Q102, Rewind up for Marconi Awards
Congratulations to Q102 (WKRQ-FM) and Rewind (WREW-FM). Only the two Hubbard radio stations here – no Clear Channel stations — are finalists for the prestigious Marconi Awards to be presented Sept. 20...
View ArticleWLW-AM ratings drop during Reds win streak
12:30 p.m. Thursday Aug. 9 update: This just in from a friend who works in radio here: The “July” ratings numbers are misleading. The numbers are actually from June 21 through July 18th, so the Reds...
View ArticlePat Barry back on Channel 5
For just a little bit… Pat Barry is back doing weather at WLWT-TV, where he started his TV career in 1984. Barry did the weather on a 5 a.m. newscast Sunday, before the Olympics. In 1984, Channel 5...
View ArticleRemember Tom Green as Venus Flytrap?
Update at 9:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27: My friends at WEBN-FM say that they’ve talked to a half-dozen staffers who were there in 1999, and nobody remembers Tom Green coming into the station dressed as...
View ArticleNo Marconi Awards for Cincinnati
Hubbard’s WKRQ-FM (Q102) and WREW-FM (Rewind 94.9) didn’t win a Marconi Award last night, but you might recognize a couple of the recipients at the National Association of Broadcasters dinner in...
View ArticleA look at morning radio changes
Here’s a link to my Sunday A&E story about all the morning radio changes – Bob Goen and wife on WARM98, Kidd Chris on WEBN-FM, the Kane Show on KISS107.1, Dean Miuccio on Real Talk 1160 and Eric...
View ArticleQ102′s Jeff and Jenn celebrate 10 years
WKRQ-FM’s Jeff & Jenn Morning Show celebrates 10 years on Q102 with a live broadcast from an invitation-only party at the Moerlein Lager House Wednesday morning with guests Rob Thomas and Kyle Cook...
View ArticleIt’s official: WARM98 is No. 1, ends WLW-AM streak
12:45 p.m. MONDAY JAN. 28 UPDATE: It’s official: WARM98 beat WLW-AM in December. Arbitron admits it made an error inCincinnati radio rankings released last week. WRRM-FM has ended WLW-AM’s streak at...
View ArticleJim Fox back on radio today and Friday
Jim Fox, long-time morning DJ on WKRQ-FM (Q102) and country WUBE-FM (B105), returns to the airwaves 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on oldies WDJO-AM (1480) streaming at oldies1480.net here. He’ll also...
View ArticleWGRR-FM beats WLW-AM for No. 1
The Big One is a little smaller, for the second time in four months. Classic hits WGRR-FM (103.5) was No. 1 in the latest Arbitron rankings (for March) with a 9.7% audience share for listeners age 6...
View ArticleWLW-AM returns to No. 1 in April
The Big One is back to being the Big One. Reds flagship WLW-AM (700) bounced back into first place in April Arbitron ratings, with the opening of the baseball season. WLW-AM earned a 13.1% audience...
View ArticleWLW-AM wins May, while Q102 surges
Reds flagship WLW-AM won the May Arbitron ratings, but the big news is the huge spike in listening for WKRQ-FM (Q102). WLW-AM took first for the second consecutive month (12.3% share), after classic...
View ArticleCharlie Mechem’s greatest hits
That’s the way I approached my Sunday Business section story about Charlie Mechem, the former Taft Broadcasting and Great American Broadcasting CEO. He’s just written a new book of stories about the...
View ArticleQ102 jumps to 3rd, WUBE-FM down to 4th
WLW-AM and WGRR-FM stayed #1-2 in the July Arbitron rankings…. but the big news was WKRQ-FM (Q102) jumping to #3 over country WUBE-FM (B105.1). Q102 rocked the ratings, increasing its audience share...
View ArticleGoing ‘Old School’ pays off for WCFN-FM
Dropping “The Fan” sports talk for Old School R&B immediately jump started the ratings for Radio One’s WCFN-FM (100.3). “Old School 100.3” debuted in August at #18, with a 1.5% audience share, up...
View ArticleWARM98 bigger than the Big One again
The Christmas present just arrived one month late again at WRRM-FM (WARM 98.5), which was No. 1 in Nielsen’s Audio Radio Ratings for the “Holiday Book” covering Dec. 5-Jan. 1. Christmas music jumped...
View ArticleRadio rankings back to normal after Christmas
The snow is gone, and so is the Christmas music boost for WRRM-FM (WARM 98.5). WLW-AM, WGRR-FM, WUBE-FM and WKRQ-FM returned to the 1-2-3-4 spots in the Nielsen Audio Radio Ratings for Jan. 2-29. WARM...
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