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Opie Has Long Talk With SiriusXM; He And Norton Headed Back

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– Leave it to Twitter, the place that literally got longtime Opie And Anthony co-host Anthony Cumia booted following last weeks elongated racist rant, for Opie to set the record straight about his future. He posted yesterday: "Had a long talk with @SiriusXM me and @JimNorton will be back on the radio next monday to start to figure this out." Prior to his meeting, Hughes admitted that he was 'devastated' by the news, but added that he was meeting on Tuesday with SiriiusXM. This followed Cumia's own revelation (JD 7.7.14) via a source in The New York Daily News that he was planning a podcast-styled broadcast from his Long Island residence. The source said Cumia would likely recruit many of the show's regular guests such as Jim Norton (right), Bill Burr, Jim Florentine, Nick DiPaolo and others. While Opie's reply may have put the kibosh on any thoughts of his leaving and joining Cumia, only time will tell which direction the show likely go. Either way, next week could prove quite interesting. Cumia says he will discuss the incident with “TOTAL FREEDOM” this week on his Compound podcast. We'll keep an ear out on this one.

National Talk Host Gets Death Threat: 'You Need To Die, Too'

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– It's no secret, issues-oriented talkers draw their share of whackos and have prompted some of the biggest to surround themselves with security. On Monday, twitchy.com reported that nationally syndicated talker Dana Loesch, host and author of the upcoming book, "Hands off my gun," was the target of death threats on Twitter from someone identified only as "Gaganna." The tweets were quickly deleted, but not before being captured by Twitchy. "You need to die too with your ugly a**," tweeted "Gaganna." They followed with a message suggesting they know where Loesch lives and would visit violence upon her. "I just found out you live where I live," the tweet read. "[D]on't worry, b***h, ima (sic) find yo (sic) weak a**." Loesch's husband, Chris, posted pictures of the both tweets. After Twitter dropped the account, Loesch thanked them and expressed hope the FBI would track the person down. This isn't the first time Loesch has been targeted with hate on Twitter. "Back in 2009 following another threat, law enforcement and other security told her to get a firearm. The second thing they told her was to get a conceal carry license.

REPORT: Angie Martinez Doubled Salary With Jump To Power 105.1

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– As New Yorkers still grapple with the surprising move of Hot 97 mainstay Angie Martinez to Clear Channel's Power 105.1 (also to be heard on The Beat/Miami), it appears there was more to the switch than a change of scenery. Added compensation could have been a factor, as well. Sources told Page Six of that Clear Channel, offered Martinez a figure in the “high six figures,” amounting to roughly double her former salary. Martinez told The Breakfast Club in an recent interview that her new job was about growth and new experiences, explaining: "It was time for me to grow and to do things ..." Martinez's first show on Power 105.1 is set for later this month. Meanwhile, there are a ton of rumors swirling as to which host or show could follow Martinez in afternoons on Hot 97. One of the names mentioned is stand-up comedian/radio host Rickey Smiley whose is already syndicated in 70 markets. Our own sources lead us to believe that won't be the case, but we look for news on this soon. In the meantime, Hot 97 Cipha Sounds is covering Angie's former afternoon slot.

EXECUTIVE ACTION: Hubbard's Bruce Reese Steps Down; Ginny Morris Adds CEO Duties; Randi P'Pool On The Rise At Alpha

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– Hubbard Radio announced that President/CEO Bruce Reese is stepping down and Ginny Morris will continue as Chairman, but add CEO duties. Reese first joined Bonneville International in 1984 and was elevated to President/CEO in 1996. He remained with the company when the 17 Bonneville outlets in Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and Washington, DC, were acquired by Hubbard Radio in 2011. Morris said, "Working with Bruce over these last three and a half years on the integration, first on the Bonneville assets and subsequently those we bought from Sandusky and merged into a new Hubbard Radio, has been a great experience. Bruce is smart and strategic, and he shares many of the values that our family holds dear -- a commitment to localism, honesty, and integrity. He has helped to establish a great foundation for the company, and we are grateful to still have the benefit of his wise counsel." Reese will continue his involvement with the company as Special Advisor to Hubbard Radio. ########## Alpha Media of Portland, Oregon announced today Randi P’Pool has been named Corporate VP of Marketing and Promotions. Randi has been with the Alpha Broadcasting market as Director of Marketing for the past three years. Before that, she worked for Citadel Broadcasting in Salt Lake City since 2002. P’Pool started her career on a morning show at KFFM in Yakima, WA. P’Pool said, "I owe much gratitude to Bob Proffitt, Scott Mahalick and Larry Wilson for giving me the opportunity to be part of this exciting journey not only in radio but within our company.

