Superadio Network is set to launch Saturday Night Online Live With Romeo for Top 40 stations on March 27. The show, hosted by WIOQ (Q102-FM) PD/Digital Content Director/afternoons Tim “Romeo” Herbster, will air nationally on Saturdays from 7 p.m.-midnight local time.
Superadio says the show will be “uniquely interactive” and built around “crowdsourcing,” with listeners able to chat with guests, join a social network, voice opinions on the air and online, and help choose the next song to be played.
“Romeo is uniquely talented, with a track record of success in major …

Syndication One morning talent and comedian Rickey Smiley can finally be heard in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Five years after starting his radio career, Smiley’s syndicated radio show made its Birmingham debut Monday on Cox Radio’s new WENN 101.9 FM, which calls itself  “Birmingham’s Neo Soul Station.”
“Now the listeners in Birmingham can have our native son back in the saddle again delivering his unique brand of humor,” said Kori White, Cox Radio’s Birmingham operations manager.
Smiley, who graduated from Birmigham’s Woodlawn High School and made his stand-up debut in the …

TKO Radio Network’s Classic Top 40 format adds Rick Dees to its syndicated radio lineup with a special version of Weekly Top 40 featuring hits of the ’80s. Dees takes over the slot from Charlie Tuna.
“This is a perfect match,” TKO’s Susan Thompson said. “The Dees name is synonymous with Top 40 radio, and we play only the best of the Classic Top 40 hits of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. We are thrilled to add Rick Dees, household name and proven ratings giant, into our powerhouse personality lineup.”
The Classic …

Triton Media, together with Jelli , the company that puts radio in the hands of its listeners, announced that their new crowdsourced radio programs, Rock Jelli and Pop Jelli, have launched into national syndication. They will air in markets from coast to coast — from Las Vegas to Bozeman to Boston to Philadelphia. Programs are also streaming live at www.jelli.net.
As part of the roll out, Jelli and Triton have signed deals with 10 new FM stations: WBOS Boston, MA; WPST Philadelphia, PA; KXTE Las Vegas, NV; WJBX Fort Myers, FL; …

Premiere Radio Networks’ Elvis Duran and the Morning Show gets its first West Coast affiliate, moving into mornings at Cumulus Media’s Hot AC KEHK-FM (Star 102.3) Eugene, OR, on March 15. Duran’s syndicated radio show, based at WHTZ (Z100) New York, has about 30 affiliates nationwide.
“We’re excited to bring Elvis and his crew to our listeners!” KEHK OM Al Scott said. “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show on Star 102.3 will bring a new level of entertaining morning radio to the airwaves here in our market.”
Duran said, “I’d like to thank …

Premiere Radio Networks announced today it will launch a new weekend syndicated radio show for Top 40 stations called Club Kane beginning March 28. Hosted by Kane, morning show host at Clear Channel WIHT (Hot 99.5) Washington D.C., the new program will air Sundays from 7 p.m. to midnight local time.
Each week, Kane will play chart-topping songs, debut new music and take requests as he welcomes listeners to his on-air party. Broadcasting live from WIHT, he’ll also discuss pop culture, music and entertainment, and feature candid conversations with music artists …

All Access is reporting this morning that Oscar nominee and former syndicated radio host Mo’Nique has been offered the job as the morning show replacement for Donnie Simpson at CBS Top 40/Rhythmic WPGC Washington.  The site says sources claim that there have been talks aimed at bringing Mo”Nique in to replace the recently retired Simpson and that over that last weekend the station had been running promo announcements for “Mo’Nique’s Morning Takeover.  WPGC afternoon driver Big Tigger is said to be in line for the permanent host if the former …

Congratulations to Syndicated Solutions and President Bob Carey as they celebrate their 11th year in the syndicated radio business.  The company launched in February 1999 and distributes a roster of shows including the Rick and Bubba and Allen Hunt shows, Rudy Maxa’s World with Christopher Elliot, DC and Family and other long-form and short-form programming.  Carey said, “I thank each of our radio sponsors and affiliates, past, present and future, for their sustained support and business. Additionally, I salute our show hosts and my team for their hard work, professionalism, loyalty …

Syndication One syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley may have defamed an airport security guard by calling him gay on his show, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor refused to dismiss the guard’s defamation claims against the Dallas radio personality reports Courthouse News Service. He claims Smiley made the remark at the airport, and again on the air, after the guard asked to take a photo of himself with Smiley at Love Field.
Not long after, Smiley spoke of the “the gay security guard” at Dallas Love Field …

Dial-Global syndicated radio talker Michael Smerconish officially declares himself a political “independent” today in an op-ed for his hometown newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer. An active member of the Republican Party for 30 years,  Smerconish is celebrating his first year in national syndication this month.