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12/5: Top radio songs of the year

Here are the most played songs at various music stations in Atlanta this year, courtesy of Mediabase 24/7. This is a bit of an artificial conceit since songs that happen to be released midway through the year are at a disadvantage since they don’t have enough time to generate enough spins to be the top song of the year. If a song gets released, say, in November of the year before, it has a shot to get a year’s worth of spins.

But I love year-end stuff so here ya go — along with the top artists for each station based on total plays of songs by those artists. Those core artists do convey in a broader way what you hear on that station.

Kiss 104.1: “Float On” by the Floaters from 1977 (Luther Vandross, O’Jays, Isley Brothers, Anita Baker, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Green, Maze/Frankie Beverly)

Grown Folks 102.5: “Just Fine” Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Luther Vandross, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jaheim, Raheem Devaughn, Keyshia Cole, Michael Jackson, Anita Baker)

V-103: “I Remember” Keyshia Cole (Keyshia Cole, Lil Wane, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, T.I., Usher, Kanye West, Plies, Young Jeezy, Chris Brown)

Hot 107.9: “Put On” Young Jeezy (Lil Wayne, T.I., Shawty Lo, Plies, Young Jeezy, Usher, Rick Ross, Rocko, T-Pain, The-Dream)

Kicks 101.5: “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” James Otto (Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Rascall Flatts, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, George Strait, Montgomery Gentry, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Sugarland)

94.9/The Bull: “Small Town Southern Man” Alan Jackson (Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Rascall Flatts, George Strait, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Garth Brooks)

Star 94:”Stop and Stare” OneRepublic (Daughtry, Rihanna, Jordin Sparks, Fergie, Leona Lewis, Pink, Nickelback, Maroon 5, Natasha Bedingfield, Lifehouse)

Q100: “Stop and Stare” OneRepublic (Rihanna, Jordin Sparks, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, Natasha Bedingfield, Daughtry, Maroon 5, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Leona Lewis)

95.5/The Beat: “Love in This Club:” Usher (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Plies, T.I., Usher, Flo Rida, Webbie, T-Pain, J. Holiday)

Rock 100.5: “Long Road to Ruin” Foo Fighters (Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Foo Fighters, Def Leppard, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots)

Project 9-6-1: “Psycho” by Puddle of Mudd (Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Stone Temple Piots, Seether, Three Days Grace, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Puddle of Mudd)

Praise 97.5: “Never Would Have Made It” by Marvin Sapp (Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, Israel & New Breed, J Moss, Clark Sisters, Mary Mary, Bishop Morton, Myron & Levi Butler, Yolanda Adams)

B98.5: “Big Girls Don’t Cry” Fergie (Kelly Clarkson, Madonna, Daughtry, Nickelback, Prince, Journey, Fergie, John Mayer, Fray, Billy Joel)

97.1/The River: Close call among several songs such as Van Halen’s “Dance the Night Away,” Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water,” Foreigner’s “Hot Blooded,” Steve Miller’s “Swingtown” and Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion,” to name a few. (Eagles, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Steve Miller, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Foreigner)

Dave FM: “Shut Your Eyes” Snow Patrol (R.E.M., Counting Crows, U2, Coldplay, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Police, Sheryl Crow, Goo Goo Dolls)

Smooth Jazz 107.5: “Tequila Moon” by Jessy J (Sade, Boney James, Kenny G, Anita Baker, Paul Hardcastle, Euge Groove, Marvin Gaye, Norman Brown, Paul Taylor, Stevie Wonder)

True Oldies 106.7: Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl,” Zombies’ “Time of the Season” and Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” are in a close call. Each song averages a spin two out of every three days or so. (Beatles, Beach Boys, Supremes, Rolling Stones, Temptations, Elvis Presley, Four Seasons, Stevie Wonder, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Four Tops)

104.7/The Fish: -a virtual three-way tie among “Love is Here” by Tenth Avenue North, “Call My Name’ by Third Day and “Your Grace is Enough” by Matt Maher. (Third Day, Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin, Mercyme, Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, Switchfoot, Lifehouse, Kutless, Craig & Dean Phillips)

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12/4: NeNe Leakes bites back

On the Bravo Web site, NeNe Leakes denies she was evicted. In the email exchanges we had with her Tuesday, she never said she wasn’t evicted and that she left voluntarily. And our story never said she was evicted.

We did say for a fact she left the house and that there was an eviction notice placed on the house because her husband hadn’t been paying the rent. That eviction notice is real and a fact. If they did leave on their own accord, why did they fall behind in the rent? That is left unanswered.