MOTION: WYD Launches Sales Division Headed By John Murphy; Adlarge Promotes Tom Fleming To Midwest VP/Sales, Sports

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– WYD Media Management launches WYD Media Ad Sales, LLC and appoints former Westwood One EVP of Talk Sales John Murphy as President. Based in New York City, the new company focuses on personality-created spoken word content that’s distributed across multiple platforms. Ron Hartenbaum, WYD’s CEO says, “Based on his 30-year track record of success in national radio ad sales, specifically in the spoken word format, John is the ideal sales and marketing executive to build WYD Media Ad Sales.” “This is the best time to start a new venture that focuses on monetizing spoken word content as the format expands across numerous distribution platforms,” says Murphy. “I look forward to working with WYD’s existing clients as well as creating new partnerships and content opportunities.” ######### AdLarge Media has promoted Tom Fleming to Vice President, Midwest Sales and Sports Sales, responsible for the vast AdLarge repertoire of live, play-by-play NFL and NCAA football offerings, Yahoo Sports Radio, and all Midwest sales, including the Detroit office. Fleming had been Vice President, Midwest Sales since joining AdLarge in October, 2013. Recognized as a high-performing sales executive, Fleming has more than a decade of network radio and sports sales experience, including digital sales. He will continue to be based in AdLarge’s Chicago office and report to Don Wachsmith, Chief Revenue Officer, Radio Sales. Prior to AdLarge, Fleming had been Vice President, Midwest Sales at Westwood One/Dial Global.

John Lander, Outlaw Dave Andrews Among Those Tapped For Texas Radio Hall of Fame

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– One of radio's successful morning zoo's of the 80's, John Lander (shown), host of KKBQ/92.9 FM's Q-Morning Zoo, along with Outlaw Dave Andrews of 950 KPRC, Brent Clanton of KROI/92.5 FM and Cox Executive, Johnny Chiang, are among 17 industry veterans selected for induction into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. According to The Houston Chronicle, the induction will take place Nov. 1 in Galveston. Lander hosted KKBQ’s morning show from 1982-1991 and later worked for stations in San Diego, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Andrews was an afternoon host on KLOL (101.1 FM) and, in addition to his current radio duties on KPRC, co-owns Outlaw Dave’s Worldwide Headquarters. Other honorees include Jerry King of San Antonio and the team of John “Rio” Rosales and Hector Reyes of San Antonio known as Hector and Reyes. Past inductees include: Pat Fant, the assorted Hudson and Harrigan teams, including Mark Stevens and Jim Pruett individually, Milo Hamilton, the Mad Hatta, Rowdy Yates, JP Pritchard and Lana Hughes, Barry Kaye, Russ “The Weird Beard” Knight, Dan Rather, Colonel St. James and the late Bill Young.

Radio's Robin Marshall Tells All In 'Diary Of A Sugar Mom'

THE MOUTH, JULY 8TH, 2014 –– The book Diary of a Sugar Mom – Don’t Tell the Kids, was released Monday, July 7, 2014 a poignant and perhaps controversial, diary of a modern mother who did what she had to in order to pay the bills and feed her children. Told with unabashed honesty in frank fashion, longtime radio host, Robin Marshal, l conveys the wisdom, insight and moxie she gained over the years trying to support five children. The result is this tell-all-to-me that is part fact, part fiction so a book of pure “faction.” This book is designed and written to enable the mustering of moxie, challenge boundaries and explore breaking through the comfort zones that society imposes. Robin Marshall writes with cheeky wit and humor, instantly drawing the reader in with her candor and keeping them riveted with a fresh, conversational tone. Reading like a how-to guide on how to survive, Robin spares no punches on the topics that she deals with from random sexual encounters, to fantasizing about and accepting gifts from men. “Guys only want one thing—to be heard and appreciated.” Robin is also the Production Manager for Sound Solutions, a division of Cumulus Media. In her position she overseas commercial production for Cumulus’s 525 radio stations located in 110 cities throughout the US.To purchase the book CLICK HERE.

