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Station Sales Week Of 12/31

Roger Holler’s MARC Radio Group is expanding out of Central Florida with the purchase Gospel 1040 KGGR/106.9 K295DA Dallas. MARC will pay $650,000 to purchase the station from Mortenson Broadcasting Company. MARC currently owns a seven station cluster in the Gainesville/Ocala market and Christian Preaching “The Shepherd” 1270 WIWA Eatonville in the Orlando market. MKS […] […]

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Good Time Oldies Arrive In Texarkana

Townsquare Media has launched “Good Time Oldies 790/107.5” on the former Gospel 790 KOSY Texarkana AR and recent sign-on 107.5 K298DB Texarkana. KOSY is utilizing Westwood One’s “Good Time Oldies” 24/7 network programming. The launch follows a run with Christmas music coinciding with the sign-on of the translator last month. […]

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Final Listen: Real Oldies 1480/850 WGVU

When WGVU-AM Grand Rapids, Mich., launched its “Real Oldies” format in 2009, there had already been a handful of AM stations specializing in the music disenfranchised by larger market Oldies FMs. At that moment, it was pre-Beatles songs that needed a home, although Oldies was on the verge of rebranding as “Classic Hits” and time […] […]

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Cumulus Surrenders KXZZ Lake Charles

Cumulus Media has ceased operations and turned in the license of 1580 KXZZ Lake Charles LA. The 1kW AM began operations in 1947 as KLOU before taking on the KXZZ call letters in 1985. The station has operated as “Sports Radio 1580” carrying the national CBS Sports Radio lineup since the network’s launch in January […] […]

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WJTI Brings Smooth Jazz Back To Milwaukee

El Sol Broadcasting has utilized the launch of a second translator to debut Smooth Jazz “The New 102.5” on 1460 WJTI West Allis/102.5 W273DQ Milwaukee. W273DQ signed-on the week before Christmas with Smooth Jazz based Christmas music before launching its new identity on 12/26. WJTI is positioning as “Smooth & More”. To allow WJTI to […] […]

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December 2021 (11/11 – 12/8) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 2: KMOX, KUBE & KQKS Set New Record Lows

Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets. Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Today’s Christmas music surges are led by the explosion at […] […]