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>Big wins for Q102's 'Jim & Karli'
"The Morning Q with Jim and Karli" on Q102 won "best non-news radio program" in the class A division from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters (click winners). Jim and Karli are on each weekday from 6 to 9 a.m. with a locally themed show featuring music, entertainment, regional news updates and guests. The Morning Q has grown into a solid ratings leader for the Southern Broadcasting stations in the Rome market.
-Karli Morgan also won "best personality" honors for the second consecutive year in the class A division.
-Sister station South 107 was honored for a best station-produced commercial for Classic Bowling (AA division).
>Cartersville's WBHF 1450 AM wins 8 awards including station of the year:
The class A honors include:
-Best news story: Missing Money in Kingston
-Best feature story/series-documentary: Cartersville police chief
-Best Non-News Radio Program: A & M in the AM
-Best station-produced commercial: The Nutcracker Ballet
-Best station-produced PSA or station ID/Promotional Piece: Water Conservation
-Best station-produced PSA or station ID/Promotional Piece: Cub Scouts salute to troops
-Community Service Award
-Radio station of the year
>You can sample WBHF's morning news and programs by clicking Bartow
>For all the radio and television winners, click GAB
>Rock 105.9/98.3 FM targeting Rome audience:
Downtown Rome diners on Wednesday probably saw the banner outside Jefferson's referencing Rock 105.9 FM/98.3 FM. It is among the first incursions into the market from the new rock station based in Anniston. The station doesn't pull punches when it comes to its market: "Everything that rocks ... nothing that doesn't." The precise target: "a dominant male audience." The simulcast delivers much of East Alabama and spills into a decent slice of Northwest Georgia. We'll have more on the station on Friday. For now, click Rock
Planners will have a 411/Callier site to consider today after all: The Seven Hills Town Center project remains on hold and isn't going before Rome/Floyd planners but the DaySpring church site is up for review today just across from Wal-Mart Supercenter. A change from suburban residential to community commercial is sought to help market the property. Meeting: 2:30 p.m. For more, click Planning
May's first-time unemployment claims jump vs. May 2007; down from April
| May 2008 | April | May 2007 | % change | |
| Bartow | 574 | 740 | 394 | +45.7% |
| Chattooga | 87 | 89 | 64 | +35.9% |
| Floyd | 755 | 837 | 507 | +48.9% |
| Gordon | 810 | 670 | 413 | +96.1% |
| Polk | 271 | 597 | 174 | +55.7% |
| Georgia | 44,711 | 51,604 | 34,543 | +29.4% |
Source: Georgia Department of Labor
First-time unemployment insurance claims nearly doubled year-over-year in Gordon County while Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga and Polk also posted double-digit gains. In Gordon County, 810 claims were filed last month, up from 670 in april and nearly twice the 413 reported in May 2007, state Labor reports show. Floyd County saw an almost 50 percent increase although the May report was down from April. Statewide, some 44,711 people filed claims, up by 29.4 percent from the previous May but down 13.4 percent from April reports.
Commentary/Sen. Preston Smith on the latest funding issues with the public defender's office> Commentary
Latest restaurant dining scores for Northwest Georgia: Lowest score of the week is a 39 from a Bartow County wings restaurant> Dining
Sports
>Norman Arey: Consider it a sports 'face book': Pearl, Parcells, Torre, Spurrier not camera shy> Arey
>Braves lose 6-1 during stormy night at State Mutual> Sports
Weather
A 30 percent chance of rain with a high of 92> WeatherCenter
Downtown Headlines
>Latest changes under way in downtown Rome> Downtown Headlines
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