Steve Tarter reports that JMP Media has fired the entire staff at WXCL-FM. My buddy B.J. Stone has taken a job as general manager of a group of radio stations in Kewanee.
The station is now called, I kid you not, “The New 104.9, the Wolf,” a macho-sounding name that some idiot consultant thinks will [...]

I almost stopped and said “Hi” to WXCL-FM dee-jay B.J. Stone while I was driving to work today. He was doing a remote at a cell-phone store on Pioneer Parkway. I decided against it because I wanted to be early for the new job and by that time, I had turned my radio to a [...]

B.J. Stone is now contributing to his Good Year For The Outlaw again.
I’m going to have to remove him from the Dead Blogs list.
It’s good to have him back. He’s been busier than snot since his radio station, WXCL, has been bought about my JMP, the same folks that run WMBD 1470 and WIRL.
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Gretchen Wilson postponed a concert in Huntsville, Ala., and canceled another in Perry, Ga., after her doctor advised her to rest her voice.
“There is nothing urgent about her condition,” said her publicist Michele Schweitzer. “She has been working non-stop for 15 months and this is the best time for her to take a rest.”
The Huntsville [...]

B.J. Stone — my radio cohort on Wednesday’s — is pulling an morning shift this week, so I won’t be in the studio on Wednesday. I’ll be on the air Sunday evenings as usual from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Perhaps WEEK will have agreed to fix its sound problems on “Medium” by then. Perhaps not.
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For those who don’t know, I’m doing the public affairs programming for AAA Entertainment stations here in the Peoria area. I’ve got a recording of my interview with Mayor Jim Ardis from a week ago today here in mp3 format. It’s a large file — it was about 25 minutes — so download at your [...]

I’m off to do the radio show. Turn in to WXCL 104.9 FM from 9 p.m. to midnight today.
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Via Motorsport.com:
NASCAR Nextel Cup series point leader Tony Stewart grabbed the top spot for Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Stewart’s lap of 131.143 mph just outdid Jeff Gordon for the best time.
“It’s a perfect place to start when you are in the Chase everything is behind us now and it’s good to [...]

Will someone, anyone, go and leave a comment on any of B.J. Stone’s posts. He feels underappreciated.
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If the “voice” sounds familiar, it’s because if you listen to Peoria radio, you’ve probably heard him.
It’s B.J. Stone, my cohort on WXCL on Wednesday afternoons. H’e calling his blog “Good Year For The Outlaw ,” taken from a song from his favorite country music artist, Jeffrey Steele.
He’s asking for readers to call in at [...]

I’ll be running the board at WXCL for today’s NASCAR event, then going on the air after that’s over.
I find that I make more errors when I’m trying to chat online and post to the blog. So If you want to comment, send me email, but don’t expect immediate replies.
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I assumed that B.J. Stone and I were going to talk about high gasoline prices. But now they are saying the death toll in the Louisiana and Mississipi could be in the thousands.
I’ll be on WXCL 104.9 F.M. from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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Pay no attention to the elitist snobs who dis country music. It’s an extremely popular form of music, with tons of loyal fans, some of whom will be attenting the tonight’s performance by country music singer/songwriter Jeffrey Steele at Stone Country Saloon in Bartonville.

Via the Pantagraph:
Regent Communications held its grip on the Twin City radio market with its country, adult-contemporary and news-talk stations, according to the latest Arbitron ratings survey.
Competitor AAA Entertainment Radio Group, meanwhile, continues to pick up listeners in key demographic groups, said Patricia Donsbach, vice president and general manager of the four-station company.
Note: AAA Entertainment [...]

I’m here at WXCL studios tonight for my regular Sunday night gig.
I’ll also be chatting. Just click on the “chatroom” link to the right, and go to the room “WXCL Live.”
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