Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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In a new podcast, Bogdanovich tries to make sense of it all
LOS ANGELES - Podcasts make sense to Peter Bogdanovich, even if so much else doesn't. "It's like radio," Bogdanovich said recently from his home in Los Angeles. "I grew up with radio. My first love wa...
Apr 28, 2020
Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips
HARTFORD, Conn. - Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer's usual neighbourhood festivals built on music, food and t...
Apr 28, 2020
Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most re...
Apr 28, 2020
Pete Davidson's 'King of Staten Island' to open on-demand
NEW YORK - Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," starring Pete Davidson, will release straight to home on-demand video after having its theatrical release cancelled. Universal Pictures said Monda...
Apr 28, 2020
Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA - Ashley Ross of the reality TV show "Little Women: Atlanta" has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as "Ms. Min...
Apr 28, 2020
Mail fraud suspect named Speedy Gonzalez arrested in Georgia
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After months on the run, a mail fraud suspect who lived up to his legal name - Speedy Gonzalez - has been arrested in Georgia. The 35-year-old Buford man - who shares a name with ...
Apr 28, 2020
Oprah to headline Facebook, Instagram graduation event
NEW YORK - Oprah will be the commencement speaker and Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will offer words of wisdom to the Class of 2020 in a multi-hour graduation streaming event ...
Apr 28, 2020
Consumer confidence plunges in April as millions lose jobs
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence plunged in April as millions lost their jobs, with an index that monitors attitudes about current business and work conditions dropping by the largest amount on r...
Apr 28, 2020
US home prices rose before viral outbreak shut economy
WASHINGTON - U.S home prices were rising at a steady pace in February, before the viral outbreak shuttered much of the economy and caused a sharp decline in home sales. March sales of new and existing...
Apr 28, 2020
Gospel singer Troy Sneed dies from coronavirus complications
LOS ANGELES - Grammy-nominated gospel singer Troy Sneed has died from complications with the coronavirus. He was 52. Sneed's publicist Bill Carpenter said the singer died early Monday at a hospital in...
Apr 28, 2020
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