Year: 2021

The FCC has approved its proposal to eliminate seven rules that Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel pegged as “redundant, outdated or in conflict”. The seven changes are described as: Maximum Rated Transmitter Power for AM Stations We propose to amend section 73.1665(b) to remove the maximum rated transmitter power8 limit for AM stations. We tentatively conclude […] […]

iHeartMedia has announced that it has appointed Kevin LeGrett to President of iHeartMedia Sports. In his new role, LeGrett “will work closely with all groups within the company to coordinate its sports assets across all iHeart audio platforms to maximize the impact for its listeners, partners and clients.” He has been with the company since […] […]

Two independently owned Conservative Talk stations are launching in the next two weeks in the greater St. Louis area. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Joe Rusch and Jeff Allen’s EpicSTL will debut “NewsTalkSTL” on Educational Media Foundation’s 101.9 K270BW Bellefontaine and Gateway Creative Broadcasting’s 99.1 KLJY-HD3 Clayton. Rusch and Allan are both veterans of […] […]

One Putt Broadcasting is moving Oldies 1430 KYNO Fresno to its 50kW 940 signal on Monday, July 19. 940 is currently home to Sports “940 ESPN” KFIG. While the call letters will move to 1430, it is not yet known if the Sports format will move the opposite direction on July 19. One Putt is […] […]

Cumulus Media Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM San Francisco has filled its Program Director vacancy with the transfer of Kevin Graham from the company’s News/Talk 820 WBAP Fort Worth and Conservative Talk 570 KLIF Dallas. Graham has programmed the Dallas duo since November 2016. He previously spent his entire programming career in Sports formats with stints […] […]

When I asked readers for their top five favorites among our Lost Factor leaders, some stuck mostly with songs from their favorite era; a few had a spread from the early ‘70s through the early ‘90s (the full range of years in consideration). Generally, there was not much that ‘70s and ‘90s kids agreed on, […] […]