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No longer accessible: The upcoming demise of All Access is reverberating throughout the radio industry. There are several good sources of information for radio news, including RadioInsight , Radio Ink , Fybush.com , plus the Radio Discussions board . Nonetheless, All Access will be missed not just as a source of breaking news about radio and the record industry. One of the major services provided by All Access is how they shared the contact info for radio talent who found themselves “on the beach,” a euphemism for being laid off. All Access would provide either the email or phone number (or both) of the individual if anyone was interested in hiring. That being said, Lance Venta, owner and publisher of RadioInsight, noted : “Many people who exit or are laid-off from stations no longer seek publicity since they know their time in the radio industry is over and do not need to make people aware of their departures.” I looked up the October 5, 2020 final original column Don Barrett p...

  The Priest officiating the services for Jeff Baugh arrived about 15 minutes late. The officiant, Father Ronald Schmidt, apologized by saying “the irony was I was stuck in traffic,” prompting fitting laughter from those gathered at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills for the graveside service. “(Jeff) would have cleared the way, and he would have made some jokes, too…This was a man of great kindness, a committed man, a humorous man,” said Father Schmidt. Baugh passed from complications of lung cancer on June 6 . The retired Marine was celebrated wtih full military honors. Pete Demitriou , who worked with Baugh both at KFWB and KNX, said his late colleague had “the soul of a journalist…his mission was truth, his mission was telling people what was going on.” Demitriou noted the incongruity of how listeners trusted Baugh to tell the story based on what he saw from his airborne perspective, “yet I never saw Jeff’s eyes, they were always behind Aviators.” Paul Lowe, Pete Demitriou, Roger N...