DAN SEEMAN, HUBBARD RADIO VP/Region Manager for MINNESOTA, announced a partnership with renowned TWIN CITIES radio personality TOM BARNARD on a streaming and podcast partnership."The TOM BARNARD Morning Show Podcast" will feature live streaming from 7a-10a (CT), MONDAY-FRIDAY, live video, and an audio podcast available 24/7 on-demand. In addition to the website, listeners and fans will also find BARNARD on his own custom app, YOUTUBE and social media. BARNARD only .
Hip-hop duo BLACK SHEEP, best known for the 1991 album "A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing," are suing UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP in a class action lawsuit, filed WEDNESDAY in NEW YORK, according to a MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE report.Their lawyers claim that BLACK SHEEP and other UMG artists should have been paid 50% of royalties from SPOTIFY since 2011 due to a clause in their contracts pertaining to "net receipts." That UMG agreed to accept lower royalty rates from SPOTIFY .
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO Triple A KVOQ (INDIE 102.3)/DENVER has hired DANA MEYERS as its new on-air morning host, replacing JEREMY PETERSEN.Said PD WILOBEE CARLAN, "I am very excited to welcome DANA back to COLORADO and to our INDIE 102.3 air staff. I have been a fan of her work for many years. She brings extensive programming and on-air experience. I know INDIE 102.3 listeners will give her a warm welcome.”MEYERS joins the station after a 23-year career in radio, most recently with .
Legendary MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS founder DUKE WRIGHT, who passed away at the age of 83 on DECEMBER 21st (NET NEWS 12/23), will be honored at a funeral service at 3p (CT) on THURSDAY (12/29) at CHRIST ALONE CHURCH, 505 E ALLOUEZ AVE., GREEN BAY, WI, with REV. JON CORY handling the proceedings. Relatives and friends may greet the family from 4-8p on WEDNESDAY (12/28), at the LYNDAHL FUNERAL HOME,1350 LOMBARDI AVE, and again at CHRIST ALONE CHURCH on THURSDAY, from 2p until the time of the .
One of the last of the privately owned broadcast companies lost its legendary leader earlier this week when MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS President/CEO DUEY EDWARD "DUKE" WRIGHT JR. passed away at the age of 83 on DECEMBER 21st, leaving the stations in the hands of his three children and wife after a historic 68-year run in the industry. DUKE’s love of broadcasting began at age 15, when he hosted a live music program on WSAU-TV in his hometown of WAUSAU, WI. Later, a talented .