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Holiday 2021 (12/9 – 1/5) Nielsen Audio Ratings Day 4: WRCH Breaks Station Record

The fourth and final batch of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ Austin drops from its 2020 record high of 13.1 down to 12.6 in […] […]

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A Northwest News Battle Arises In Seattle As KOMO Is Set To Become KNWN

A pair of Seattle stations are entering a battle for the name “Northwest News“. As first reported here in our December 31 Domain Insight, Lotus Communications is rebranding News 1000 KOMO Seattle/97.7 KOMO-FM Oakville WA as KNWN. The move was a requirement of Lotus’ acquisition last year of the Seattle cluster from Sinclair. Sinclair retained […] […]

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Solving the New-Music Crisis, or ‘And the Beat Goes On’

It’s a fun all-ages trifle now, but when “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” by Edison Lighthouse was a current, it was viewed as a sign of Top 40 radio’s desperation. The competition at rock radio was Led Zeppelin II and the Doors’ Morrison Hotel. “Rosemary” wasn’t even really bubblegum; it was the beginning of […] […]