Anyway, here is what she says:

“The recent rumors alleging that my family faced an eviction are a huge misunderstanding and grossly inaccurate. I am truly blessed to enjoy a wonderful life and lifestyle. We have indeed moved to another home, but we did so on our own free will. We live in an absolutely beautiful home and we are fortunate to be able to live in the place of our choice. Unfortunately, there are many families who are facing real foreclosures and real evictions. That is not and never was the case with us. I know where we live and how we live, and for those blessings I am humbly thankful. It is disappointing that many members of the media have chosen to report gossip instead of news. Without wasting time on the details, the only thing I will say is that we were NOT evicted. Everybody knows that I like to be honest, real and upfront. If something was wrong, I would tell you! Thank you for your well wishes. However, please know that my family continues to be abundantly blessed, and that Miss NeNe has not skipped a beat!”

A lot of gossip blogs, not reading our story that carefully, unequivocally said she was evicted. So there ya go. I wish she had been a bit more straightforward with me but such is life. We’ll see how life goes with her when Bravo starts taping season two. (Sure, Bravo hasn’t said it has committed to a season two but that’s a virtual fait accompli.)

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12/4: Clark Howard talks more about not running for mayor

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WSB-AM’s syndicated talk show host Clark Howard, whose radio advice is more invaluable than ever given the current economy, has bowed out of the Atlanta mayor’s race.

He decided it would demand too much time away from his kids, a three-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter. (He also has a 19-year-old daughter from a first marriage.)

He said he may go for it when his kids are older.

There may also be a financial factor, too. His show, heard on 235 radio stations nationwide, has benefited from the lousy economy, with stations giving him better time slots. And he makes good money since he owns his own syndication and pockets 3/4 of the revenue.

“The money is good,” Howard told me Wednesday. His next window of opportunity to walk is the end of 2010. So if you’re a fan of his radio show, he will be around at least another two years.

Clark, 53, said he’s wanted to run for public office for 40 years. But he first pondered running for mayor in the 1997 to go against then mayor Bill Campbell. He has never been shy about expressing his distaste for Campbell. (“You know the bull with the red cape? He was the red cape.”) He had just gotten married to Lane a couple of years earlier and didn’t want to unduly strain the relationship by entering a political race.

Two years ago, he thought about the mayoral post again and even considered statewide office. Somehow, it leaked out, he said, to Creative Loafing and he decided to be honest with them (and us) about it.

His wife, he said, was okay with it since “she’s already used to me being a public figure.” His radio staff, naturally, wasn’t thrilled. He figured he needed to make a decision by September of 2008 this year when he had to re-sign his radio syndication contract.

But after a summer with the kids, he figured again it wasn’t the right time. So in his life up to this point, the most serious office he’s ever held is vice president of his condo board.

Clark does have something new up his sleeve (and it’s not at all political) but won’t say until next week.

-And brace yourself if you still care about “The Apprentice.” NBC has asked the shows be two hours long instead of one hour, according to tvweek.com

“Donald has always felt the boardrooms were too short, and I think he’s right,” Mr. Burnett said. “Right now, there’s really only about nine minutes of footage that we use and the boardroom (scenes) go on for hours sometimes. The problem has been trying to squeeze it all in. Every season we go through the struggle of cutting the show down.”

The celebrity version will start in February (exact date TBA), which includes Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC from Atlanta.

-The New York Daily News did a nice job re-writing what I wrote yesterday about “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes and her eviction. The Defamer was simply snarky. So is NY Metro blog

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12/3: NeNe Leakes and hubby leaves pricey Duluth home

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The New York Post and various gossip Web sites in recent days have dug up paperwork showing NeNe Leakes, the breakout star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” had been evicted from her Duluth home.

Or more specifically, her husband’s name Gregory was on the eviction notice.

We confirmed Tuesday that they are no longer living in the home featured on the show from the broker Darryl Pierce. He said the Leakes left the 5,000-square-foot home at 1765 Silvermere Ct. in Duluth in November after Winwood Properties filed the eviction notice in September. You can check out the house here and it’s for rent if for $2,995 a month..

Did she ultimately get evicted per se? She never quite says so.

The Powers That Be wanted this as a standalone story so you can access it here..

NeNe Leakes, in a series of emails Tuesday, would not say where she is now living. “It’s none of your business,” she wrote. But she noted that they “are financial able [sic] and stable to live where ever we feel fits.”

