Indy gets first FM sports/talk station
Emmis Communications bought a low-power station, boosted its signal and is using it to simulcast The Fan, a format found at AM 1070.
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The Fan winning sports-talk radio war by wide margin
Radio station WFNI-AM 1070 is challenging some FM music stations in the battle for male listeners.
WXLW beats odds to stay in sports-talk radio
Small Franklin station has survived loss of ESPN affiliation, emergence of better-funded competitors.
Butler basketball hires play-by-play announcer
Brandon Gaudin will be the new radio voice of Butler University men’s basketball.
Emmis, Colts hire ex-Q95 jock ‘Mad Dog’ Matis
Jimmy "Mad Dog" Matis, who was fired after 23 years at Q95 earlier this year, finds a new gig—in sales—at
Emmis. He also will do the Colts post-game show with Barry Krauss.
Columnist Kravitz dropped from radio show
Sports columnist Bob Kravitz made his final appearance on The Fan’s afternoon radio show on Monday. Emmis Communications Corp.
executives said the decision was based, in part, on the show’s “financial performance.”
On-air roster changes afoot at Emmis stations
Emmis Communications Corp. is shuffling several prominent on-air personalities at its Indianapolis radio stations' beginning
Monday.The moves involve Big Joe Staysniak and Steve Simpson of WIBC, Ed Wenck of WLHK and
Dan Dakich of WFNI.
Patrick’s return may reshuffle sports-talk ad spending
Local advertisers and media buyers said they’ll keep a close eye on the first half of 2010 to see
how Patrick, who launched his show Jan. 4, matches up against WFNI-AM 1070’s afternoon drive time
show.
Mark Patrick hired by WNDE to replace JMV
Mark Patrick has been hired to replace JMV as the afternoon drive-time host on sports-talk station WNDE-AM 1260, heating up
the battle with cross-town rival WFNI-AM 1070.
WNDE holds off sports-talk upstart in ratings despite marketing push, high-profile co-host
Longtime sports/talk station WNDE-AM 1260 has beaten back newcomer WFNI-AM 1070 in a critical listener demographic despite
WFNI’s extensive promotion of hosts Eddie White and Indianapolis Star sports columnist Bob Kravitz.
Changing radio formats changes ratings results
Numerous format changes late last year caused a major shake-up in the first-quarter survey results of central Indiana’s radio-listening
habits.