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The View Pays Homage to Co-Founder Bill Geddie

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The View Pays Homage to Co-Founder Bill Geddie

Last week, longtime Barbara Walters producer and The View co-founder Bill Geddie died. Hosts of the ABC program honored his memory during Monday’s show.

“We lost Barbara Walters in December. And on Thursday, we lost Bill Geddie. He was 68 years old, really cranky, and really funny,” said longtime host Whoopi Goldberg. “He was The View’s co-creator and Executive Producer for 17 seasons. And he worked with all of the hosts. He and Barbara met while working at GMA in New York, and they were a team for like 27 years and then Barbara said, ‘You know, Bill, let’s go do something different.’

“And that’s how we all got to the table because Barbara did something different, unique, and they call it The View. Bill was from San Antonio, Texas. He met his wife Barbara at ABC’s Oklahoma station, where they both worked. They made were married for 44 years. They’ve got two daughters, Lauren and Alison…Bill was a film buff,” Goldberg continued.

“He wrote a sci-fi film called Unforgettable. He loved music and love comedy and he loved his coworkers. As I said, he could be crabby, but he was fair and he was funny.”

Geddie, according to his family, died of coronary-related factors.

NAB Announces 2023 Marconi Sports Radio Award Finalists

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NAB Announces 2023 Marconi Sports Radio Award Finalists

Radio’s biggest night is coming up on October 25th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. That’s where the winners of the Marconi Radio Awards will be announced as part of the annual NAB Show. Five sports radio stations have been named finalists for “Sports Station of the Year” by the National Association of Broadcasters, trying to claim the honor after 97.1 The Ticket won the award last year.

To start out the group, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, Mass. has been nominated for the award for its second consecutive year. Beasley Media Group market manager Mary Menna and program director Rick Radzik oversee the station, which is owned by Beasley Media Group. Radzik is a previous winner of the 2022 Mark Chernoff Award given at the 2022 BSM Summit. Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb lead the way in mornings, with programming throughout the day captivating the target demographic. 98.5 The Sports Hub was the winner of the Marconi Award in the same category in 2019 and has won three Marconi awards in the last 12 years.

The pioneer outlet in the format – WFAN in New York – was named a finalist for the first time since 2015, the year in which it won the award. The station recently revamped its programming lineup, unveiling a new midday and afternoon show, and also underwent a leadership change with the retirement of Mark Chernoff. Now being led by Audacy Market Manager Chris Oliviero and Vice President of Programming Spike Eskin, the station remains the top sports radio outlet in the New York metropolitan area and the home to the hit morning show, Boomer & Gio. Both Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti received a finalist nod in the category of “Major Market Personality of the Year.”

Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket is a finalist for the honor, which is currently led by Dallas market manager Dan Bennett and program director Jeff Catlin. Legendary host Norm Hitzges officially retired from the outlet last month after 48 years on the radio, leading the station to announce a revised programming lineup. The station last won the Marconi Award for Sports Station of the Year in 2021. George Dunham, Craig Miller and Gordon Keith also obtained a finalist nomination for “Major Market Personality of the Year.” The trio appears on weekday morning drive on The Musers, which used to be the lead-in to Hitzges and Donovan Lewis’ program.

106.7 The Fan joins the nominees for “Sports Station of the Year,” the second Audacy-owned outlet on the list. The station’s morning show, The Sports Junkies, remains a staple in D.C. talk radio. Audacy Market Manager Ivy Savoy-Smith and program director Chris Kinard are at the helm of the outlet, helping shape the sound of the sports talk outlet. The station is the flagship home of the Washington Nationals and Washington Capitals professional sports franchises.

Rounding out the finalists for the prestigious award is KFAN FM 100.3 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is widely regarded as one of the top stations in the format. The station received its first finalist distinction since 2019, the year where the award was won by 98.5 The Sports Hub. Program director Chad Abbott and iHeartMedia market manager Greg Alexander manage the outlet’s local coverage of franchises, including working as the flagship home of the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild. On-air talents including Paul Allen, Dan Cole and Dan Barreiro are mainstays in the area and trusted sources of information and entertainment.

