We don't have to pick one or the other. When I told her that I did, we spent the next six hours sitting in a conference room writing a song that would eventually appear on her next album called “Hold Onto Me”. 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Alle Radiostreams und Radiosender im Überblick. "I lost politically," he said. He was so indignant about stuff which is what made it funny.". “Some of the stuff I say on air I probably wouldn't say off air,” he said, adding that he’s avoided testy Twitter interactions in recent years. The call sign represented Philadelphia Bulletin Station, under common ownership with the city's largest daily newspaper at the time, The Evening Bulletin. After graduation Reka began her first commercial radio gig at 106.1 KISS FM in Seattle, under the direction of Marcus D. Najera. Only the biggest songs by the hottest artists, 24/7/365. He recalls how loosey-goosey things were at night. Statistics cookies are lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. It was just hilarious. But Fram insisted they keep her and Baron there. At the same time, Williams saw how well the Bert Show was doing with authenticity and the Regular Guys with outrage. Radio is the leading reach platform: 92% of us listen to AM/FM radio over the airwaves, which is higher than TV viewership (87%), PC use (54%), smartphone use (81%), and tablet use (46%) More than 244.5 million American adults listen to the radio each month; Audiences are becoming more diverse with more than 45 million Hispanic listeners and more than 35 million Black listeners a month He regards his experience with a mixture of pride and regret. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the show was a main draw in Philadelphia among younger members of all demographics. But despite a successful radio career, Mutha has decided to return to college. Reka’s radio career began at Howard University’s WHBC. It was called The All New Kiss 99FM. You could hear Reka in Indianapolis on RadioNOW 100.9; 10am – 2pm for 5 years. ", Stacy acknowledged that Georgia State college station WRAS-FM influenced them at the time though in his mind they had "two listeners listening 24 hours a day.". )���$k����u%���Ӊ��D�'��kx4�N�7��c~N��1�O �є�B� �4>�4�4!�-�zVh�4�yO��f4��R�$ N�T�0�48��>[\�I���M'��Y>=�)� "As with most forms of black media, they have been present almost from the inception, but oftentimes have had to suppress the fullness of their identity for the sake of their career advancement,” Welbeck said. "Then he went back to being Toucher. He worked at the legendary K-Rock in New York before landing at what is now Sirius/XM, where he remains as a top-flight rock music programmer. Facebook. h*Np�=�V�(TɁ���,4~AV��e�k���U�)-�w�}�M�y!� �? He later worked with Dallas' Kidd Kraddock, then joined Toucher in 2006 in Boston, where he has become a star. I did everything when it came to the show. He and Demery were originally going to just tweak the top 40 format Power 99 had. Jill was the night jock at 99X at Centennial Olympic Park in 1996 during the Olympics when Eric Rudolph set off that bomb that killed one person and injured dozens others. "She was as calming presence. No feed items available at this time. Never saw a diva moment, an ego moment. "Yah. At CCP, he’s quiet and low-key — the true Kevin. More. WHBC is a student run radio station heard in the DC Market and through-out all TVs on the campus of Howard University. We can maintain both and have the best of both worlds. Ceasar’s professors at the Community College of Philadelphia have zero clue about his morning job. Within months, the station had surpassed WDAS-FM in the ratings. He'd play the Legendary Pink Dots, Henry Rollins spoken word, Pink Floyd. Back in the day, there was the Turtles chain. He co-hosts the highly rated Rise & Grind Morning Show alongside Mikey Dredd and Roxy Romeo. "We were the right show on the right station at the right time," Baron said. ", When he gave away 311 concert tickets at a remote to a couple who were willing to do a sexual act in a bathroom, that was his end at 99X in 2005. She gives credit to radio personality Kristin ‘the island’ girl (Middays; HOT 103.7 Seattle) and Tyler (Afternoons; B96 Chicago) for helping her find her radio voice! "If the Internet were as prevalent as it is now, we would not have lasted simply because of all the things DJs get fired for now.". His show caught the ears of local radio personality Jonesy, who invited him to call in each day to give “the Tea.”, “I knew that once I got my feet through the door, great things would happen, so I kept calling," Mutha said. After working with Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb in Boston, he returned to Atlanta to work at Dave FM and V-103, briefly working with Ryan Cameron in mornings. Gary "Wally" Wallace (2003-2006) - Toucher's morning show producer switched gears and left the secular rock world to become host of a nationally syndicated contemporary Christian music radio program, Total Axxess, which ran from 2004 to 2011. (The Morning X will reunite on 99X at 98.9 on Thursday morning to reminisce from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. A free concert at Live at the Battery Atlanta with Drivin' n Cryin' and Shawn Mullins is scheduled for that evening.). From its inception as Power 99, Sunday mornings featured to two public affairs shows: Sunday Morning Live, hosted by longtime news anchor Loraine Ballard Morrill[5] and later Empower Half Hour with Lehronda Upshur. The show featured a cast of off-beat characters, all voiced by Sanborn, including wise-cracking horoscope reader "Horace, the Taurus" and fall down drunk blues singer "Lunchmeat Mumford". In 1961, the 98.9 frequency signed on as WPBS. Later, she hosted mornings at B98.5 but recently departed and has started a national podcast on Progressive Voices called "She Persisted. For more than a decade, she thrived there. … But thank God I made it.”. "There was no dump button. At one point, WPBS was called "Velvet Stereo". Around 5 p.m., we performed it live on the air the first time.