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USA: Longtime KRNB/105.7 FM personality Steve Woods suffered a heart attack and passed away last week. (Star-Telegram)

Oh to be a music industry executive these days… (New York Times)

During the first 6 months of 2002, national sales of contemporary Christian and gospel music rose 18%, marking 6 straight quarters of growth, according to the Christian Music Trade Association. Meanwhile, the overall music industry is reporting a 9% decline in 2002, according to SoundScan, which provides point-of-sale music data.
(Dayton Daily News)

The Canadian musician who got ‘crazy rich’ as a founding member of the Lovin’ Spoonful and then settled in Kingston as the Ontario community’s best-known restaurateur and heritage activist has died. (National Post)

The BBC’s newest digital radio station, BBC7, went live on Sunday night, billed as “unadulterated entertainment radio”. It’s available on the three major digital TV platforms (Freeview – ch 78, KIT – ch 94, ntl:home digital – ch 866, Sky Digital – ch 922 & Telewest Broadband digital – ch 910) as well as through DAB and online. The channel is available on the following digital TV services.

UK – EMAP has announced its FM radio stations are to drop the Pepsi Chart. Instead the companies’ radio stations will broadcast a brand new Smash Hits Chart Show presented by former Radio 1 host Mark Goodier. The show will launch on January 5. (Ananova)

Wes Butters will be the show’s new host following the departure of Mark Goodier. He will begin hosting the Official Top 40 in February. Radio 1 bosses hope the 23-year-old will give the programme a younger, trendier feel. BBC

David Lee Roth has filed suit against Warner Bros. Records and his former bandmates in Van Halen, claiming he was underpaid royalties… (Billboard)