For the “Legendary Radio Manager of the Year” award, Debbie Kenyon of Audacy in Detroit was named a finalist. As senior vice president and market manager, Kenyon is responsible for overseeing 97.1 The Ticket, last year’s Marconi Award-winning station. Gordy Rush, vice president and market manager of Guaranty Media, is also a finalist for the honor. He manages five radio stations in the Baton Rouge marketplace, including 104.5 ESPN.

News/Talk Well Represented in 2023 Marconi Awards Finalists

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News/Talk Well Represented in 2023 Marconi Awards Finalists

The NAB has announced the finalists for the 2023 Marconi Awards, and the news/talk format was well represented in the group of potential winners.

Three news/talk stations are finalists for the Legendary Station of the Year. KCBS, San Francisco; 77 WABC, New York, and 700 WLW, Cincinnati are all in the running.

Coast-to-Coast AM host George Noory is nominated for the Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year Award.

While there are now news/talk hosts nominated in the Major and Large Market Personality of the Year category, a pair of news/talk hosts are nominated in the Medium Market list. 1190 WOWO morning host Kayla Blakeslee and KIDO morning host Kevin Miller are both finalists.

1010 WINS, New York is nominated for Major Market Station of the Year, while KMOX, St Louis is nominated in the Large Market category. WHO, Des Moines; NewsRadio 92.3 WNRP, Pensacola; and WTIB, Greenville are nominated for Medium Market Station of the Year. KROX, Fargo is nominated for Small Market Station of the Year.

In the News/Talk Station of the Year category, the nominees are KFI-AM 640, Los Angeles; 77 WABC, New York; News Talk 830 WCCO, Minneapolis; WTOP, Washington D.C.; and WWL, New Orleans.

Additionally, four of the five podcasts nominated for Best Radio Podcast of the Year come from news/talk stations. WTOP has two of the nominations with American Nightmare Season 3: Unknown Subject and DMV Download. The Letter from NewsRadio KSL, Salt Lake City, and Deadly Pill from KFI-AM 640 are also nominated for the award.

The 2023 Marconi Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 25th during NAB Show New York.

The entire list of nominations is below:

LEGENDARY STATION OF THE YEAR
KCBS-AM, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
WABC-AM, New York, N.Y.
WDAS-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.
WLW-AM, Cincinnati, Ohio
WMMR-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.

LEGENDARY RADIO MANAGER OF THE YEAR
David R. DuBose, WTUG-FM, Townsquare Media, Birmingham, Ala.
Debbie Kenyon, Audacy, Detroit, Mich.
Gordy Rush, Guaranty Media, Baton Rouge, La.
Joey Cummings, KKHJ-FM, South Seas Broadcasting, Inc., American Samoa
Nick Martin, Big River Broadcasting Corporation, Florence/Muscle Shoals, Ala.

NETWORK/SYNDICATED PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Enrique Santos, WZTU-FM Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Erica Campbell, Reach Media, Dallas, Texas
George Noory, Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Katie Neal, Audacy, Nashville, Tenn.
Rich Eisen, Westwood One, Los Angeles, Calif.

MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti, WFAN-FM, New York, N.Y.
George Dunham, Craig Miller and Gordon Keith, KTCK-AM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Jason Pullman, KPLX-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Lin Brehmer, WXRT-FM, Chicago, Ill.
Mark “Hawkeye” Lewis and Michelle Rodriguez , KSCS-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

LARGE MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Billy Madison , KISS-FM, San Antonio, Texas
Chris Carr, Kia Becht and Sam Sansevere, KEEY-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Dave Ryan with Falen, Jenny and Drake, KDWB-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Lincoln Ware, WDBZ-AM, Cincinnati, Ohio
Paul Castronovo, WBGG-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

MEDIUM MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Ashley Adams, Roger Todd and Michele Silva, WJXB-FM, Knoxville, Tenn.
Brian Dawson, WQOK-FM, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Chaz and AJ, WPLR-FM, Hartford-New Haven, Conn.
Kayla Blakeslee, WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Kevin Miller, KIDO-AM, Boise, Idaho

SMALL MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Kat and J.J. Holiday, KCLD-FM, St. Cloud, Minn.
Kelly and Wood, KZPK-FM, St. Cloud, Minn.
Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart, KATI-FM, Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.
Keziah Atofau and John Raynar, KKHJ-FM, American Samoa
M. Fletcher Brown, WXFL-FM, Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, Ala.

