Indiana RadioWatch: April 27, 2002

Two announcements to start out.

1. My Palm Pilot went on the fritz this week, so I've lost most of my contact information for all of you. It is fixed now, so feel free to reply to this with your information. Thank you!

2. The Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) is looking for a few judges to help with the State Finals on April 27th at Butler University in Indianapolis. These judges would work from approximately 8:45 AM - ~11:30 AM (lunch follows) and would be judging high school students in the air personality contest, the radio newscasting contest, and the television news anchoring contest. Judges are invited to the awards ceremony at 1:00 PM as well, but they may leave once they finish judging. Judges get a free lunch! If anyone is interested, please have them contact me, Jon Easter, at Ben Davis High School, (317) 227-4122 or jon.easter@wayne.k12.in.us, IASB Treasurer Dan Henn at the Walker Career Center, (317) 532-6301 or dhenn@warren.k12.in.us, or IASB President Kyla Krieg at kkrieg@ngsc.k12.in.us.

Now, onto the news of the week...

Northeast

A reader is looking for contact information for Matt Bruce, former PD of then-Modern AC/WYSR (94.1fm, Roanoke). IRW thought he worked at WRKR in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but he's not there. If you know, drop us an e-mail.

Northcentral

Salem Radio Network's Mike Gallagher visited South Bend this week. According to Alesia Redding's article in the South Bend Tribune, he broadcast his radio show on Tuesday and Wednesday from the studios of local affiliate News-Talk/WSBT (960am, South Bend).

This TV note: Nine year veteran ND Ellen Crooke exits NBC affiliate WNDU (Channel 16, South Bend) for similar duties at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York.

Central

Pending final FCC approval, Hoosier Broadcasting Corporation will soon launch Indianapolis' first full-time classical station, since WSYW-FM (107.1fm, Danville) left the air in 1998. According to Marc Allan's article in the Indianapolis Star, the 49,000 watt station will hit the air when the FCC grants the CP, after a 30-day public comment period.

Southwest

An agreement has been reached between the Indiana Community Radio Corporation and Florida-based Pensacola Christian College over an application for the 90.1fm/Wadesville allocation. The settlement dismisses the PCC application for 90.1fm in nearby Farmersville. The new station be a sister station to WJCF (88.1fm, Morristown).

Employment Opportunities

If you think doing Oldies radio is uncool, unfun, and unthinkable you haven't listened to the right Oldies station! Gold 104.5 / Indianapolis is consistently one of the highest rated Oldies stations in America and we are looking for great weekend/fill-in talent. If you are up-tempo, do great content, can sell a liner so it doesn't sound like a liner and be a party on the radio, we want to hear you work. Send your CD or cassette and resume to Don Riley, WGLD, 6810 N. Shadeland Av, Indianapolis, IN 46220.

That's it for this issue. See you in a week!


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