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z1079 WENZ Summer Jam 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Cleveland, OH- May 23, 2011):

THE HOTTEST CONCERT OF THE SUMMER IS BACK!
Z107.9 ANNOUNCES 2011 SUMMER JAM LINE-UP TO TAKE PLACE
SUNDAY, JULY 10TH AT JACOBS PAVILION AT NAUTICA!

Z107.9 WENZ, CLEVELAND’S HIP HOP AND R&B STATION, IS PARTNERING WITH
ENTERTAINMENT POWERHOUSE LIVE NATION TO HOST THE Z107.9 SUMMER JAM
2011! THE BIGGEST HIP HOP AND R&B SHOW TO HIT NORTHEAST OHIO WILL STAR
WIZ KHALIFA, MIGUEL, LLOYD, MACHINE GUN KELLY, TRAVIS PORTER, BIG SEAN,
ACE HOOD, YC, KIRKO BANGZ, DJ DRAMA, BRITNI ELISE AND RAY JR ON SUNDAY
JULY 10TH AT JACOBS PAVILION AT NAUTICA ON THE WEST BANK OF THE FLATS.

Z107.9 SUMMER JAM! TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, MAY 28th AT 12:00 NOON.
PRICES START AS LOW AS $30 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS, AND $45 FOR
RESERVED SEAT TICKETS. A LIMITED NUMBER OF “GOLD CIRCLE” PREMIUM
TICKETS AND VIP BOX PACKAGES (WHICH INCLUDE VIP CLUB PASSES AND
PARKING) WILL BE AVAILABLE.

ON SALE SATURDAY, MAY 28 AT NOON!

PURCHASE ONLINE AT LIVENATION.COM,
ALL TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS, OR
CHARGE BY PHONE (800) 745-3000.

Z107.9 WILL BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE MARC’S GREAT AMERICAN RIB COOK OFF
AT JACOBS PAVILION SATURDAY, MAY 28TH FROM NOON TO 3 PM!

**GET YOUR TICKETS WITHOUT ANY SERVICE FEES SATURDAY, MAY 28TH FROM 12:00
NOON TO 3:00 PM EXCLUSIVELY AT THE JACOBS PAVILION BOX OFFICE.
ADMISSION TO THE RIB COOK OFF IS FREE FROM NOON TO 3 PM EVERY DAY
MEMORIAL WEEKEND!

RADIO ONE PERSONALITY VS. CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO PERSONALITY GET HOT!!!

Local Radio beef in Cleveland has elevated to a whole new level. Only in Cleveland does twitter beef leak onto radio or is it the other way around. You decide.

LET'S PHOTOSHOP THE LATIN ASS!

The Latin Assassin from 1079 is continuing to issue threats against me.

Check out these Tweets he issued earlier this morning...

@DjEV people were callin me yesterday wondering why I made the comments Imade...well your "boy" has a habit of talking ****** about me

@DjEV as long as he feels that he can bad mouth a grown man he will have to deal with a grown man when he sees me...

@DjEV tell him the next time he sees me to react the same way he does on the radio and see if I don't correct his ******!!

This guy needs to get thicker skin if he wants to stay in radio.

Dude can't take a little criticism? You won the award and (for now) you have great ratings...so what's the problem???

All I said is that his show was lame and he was uncreative. I didn't lie!

Why are you letting my comments GET to you? (I know he's reading this...)

Now he's making threats like a friggin' high school boy...not a "grown man".

So...let's take this to the next level.

Let's Photoshop The Latin Ass!

Here's his incredibly modest Twitter profile pic.

The person with the most creative Photoshop wins a $50 Maggianos Little Italy gift card AND $25 in Taco Bell Bucks. I'll try n' throw in some concert tix too...

Email your pics to: javajoel@kisscleveland.com

I'll post the BEST ones here.

Good luck!!!

HELP SAVE BLACK RADIO!!!!!!!!!!

From Fleet Djs: JOHN CONYERS THIS GUY IS 80 YEARS OLD HE CAN’T EVEN HEAR THE MUSIC. I ADVISE ALL THE LIFERS TO HIT HIM UP WITH A NOTE OR SOMETHING LETTING HIM KNOW YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS BILL. PLEASE READ THE POST.

