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Clay Church Joins Alpha Media Dayton/Canton As Operations Manager

Alpha Media has announced the appointment of Clay Church as Operations Manager of their Dayton and Canton OH stations. Church most recently spent 20 years at Townsquare Media Flint MI, most recently as Operations Manager/Director of Content. He fills the opening created by Alex ‘Bo Matthews’ Gutierrez’s move to San Jose in May. 2022- Clay […] […]

US

Fresh Listen: L.A.’s Hip-Hop and R&B

A few recent headlines: In the June PPM, longtime Adult R&B outlet KJLH Los Angeles was up 2.2-2.7. That was the Stevie Wonder-owned station’s best topline number ever, including the early-to-mid-’80s before KPWR (Power 106) finally (and briefly) brought the R&B hits to a full-market signal in 1986.  In July, KJLH was off 2.7-2.3, but […] […]

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Tom Mitchell Departs As Cumulus Syracuse OM

After 26 years at the cluster, Tom Mitchell has departed as Operations Manager for Cumulus Media Syracuse NY and Program Director of CHR “93Q” WNTQ. Mitchell had been with the cluster since February 1996. In a Facebook post announcing his exit, Mitchell wrote, “After 26 years, August 31 was my last day as Operations Manager […] […]

ASIA

RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region

RNZ Pacific has resumed its shortwave analogue service to the Pacific region.The service, which airs between the 5 am and 9 am New Zealand time, was stopped in 2016.RNZ Pacific broadcasts in digital and analogue shortwave to radio stations and individual listeners in the Pacific.

The resumption of the analogue service will allow listeners in remote locations with a domestic shortwave radio to hear RNZ Pacific 24 hours a day, made possible with extra funding from the New Zealand government.RNZ Pacific will run three different frequencies at various times, at 5am NZT tune in on 7425 kilohertz, at 6am NZT listen on 9700 kilohertz, and at 8am NZT change the dial to 11725.The DRM digital service during breakfast hours will continue on transmitter two for its partner stations around the Pacific region. […]

ASIA

All India Radio appoints new Director General of News Services Division

Senior Indian Information Service officer, Vasudha Gupta assumed the charge of Director General of News Services Division, All India Radio.A 1989-batch Officer, Gupta has served in various capacities in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in an over 32-year  career.Before her appointment as Director General of the News Services Division of All India Radio, she was serving as DG, Press Information Bureau.

During her stint at PIB, she played an instrumental role in devising and implementing information dissemination products during the challenging period of COVID-19 pandemic.She is credited for leading the development a feedback dashboard for the Government of India across various media platforms, besides establishing a Fact Check system for the government.A Ph.D in Finance from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Gupta helped in the introduction of social media platforms in regional languages through All India Radio while she was posted as Additional Director General in AIR News. […]

US

NAB To Present Ryan Seacrest with Distinguished Service Award

Award-winning media and entertainment entrepreneur, radio personality, television host and producer Ryan Seacrest will receive the 2022 National Association of Broadcasters’ Distinguished Service Award (NAB DSA), the organization’s highest honor, which recognizes those who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of broadcasting. The award presentation will take place during the […] […]