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BRUSSELS -- Peter Hoogland (pictured), programme director at Belgium's JIM-TV and the Top Radio network, has left his position. He has not revealed his new plans. COPENHAGEN -- Station editor […]

LONDON -- DJ/producers Yousef and Lottie have been signed up by public CHR station BBC Radio 1. As well as standing in for existing Radio 1 dance DJs when required, […]

PARIS -- Christophe Sabot (pictured) has been replaced as managing director of LV & Co by JeanMarc Morandini, until now the radio group's news, scheduling and marketing director. Sabot, previously […]

OSLO -- Finn Nordvold has left his position as managing director of the Norwegian affiliate of French radio group NRJ. His permanent replacement is Richard Mazeret, previously the technical director […]

OSLO -- Marius Lillelien has been formally appointed station manager at public CHR station NRK Petre. Lillelien (pictured) has been unofficially holding the post since June, when former station manager […]

LONDON -- Vijay Solanki, formerly marketing director for media company IPC Ignite and a one-time marketing director at the Capital Radio group, is to join his former Capital colleagues Clive […]

LONDON -- Jill Pearson (pictured) has been appointed manager of production company Wise Buddah Music. She was previously at BMG Publishing, where she worked as an A&R manager for five […]

Managing director Pedro Gaspar and several other key executives resigned from BMG Portugal on October 17. Responsibility for the Lisbon-based company has been immediately assumed by Madrid-based Jose Maria Camara, […]

LONDON -- Ben Cherrill has been appointed A&R manager at EMI label Positiva, with effect from November 2. Cherrill joins Positiva from Manifesto/Mercury Records, where he has worked as A&R […]

PARIS -- Guy Banville, the radio executive from Quebec who engineered the success of the Lagardere Group's AC station Europe 2 between 1993 and '98, has returned to France after […]

MADRID - Luis Merino, who currently heads up SER's four national music radio networks, has been appointed to n powerful new executive post at SER's parent company Grupo Prisa, which […]

LONDON -- Jon Holmes, one of the comedians behind the Sony award-winning Dead Ringers show on UK speech station BBC Radio 4, has joined rock station Virgin Radio, where he [...]

PARIS -- Olivier Jacobs is taking over as managing director of the RTL Group's AC station RTL2 and dance network Fun Radio. Jacobs arrives at the French RTL-owned broadcasters from […]

MILAN -- Tony Matalon, 57, a Milanese businessman whose various positions included the vice-presidency of the Radio Italia network, was killed by his wife in his own home on August […]

LONDON -- Newcastle-based UK radio group Forever Broadcasting has appointed Steve King as group programme director, replacing Giles Squire, who recently left to join the Capital Radio group as brand […]

STOCKHOLM - Jonas Sandberg has been named assistant programme director at Rix FM, MTG Radio's Swedish Hot AC network. In the role, which has been vacant since Johan Robertsson moved […]

BERLIN - Antje Lenke has taken over as head of music at Berlin's commercial Hot AC station NRJ 103.4. Lenke, who was a music editor at NRJ, replaces Anna Marfa […]

LONDON - Following the Capital Radio group's recent restructuring process (M&M, August 11), Giles Squire has been appointed brand programme director of Capital's AC/talk Century Network, with responsibility for programming […]

Launched on April 29 1993, the UK's national Rock station Virgin Radio has been celebrating its 10th birthday this year. Following the end of the company's highly-publicised court baffle with […]

When Robert Cross was programming modern rock KFMA Tucson, Ariz., he tried to find young people 'who had a lot to prove that just hadn't had the chance to prove [...]

Fifteen years after leaving WRKS (Kiss FM) New York--the station he 'helped birth'--Barry Mayo returned in 2003 as senior VP/market manager for Emmis/New York, overseeing his alma mater, now an [...]

Just back from nearly a week in Qatar, country WUSN (US99) Chicago OM/morning man Tom Rivers has a renewed appreciation for the troops and the job they're doing in Operation [...]

At top 40 (at least for now) WNEW New York, former GM Ken Stevens and PD Jeremy Coleman are both officially gone. The duo had been suspended following the Opie [...]

Syndicated morning man Tom Joyner has started Dallas-based Reach Media to syndicate programming for the African-American audience. ABC Radio Networks is a partner in the venture. Former ABC Radio executive [...]

Nearly one year since the release of the first single from Michael Jackson's Invincible, the artist himself is more in the headlines than ever. In recent weeks, news reports have [...]

