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Stonecom Launches Highway 111 Country & Sports Radio 104.7

Stonecom has launched two new stations in its Cookeville TN cluster with the launch of Classic Country “96.9 Highway 111 Country” WUCH Algood and “SportsRadio 104.7” W284DR Cookeville/106.9 WKXD-HD3 Monterey. WUCH is the former 104.7 WLIV-FM Monterey as it completed its move into Clarksville. The station launched in mid-September playing Country hits from the 80s […] […]

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Townsquare Media Appoints Jim Kovacik As Victoria TX Director of Content

Townsquare Media has announced the appointment of Jim Kovacik as Director of Content for their four stations in Victoria TX. Kovacik is best known for his 30 year run at Radio One Hip Hop “97.9 The Box” KBXX as morning show producer and co-host under the names ‘Jimbo’ and ‘Jim Beazy’ from 1991 to 2020. […] […]

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Free Webinar on “Programming in 2021: Why Vulnerable Personalities Win”

Benztown and P1 Media Group will host a free webinar for radio professionals around the globe, entitled “Programming in 2021: Why Vulnerable Personalities Win”.The webinar is 17th in the companies’ “Global Radio Ideas” webinar series from top radio experts from around the world.It will be held on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST/7:00pm CET.The 40-minute webinar will be hosted by Andreas Sannemann, CEO, Benztown, and Ken Benson, Partner, P1 Media Group, and will feature Urban programming specialist and coach Elroy Smith, Principal, Elroy Smith – The Coach.Smith has over 30 years of experience programming top-performing stations in markets including: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco.He has also worked with and had a hand in coaching Steve Harvey, Tom Joyner, Russ Parr, Rick Party, Charlamagne, Yolanda Adams, Doug Banks and many other successful personalities and brands.Smith was most recently Program Director for Bonneville’s R&B 102.9 KBLX in San Francisco.He will share his keys for building a strong brand in a competitive marketplace, and will take attendees’ questions and cover topics including:
What is a vulnerable personality?
Why vulnerable personalities are so successful
How programmers can turn their personalities into a brand
Lessons from Urban radio
Register at: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/GlobalRadioElroy […]

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Comrex introduces Gagl, a new remote contribution solution

Comrex is announcing a new cloud service called Gagl, which delivers conferenced audio from multiple contributors to Comrex hardware codecs in high quality. It will be available by the end of 2021.It allows between one and five users to send and receive audio from computers and smartphones.Participants can connect and send audio by simply clicking a link using any common web browser. Their audio is conferenced (if there’s more than one user), and delivered to a Comrex hardware codec such as ACCESS or BRIC-Link II. All participants can hear other participants, and the codec can send audio back to them.The service could be used as the hub for a round-robin reporting program or for a “morning zoo” radio show to support multiple simultaneous connections at once. Because it offers low latency, it’s appropriate for call-in talk radio.Gagl could also be used to allow a single contributor to connect back to the studio from a computer or smartphone.Designed with audio quality in mind, it provides stable connections with limited bandwidth. It uses the Opus audio encoder, with a bit rate that delivers both voice and music in excellent quality. It also delivers audio directly to a Comrex codec with all the stability enhancements, pro-grade audio connections, and features that hardware codecs provide. With a simple user interface, Gagl is easy for users with any level of technical expertise to use. […]