She clearly was not pleased with the fact we were writing about this although it’s newsworthy given the type of show she is on. Here’s one of her responses, verbatim:

“Clearly you guys have nothing else to report about. Housewives of Atlanta has been off for two weeks! And to answer your earlier question if you don’t already know, I AM the most popular housewife in franchise history and have offers from every directions on the table as we speak! And on an even more positive note, I will be having a launching of twisted hearts foundation website in the following weeks with a huge gathering! Happy writings!!”

She’s right. She is the most popular housewife on the show. It’ll be interesting to see how she capitalizes on her fame. Bravo has to be thrilled with how big the show has become. It opened at about 650,000 viewers. The reunion show last week? 2.8 million viewers, which is a big number for Bravo. And more than 2 million of those viewers were in the coveted 18 to 49 year old demo.

We never claimed to be the first people to get this information. In fact, we were a bit late. This Web site claims to have been the first and isn’t happy that we didn’t give them credit, though we did our own independent work on it. The site does have fun with my last name.

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12/2: Former 99Xers Fred Toucher, Rich Shertenlieb, Crash Clark get morning gig in Boston

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After 2.5 years in Boston at WBCN-FM in the afternoons, former 99Xers Fred Toucher, Rich Shertenlieb and Crash Clark have been rewarded with the morning show after syndicated Opie & Anthony were dumped.

“I’m completely surprised,” Toucher said by phone Monday. He noted the show is No. 2 in Boston among me 18 to 44. He noted that he’s loving Boston and the audience and “We get to do the show we couldn’t do in Atlanta.” The morning show starts Tuesday from 6 to 10 a.m.

Congrats guys. Atlanta isn’t quite the same without y’all. (Toucher spent several years at 99X, including 2.5 years as morning host. Shertenlieb worked a bunch of years there, too. Crash was there more than a decade.)

-Glenn Beck will debut on Fox News January 19 at 5 p.m., just in time for the new presidency. He is also heard locally from 9 to noon at WGST-AM and made a name for himself at CNN Headline News for a couple of years.

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-Danielle Knox is the new weekend anchor at WGCL-TV, replacing Mike Moore, who is now a full-time reporter. Knox has worked in Monroe, La., Hartford, Ct. and south Florida. She also co-hosts “The Balancing Act,” a Lifetime Television weekday morning show which focuses on women’s issues. The show airs every day at 7 a.m. right before Atlanta-based “Get Married.”

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12/1: WGKA-AM’s Michael Medved visits Atlanta Monday

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Michael Medved, conservative talk show host heard locally on 920/WGKA-AM and former big-time movie critic, is coming to Atlanta Monday for two public events:

*December 1st Book Signing Event in Atlanta: Join Michael Medved as he tours the country promoting his new book, “The 10 Big Lies About America.” Michael will be signing copies of his new book at Barnes and Noble - Buckhead (2900 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite 310, Atlanta) from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Phone the store for more info, 404-261-7747.

December 1st Book Event in Atlanta: “Night of Intelligent Talk: The Changing Face of America” featuring Michael Medved on “The 10 Big Lies About America” nationwide book tour with special guests Congressman Tom Price, Ralph Reed, Ann Cramer and more. Monday, Dec 1st - Doors Open at 6:15pm at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead (3300 Peachtree Road Ne)

That dinner is $55 a pop. You can buy tix here.

I spoke with Medved for 40 minutes. He strikes me as truly a compassionate conservative, not pretending to be one. His biggest differentiator is the need to foster immigration and figure out a way to deal with the 12 million illegal immigrants (as opposed to simply demonize and deport them). Plus, he likes what Barack Obama has done so far and is leaving an open mind. Here are some highlights:

On why he wrote the book: I found the different between the way people felt about our country and the effectiveness in which they were able to defend it just called out to me as a subject worth addressing… Most people feel tremendously grateful to live in America, not just on Thanksgiving Day. Yet there seems to be an official culture that is trying to encourage guilt rather than gratitude. Americans hear this and it contradicts their emotions. But most people don’t know how to answer some of the most prevalent smears against the country. The whole purpose of the book is provide organized arguments and information.

On being accused of being a apologist for slavery. I never say slavery was okay. It’s a great stain on our history and involved unimaginable suffering for millions of people. But it’s very different to say this nation became prosperous because of slavery. That’s a ridiculous statement. At no time in American history was less than 80% of the country free labor. And of the 20 to 22 million people kidnapped from Africa, only 3 percent were bound for North America.

