NewTimes Blog: Rhodes former syndicator padlocked

Stephen Lemons at the Phoenix NewTimes blog is reporting that, at least last night, the offices of flagship station 1190 WNUV, Tolleson, AZ were padlocked.

I’d been tipped off that KNUV 1190 AM, formerly the flagship station of the liberal Nova M radio network, and briefly, the home of Nova M’s successor network, On Second Thought, had been padlocked. So I had to see for myself…  — New Times

We went through a period in the 80s where stations went dark, including some pretty big hitters in the top 20 markets. Get ready, radio, history may be about to repeat itself.

The New Times blog has done some excellent work on the whole mess with Nova-M, the Drobneys, Randi Rhodes and the John Manzo suit. When old-line journalists lament the demise of “real” journalism, they should look to blogs like Phoenix’s New Times for solace.