Indiana RadioWatch: June 2, 2001
Northeast
An Ohio station doesn't come in as well in Northeast Indiana
this week. A section of the tower carrying a 630 watt
booster (WDFM-1) for AC/WDFM (98.1fm, Defiance, Ohio) fell
to the ground early Sunday morning (27 May 2001). Photographs
of the damage are at:
http://www.well.com/~irw/photographs/wdfm.html
Central
Veteran N-T/WIBC (1070am, Indianapolis) Newsman Fred Heckman passed away
on Memorial Day. Heckman, also the stations news director for 35 years,
was 77. Heckman was best known for his "My Town Indy" soliloquies. He
also caused his fair share of controversy - most notably his resignation
in June, 1993 when new owners Horizon Broadcasting wanted to replace
WIBC's format with a "Headline News" format. Heckman went on to file an
age discrimination suit against Horizon which was settled in 1994. He
returned to WIBC later that year when Emmis Communications purchased the
station.
(IRW Wishes to credit both articles on WRTV's website & Kevin O'Neal's
article in The Indianapolis Star for information on Mr. Heckman)
Southeast
Amongst the stations IRW dials up on the Web is New Albany High School's
WNAS (88.1fm, New Albany). Mark Coomes did a nice article in The
Louisville Courier-Journal about the station. Check it out at:
http://www.courier-journal.com/features/2001/05/feature20010522.html
Otherness
Artistic Media Partners enters into a long-term contract with McGavren
Guild, Inc., a national rep firm owned by Interep.
That's it for this issue. See you in a week!
Blaine Thompson
Indiana RadioWatch
irw@well.com
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