Doing a book like this gives me an excuse to read stuff I’ve always meant to read. There’s this wonderful book “Inhuman Bondae” by David Brion Davis. He begins the book with an unbelievable realization. The real story of slavery is not that it exited. It’s always existed… it’s how in less than 100 years, we went from thinking it was okay to it becoming a horror. The biggest single factor in getting rid of slavery was the American Revolution because it introduced the idea that human beings had rights from God.

Simplistic theory on why some young Americans hate America My wife is a political psychologist. A lot of it has to do with people who hate their parents. Or at least trying to tick their parents off. It’s insane. We live here. It’s an imperfect place. It’s always an imperfect place but an incredibly nice place. There are also conservatives who buy into the worst stereotypes of America. For instance, big lie number 10 is the idea we are in an irreversible moral decline.

Abortions are down 30 percent since 1990. People are having less irresponsible sex. Drug use is down Murder is down. Teenage pregnancy is down. I just don’t believe the country is doomed.

On Barack Obama: On my raadio show, I have been saying very good things about the president elect. He has surprised me the way he’s handled himself. I actually found him inspiring. I’m not kidding. I expected to be horrified by an Obama administration. Everything he has done has helped his announced purpose to bring the country together and get people more optimistic.

Reminders of Ronald Reagan? “Reagan amazed his opponents with his class and reasonableness, his centrism. I think Obama is trying to do the same thing. The appointment of General Robert Jones (as Secretary of Defense) is classy… I am not an angry conservative. I would love it if the president continues to surprise me the next four years.

What movies does he like? Bolt was a delight. Terrific! You can send everyone to it. I did not care for Quantum of Solace. I thought it was dour Bond. They took all the fun out o fit. My line on the movie is it suffered a devastating after effects of a fun-ectomy. The movie, he doesn’t say “Bond. James Bond.” He says, “Bourne. James Bourne.” There also weren’t high-tech gadgets… People go to Bond to escape realism.

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11/29: The Bull goes commercial free for a week

Starting at noon Thanksgiving, 94.9/The Bull has been going 3,000 songs on a row commercial free. The boss Clay Hunnicutt said that this should take about a week, at 16 to 18 songs an hour.

The DJs get the week off, too. (The station got rid of Cledus T. Judd last week but everyone else is apparently still there.) Hunnicutt said this is a present to the listeners. In a sense, it’s a bit of a reboot for the country station which will include some new branding, too. The Bull has been trying to find its footing since its launch two years ago. It hasn’t been able to make a big dent against Kicks 101.5, even with the departure of Eagle 106.7 in February. It started with more oldies than Kicks and even a few Southern rock cuts, a hybrid of Eagle and Kicks. But now it sounds more like Kicks in its music mix.

He said advertisers who can’t advertise on the station for an entire week during the shopping season are being accommodated later.

Radio stations are undergoing some modest changes in the way they are measured for advertisers. Instead of relying on people’s recalls, measurement is now based on actual listening. The preliminary numbers were very poor for the Bull. Early evidence is also showing less talk on music stations and fewer ads help generate more listening. That isn’t a big surprise. The Bull appears to be trying to draw some listeners at this time of year by going commercial free even at the expense of revenue.

And the station is not going all Christmas, the first time 94.9 has skipped this format since 1999. (It was all Christmas from 2000 to most of the way through 2006 as Peach/Lite and did a country xmas a year ago). In fact, Atlanta will only have two Christmas stations (B98.5 and 104.7/The Fish) instead of three for the first time in several years.

Instead, Hunnicutt said they are airing three/four Christmas songs an hour.

Here was a typical hour today at 2 p.m.

Kenny Chesney “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”

Jason Aldean “We Laughed Untl We Cried”

George Strait “River of Love”

Jose Feliciano “Feliz Navidad”

Sammy Kershaw “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful”

Sugarland “Already Gone”

Toby Keith “Who’s Your Daddy”

Rodney Atkins “Cleaning This Gun”

Trace Adkins “Ladies Love Country Boys”

Martina McBride “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

Tim McGraw “Just To See You Smile”

Taylor Swift “Love Story”

Luke Bryan “Country Man”

Brad Paisley “Little Moments”

The Lost Trailers “Holler Back”

Brooks & Dunn “Rock My World”

Elvis Presley “Blue Christmas”

Kenny Chesney “Keg In the Closet”

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11/28: “Atlanta & Company” host Holly Firfer on “It’s Me Or The Dog” Saturday, Fox News host Mike Huckabee in town

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“Atlanta & Company” host Holly Firfer (formerly of CNN Headline News and Dave FM-right) and her husband Shawn Arnold (a former member of local band Memory Dean) decided to open themselves to humiliation for the sake of their dog Kashmir.