MAJOR MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KSCS-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WALR-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
WINS-FM, New York, N.Y.
WLTW-FM, New York, N.Y.
WWPR-FM, New York, N.Y.

LARGE MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KMOX-AM, St. Louis, Mo.
KQMT-FM, Denver, Colo.
KSTP-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
WHYI-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
WKRQ-FM, Cincinnati, Ohio

MEDIUM MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
WHO-AM, Des Moines-Ames, Iowa
WNRP-AM, Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
WTIB-FM, Greenville-New Bern-Washington, N.C.
WXKB-FM, Ft. Myers-Naples, Fla.
WYOY-FM, Jackson, Miss.

SMALL MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KDXY-FM, Jonesboro, Ark.
KROX-AM, Fargo-Valley City, N.D.
KZPK-FM, St. Cloud, Minn.
WIKY-FM, Evansville, Ind.
WYKY-FM, Lexington, Ky.

BEST RADIO PODCAST OF THE YEAR
“American Nightmare Season 3: Unknown Subject,” WTOP-FM, Washington, D.C.
“Behind the Song,” WDRV-FM, Chicago, Ill.
“Deadly Pill,” KFI-AM Los Angeles, Calif.
“DMV Download,” WTOP-FM, Washington, D.C.
“The Letter,” KSL-FM, Salt Lake City, Utah

AC STATION OF THE YEAR
KBIG-FM, Los Angeles, Calif.
KODA-FM, Houston, Texas
KOIT-FM, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
WALK-FM, New York, N.Y.
WEZN-FM, New York, N.Y.

CHR STATION OF THE YEAR
KMVQ-FM, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
KNDE-FM, Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas
WAPE-FM, Jacksonville, Fla.
WHTZ-FM, New York, N.Y.
WWPW-FM, Atlanta, Ga.

CLASSIC HITS STATION OF THE YEAR
KJEB-FM, Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
KONO-FM, Austin, Texas
KRTH-FM, Los Angeles, Calif.
WAXQ-FM, New York, N.Y.
WSRV-FM, Atlanta, Ga.

COLLEGE RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
WGCS-FM, Goshen College, South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.
WMSC-FM, Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J.
WPSC-FM, William Patterson University, Wayne, N.J.
WRRC-FM, Rider University, Philadelphia, Pa.
WSOU-FM, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.

COUNTRY STATION OF THE YEAR
KCLR-FM, Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.
KNCI-FM, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif.
KYGO-FM, Denver, Colo.
WKXC-FM, Augusta, Ga.
WXTU-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.

NEWS/TALK STATION OF THE YEAR
KFI-AM, Los Angeles, Calif.
WABC-AM, New York, N.Y.
WCCO-AM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
WTOP-FM, Washington, D.C.
WWL-FM, New Orleans, La.

RELIGIOUS STATION OF THE YEAR
KLTY-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WLCC-AM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.
WMIT-FM, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.
WNNL-FM, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
WPRS-FM, Washington, D.C.

ROCK STATION OF THE YEAR
KGLK-FM, Houston, Texas
WIYY-FM, Baltimore, Md.
WMMR-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.
WPLR-FM, Hartford-New Haven, Conn.
WXTB-FM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.

SPANISH LANGUAGE STATION OF THE YEAR
KLOL-FM, Houston, Texas
WLKQ-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
WLZL-FM, Washington, D.C.
WRUM-FM, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Fla.
WYUU-FM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.

SPORTS STATION OF THE YEAR
KFXN-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
KTCK-AM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WBZ-FM, Boston, Mass.
WFAN-FM, New York, N.Y.
WJFK-FM, Washington, D.C.

