Tom Taylor at Radio-Info is reporting this morning that Kidd Kraddick has been picked by Citadel Media to be the morning show for it’s Hot AC syndicated radio format. Kraddick is based in Dallas (as is Citadel) at Clear Channel’s KHKS, but does his own syndication. The rest of the “Hot AC” daytime lineup will include Teresa Brown, mid-days, and Race Taylor (WPLJ New York) in afternoons. The Citadel restructuring continues at their Classic …

Tom Taylor’s Taylor on Radio-Info column tipped us off to a blog piece by consultant Bill McMahon that points to Premieres roll-out of Ryan Seacrest as a snapshot of what has gone wrong with radio. McMahon’s post speaks less to the fact that the show is syndicated and more to the mindlessness and vapidity of the content. In his words, “it’s nothing special, lowest common denominator stuff” that is typical of music radio. On that …

You can forget the Clark Howard for mayor of Atlanta talk for now, but the consumer advocate and financial advice maven has struck a deal with CNN for a weekend television segment on Headline News. According to Tom Taylor at Radio-Info.com, the 30 minutes show will feature segments like “Clark’s Consumer Tips of the Day”, ” Clark’s Travel Tips” and “Money Coach” as well as listener calls mined from his daily Dial-Global syndicated radio show. …