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VP/Rock Programming & WKQX PD Troy Hanson Exits Cumulus Media

Troy Hanson has exited Cumulus Media in his multiple roles as Vice President of Programming for Rock formats, VP/Operations for the Chicago clusters, and Program Director of Alternative “Q101” WKQX Chicago Hanson joined Cumulus in 2013 as the Corporate Program Director of Rock Formats and PD of Classic Rock “Rock 100.5” WNNX Atlanta. He moved […] […]

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Laura Steele Moves Up To Afternoons At WJJK

Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK Indianapolis has promoted Laura Steele from nights to afternoons. Steele joined WJJK in June 2016 after a fifteen year run in middays at iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ. Steele also currently tracks middays at Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM Cincinnati. Prior to her return to Indianapolis in […] […]

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SummitMedia Takes Awesome 99.5 To The Streetz

SummitMedia has flipped 1980s Hits “Awesome 99.5” W258CB Greenville/107.3 WJMZ-HD3 Anderson SC to Hip Hop “Streetz 99.5“. Positioning as “Where Hip Hop Lives”, the new format launched at 3pm today with Coi Leray’s “Players”, Blxst ft. Roddy Rich “Passionate”, and Moone Walker “Lizzo”. The new format creates a lot of overlap with sister Rhythmic CHR […] […]

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This Weekend, All My Friends Are on the Radio

A few Sundays ago, I was tagged in a Facebook posting from Joe Crain, a radio friend turned TV weathercaster, now director of community engagement for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill. Crain was doing his Sunday afternoon show on KYMO Sikeston, Mo., the station where he started many years ago, […] […]