Super Bowl Update

Financial talk radio host Dave Ramsey will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame in April, the Association announced on Monday.

Ramsey, 52, whose self-titled program is heard on WFIW-1390 AM in Fairfield, WGBF-1280 AM in Evansville, WRAY-1250 AM in Princeton and WOMI-1490 AM in Owensboro, has been honored in the past by the NAB; the host won a Marconi award in 2009.

"Dave Ramsey has influenced countless Americans through his sound financial advice and inspirational messages," said NAB radio executive VP John David. "We are pleased to induct him into NAB's Broadcasting Hall of Fame."

The Dave Ramsey Show reaches an estimated 4.5 million listeners a week on some 500 stations nationwide.

Popular conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham is off the air for now.

Ingraham announced Tuesday that she's parted ways with her self-titled show's distributor, Talk Radio Network, after more than nine years.

The host, whose show aired locally from 8-10 p.m. each weeknight on WGBF-1280 AM in Evansville, said she is in talks with other syndicators, and that she'd like to "expand and retool" the program.

Ingraham is, Talkers magazine has reported, the most-listened to woman on radio. Before this parting of the ways with TRN, her show reached some 5 3/4 million listeners each week, which put her in pretty exclusive company as one of the most listened-to radio hosts nationally.

But her fans should not fear: Ingraham says she'll still be around.

"During this brief hiatus, my team and I will continue to deliver thought-provoking and entertaining analysis via my website and Twitter," she wrote. "And of course, I'll be doing my regular appearances on Fox News."

She said she will announce her plans for radio soon.

Newstalk 1280 WGBF has released its schedule of high school football for this season, and the action looks to be intense.  The station will carry games for both Mater Dei and Reitz, and it all gets underway tonight as the Wildcats will take on the Heritage Hills Patriots at the Reitz Bowl.

Jimmie Ford will have the play-by-play and Ryan O'Bryan will provide color commentary for all the games this season.

All games will be carried on air (1280 AM) and online at newstalk1280.com.

Friday, Aug. 17th: Mater Dei vs. Heritage Hills at Reitz Bowl

Friday, Aug. 24th: Mater Dei vs. Central at Central Stadium

Saturday, Aug. 25th: Reitz vs. Louisville Central at Papa John’s Stadium – Pre-game at 9:30 a.m., Kick-off at 10 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 31st: Reitz vs. Castle at Reitz Bowl

Friday, Sept. 7th: Reitz vs. Central at Reitz Bowl

Friday, Sept. 14th: Reitz vs. Harrison at Reitz Bowl

Saturday, Sept. 15th: Mater Dei vs. North at Reitz Bowl – Pre-game at 1 p.m., Kick-off at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 21st: Mater Dei vs. Bosse at Reitz Bowl

Friday, Sept. 28th: Reitz vs. North at Reitz Bowl

Friday, Oct. 5th: Mater Dei vs. Castle at Castle Stadium

Friday, Oct. 12th: Reitz vs. Mater Dei at Reitz Bowl

Financial wizard and talk show host Dave Ramsey now has his own channel on Clear Channel's iHeartRadio app.

Ramsey is the first independently-syndicated radio host to have his own channel on the fast-growing app, Radio Online reports, which will give listeners 24/7 access to the previous day's show.

Ramsey's radio program, which is now on more than 500 stations nationwide, can be heard each weekday in the Tri-State on WGBF-1280 AM (Evansville), WFIW-1390 AM (Fairfield), WOMI-1490 AM (Owensboro) and WRAY-1250 AM (Princeton).

UPDATE #2, 6:30 p.m.:  The previous update takes into account that WEJK-107.1 FM is owned by Boonville Broadcasting Co.  WEJK, as most know, is operated by South Central, so if you add in 107.1's share, South Central gets a razor-thin victory.  However, other publications (such as AllAccess.com) do NOT count WEJK toward South Central's total. I will leave it for you, the reader, to decide.

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PREVIOUSLY: Arbitron released the Spring 2012 ratings for the Evansville market late Thursday afternoon, and it should come as little surprise that the top three stations are the same as they've been for the past few years.

South Central Media's AC WIKY-104.1 FM, Townsquare Media's country WKDQ-99.5 FM and South Central's CHR WSTO-96.1 FM continue to be ranked 1-2-3, and while both WIKY and WKDQ saw their numbers drop ever so slightly compared to the same period in 2011, WSTO saw a bit of an uptick.

Tied for fourth are South Central's classic rock WABX-107.5 FM and Townsquare's classic hits WJLT-105.3 FM.  The move to fourth is a two-place jump for 107.5 compared to last year.  WJLT saw a slight bump overall but remains in the same place, although no longer on its own.

Townsquare's news/talk WGBF-1280 AM also saw a sizable increase in listenership this past spring, moving up from ninth place a year ago to sixth this time around.

WDKS-106.1 FM, Townsquare's CHR station, slipped from fifth to seventh this year, and its classic rock station, WGBF-103.1 FM fell from a tie for sixth in the spring of 2011 to eighth this year.  On the upside, however, country WBKR-92.5 climbed from thirteenth to tenth place.

South Central's other stations also lost ground or held steady.  The company's country WLFW-93.5 FM dropped from eighth to ninth, while Jack FM-formatted WEJK-107.1 FM (which is owned by Boonville Broadcasting and operated by South Central) held its place at #11.

It should be noted that Arbitron now only releases ratings for stations which subscribe to its services.  A good many stations once listed in the Evansville market are no longer listed, such as WEOA, WSON and WRAY-FM, just to name a few.  South Central and Townsquare, as you'd expect of larger operators, subscribe to Arbitron, but a number of smaller station groups and single stations do not.