Fun wins over radio for summer. CHR’s most played summer song epitomizes radio’s format blurring. With 162,840 total plays from June-August, Katy Perry’s ubiquitous “California Gurls” was the most played song at CHR radio this summer. An undeniable feel-good summer anthem, it came about as close as a song gets nowadays to being all things to all people, marrying guitar riffs with Snoop Dogg.
Digital pushes WTOP to go in-house. Bonneville all-news WTOP-FM, Washington (103.5) sees a big future in traffic content. Enough that the station will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and hire more than 20 staff members over the next several months as it brings its traffic reporting in-house. WTOP this week informed Metro Networks that it will not renew its contract that expires in February.
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New Emmis delay; meeting today. Emmis Communications shareholders are being asked to attend their second special meeting in less than 24 hours. For the seventh time, a scheduled meeting was postponed last night and rescheduled for this morning. The reasoning behind the latest delay isn’t clear.
Stern angles for three-day workweek. Based on the tenor of his latest on-air rant, Howard Stern doesn’t appear to be close to signing a new deal with Sirius XM. Stern said Thursday he’s “pretty sure” he’ll be leaving when his five-year contract with the satcaster expiries at year-end. What’s not among his “Plan B” options? Terrestrial radio.
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