Indiana RadioWatch: February 5, 1998
Welcome to the premiere issue of Indiana RadioWatch. We'll be issuing this biweekly with
a basic summary of the radio news here in Indiana. Here we go...
AOR/WXKE (103.9fm, Fort Wayne) morning man Doc West swaps shifts with afternoon guy
Buzz Maxwell.
Talk/WGL (WGL(AM) & FM [1250am, Fort Wayne; 94.1fm, Roanoke]; and WGLL [1570am, Auburn])
drop talk for sports, primarily from One-on-One Sports. Don Imus does remain in mornings.
As a result of the switch in format, they drop G. Gordon Liddy, Tom Leykis, Art Bell, and
local talk host Rusty Humphries exits.
Alternative/WEJE (96.3fm, Churubusco) drops Jacobs Media as a consultant, so gone also is "The
Edge" (Jacobs holds a servicemark on that term). Also, PD Sean Smyth departs for KGDE in
Omaha, Nebraska.
AllAccess reports that Emmis' Classic Rock/WNAP (93.1fm, Indianapolis) adds Howard
Stern in mornings. Stern will be heavy competition for hometown boys Bob & Tom, heard on
crosstown SFX's Rock/WFBQ (94.7fm, Indianapolis).
CHR/WNDU(AM) & FM (1490am, 92.9fm; both South Bend) PD/MD Bill Mitchell moves to WHDG in
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where he'll be PD and morning drive guy.
That's it for our premiere issue! See you in two weeks...
Blaine Thompson
Indiana RadioWatch
irw@well.com
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