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Bobby Rich Retires From KDRI

As Bustos Media prepares to complete its $800,000 acquisition of Tucson Radio LLC’s Oldies “101.7 The Drive” 830 KDRI Tucson/101.7 K269FV Oro Valley AZ it will do so without company President, Program Director and morning host Bobby Rich. Rich has announced his retirement from the station he co-founded in 2019 marking the end of 50+ […] […]

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WTOP Makes It Eight Years In A Row As Nation’s Top Biller As Overall Revenue Rises

BIA Advisory Services has released its annual listing of the top ten billing stations in the country as part of its annual “Investing In Radio® Market Report”. BIA notes that total local radio over-the-air and digital revenue for 2022 topped $13.6 billion in 2022, growing 7.4 percent from $12.6 billion in 2021. Over-the-air advertising grew […] […]

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iHeart Downgrades Rock 103 Memphis to 101.9; Relaunches Kiss-FM On 102.7 With Hot AC Shift

The dominoes created by Audacy’s upcoming move of Country “94.1 The Wolf” WLFP to 99.7 replacing Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM have led to more changes in the market. iHeartMedia this afternoon moved their “Kiss-FM” brand from 101.9 KWNW Crawfordsville AR to 102.7 WEGR Arlington and in the process moved the station to Hot AC. […] […]

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New role for NOVA’s Jane Elliott at Sound Story

Strategic public relations agency Sound Story has today announced the appointment of Jane Elliott as its first Communications Director.Elliott will join Sound Story on June 13 from NOVA Entertainment, where she has been leading communications as its National Publicity Director for 15 years.At NOVA, she oversaw the business’ corporate and consumer communications and publicity strategy… Read More
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Radio habits explored in Techsurvey 2023

Jacobs Media will present the Techsurvey 2023 results via a free webinar next Wednesday, May 10.Jacobs Media says “Our annual Techsurvey is the radio broadcasting industry’s largest survey, with this year’s 19th annual study seeing participation from 434 radio stations, yielding more than 30,000 surveys from core radio listeners.”This year’s study, ‘Radio in the Post-Pandemic… Read More
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ABC Radio to cover King Charles Coronation

The ABC will bring Australians full coverage of this Saturday’s Coronation of King Charles III across its television and digital radio platforms and to audiences across the Asia Pacific via ABC Australia and Radio Australia.The Drum’s Julia Baird and ABC News presenter Jeremy Fernandez will host the special coverage from 5.00pm (AEST) before crossing live… Read More
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