KGOR is looking for a new morning traffic reporter, and YOU could be him or her! From KGOR.com: "Trish Jensen, KGOR Morning Traffic Person, has left the KGOR Morning Show, and as you saw in the newsletter last week or heard us talking about it on the air, the search for her replacement is on!
Thelatest radio ratings report from Arbitron shows the Omaha Clear Channel grouptaking four of the top five spots.
As the Hispanic population in United States continues to explode like a giant piñata so, too, do the number of radio stations with Spanish formats. Omaha – with an estimated metro area Hispanic population between 50,000 and 75,000 – is no exception.
Former Omaha radio talk-show host Chris Baker, now with news-talk KTLK-FM in Minneapolis, made comments on his show last week that have struck a nerve with former NBA great Magic Johnson.
During his 7-11 a.m. show last Wednesday, Baker and co-host Landgon Perry accused Johnsonof faking AIDS.
After Johnson condemned the statements, the station said it regretted “some off hand remarks” by Baker and Perry, according to an Associated Press report.
KMTV-3 – Omaha's CBS affiliate – has apparently fired News Director Ken Dudzik. The receptionist at KMTV today (Sept. 19) said, "He no longer works here." KMTV has consistently had poor ratings, and has been No. 3 at 10 p.m. behind KETV-7 and WOWT-6 for several years. The station recently lost one of its co-anchors, Carlo Cecchetto, who left KMTV because of "personal family reasons." We have calls in and hope to have more details by the end of the day.
KETV’s Mike’L Severe has taken over for Ben Gray for the station’s weekly “Kaleidoscope,” a weekly half-hour program that highlights a range of subjects of interest to the community in general and minority communities in particular. Severe did the show solo last week, but will be joined by panelists Lee Terry Sr., a former KETV anchor, and former city council and school board member Shawntal M. Smith.
Meteorologist Andrea Bredow’s last day at KETV-7 was on Sept. 5. She has taken a job at Creighton University in the business development office, according to KETV General Manager Sarah Smith.
The Omaha World-Herald reported today that it has gobbled up two more Nebraska daily newspapers, the Grand Island Independent and the York News-Times. The papers were owned by Gatehouse Media Inc. of Fairport,N.Y.
The Brew (96.1 FM) has an exclusive AC/DC cut that the station began playing on the air and its Web site today. "Rock N Roll Train," is a song from the Australian band's forthcoming album and can be heard exclusively on the Web at 961theBrew.