TO MY RADIO ONE FAMILY:

The Honorable John Conyers, our 80 year old African-American Congressman is the sponsor of a new bill that could put many black owned radio stations out of business. And force others to abandon their commitment to provide free music, entertainment, news, information, and money losing formats like gospel and black talk.

This is Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One with an urgent call to our Radio Family.
The John Conyers Performance Tax Bill is the brain child of the foreign owned record industry who would receive at least 50% of the revenue that would be charged to radio stations in order for them to play music. The music that you now receive free from us - we would have to pay millions of dollars for.
And20in the midst of this economic depression, black radio stations simply do not have that financial ability.
There has been only one hearing on the bill and that hearing did not have any black ownership representation. Black radio owners and community leaders including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick Gregory, Tom Joyner, and myself have all begged Conyers to at least allow us the opportunity for a hearing. He has flatly refused.
We now ask you, our radio family, to assist us in saving the future of black radio. Please call or email or visit the offices of John Conyers today. His phone numbers are 202-225-5126 and 313-961-5670 and his email address isjohn.conyers@mail.house.gov
TELL HIM that you oppose this bill that would murder Black owned radio and the free music that you now hear on all free radio stations. In the midst of an American economic recession, it is not the right time to send millions of dollars to foreign owned record companies that don’t even pay taxes like you and me in this country. This bill is not in the interest of Black people! Please help us save Black radio!

WANT TO LEARN MORE? See below why it is IMPERATIVE that we act to save Black radio:

1 . The promotional value of free local radio airplay translates into significant revenues for artists and record labels:
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), record sales in the United States in 2007 were approximately $10.4 billion;
Touring revenue in 2007 in the U.S. was approximately $5 billion;
The above figures exclude the several billion dollars derived annually from merchandise, songwriting royalties and licensing deals for commercials, films, etc.; and
Also excluded is the boost that U.S. popularity provides for foreign sales and concerts.
2. Local radio also actively promotes artists by:
Devoting considerable and valuable airtime to promoting artists’ concerts;
Featuring artist weekends
Providing opportunities for live in-studio performances; and
Creating buzz through on-air ticket and album giveaways, helping to drive concert and merchandising revenue.

Without doubt, the engine driving these billions of dollars into the pockets of the record labels and artists is free, local radio promotion.
“Artist Examples of Increased Sales From Local Radio Airplay”
Each of the next graphs details and compares the spins on over-the-air radio (highlighted in red on each graph) with the retail sales and downloads of the artists’ releases (highlighted in blue on each graph). The results are consistent in every artist example: Significant play on radio results in si gnificant sales of the artist’s song, demonstrating the significant promotional and economic impact that free, local radio provides to the recording industry.
The recording industry suggests that the Internet and viral marketing is now the way to break a new artist. However, despite numerous new methods for artists to showcase their music, such as MySpace.com, retail outlets, etc., radio’s promotional value in spiking and sustaining sales is clearly demonstrated by the information included below.

Kanye West-
Kanye West is an American record producer and is a multiple Grammy Award-winning rapper and singer who rose to fame in the mid 2000s.
Albums:
He released his debut album “The College Dropout” in 2004, his second album “Late Registration” in 2005 and his third album “Graduation” in 2007. His first three albums have received numerous awards (including nine Grammys), critical acclaim and commercial success. The first two singles from “Late Registration” sold over 860,000 copies in its first week, and earned him eight Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for the song “Gold Digger.” His first three albums have certified sales of three million, three million and two million copies respectively by the RIAA.

Tours
Kanye West headlined 190 concerts between 2004 and 2007, grossing an average of $244,669 and selling an average=2 0of 5,235 tickets per date. (Source: Pollstar Artist Profile Report, © 2007)

50 Cent-
50 Cent is an American rapper.
Albums:
He rose to fame with the release of his albums “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” (2003) and “The Massacre” (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over 21 million records worldwide, including 11 million RIAA certified sales in the United States.
The lead single from “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” “In da Club,” which The Source noted for its “blaring horns, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps” broke a Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio history within a week.

Tours
50 Cent headlined 199 concerts worldwide between 2002 and 2007, grossing an average of $632,272 and selling an average of 11,406 tickets per date between 2005 and 2007. (Source: Pollstar Artist Profile Report, © 2007)