KUFO (101.1) night DJ Marconi is teaming up with Tiny, his former co-host on KNRK (94.7), for a live, daily podcast on KUFO.com.

The pair were last heard together on Portland's air in 2004, when they made national headlines for laughing over the audio of American Nick Berg in Iraq, leading to their firing.

Their new show will be online-only, every weekday at 2 pm.

Hear a promo for the new show:

Elvis Duran has been herding the "morning zoo" on New York's Z100 (WHTZ) for 14 years, and he'll soon be heard on Eugene's KEHK ("Star" 102.3). The show was renamed as "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show" in 2008 for syndication, and KEHK will be its first West Coast affiliate.

Duran replaces local DJ Justin Phillips in the morning. Phillips tells OMC he'll focus on his other role as production director for the local Cumulus station cluster.

KEHK's new show launches Monday, March 15. You can listen to it here.

KEHK's press release is after the jump.

In quick response to today's moves by KPAM (860), KCMD ("Freedom" 970) is moving the planned March 29 debuts of Sean Hannity and Mark Levin up to today. The new shows push Jerry Doyle and Dennis Miller later into Freedom's evening schedule, while Rusty Humphries is the odd man out.

A before-and-after of KCMD's lineup:

See Freedom's full press release after the jump:

KPAM (860) is launching a new schedule today, and the station is eager to play up a local "radio war" between KXL (750)'s Lars Larson and their own Victoria Taft. KPAM is also adding the syndicated Michael Savage to their lineup.

The programming changes are prompted by moves by Alpha Broadcasting's KXL and KCMD ("Freedom" 970). Freedom picked Sean Hannity and Mark Levin off of KPAM's schedule after moving toward more consistently right-leaning political talk. And when KXL bumped Savage later into its evening lineup to accommodate afternoon news, the host jumped to KPAM for a better time slot.

KPAM is now moving Victoria Taft up from evenings to middays, airing from 11 am to 3 pm against KXL's Larson from Noon to 4. KPAM is calling this a "head-to-head battle." Both shows also compete with noon news and Dr. Laura on KEX (1190). Taft additionally goes up against the last hour of Rush Limbaugh.

Savage will debut from 3 to 6 pm today, live in KPAM's afternoon drive. Elsewhere in the schedule, John Gibson bumps consumer advocate Clark Howard from late mornings to late evenings, and Hugh Hewitt moves from early mornings to evenings.

In response to KPAM's new schedule, KCMD is moving Hannity and Levin's planned March 29 premieres up nearly a month to debut today. Look for that story soon on OMC. (11:05 am update: Link.)

A before-and-after of KPAM's schedule:

See KPAM's full "radio wars" press release after the jump:

Starting today, WWeek began a five-part series on Portland radio. Admitting they don't know a lot about local radio, writer Casey Jarman says:

Seattle has KEXP, Los Angeles has KCRW—and we often sing the praises of local music, so where’s Portland’s iconic FM station?

Along with the print articles, WWeek hopes to use their music blog Local Cut as a resource and sounding board for readers.

Debuting tomorrow night, The Lounge After Hours will air weeknights, 10pm-midnight. Hosted by Brad Dolbeer, the two-hour show will feature music and interviews performed by artists in the station’s Live Performance Lounge.

“The Lounge After Hours will focus on these live acoustic versions which are literally one-of-a-kind, performed here at KINK. These performances are beloved by our listeners and over time have become a signature of what KINK is all about,” commented KINK Program Director Dennis Constantine. “Going back through the archives we’ve unearthed some real treasures, and I believe our listeners will find this an enjoyable way to unwind at the end of the day.”

The Lounge After Hours will replace Lights Out, which moves to Sunday nights at 10pm. Lights Out will continue to be available 24/7 as a streaming channel at kink.fm.

These ratings for listeners aged 6 and up are for entertainment purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the the ratings that transactional decisions are based on. If anyone can provide demographic ratings for radio or television in any Oregon market, please email oregonmediagmail [dot] com and we'll publish what ratings services allow. Thank you!

That said, here are some of the movements in P6+:

• KXL (750) came within half a point of KEX (1190) as the news and Lars bumped out Savage.
• Z100 (KKRZ) is rising while Jammin (107.5 KXJM) and The Buzz (105.1 KRSK) are falling.
• KNRK (94.7) moved ahead of KUFO (101.1).
• The Wolf (99.5 KWJJ) leaped ahead of KUPL (98.7), which fell back to pre-holiday levels. How is KUPL's new morning show doing?
• K103 (103.3 KKCW), KGON (92.3), The Brew (105.9 KFBW), Charlie (97.1 KYCH), The Fish (104.1 KFIS) and KPAM (860) returned to pre-holiday levels, while Oldies (106.7 KLTH) made only a partial recovery.
• KINK (101.9) is treading water at a historically low rating.

History: Summer to December 2009, Fall 2008 to Summer 2009.

PK, Sarah Pepper, Ivan Trujillo
on KKHH's "The Hot Show"

PK and Ivan have a new place to play: pop station KKHH in Houston.

In Portland, the two had been on Jammin 107.5 (KXJM)'s "The Playhouse" since 2000, when the station was owned by Paul Allen on the 95.5 frequency. Their entire show, including cohosts DuRyan and "Extra Work" Tony, was canceled on December 1 of last year.

Now, PK and Ivan are on "The Hot Show" in Houston with a new third member: Sarah Pepper, who's been with KKHH since 2008.

Topics on this morning's show included how long to date someone before getting married; interviews of random people in court; and a prank call to a radiologist, asking how to get on the radio. Portlanders can listen online from 4 to 8 am PT through the station's Flash player or MP3 stream.

On Clear Channel's Jammin, mornings now consist only of music and an occasional remark from a recorded San Francisco DJ, Dreena Gonzalez.

Yesterday, Moody's upgraded Clear Channel, a company saddled with billions in debt, from "imminent" restructuring to "inevitable."

KMHD billboard above OPB's
Macadam headquarters

Two dozen billboards have popped up around town. Banners hang along NW Lovejoy. And your next cup of coffee could wear call letters on its sleeve.

Oregon Public Broadcasting is providing KMHD (89.1) with a bigger promotional budget than the jazz station has ever received, now that it's housed in OPB's Portland headquarters. The station's ratings have also been on an upward trend lately.

KMHD, whose operations were moved to OPB last August, is still licensed to Mt. Hood Community College, for which it was named. The new media campaign was created by Leopold & Ketel. Advertisments will also appear in print.

Communications Director John Bell tells OMC, "We hope folks love [the campaign] as much as we and tune in to KMHD."

Via All Access, KXL's Lars Larson has expanded his national show to KACP Salt Lake City, KMZQ Las Vegas, KFNX Phoenix and KMBQ Wasilla.

"We have many more stations in the pipeline ready to launch — including several FM talk stations," says Peter Kosann, CEO of Compass Media Networks, Larson's syndicator. "Stay tuned... we are thrilled with the momentum of the show."