My day began with the sad news that Radio-info.com as we know it is going away.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The owners are retiring and Tom Taylor (my main source for radio industry news) is leaving to pursue other interests.\u00a0 Radio-info.com is going to be run by Michael Harrison, who currently runs Talksers magazine.\u00a0 Talkers is focused on a narrow part of the radio business. \u00a0 The consolidation of radio into Clear Channel, CBS and Cumulus, and the decision by Arbitron to stop publishing ratings for non-subscribers makes covering radio a lot less interesting.<\/p>\n
As previously announced, today is the final day of the Mark and Brian show on KLOS-FM in Los Angeles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 KLOS-FM is owned now by Cumulus, and just think of all the money Cumulus will\u00a0 be saving!<\/p>\n
My move to Chicago is all on track.\u00a0\u00a0 My “Stuff” is being picked up on Monday, so at some point between now (Friday) and Monday, the web site will go down while the server is carefully packed and put into the trunk of my car.\u00a0\u00a0 Probably around a week from now, it should reappear online, but there are no guarantees in life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll\u00a0 still have internet and email access via my iPhone no matter what, and I have internet service working at my new place in Chicago.\u00a0\u00a0 It could be up as early as Wednesday.<\/p>\n
I hope to see you in a week, but if not, thank you for your support and interest in what I’ve done here for the last 8 years or so.<\/p>\n
Fred\u00a0 (aka Art Stone)<\/p>\n
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My day began with the sad news that Radio-info.com as we know it is going away.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The owners are retiring and Tom Taylor (my main source for radio industry news) is leaving to pursue other interests.\u00a0 Radio-info.com is going to … Continue reading