Site of the Week 5/24/2013: KMIN/KDSK, Grants, NM, 2011

May 24, 2013 No Comments by

Text and photos by SCOTT FYBUSH One of the most unusual station tours we’ve ever had on a “Big Trip” came at one of the most unusual radio stations we’ve ever visited. Back in April 2011, we made a one-day, 500-mile drive from Las Vegas eastward to Grants, New Mexico to be in position to [...]

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NERW 5/20/2013: Buffalo Managers Moving On

May 20, 2013 No Comments

In this week’s issue… Cichon leaves WBEN amidst big Buffalo shifts - LI’s JVC buys in Florida – Plum TV folds – Another Pittsburgh-area AM silenced By SCOTT FYBUSH *It’s been a week of big changes in western NEW YORK broadcasting, and nowhere, perhaps, bigger than in the newsroom at WBEN (930 Buffalo). News director Steve [...]

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Site of the Week 5/17/2013: Gallup, New Mexico, 2011

May 17, 2013 4 Comments

Text and photos by SCOTT FYBUSH We’re playing some big games with the timeline in this week’s installment of Site of the Week in the interest of narrative consistency. If you’re driving from Winslow and Holbrook, Arizona (as seen in last week’s installment) to Grants and Albuquerque, New Mexico (coming up in the next few [...]

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NERW 5/13/2013: Oneonta loses a radio voice

May 13, 2013 4 Comments

In this week’s issue…Backyard Broadcasting sells – Oneonta noncomm silenced – Morning show for Nash? – Auction yields new Erie FM By SCOTT FYBUSH *Seven years after an upstate NEW YORK state college entered the public radio business, it has abruptly shut down its station, leaving behind plenty of questions about a newly open space [...]

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Site of the Week 5/10/2013: Winslow and Holbrook, AZ, 2011

May 10, 2013 2 Comments

Text and photos by SCOTT FYBUSH This week’s installment of Site of the Week kicks off our recap of our second “Big Trip” of the very busy year of 2011. After two weeks all over Florida and a week in Ireland, our usual April jaunt to Las Vegas for the NAB Show was followed by [...]

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