![]() Welcome to what hopefully will run a very long time, the annual Tony Hillerman birthday celebration. 61 with 800,000 listeners - a far cry from the fewer than 200,000 in 1970. 69, for those who wanted to know - just over a half-million listeners, same as in 1970. 1 radio market followed by Los Angeles, with 10 million listeners. According to the spring Arbitron, there is in excess of 3 million radio listeners, placing Phoenix 15th (only five places ahead in a quarter of a century?), behind the island of Puerto Rico but in front of San Diego!Īt 15 million listeners, New York City is the No. In 1986, Denver and Phoenix would flip-flop for the 20th-largest radio market in the nation. It is a tradition to see what celebrity shares yours, or a friend's, birthday. In a field strewn with me-too stunts, like bogus phone calls, no other station has copied their original Mamma Jo on Mondays, Friends' Day Wednesday or other bits.īeth is probably the pioneer in delivering celebrity gossip in Phoenix - having done it for what seems forever at 6:20 each morning. Beth and Bill serve their market excellently. I've pointed out in the past their station is geared toward Baby Boomers, but there's an adage, "Know thy market." Boomers may be the largest audience in Arizona. I can't image where Phoenix would be without Pratt. He's a business partner with Alice Cooper and concert promoter Danny Zelisko. He established the Pratt Dental Clinic to help impoverished children get dental care. Pratt is a legend in community leadership. Since Pratt has been plugging his soon-to-be published book on his station of more than five years, KMLE-FM (107.9), Dave Pratt, Behind The Mic, 30 Years in Radio, I may as well help him since sale proceeds go to charity. They are closing in on Pratt's 20-year record at one radio station in Phoenix. His e-mail arrived a day after Beth and Bill celebrated their 18th year together on Phoenix radio. I even have a hat he wore as a member of the Sex Machine Band at his 18th anniversary celebration on KUPD. Pratt has been on the air in Phoenix almost longer than anyone (he's been on Phoenix radio since 1981). After the story on the winter Arbitrons was published, I received a terrific e-mail from Dave Pratt. Writing occasionally for The Republic has its perks. It's like the old TV ad, "I've fallen and can't get up." Yet management and owners fail to see why it is falling and take steps to fix it. 1 in the market, but changing to a talk station format over news, it has slipped continually since trying to compete with KFYI. Interesting is that KTAR, originally a news station once owned by The Arizona Republic, continues its slide I predicted in a column last year. 2, as expected, and with a very close share, was KFYI (550), home to Russ Limbaugh in Phoenix.Īgain, placing third in the "non-revised" spring book is KHOT. In the spring book, Beth McDonald and Bill Austin, KESZ-FM (99.9), are again kings. 2, behind Spanish-language KHOT-FM (simulcast at 105.3 and 105.9). It showed a "revised" winter listing where Beth and Bill, originally No. Typically the event is closed to the public, however, since it's a virtual event, all the ghoulies and gals can partake in the festivities with the stars from home for only $10.The Arbitrons, the spring 2008 radio ratings, have arrived.Īrbitron measures the number of listeners each radio station in a specific market, like Phoenix, has. The special virtual event is replacing Bette's annual "Hulaween" costume gala, organized by her non-profit organization New York Restoration Project (NYRP). And now everyone can relive the ghostly magic. The Hello, Dolly! star called the consistent interest and years-long love of Hocus Pocus "rewarding" given she and her co-witches had "so much fun making it" back in the day. Oh Look, 25 Glorious Secrets About Hocus Pocus Revealed She also confirmed that there's an entirely new script so fans will experience the fictional witches Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson-played by Bette, Sarah Jessica and Kathy, respectively-alive (and very confused) in 2020! The award-winning star hinted that the "mock-umentary," titled "In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover," is "more than just a Zoom call". She continued, "But, now it's a cult classic and now after 27 years the two girls- Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker-and I have reunited for this one night only Hulaween extravaganza." "I mean, I wish I had a nickel for every time someone turned out in a Winifred Sanderson costume." "It was a picture that started off a little bit sleepy, but somehow it found its niche and it became kind of a cult classic and now it's everywhere," the actress mused. 28 virtual appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the iconic Bette Midlergushed about the 1993 film Hocus Pocus' cultural impact. Let the Sanderson sisters put a spell on you.ĭuring an Oct.
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