Couple Gets Engaged During Albany Concert With An Assist From Paul McCartney

John Walsh Takes Up Piers Morgan Gun-Control Campaign On CNN - [THE WRAP]

Sam Waterston Joins Netflix's Fonda/Tomlin Comedy - [THR]

[WATCH] Couple Gets Engaged During Albany Concert With An Assist From Paul McCartney - [TIME]

Sherri Shepherd Exit Of 'The View' Had Biblical Connection - [DEADLINE]

Mila Kunis Dishes On Marrying Ashton Kutcher In 'W' - [ICYDK]

CHECK IT OUT: Sean Penn Gets Stylish With Help From Charlize Theron - [ENTERTAIN THIS]

Sarah Palin's 'Amazing America' Gets Nod For Second Season - [BIZ JOURNAL]

Solange Says Everyone's 'At Peace Now' - [NYDN]

Taye Diggs Joins 'The Good Wife' - [TV GUIDE]

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REPORT: Anthony Cumia Planning Podcast-Styled Broadcast; Fans Fired Back At SiriusXM

THE MOUTH, JULY 7TH, 2014 –– On the heels of July 4th's radio fireworks involving the firing of Sirius XM host Anthony Cumia, a source tells The New York Daily News that radio is not in his future. Rather, Cumia, half of the Opie and Anthony Show 'plans a live podcast-style broadcast from his Long Island home studio.' The source added that Cumia would likely recruit many of the show's regular guests such as Jim Norton (above left), Bill Burr, Jim Florentine, Nick DiPaolo and others. The rumored move to podcast comes despite an organized effort by nearly 4,000 of his supporters who took to social media to complain to SiriusXM, with many of them threatening to cancel their subscriptions According to thewrap.com, "Many loyal fans vented their frustration on social media by tweeting screenshots of their service cancellation emails, and wrote hashtags of support including #IStandWithAnthony and #CancelSiriusXM. Cumia retweeted many of the tweets before deleting most of his Twitter feed, including the controversial comments that led to his termination. What's still unclear is It whether his longtime co-host, Gregg (Opie) Hughes, would be allowed to continue the. program. All of this follows Cumia going on a Twitter tirade (posted 7/2 - see JD story below) after he alleged a black woman assaulted him because of a photo he took with her in the frame. Cumia wrote at least 19 tweets regarding the alleged assault. Not surprisingly, Opie (Gregg Hughes) has remained mum on the story with the exception of a tongue-in-cheek tweet (shown) wondering if he missed anything while off during the holiday week. Cumia says he will discuss the incident with “TOTAL FREEDOM” next week on his Compound podcast.

Anthony Cumia Booted By SiriusXM Following Racist Tirade

THE MOUTH, JULY 4TH, 2014 –– Following yesterday's lead story on Anthony Cumia' racist tirade on Twitter where he claimed a black woman punched him repeatedly in Times Square, the Opie And Anthony show co-host has now been fired by SiriusXM. Cumia
claimed on Wednesday that a woman attacked him when he caught her in a frame while taking photos According to The Daily Mail, "He branded her a 'c***', an 'animal b****' and a 'savage' and said that he hoped one of her 'home boys' killed her. Cumia insisted he was not racist, saying 'there is a deep seeded problem with violence in the black community' that no one talked about on SiriusXM. Patrick Reilly, senior vp communications at the satellite radio company, wrote in a statement that the 53-year-old DJ's posts were "abhorrent," and the host was fired on Thursday. "SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3 after careful consideration of his racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media," Reilly stated. "Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents." Early July 4th, Cumia tweeted: 'Sirius decided to cave and fire me. Welcome to bizarro world. Fired for s*** that wasn't even on the air & wasn't illegal. So, who's next?' 'F*** Sirius.' Cumia has been partners with co-host Greg Opie Hughes for 20 years in a career that has been laden with controversy. They were fined $21,000 for shows from between 2000 and 2001, in which a 17-year-old girl was told to take off her underwear and rub a telephone over herself. In 2004, Viacom - the parent company of CBS Radio/Infinity-owned stations - had to pay $3.5 million to cancel all pending indecency claims against the show after a segment called 'Sex for Sam' encouraged people to have sex in public places.