URBAN STATION OF THE YEAR
WBTJ-FM, Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
WDAS-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.
WEDR-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
WHQT-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
WMIB-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Fred Toucher on WFAN Criticism: ‘New York Post’ is Not a Real Newspaper

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Fred Toucher on WFAN Criticism: ‘New York Post’ is Not a Real Newspaper

When New York Post opinion columnist Phil Mushnick wrote a review about a segment on WFAN’s morning program, Boomer & Gio, it caught attention from those within sports media. Mushnick lamented the fact that Gregg Giannotti and update anchor Jerry Recco (filling in for Boomer Esiason) engaged in conversation related to genitals. In his column, he claimed that the station does not consider its listeners intelligent enough to be able to “distinguish crude from clever or sports from the sounds of gastric flatulence.”

Mushnick took umbrage with the conversation, which ironically stemmed from an article that the New York Post, the very outlet he writes for, posted as an exclusive story. Sports Illustrated columnist Jimmy Traina expressed his thoughts on the entire ordeal, essentially calling Mushnick and The Post out as being hypocritical. Before even conveying their opinions, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb of 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, Mass. read off various headlines published by the newspaper over the years. The undertaking was a purported effort to demonstrate the newspaper’s jocoseness and crudeness utilized to generate engagement.

“‘Osama bin Wankin. Beet the Meatles.’ And then of course, there was when Ike Turner died with the wildly inappropriate, ‘Ike Turner beats Tina to death!,’” Shertenlieb recited on the air.

The show proceeded to read the litany of headlines the newspaper wrote regarding Anthony Weiner, a disgraced politician who became involved in sexual harassment scandals that forced him to resign from Congress and an election. Essentially, the headlines embody what the show was trying to state about the New York Post and how it is distinct when compared to other newspapers.

“You write for crap,” Toucher said to Mushnick. “The Post is crap – it’s not a real newspaper. No one’s under the illusion The Post is a real newspaper. It’s funny – it’s a joke…. First of all, The Post is five pages, and second of all, it’s nonsense.”

In his column, Mushnick took a shot at Esiason when he was not even involved in the incident by calling him “a profane phony who plays a gentleman on CBS’s NFL weekend studio show.” He went on to include a quote from a reader about the specific segment in which Giannotti and Recco were referred to as “two clowns,” and then questioned whether or not they speak with the same mannerisms in front of their families.

WFAN’s Boomer & Gio recently won the spring ratings book in the morning daypart with an 11.1 share and continues to be simulcast on CBS Sports Network. The book spans beyond solely sports radio stations, as it includes all radio stations in New York City and further emphasizes the appeal of the show. Nonetheless, Mushnick seems to make a habit of harshly criticizing WFAN in his columns according to Toucher, and it is something those in the industry recognize from afar.

“He was always complaining about [Mike] Francesa,” Toucher said of Musnnick. “He had this thing that Francesa supported the Nazis [and] all this crazy stuff [where] he was like, ‘The audio doesn’t exist, but he really laid into Israel’ or something.”

Toucher proceeded to say that if Mushnick were to host 20 hours of radio programming per week, he would have to probably prescript it. Moreover, he does not think Mushnick could captivate an audience, comparing him to when baseball luminary Bill James appears across different programming in the middle of the summer.

“This guy is just such a prick; he’s really a prick,” Toucher said of Mushnick. “I’ve been in markets where they have guys covering radio; I don’t know anyone who just hates it so much.”

Kyle Cassandra Joins 96.9 The Game as PD & Midday Co-Host

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Kyle Cassandra Joins 96.9 The Game as PD & Midday Co-Host

96.9 The Game is bringing in a new voice and station leader. Kyle Cassandra is joining the station as the new program director. He will also be the co-host of the station’s midday show The Beat of Sports. 

Cassandra has not been in radio full-time since 2020. Prior to that, he worked for crosstown rival ESPN 580. He was there from 2007 until 2020, serving as executive producer and APD.

At the Game, he replaces Scott Harris, who had been at iHeartMedia in Orlando for 17 years. Harris is moving on to dedicate more time to other endeavors, including his role as the play-by-play voice of Orlando City in the MLS.

Kyle Cassandra made his debut on 96.9 The Game on Monday. He is partnered with Marc Daniels on The Beat of Sports.