OSLO -- One of Norway's most experienced and respected radio heads of music has been replaced by market researchers. Christian Jebsen (pictured) abruptly left his job as music director of […]

LONDON -- In a market where programmers and presenters alike seem to get less and less time in which to prove their worth, Emap's managing director, radio Mark Story (pictured) […]

Charlotte, N.C., has been a good market for modern WEND (the End) PD Jack Daniel, who has just begun the 30th year of his radio career without ever having left [...]

Two years ago, MDs told R&B Airplay Monitor that there weren't enough opportunities for them to move into a PD role (R&B Airplay Monitor; Sept. 24, 1999). But recently, first-time [...]

Wayne Blackmon, speaking at the 1995 Arena Sales & Marketing Seminar, discussed some basic marketing concepts that arena-event marketers can use. He noted that people value time more highly than money, that most marketing research statistics are flawed, and that ticket holders are concerned with benefits such as cleanliness, security, and parking. Blackmon is president of Tulsa, OK's New City Marketing Resource Center, which owns six radio stations., ORLANDO -- Wayne Blackmon, president of New City Marketing Resource Center, Tulsa, Okla., spoke on connecting with the customer at the 15th annual Arena Sales & Marketing Seminar here. 'It's [...]

Melissa Miller Ormond has joined New York's Radio City Entertainment as executive vp bookings. She oversees and manages bookings for all concerts, family entertainment and award shows at Radio City [...]

I've never been much for the cheap seats at amphitheaters. Not that I'm snobbish. I rarely care where I sit, as long as I can glance at a video screen. [...]

Clear Channel Music Group has named Stephen Prendergast general manager of its Instant Live unit. He had been president and general manager at DiscLive/ Immediatek Inc., where he led development [...]

DMX Music, New York, has hired Lynda Stenge as the new senior manager of strategic [...]

Victor Sansone, president and general manager of ABC Radio Group Atlanta (WKHX-FM, WYAY-FM, WDWD-AM), was brought in as new board president of the Country Music Assn. Kix Brooks of Brooks [...]

Concert promoter and radio and outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel Communications appointed interim CEO Mark Mays long-term president and CEO. He will replace his father, Lowry Mays, who is recovering [...]

Howell O'Rear has joined the Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. staff as event support director/assistant to the executive director. O'Rear was previously employed by the Nashville law firm King and Ballow. [...]

When veteran R&B personality B.J. Stone left terrestrial radio for a job at satcaster Sirius, he never looked back. 'I didn't feel bad about leaving traditional radio,' says Stone, who [...]

Rhythmic top 40 WKTU New York promotes programming/music coordinator Skyy Walker to MD. Former modern WHFS Washington, D.C., afternoon jock Tim Virgin returns to the station in the same capacity. [...]

Clear Channel has promoted Jim Bell from director of sales to VP/market manager for its Bakersfield, Calif., cluster. John Richards rejoins the company as VP/market manager for the Albany, Ga., [...]

Archway Broadcasting Group VP of programming/marketing Brian Krysz has exited his position for an undisclosed new job he'll start next year. He'll consult Archway through year's end. He may be [...]

Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the 2004 inductees into its Country Music DJ Hall of Fame. They are former WSLR Akron, Ohio, morning man Jaybird Drennan; former WQCB Bangor, Maine, [...]

Buzz Knight has his hands full. In addition to programming classic hits WROR Boston, he oversees classic rock WMGK Philadelphia from his Boston home base and consults other Greater Media [...]

R&B WQHT (Hot 97) New York afternoon personality Angie Martinez returned to the airwaves Oct. 20. Martinez, who had made several on-air appearances since starting her maternity leave in March, [...]

Rhythmic top 40 KTTB (B96) Minneapolis PD Dusty Hayes will exit in January 2004 to become VP of programming for Infinity/Austin, Texas. Hayes will oversee rhythmic top 40 KQBT, adult [...]

Simmons Media Group has hatched current-based country KEGA (Eagle 101.5) Salt Lake City. Simmons VP of programming/market OM and AC KSFI PD Alma Hague will program the new frequency, which [...]

Clear Channel reorganizes its regional radio program, adding three new regions--Central, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest--for a total of 10. The company named regional and senior vice presidents for the [...]

Two prominent programmers long associated with country recently made the shift to PD jobs at stations in other formats. Longtime KSCS Dallas PD Dean James is now OM/PD of Dallas' [...]

Clear Channel/Charlotte, N.C., OM Mike Berlak exits. Berlak was also longtime PD of the cluster's AC WLYT (Lite 102.9). He will be replaced by Clear Channel/Greenville, S.C., regional VP of [...]

Clear Channel/Washington, D.C., GM Catherine Meloy exits to become president/CEO of her market's Goodwill Industries. Mary Fleenor has been promoted to VP/market manager for Clear Channel/Springfield, Mo., replacing Donna Baker, [...]