iHeart Radio grabbed two pieces of interesting media attention recently. It appears that the radio company's strategy to pounce on the failings of legendary Los Angeles alternative rocker KROQ are paying off. iHeart rebranded its ALT 98.7 frequency and played the exact music as Entercom's KROQ, which has been firing long-loved air personalities. Now the iHeart station has nearly doubled the ratings over the once-dominant KROQ using a former KROQ programmer. The slipping KROQ is now lead by a programmer that was by iHeart. Variety tells the switcheroo story in a long read but radio fans will love reading about the inside maneuvering. There's lots of accurate reporting on radio management decisions based on demographics vs. sales, and the issue of whether
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TV meteorologist Jeremy Kappell on uproar from his mangled words, the gutless station manager, the callous Rochester mayor, love from Al Roker & Louisville colleagues, and what happens next
Jeremy Kappell was fired from WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York after he inadvertently said "Martin Luther Coon King Junior Memorial Park" on the air. In a radio interview with me tonight, Kappell said he never even heard his own mistake. Truth of intent didn't get in the way of a nice public stoning. Social Justice Warriors assembled the internet mob and ---BOOM!--- Kappell was fired. Ill-informed EMOTIONAL ALL CAPS INTERNET RAGING prevails over logic once again. Did anyone think to ask Jeremy Kappell's co-workers, neighbors, or other people in regular contact with him ask about his racial temperament? I worked with him. He's one of the kindest people I've ever known. His WHAS-TV workmates Ben Pine and Reed Yadon were