Bill O’Reilly: NBC News Doing ‘Cupcake Interviews’ Unfathomable 20 Years Ago

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President Joe Biden recently did an interview with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace and Bill O’Reilly is having trouble making sense of the encounter. He believes previous leadership at NBC News would have never allowed such an interview.

“I put it this way: That’s like doing an interview with your mom. Because MSNBC loves the Biden administration and is in business simply to promote progressive causes. I think that’s true,” said O’Reilly during his Morning Update before turning his attention to Wallace.

“The interviewer was Nicole Wallace. A former Republican. Worked for Bush — the younger — and now Ms. Wallace is a dedicated progressive because she is paid very well by NBC News. Let’s give her the assumption that our worldview has changed and people are entitled to do that.”

O’Reilly then argued that the “cupcake interview” would have been unfathomable earlier this century. However, he claimed the situation was a case-in-point on his ongoing statement that the media narratives have shifted.

“Anyway, in the interview with President Biden, Ms. Wallace did not ask one question about Hunter Biden. Nothing. It was what they say is a cupcake interview. It was nothing. Now, if you know the history of the so-called legacy television media — ABC, CBS, NBC — that never could have possibly happened even 20 years ago.

“NBC News would have never done that. We’re talking John Chancellor, Huntley-Brinkley, all those guys. But now NBC News is in business to promote progressive causes. It’s shocking to me. So Joe Biden went there and had a great time.”

ACC Commissioner: ACC Has ‘Never Felt Better’ About Relationship With ESPN

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What does the future hold for the ACC? If Commissioner Jim Phillips gets his way, it’s more money. 

Phillips opened ACC Media Days in Charlotte on Tuesday by saying that the league is in a good place, but “good” isn’t the goal.

“Revenue generation continues to be a priority,” he  said. “But let me be clear also, this league is third right now in revenue as we go forward into wherever the next TV deals are for other conferences. We’ve looked at it. We’ve had multiple TV consultants. Third is certainly a good position, but we want to gain and gain traction financially in order to close the gap with obviously the SEC and the Big Ten, who have leapfrogged everyone.”

The largest revenue generator for any athletic department is its conference’s primary media rights deal. Phillips says the ACC is committed to its pact with ESPN, which runs through 2036.

“We remain in constant communication with Disney and ESPN, as there is no single business partnership in our industry that is valued more than with a conference’s media rights holder. In certainly one of the most turbulent times in history for both media and college sports, I and the ACC have never felt better about our relationship than we do today.”

He added that now that ESPN management is in place, the conference’s TV strategy has begun to take shape. He touted increases in the number of ACC football games across ESPN and ABC in the upcoming season, the company acquiring broadcast rights to the ACC women’s basketball tournament, and the new ACC/SEC challenge in both men’s and women’s basketball.

Some members of the ACC made headlines in the spring when they began pushing for unbalanced payouts, meaning the top TV attractions would get more TV money. The frustrations stem from the major difference in rights fees the conference gets compared to the SEC and Big Ten. 

Phillips says that he knows what has been said both by the schools and by the media. He also added that gripes about TV money are not new and not going to change the league’s vision.

“The bottom line is our conference is strong, and I’m extremely bullish about our future together.”

Anthony Lima: Not Knowing Rules is a Baseball Problem, Not a Colin Cowherd Problem

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Anthony Lima: Not Knowing Rules is a Baseball Problem, Not a Colin Cowherd Problem

Count Anthony Lima as team Cowherd in the battle of Colin Cowherd versus seam heads. The FOX Sports Radio host came under fire from diehard baseball fans last week when he suggested that the Angels could get a significant number of picks in any trade for Shohei Otahni. 

Awful Announcing pointed out that you cannot trade players for picks in Major League Baseball. That caused fans to pile on and question Cowherd’s qualifications for hosting a national show.

Tuesday on the Emerging Podcast Scene podcast, Lima told his 92.3 The Fan co-host Ken Carman that is a baseball problem, not a Cowherd problem. Lima says that it isn’t good for the league that the biggest name in sports talk radio doesn’t know the rules of the game the way he knows NBA and NFL rules.

