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As the year winds down we look back at some of the people and events making news in News/Talk/Sports radio this past year. As usual some of the news was good, some bad, and some downright ugly in these tough economic times -- but all left a mark on the Talk media industry during 2008. This week, we present “Part One” of our look back at the year gone by.

January: Todd Manley is named PD at KTRS/St. Louis … Former Red Zebra and Clear Channel programming exec Tod Castleberry is arrested in Detroit on assault charges … Bill Burke is named Director/Online Media at the Associated Press … Tamara Karcev named Director of Affiliate Relations for ABC Radio Networks Imus In The Morning … WOOD/Grand Rapids PD Phil Tower exits to become GM of the syndicated Alan Hunt Show … Christopher Balfe is named President/COO of Glenn Beck’s production arm Mercury Radio Arts … Brian Suits takes over evenings at KFI/Los Angeles … CBS Radio/New York VP/GM Tom Chiusano exits … Ed Crane joins KFBK/Sacramento for mornings … Bernie Ward exits KGO/San Francisco after indictment on federal child pornography charges … Mike Pons is named VP/GM at the Weather Channel Radio Network … Tony Bruno exits Sporting News Radio Network … Omar Thompson is named SVP/Marketing and Communications for ABC Radio Networks.

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The year ThaT Was: 2007

The year That Was (2008) February: Herb Winches joins WERC/Birmingham for afternoons as Ken Stabler and Chris Stewart exit … Scott Pritchett is named Market Manager at Clear Channel/ Melbourne, FL … John Burkavage is tapped as VP/Market Manager for Entercom/Greenville … Greater Media purchases WBT and WLNK/Charlotte from Lincoln Financial Media … Karl Rove joins FOX News Channel … Chris Baker joins KTLK-FM/Minneapolis for mornings … Sean O’Neill named GM at Salem/New York … Chuck Maylin joins Beasley Broadcasting/Las Vegas as Market Manager … Paul Harris becomes a victim of budget cuts at KMOX/St. Louis … Dave Barber is named PD/anchor at Rhode Island’s Capitol TV … WHDH/Boston Talk radio legend Jess Cain dies at age 81 … Paul Proly named GM at Genesis/Orlando … Dennis Glascow tapped as VP/Operations for Red Zebra Broadcasting … Jason Miller joins WFED/Washington as Executive Editor … Pittsburgh Steelers voice Myron Cope dies at age 79.

March: United Stations Radio Networks launches The Lou Dobbs Show … Melanie Morgan exits KFSO/San Francisco … Joe Buck retires from the St. Louis Cardinals broadcast booth … Dave Pugh segues from DC to Clear Channel/San Francisco as Market Manager … WCCO/Minneapolis midday co-host Eleanor Mondale undergoes successful surgery for a brain tumor … CBS Radio inks a partnership with AOL Radio … Tim Scheld is upped to PD at WCBS-AM/New York as Crys Quimby exits … Lee Abrams joins Tribune as Chief Innovation Officer … Michael Thompson named GM at WEAE/Pittsburgh … WFLA/Tampa-based Todd Schnitt gets a national roll out

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Last week’s third annual WDEL/Wilmington, DE “Feed-A-Friend” food drive netted more than $10,000 in donations allowing representatives from five local shelter kitchens to go nuts stocking up on food and supplies at an area Costco.

Phil Redo exits as Market Manager of Greater Media/Boston’s cluster that includes FM News/Talk WTKK. VP/Radio Rick Feinblatt fills in while the company searches for Redo’s replacement … Congrats to Mickey Luckoff, Jack Swanson and the whole crew at KGO/San Francisco as the Citadel News/Talker logs yet another number one Bay Area finish in the recently released Arbitron November PPM survey … Former WNYW-TV/New York morning host and NBC News correspondent Jodi Applegate joins WCBS-AM/New York as a free-lance anchor … WCHL/Chapel Hill, NC names Joe Schwartz as News Director of the Vilcom-owned talker … KCMB/Portland News Director Tim Riley exits as a result of those all-too-familiar budget cuts at the CBS Radio outlet.

Dial-Global syndicated talker and money coach Clark Howard will debut a new weekend CNN Headline News TV show on January 3. Howard will air both Saturdays and Sundays at 6am, noon and 4pm (ET) … Former ABC Radio Networks veteran Michael Kropp joins the sales team at Media Monitors … WGN America will present Yule Log: The Golden Age of Christmas from 9pm (ET) December 24 through 6am Christmas morning (12/25). Footage of the infamous “Yule Log” will be accompanied by audio from classic programs from the “Golden Age of Radio” including The Jack Benny Show, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, and more … Envision Radio Networks Cheap Psychological Tricks With Dr. Buff will celebrate the holidays by counting down the “Twelve Cheap Trick Days Of Christmas” -- two full weeks of helpful advice to sooth holiday stress -- from December 14-24 … Radio2dot0’s “Advantage Weather” signs up Kansas’ Rocking M Radio to provide exclusive weather forecasts for the company’s four-station Dodge City cluster including News/Talker KGNO.

