US

The Breakfast Club To Air On BET

iHeartMedia’s syndicated “The Breakfast Club” hosted by DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God will add a daily hour on BET and VH1 starting Monday, April 17. A consolidated hour of The Breakfast Club will air weekdays at 9am eastern on both cable networks. The show previously aired on Revolt TV until 2021. The Breakfast Club […] […]

US

Anna Kinkade To Retire From WIXO/WGLO

Anna Kinkade has announced her retirement from afternoons at Cumulus Media Rock “105.7 The X” WIXO Peoria and late mornings at Classic Rock 95.5 WGLO Pekin IL after 25 years with the stations. In a blog post on WIXO’s website Kinkade wrote, “Welp (insert knee slap here) after a 25+ year radio career, the time […] […]

ASIA

BBC Persian Radio shuts down after 82 years of broadcasting

After 82 years of operation, the final program of BBC Persian (Farsi) Radio was broadcast on Sunday, March 26.The Farsi radio service was launched as part of the BBC’s Empire Service on December 29, 1940, with support from the Foreign Office during World War II.It provided the latest political, social, economic and sports news relevant to Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan.The closure follows the BBC’s strategy to create a modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that drives the most value from the licence fee and delivers more for audiences.The World Service had stated that it aims to save £28.5m million by closing Persian and Arabic radio stations as part of a more considerable effort to save £500 million yearly.The corporation will also stop producing radio content in ten other languages, including Chinese and Hindi.The broadcaster has said that the cuts result from years of UK government-imposed limits on license fees below inflation, in addition to the rising cost of producing programs. […]