Catch them this Saturday at 9 p.m. on the new Animal Planet TV show “It’s Me Or The Dog” led by fellow Atlantan and dog trainer Victoria Stillwell. (And don’t worry if you’re busy that night. The network will repeat it ad nauseum.)

“They call the episode ‘Monstrous Mutts’ ” Firfer said. “They’re not that bad!” The main problem was Kashmir, a pitbull mix, who chewed up the windowsills, the ottoman, the carpets, you name it. Arnold said the damage was about $10,000.

“Our house was so destroyed,” Firfer said, “I didn’t like people over.”

Stillwell said Kashmir needed more attention so Firfer now walks her two to three miles a day in the morning and then to the dog park in the afternoon.

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Firfer loved Stillwell’s positive training techniques (vs. those of Cesar Millan) and is in awe how Stillwell (right) could calm her dog. “She’s really the dog whisperer,” she said.  “Victoria would say, ‘Come here girl!’ and immediately, Kashmir would be mesmerized and melt.”

In fact, when they watched the debut episode of the show, when Stillwell started training the dog on TV and said “sit!”, Kashmir dropped his toy and sat. Since the taping ended in September, both Arnold and Firfer said Kashmir has seldom relapsed, only doing minor chewing.

Firfer has yet to see the episode and is a bit nervous: “I said to Shawn, ‘What state should we move to now?’ “

Shawn thinks he’ll be painted as lazy and Holly “look like a nag.” “Not like I care,” he added, bemusedly.

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-If you are in Marietta at 8 p.m. Saturday and want to meet former Presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, check him out at the Borders in Marietta.

He will be signing “Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America.” The event will be a signing only, no discussion. Only copies of “Do the Right Thing” will be autographed. This is a free event, but ticket is required. Stop by Saturday morning for a ticket. The first 500 people are guaranteed a spot in line and an autograph.

Here’s the address: Borders Books & Music-East Cobb, The Avenue East Cobb, 4475 Roswell Road, Marietta GA 30062

Huckabee will also be doing his weekly Fox News show in Atlanta, which will include two local guests: Ashley Smith, the gal who bonded with killer Brian Nichols, and Gov. Sonny Perdue.

More info here.

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11/27: You’ve been Rick Rolled at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

During the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Atlanta-based Cartoon Network threw out the most random pop culture cameo.

On the float for its show “Foster’s Home For Imaginery Friends,” the characters started singing the theme song to “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” called “Best Friend” but were suddenly interrupted by an appearance by 1980s pop singer Rick Astley, who began lip-syncing his biggest hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.” (All the singers lip-sync at the parade.)

After his brief performance, one of the characters Cheese shouted, “I love Rick Rolling!”

This YouTube video only captures part of it but it gives you a sense on what Astley looks like now, 20 years later:

Indeed, “Rick Rolling” over the past year has become a Web phenomenon: when someone thinks they’re going to a particular Web link, they get sent to the Astley music video instead.

“Our marketing group came up with it,” Cartoon Network spokesman Joe Swaney told me on Thanksgiving. “The Rick Astley song is about friendship, which fit with our characters. We asked if he was available. He liked the idea. We flew him in from England.”

Swaney admits that a good portion of the viewers probably had no idea why Astley was there, but “We figured, let’s let it play out. If anybody picks up on it, that’s great. Besides, there are always celebrities singing on floats. I think it’s hilarious.”

Here’s the Rick Astley video that started it all and now has 12 million-plus page views.

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11/26: Porsche Foxx gone from V-103 again

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Porsche Foxx is gone from V-103 — again. Her boss Reggie Rouse sent out an email this morning confirming her departure.

I have no details otherwise. She’s already been taken off parts of the V-103 Web site, such as this list of Veejays. Her name is still floating about though on some pages.

Foxx was on air several years in the afternoon slot until late 2004. She was arrested for a DUI with pot possession and no license. She eventually had some jail time, probation and rehab.

In 2007, V-103 gave her a second shot, this time at mid-days. She has been on for about 17 months. She’s had solid ratings, in line with the rest of the station, which is consistently No. 1.

Is this a good move? Did you like her the second time around as much as the first?

Here is the video from the original announcement of her coming back to V-103 in 2007. She held a short press conference at the time but could never get a one-on-one interview with her. At first, she would do it only if I did so on the radio, according to her publicist Cherry Banez. Then Banez quit and the interview never happened. I heard for an Atlanta magazine piece, she was quite difficult, demanding a cover story and not showing up for photo shoots.

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