Radio

According to Radio Ink, Rep Firm McGavren Guild made the announcement yesterday that Kevin Garrity has been appointed president and chief executive officer. He replaces Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar, whose employment was terminated by the board.

Slacker launched six new stations from Univision Radio.

GLR Networks and Dave Ramsey’s, The Lampo Group, Inc., are working together to syndicate newly popular Hispanic personal finance program, “The Andres Gutierrez Show”.

Sun Broadcast Group, Inc. announced that it has entered into a sales and syndication agreement with AccuWeather, Inc. to provide a branded weather reporting service to Spanish language radio stations.

According to Radio Business reports, Alpha Broadcasting Chairman Larry Wilson’s L&L Broadcasting has agreed to buy eight stations from the Border Media Business Trust for $31 million. They include KJXK, KLEY, KSAH-AM, KSAH-FM, KTFM, KTSA, KZDC and KHHL in the San Antonio area.

The fallout from the July 22 cancellation of “Piolín por la Manana” is hard to miss in the September PPM results, the first full-month survey since Univision Radio abruptly pulled the plug on the syndicated Spanish-language morning show.  For many of the roughly 50 former affiliates, life without their high-profile morning man has put them in a precarious position, particularly the one-dozen Univision stations that carried his show.

Superadio, LLC announced the launch of SupeRadio Latino Network.

Sirius XM Radio announced that “El Show de Piolín,” hosted by Spanish-language radio’s top host Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo, will launch October 18 on SiriusXM’s Piolín Radio channel 147.

Liberman Broadcasting’s El Show De Don Cheto continues its lightning-fast roll-out as the nationally-syndicated hit morning franchise makes its debut on six new affiliates in its ever-growing roster of leading Hispanic radio stations.

ESPN Deportes Radio has reached a new multiyear agreement for media rights to the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 National Football League seasons.

A consortium of leading Internet radio companies has united for the first time to collaborate on a definitive study of Internet radio consumption in the United States. The Streaming Audio Task Force, comprising Pandora, Spotify and TuneIn, engaged Edison Research to survey over 3,000 online respondents ages 12+ to ascertain their media usage and habits, and the results indicated that for the first time in history, Internet radio is used by the majority of online Americans (53%). In addition, the total time spent with audio is clearly expanding as people are now enjoying more audio from more devices in more places.

  Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC (GKB)’s ESPN West Palm announces the launch of ESPN Deportes 760 AM, West Palm Beach’s first Spanish language sports radio station.

Liberman Broadcasting’s syndicated morning show El Show De Don Cheto has secured a deal with Adelante Media Group.

GLR Networks is pleased to announced the addition of journalist Neida Sandoval, and their new Infopinion radio show to their Spanish language programming geared towards Hispanics living in America. Self-titled, “Neida Sandoval”, is formatted to specifically target Mexican Regional stations and covers all current topics that affect the lives of today’s Latinos. Such topics include: society, family, economics involving day-to-day life, and the social aspect of health, among others.

The offering includes the following CNN en Español shows: Café CNN, Cala, Aristegui, Showbiz, NotiMujer, Encuentro Live, Directo USA, Panorama Mundial, CNN Dinero, CNN Mexico Perspectivas, Clix, Choque de Opiniones, Mexico Opina, Salud con la Dra. Azaret, Panorama USA, Contrastes, and Sin Límites.

Spanish-language radio star Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo today filed a civil extortion lawsuit against six former Univision employees and their Los Angeles attorneys for attempting to shake him down for nearly $5 million by threatening to go public with false and misleading allegations of sexual harassment and workplace humiliation.