Month: October 2021

Audacy Country “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM Houston has announced the addition of Erik Scott Smith as co-host of the “Morning Bullpen” alongside George Lindsay and Monica ‘Mo’ Lunsford. Smith joins KILT-FM from Meruelo Media Rock 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, where he spent the past thirteen years as Executive Producer and co-host of the “Heidi & […] […]

Audacy realigned the programming at its two Sports stations in Miami today. “560 The Joe” WQAM Miami has rebranded as “AM 560 Sports” assuming the local programming, while “790 The Ticket” WAXY South Miami moves to Sports Betting programming utilizing Audacy’s BetQL Network. Longtime morning host Joe Rose continues at WQAM. WAXY midday host Jonathan […] […]

SummitMedia Hot AC “103.7 Your Variety” WURV Richmond has hired “94.1 The Zone” WZNE Rochester NY PD/afternoon host Cory ‘Kobe’ Fargo as morning host. Kobe had joined WZNE in August 2020 as afternoon host and rose to Program Director in November. He previously has served as PD/afternoon host for iHeartMedia CHR “Hot 107.9” WWHT Syracuse, […] […]

Today’s radio dial is dominated by heritage brands. Shortly before the pandemic, I looked at a page of radio ratings from a 1984 radio directory and found that anywhere from 30% to 50% of those station brands were still available in their market with a similar format. But how do those stations compare with their […] […]

President Biden has nominated acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to a new term, where she will continue to serve as Chair of the Commission. Rosenworcel has served as an FCC Commissioner since 2012 and as acting Chair since the start of 2021. Prior to joining the agency, she served as Senior Communications Counsel for the […] […]