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Sunni Exits WPGC Amidst More Possible Changes

Vildana ‘Sunni’ Puric has exited middays at Audacy Hip Hop 95.5 WPGC-FM Morningside MD/Washington DC after a decade at the station. Puric joined WPGC as midday host in 2011. In June 2017 she moved to the Joe Clair Morning Show before returning to middays last June. Prior to joining the station she worked at at […] […]

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KBLA Adds Black Information Network News

Tavis Smiley’s recently launched Black Talk 1580 KBLA Santa Monica/Los Angeles has added top and bottom of the hour newscasts from Premiere Networks’ Black Information Network. KBLA launched its new format on June 19 after Smiley agreed to acquire the station last fall from Multicultural Radio Broadcasting for $7.15 million. Premiere Networks announced today that […] […]

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Audacy Becomes Official Digital Audio/Podcast Partner of MLB; Launches Sports Podcast Studio

Audacy has announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with MLB making the company the official digital audio and podcasting partner for the league and its teams. The deal will include the creation of official podcast programming starting with a series this fall about the 2016 Chicago Cubs. The deal includes sales and marketing […] […]

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Fresh Listen: Chicago’s CHR/Hot AC Battle

A few months ago, I heard that WKSC (Kiss 103.5) Chicago had become one of the most current-based major-market CHRs, an attempt to sync radio more with how listeners used new music in the streaming age. When I listened, it was a noticeably different experience from the format as it existed in many other major […] […]

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Fresh Listen: Chicago’s CHR/Hot AC Battle

A few months ago, I heard that WKSC (Kiss 103.5) Chicago had become one of the most current-based major-market CHRs, an attempt to sync radio more with how listeners used new music in the streaming age. When I listened, it was a noticeably different experience from the format as it existed in many other major […] […]