Gene Chenault dies; shifted radio formats to less talk, more tunes
Gene Chenault, 90, half of a team that helped revolutionize rock radio programming in the 1960s with the “Boss Radio” format, first at KHJ in Los Angeles and then coast to coast, died Feb. 23 at a hospital in Tarzana, Calif. He had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. ● More from: washingtonpost.com
Gene Chenault, Reshaped Rock Radio, Dies at 90
Gene Chenault, who with his business partner, Bill Drake, reshaped rock radio in the 1960s with prepackaged programming that delivered more music and fewer commercials to hundreds of stations, creating the automated format common today, died on Feb. 23 in Tarzana, Calif. He was 90 and lived in Encino, Calif. ● More from: NYTimes.com
HotTopic: iPad
The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned. ● More from: FeedFeedFeed
Real life Brooklyn cops criticize new film, “Brooklyn’s Finest”
Hollywood got it wrong again.
“Brooklyn’s Finest,” a police drama being released today, stars Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke in a tale of demoralized cops who turn a blind eye to crime, grab every chance to rip off drug dealers, and befriend the gangs who are ostensibly running the neighborhoods. ● More from: NYPOST.com
‘Unplugged’ to Return to MTV
MTV Networks is re-amplifying its “Unplugged” franchise.
One of MTV’s seminal music programs of the 1990s, “Unplugged” has been revived in recent years as “Unplugged 2.0″ for artists such as Lauryn Hill and Linkin Park, and most recently last year as an online concert series for Katy Perry, Adele, Vampire Weekend and other emerging acts. ● More from: Advertising Age – Madison+Vine: News
Stars may be aligned for improved Oscar ratings
The nine nominations for box-office king ‘Avatar’ will help, say observers, as will the sluggish economy, a larger pool of best-picture candidates and some carefully picked presenters. ● More from: The Envelope – LA Times
Leno, the new-old king of late night
Is it too early to declare Jay Leno the new king of late night?
NBC famously flubbed by giving Conan O’Brien that distinction a week into his disastrous seven-month stint at “The Tonight Show,” when viewers were still sampling amid the late-night shakeup. ● More from: Media Life Magazine
Whole lotta lawyerin’ goin’ on
Jerry Lee Lewis mad musical is about him
The new Broadway musical “Million Dollar Quartet” — about the famous 1956 re cording session featuring Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — is poised to become this season’s “Jersey Boys.” ● More from: NYPOST.com
PETER FRAMPTON and YES to Tour Together This Summer
A classic rock double bill to die for; two of the most influential and ground-breaking artists of the 1970s, YES and Peter Frampton, have announced a twenty-five city USA co-headline summer 2010 tour! The run will kick-off in early June and goes through the middle of July. The two had performed stadium shows together in 1976, including a show to more than 100,000 rock fans at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. ● More from: Music News Net