“He doesn’t know something that I would think every hardcore baseball fan would know. That’s not happening in the NFL with the big stuff that matters,” he said. “I’m sure there are people that don’t know how many guys can line up on the line of scrimmage on a play or what tackle eligible is. But that’s different. Like talking about trades at the deadline, I mean, I think baseball does have an issue with its sport that the other two sports doesn’t have.” 

Lima admitted that baseball is doing a good job of identifying and addressing some of its problems. The biggest problem the league still faces though is evident in Cowherd’s mistake.

“The problem baseball has is the average baseball fan does not know any other teams in baseball. They don’t know about the prospect system. They don’t know about arbitration. They don’t know how long it takes players [to get to the majors]. They don’t know when a player gets drafted, when are they ever going to see them. They just don’t know those things. You don’t have that issue in the NBA and in football where the average fan can name players on every team, almost every team, and they certainly know the mechanics, the main mechanics of the sport.”

Ken Carman disagreed. He said that teams not being able to trade players for draft picks seems like knowledge you should have if you cover sports. He said that he has gotten on the wrong side of baseball fans for this issue when he knew the rule and simply used the wrong word. 

Lima countered saying that what Cowherd or anyone else should know is irrelevant. The problem for baseball is that he doesn’t know.

“It shows you the reason that they don’t know that is because nobody cares about the trade deadline in baseball. That’s not something that comes up on the average national radio show.”

Dan Patrick Embraces ‘Elton John Farewell Tour’

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Dan Patrick Embraces ‘Elton John Farewell Tour’

Dan Patrick announced his retirement four years before it is actually set to happen. It overshadowed news of his new deals with iHeartMedia and NBC News. 

He told The Hollywood Reporter that it is not what he meant to do, but all he can do now is embrace it.

“I did it backwards, that I announced my retirement then announced my contract extension,” he said. “It’s sort of an Elton John Farewell Tour, where it’s going on for years, and I apologize for that.”

Elton John announced his retirement in 2018 and just wrapped his “farewell tour” earlier this month. 

The new deals not only keep his radio show and its video simulcast going. It also keeps iHeartMedia at work on his podcast network.

Patrick said that it is easy to commit to continuing to produce the shows in the near future, because he still has passion for the product and the process.

“The parameters are freeing, they’re fun, they’re loose — I don’t have a boss — and it’s up to us to create content that sounds good on radio, and looks good on TV. And that’s a great challenge and we have three hours to do it.”

Writer Alex Weprin asked why Patrick announced a retirement that was still a presidential election and two Olympics away.

“I just wanted people to know, instead of asking me all the time, ‘What are you going to do, how long are you going to do it?’ and I owed that to the guys that I work with that this was going to be it,” Patrick said. “I’ll be 71, I’m probably the oldest person in this genre doing this. And I just thought you know what? That’ll be that’ll be a good career and I can call my own shot.”

Curtis LeGeyt: AM For Every Vehicle Act Will Be Presented to Senate Committee This Week

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Curtis LeGeyt: AM For Every Vehicle Act Will Be Presented to Senate Committee This Week

NAB President Curtis LeGeyt appeared on Colarado’s Morning News with Marty Lenz and Jeana Gondek on KOA 850 Monday, and gave an update on where things stand with the AM For Every Vehicle Act.

LeGeyt told the hosts that the bipartisan bill — authored by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — will be presented to the Senate Commerce Committee “this week”. He added that more than 150 members of Congress have shown support for the bill. The bill is moving through Congress much faster than other potential bills, LeGeyt claimed. “It’s actually a very fast timeline,” he said.

However, LeGeyt noted that automakers continue to argue that AM Radio interferes with electric vehicles. The NAB President and CEO dismissed that assertion and said the issue is easy to rectify.

“We’re asking them to put public safety and the ability of listeners to access free news and information above their bottom lines,” said LeGeyt. “And that’s really what this legislation is about. It’s a safety issue.”

While he did not mention any concrete dates, The AM For Every Vehicle Act is unlikely to be presented to the entire legislature before the Congressional August recess.

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