KCRA to end news partnership with KFBK; morning host Dan Mitchinson exits radio station
KCRA is ending its news partnership with KFBK and will no longer make its news reports or on-air personalities available to the station.
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SiriusXM quietly adds Pandora-powered channels to app, online radio service
Satellite radio giant SiriusXM has quietly added around 100 new web-only channels that are powered by Pandora, the streaming radio platform it acquired earlier this month.
Pirate radio operators get reprieve as FCC braces for impending shutdown
The FCC said most of its operations will be suspended by the end of the week as lawmakers continue a standoff with the president over federal funding initiatives.
Exclusive: Former Sacramento radio producer was subject of criminal investigation before death
Dominick Brascia, a Montana radio show host who previously worked as a producer on “Armstrong & Getty,” was the subject of a criminal sex assault case in Los Angeles before his death.
Dominick Brascia, former Sacramento radio producer, dies at 61
Dominick Brascia, a former actor and Sacramento-area radio show producer who recently found himself on both ends of a child sex abuse scandal, has died.
WBUR’s “On Point” apologizes after hoax caller makes racist comments during broadcast
A nationally-distributed public radio show has apologized after an apparent hoaxster made racist comments during a call-in segment on Thursday.
Cristina Mendonsa tapped to lead KFBK morning news program
Cristina Mendonsa, a former television news anchor who has been reporting for Sacramento news radio station KFBK over the last few months, has been tapped to co-host the station’s flagship morning drive news program. The announcement was made in a press release Thursday one day after The Desk reported long-time broadcaster Amy Lewis was dropped immediately after her Wednesday morning show had ended. “We’re thrilled to have Cristina join iHeartMedia Sacramento as co-anchor/host of the KFBK Morning News,” an iHeartMedia executive said in the release. iHeartMedia is the parent company of KFBK (1530 AM, 93.1 FM). Mendonsa has been producing reports for the station, some of which are distributed via a podcast. She previously worked as a weekday news anchor at KXTV (Channel 10) where she appeared weekdays for more than 20 years until her contract expired last year. Mendonsa … Read more
Exclusive: KFBK drops Amy Lewis from morning news program
KFBK has dropped Amy Lewis from the station’s morning news program, with reports circulating that Cristina Mendonsa has been tapped as Lewis’ replacement.
CBS Radio, Entercom stations pulled from TuneIn platform
Entercom has pulled more than 200 stations from the TuneIn radio platform in a push to drive more listeners toward its Radio.com service.
New York DJ quits Pacifica station over hiring of Leonard Lopate
Jay Smooth, a programmer at WBAI in New York, has quit over the station’s decision to hire Leonard Lopate from WNYC.
