media bytes for monday, august 4, 2008

Monday, August 4, 2008 by SDRadio.

Welcome to SDRadio for Monday, August 4, 2008

((In Stereo)) where available.

100.7 Jack FM San Diego announces Jackfest II. The event will be held in North County near Pala. In the line up:

Led Zepagain
The Joshua Tree
Dead Man’s Party
Disco Inferno

The tickets are on sale for $15. See the SanDiegoJackFest page for more information.

With the national election less than 100 days away, KOGO’s resident political expert Roger Hedgecock will be hitting the campaign trail. He’ll be reporting from both conventions and also be holding elected officials in check in September. Executive Producer Jimmy Valentine checks in, “We hope you’ll come along for the Hold Their Feet To The Fire event September 9th - 14th which includes the anniversary of 911-01 and the Values Voter event at the Family Research Council. Details below. We’re hoping to bring as many as 100 or more of Roger’s listeners to lobby Congress to secure our borders and to send that same message to the presidential candidates.”

Roger hosts his San Diego based show on KOGO weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. As the resident Radio Mayor for the city, he talks about all things local and national. On Saturday, Roger’s show is heard on over 60-stations in the U.S.

On-line hosts are hinting of a change, and obviously, the synergy of a combined company is why XM and Sirius have merged. What is not known is the final programming line-up. Over the past few days, Rollye James and Leo Laporte have indicated that they don’t know if their show will survive the eventual combination. In the merger proposal, duplicate music channels were going to be combined. What is not clear are the programming choices by now-private Clear Channel Communications. An investor in XM Radio, Clear Channel had a unique arrangement of providing music and talk programming.

It is not clear if products such as WLW-AM, America’s Talk, Talk Radio, Nashville, KISS, MIX, Sunny and WSIX, will survive the transformation.

The “new” company will offer consumers new packages in audio entertainment, including the first-ever a la carte programming option in subscription media. In addition to two a la carte options, the new packages will include: “Best of Both,” giving subscribers the option to access certain programming from the other network; discounted packages; and tailored packages including “Mostly Music” and “News, Talk and Sports.” The first of the new packages will be available in the early fall. Stay Digitally and Skyward Tuned.

HDRadio: Tom Webster of Edison Research told AllAccess.com, “Programming is a regional crap shoot of varying technology. The industry has to create value through the creation of strong, passionate brands that may be augmented by music, but stand for more than ‘one great song after another.”

AllAccess also reported that there are more HDRadios in the $100 range. The web site also reported:

* More than 1,700 HD RADIO stations are on the air in the U.S.
* More than 800 new HD2 or HD3 multicast channels are on the air.

The new standard was the second most advertised on radio during July, right behind Wal*Mart. However, the lagging issue: the consumer, despite years of being pummeled with HDRadio, still doesn’t know what it is.

Here’s a thought: Train the sales staff on what HDRadio is, make sure the in-house display can receive HDRadio, and do something that has been proven: show that content is king and offer something that will be the “gotta have it”.

Animal lovers donated $199,341 during Helen Woodward Animal Center’s annual HOPE Telethon.

“Our annual HOPE Telethon is based on the cornerstones of Helen Woodward Animal Center’s mission,” says spokesman John Van Zante. HOPE stand for:
Helping people with special challenges
Orphaned cats and dogs finding safe haven
Parents and children learning about sharing the earth
Educating shelters about “the business of saving lives”

The annual HOPE Telethon featured information about the Center’s two original programs… Pet Adoption and Humane Education …as well as:
AniMeals for the pets of homebound elderly and disabled people
Pet Encounter Therapy for people in institutions
Therapeutic horseback Riding for those facing mental and physical challenges.
And HWAC’s fully equipped Equine Hospital

Also featured during the show were baby kittens from HWAC’s Foster Care program, a student rider from the Therapeutic Riding program, and a retired nun who receives “AniMeals” from HWAC allowing her to keep and provide nutrition for her two dogs.

On-air hosts included some of San Diego’s best-known animal lovers.
Bridget Naso, Lena’ Lewis, and Dave Scott from KUSI-TV
Dave Mason, morning host on “The Walrus” – 105.7
KSON radio’s Tori Peck from the “Cliff and Company” morning show
And HWAC’s Trisha St. George and John Van Zante

Animal lovers can still drop off their HOPE Telethon donations at Helen Woodward Animal Center at 6461 El Apajo Road in Rancho Santa Fe. Donations to the Center can also be made online at www.animalcenter.org.

For more information about the Center’s programs and services benefiting animals and people in-need visit the Center or call 858-756-4117.

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