MOTION: Gene And Julie Return To The Air At WRAL/Raleigh; Melony Torres Joins 107.3 WRQX/DC; Tiffany Hill Heads To Z97.5/Clarksville For Mornings

THE MOUTH, JULY 7TH, 2014 –– One of radio's most successful married morning show teams, will be leaving their longtime home in Dallas this Thursday for their new home in North Carolina at WRAL-FM. They will officially take over July 28 as morning hosts on MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM. Gene and Julie Gates met in 1995 and have lived and worked in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta and, most recently, Dallas on KVIL, where they were the first show in thirteen years to return mornings to #1 in the ratings. “We have learned so much and have so many great stories to tell,” said Gene Gates. “We can’t wait to start our new show in Raleigh!" According to wral.com, Vanna Fox, will be a part of the new morning format as well. ########### Cumulus Media announces that Melony Torres joins 107.3 WRQX in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Program Director/Music Director. Melony will also be on air weekdays from 10am-2pm. Torres began her radio career in Orlando in 2006 at Alternative station WOCL and later did nights down the hall at sister Hot AC WOMX. In 2009, she segued to Tampa as Music Director/nights at WSJT before heading back to Orlando in 2010 as APD/MD/middays at Top 40 WJHM. . ######### Z97.5 FM Clarksville, TN has announced the addition of FOM Tiffany Hill who'll join with Tyler for “Tiffany and Tyler in the Morning.” Hill formerly served as co-host of 101.1 WBEB/Philadelphia. Z97.5 is owned by Saga Communications. PHOTO/WRAL

Joyner & Hughley Debut Today On Radio 103.9 New York

THE MOUTH, JULY 7TH, 2014 –– The Tom Joyner Morning Show and The D.L. Hughley Show launched in New York, NY today at 6:00 am ET. Cumulus announced Radio 103.9, featuring New York’s best mix of R&B, last week with a party at world famous Sylvia’s in the heart of Harlem. Today the station debuts with a star-studded lineup that includes the nationally syndicated morning program The Tom Joyner Morning Show and the afternoon drive time program The D.L. Hughley Show; both distributed by REACH Media, Inc.

Confer Radio Talent Institute Kicks Off In Pennsylvania Today

THE MOUTH, JULY 7TH, 2014 –– The inaugural Confer Radio Talent Institute begins today in Pennsylvania
The National Radio Talent System today launches the Confer Radio Talent Institute at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania through the sponsorship of lifetime broadcaster Kerby Confer, to help discover, teach and prepare a new generation of radio professionals.
Nineteen students desiring a career in broadcasting, from universities in the region, have been accepted into the Institute. They will be immersed in the program for the next ten days on the campus of Bloomsburg University with all sessions taught by radio professionals. Dan Vallie (below) founded the National Radio Talent System in 2013 and there are now four Radio Talent Institutes in four states. Marc Rayfield, Senior VP/Market Manager of CBS Philadelphia, leads the opening session today. Programming and on-air sessions will be led by Pat Paxton, President of Programming of Entercom and Mike O’Donnell, Operations Manager of Entercom Wilkes-Barre; Jay Stevens, Senior VP/Programming, and Colby Colb/VP of Programming, both with Radio One; Chris Oliviero, Executive VP/Programming for CBS; Jon Zellner, Senior VP/Programming, Clear Channel; Ross Brittain, WOGL Philadelphia; Pat Farnack, WCBS NY; RJ Harris, WHP Harrisburg; Rasa Kaye, KYW Philadelphia; John Shomby, Operations Manager, Max Media Norfolk; recently retired programmer Charley Lake; Voice Talent Pat Garrett and others. Doc and Andie from 92 XTU in Philadelphia (above) will do their show live from the Institute.