Month: July 2023

Audacy has announced the promotion of Tim Wenger to SVP/Market President. Wenger, who has been with the cluster since starting his radio career as a news reporter and anchor in 1986, currently serves as Operations Manager of Sports 550 WGR, “1520 The Bet” WWKB, and News/Talk 930 WBEN, Brand Manager of WBEN and News/Talk Format […] […]

Alpha Media Country “KBAY Country” 94.5 KBAY San Jose/92.1 KKSV Walnut Creek CA will go all-Taylor Swift this weekend as Swift’s The Eras Tour makes its way to the Bay Area. “Tay Bay” will run on the station from Friday, July 28 at 10:00am until Sunday, July 30th. The station intends to play all of […] […]

In September 1988, I had been at Billboard for three months when the new “Modern Rock Tracks” chart debuted. That launch is a happy memory during a happy career moment. I left the publication in 1992 as the “New Rock Revolution” was starting, with Modern Rock, R&B/Hip-Hop, and Country all generating the type of excitement […] […]

Nexstar News/Talk 720 WGN Chicago will have its 102 acre tower site annexed into Elk Grove Village IL as part of a deal that will see the company sell the southernmost 35 acres. The Daily Herald reports that the sold land would be utilized to construct three buildings to be utilized as a data center […] […]

SummitMedia has announced the appointment of Jeff McGinley as Vice President of Engineering based in Birmingham. McGinley joins SummitMedia from Audacy where he had served as Director of Technical Operations for the Pacific Northwest since 2019. McGinley, whose father was Chief Engineer of WPGC Washington DC, began his career at WMET Gaithersburg MD and would […] […]

Salem Media Group has announced a consolidation in their market leadership ranks to provide cost savings and “allow Salem’s most seasoned leaders to expand their impact on the performance of the company”. Terry Fahy, Regional VP/GM for Los Angeles, will now also oversee Oxnard. Steve Brodsky, GM for San Diego, will also manage Honolulu. Dennis […] […]