Site of the Week 1/27/10: Santa Clarita Valley, California Jan 27, 2012 When you look up “exurb” in the dictionary, the illustration you should see there is the Santa Clarita Valley. 35 miles north of Los Angeles along State Highway 14, the valley is now home to some 200,000 residents, a big amusement park, the Walt Disney-founded CalArts school that’s the destination for anyone pursuing a career [...]

NERW 1/23/2012: Cumulus Doubles Down on PA Country Jan 23, 2012 In this week’s issue: Cumulus brings “Z Country” back to Harrisburg – Paulsen returns to DVE – Salem sells Rhode Island AM – RIP, Dr. Mel – Yankees land in Maine by SCOTT FYBUSH *The first major format change of 2012 – and the first big sign of the Cumulus-Citadel consolidation in the region – [...]

Site of the Week 1/20/12: Ridgecrest and the Antelope Valley, California Jan 20, 2012 From time to time in this space, we’ve touched on some of the signals in California’s Antelope Valley, the big swath of exurban sprawl that spreads out along state routes 14 and 138 in the desert some 50 miles north of Los Angeles. It’s one of those areas that we tend to pass through en [...]

NERW 1/16/2012: Who’ll Replace CKLN at 88.1 in Toronto? Jan 16, 2012 In this week’s issue: Canadian broadcasters seek new signals – PEI’s K-Rock flips to top 40 – Dan and Kim out at Springfield’s Mix 93.1 – Randall out at Pittsburgh’s Star – New experimental AM in Massachusetts by SCOTT FYBUSH (Editor’s Note: Thanks for your patience with another somewhat abbreviated issue of NERW; Lisa – [...]

Site of the Week 1/13/12: Bishop, California Jan 13, 2012 This week’s Site of the Week installment is something of a long-delayed homecoming for your editor, who spent a year in the late 1980s living in an isolated desert valley near the California/Nevada border. It was the summer of 1989 when we last laid eyes on Inyo County, California – and it took more than [...]

Site of the Week 1/27/10: Santa Clarita Valley, California

Jan 27, 2012 No Comments by Scott Fybush

When you look up “exurb” in the dictionary, the illustration you should see there is the Santa Clarita Valley. 35 miles north of Los Angeles along State Highway 14, the valley is now home to some 200,000 residents, a big amusement park, the Walt Disney-founded CalArts school that’s the destination for anyone pursuing a career [...]

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