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Jeff Katz, most recently afternoon host at WBT/Charlotte, is ready to begin his next adventure. Reach the major market Talk radio veteran via the Weiss Agency at Eric@weissagency.com or heather@weissagency.com … KSTP/Minneapolis PD Steve Konrad is on the hunt for a host who understands “alternative entertaining Talk radio that’s not dependent on national conservative politics.” Email your best shot to him at SKonrad@am1500.com … Clear Channel/San Francisco seeks a DOS for it’s Bay Area cluster that includes conservative talker KNEW and liberal talker KKGN. Email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to EmileToups@clearchannel.com … Got a gig open? Need a new challenge? Send details and your contact info to al@ntsaircheck.com and we’ll post it here FREE!

Sirius XM Radio debuts the Bing Crosby Christmas Radio channel tomorrow (12/13) hosted by Regis Philbin, along with members of the Crosby family who will share memories of “Der Bingle’s” classic holiday radio shows … From now through

December 24 telephone and mobile web audio service Cellecast is offering “Holiday Party,” a feature that allows listeners to share holiday thoughts and memories via Cellecast’s “Talkback” feature. CelleCast staffers will review the holiday stories and choose the ten best, with winners receiving a $100 shopping spree from the CelleCast catalog.

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via Jones Radio Networks … Following a three-month sabatical Paul Duckworth returns to WMAL/Washington as PD … Mike Missanelli joins WPEN/Philadelphia for afternoons … Jason Wilmot exits KFYI/Phoenix … David Drew is named OM at Gapwest/Duluth … Retired WGN/Chicago morning legend Wally Phillips dies at age 82.

april: John Gambling rambles back to mornings at WOR/New York … Sean Compton exits Clear Channel to become SVP/Programming and Entertainment at Tribune … Air America suspends host Randi Rhodes who subsequently segues to Phoenix-based syndicator Nova M Radio … KNX/Los Angeles celebrates its 40th year of All-News radio … 89-year old Paul Harvey returns to active duty following a three-month hiatus due to illness … WVNN/Huntsville founder Bob Dunnavant, Sr. dies at age 85 … Opie & Anthony re-up with CBS Radio and XM Satellite Radio … Scott Sutherland named Bonneville/Phoenix Market Manager as Erik Hellum exits … Greg Tantum exits WWWT/Washington … WWJ/Detroit PD Georgeann Herbert adds new duties as Director/Digital Media for CBS Radio’s Motown cluster … Harley Adkins is named President/Market Manager for Clear Channel’s DC and Baltimore stations … ABC Radio Networks debuts Radio Perez hosted by gossip maven Perez Hilton … Jon Madani named PD at KVET/Austin.

May: Legendary Talk radio host Bob Grant celebrates his 60th year in broadcasting … Lynn “Angel” Harvey dies following a long struggle with leukemia at age 92 … WOL/Washington morning host Joe Madison moves his show to XM Satellite Radio … Josh Leng named PD at KNST/Tucson … Retired KOA/Denver morning co-host Gus Mircos dies at age 70 … Clear Channel agrees to a buyout by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners … Al Rantel returns to the air at KABC/Los Angeles following a four-month break to deal with treatment for lymphoma … Bruce Collins exits at WTVN/Columbus, OH … Andy Friedman exits Clear Channel to become VP/Interactive at Tribune … Country legend Dolly Parton threatens to sue Howard Stern over a controversial bit aired by the Sirius XM Radio host … Dan Zampillo joins WGN/Chicago as Assistant PD.

June: Former WABC/New York morning co-host Ron Kuby joins Air America Radio for afternoons … Red Zebra buys DC AM’s WTEM, WTNT and WWRC from Clear Channel … KLTY/Dallas GM John Peroyea is upped to VP/Operations for Salem Communications … Longtime Meet The Press anchor Tim Russert dies suddenly after suffering a heart attack … Legendary ABC sportscaster Jim McKay dies at age 87 … United Stations Radio Networks and Lifestyle TalkRadio Network ink a deal for LTRN to rebroadcast USRN’s Lou Dobbs Show nightly from 7-10pm … Veteran talker Bruce Williams opts to independently syndicate his long running nightly talk show … Carl Gardner named VP/Market Manager at Bonneville/Seattle … Veteran network exec Kraig Kitchen joins the Board of Directors at HipCricket … Triton Radio Networks acquires the Jones Media Group … Comedian George Carlin dies at age 71 … Bill Hess named SVP/Programming at Air America Radio.

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