Indiana RadioWatch: July 28, 2001
Northeast
A lightning strike at one of the towers of Federated Media's stations
briefly knocked News-Talk/WOWO (1190am, Fort Wayne) off the air on
Wednesday. IRW heard that one component in the board got smoked. Chief
Engineer Mogan David and his staff had WOWO back on the air in less than 5
minutes. No damage was reported to the other 3 stations in the building
(WMEE, WONO, and WQHK)
Northcentral
Country/WBYT (100.7fm, Elkhart) PD Ralph Cherry exits. Replacing him is
Tom Oakes. Oakes is the former PD of KMXM in Omaha, Nebraska (You might
recognize KMXM as the station formerly known as WOW-FM). Oakes is
reunited with former WOW-FM APD & morning man, now "B-100" morning man Tom
Scott.
Central
Here's the weekday airstaff lineup for Spanish/WEDJ (107.1fm, Danville)
6am - 11am - Manuel "El Tufo" Martinez ("Loco in La Morning")
11am - 4pm - Johnny Rico Hernandez ("El Mundo Latino")
4pm - 7pm - Angel "Cuba" Chacon ("Caribemania")
7pm - 12am - Mayraelisa Arroyo ("Requests & Shout-Outs")
12am - 6am - Manuel Ortiz ("El Show de los Desvelados: Ginomania")
Sports/WNDE (1260am, Indianapolis) afternoon host Mark Patrick is signed
by FOX Sports Radio Network in morning drive. The show will originate out
of WNDE, making it the second syndicated show to originate from Clear
Channel's Indianapolis facilities on Falls Creek Road (the other? Bob &
Tom). Patrick starts his 5am - 8am (Eastern) show on Monday.
A Bob & Tom affiliate update: They're now on at KHYT (Tucson, Arizona),
WRDU (Raleigh, North Carolina), KZRX (Amarillo, Texas), and KZPS (Dallas,
Texas). They're not on at WOCT in Baltimore, Maryland, and the simulcast
is over in Ocean City, Maryland, so you can only hear them on WRBG, not
WGBG.
Where Are They Now? Former WGRL morning producer & afternoon guy Brent
Lee starts on Monday as morning man alongside Meredith at WBWN near
Bloomington, Illinois.
Employment Opportunities
Hot AC/WMEE continues to search for a Program Director. Rush package to
Mark DePrez, General Manager, WMEE, 2915 Maples Road, Fort Wayne, IN
46816.
That's it for this issue. See you in a week!
Blaine Thompson
Indiana RadioWatch
irw@well.com
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