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Radio Bites....
Odds and ends from the world of radio:
-The controversy over comments talk show host Michael Savage made on autism has cost him another station. Newstalk 1420 in Cleveland has yanked the show off the air.
-Proactive Communications, which owned top 40 station KQQB in Spokane (but is licensed out of Newport, WA), has been take over by a company called KMJY LLC.
Proactive’s owners fell behind on payments, forcing a court ordered sale.
The station has been off the air for over a month.
-And Clear Channel shareholders have approved the privatization of the radio company.
The deal, between CC and a private equity investors group, is expected to close by the end of this month.
-dan
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Dan Mitchinson comes to The Spokesman-Review after spending the past two decades working in radio and television. Before joining the SR, Dan anchored the news at KOGO in San Diego. He also spent six years here in Spokane, as a television anchor and program/news director for a local radio station. Dan has reported on a variety of stories ranging from the California wildfires to President Bush's visit to Spokane. In 2006-2007 he left his job to travel around the world, calling it "the best experience of my life."