Month: August 2023

Bonneville International and iHeartMedia Honolulu have begun fire relief fundraisers for those affected in Maui. Bonneville stations across its holdings are promoting the fundraiser with its own foundation making a $15,000 contribution with all funds going to the Hawaii Community Foundation. iHeartMedia’s Honolulu cluster are hosting on-air fundraisers to support the American Red Cross. Bonneville […] […]

These days, I can take a “First Listen” to almost any station right away. But in the time before streaming, it took me four months to hear WHTZ (Z100) New York. I was in Los Angeles, working for the trade publication Radio & Records. Shortly before I got hired, Z100 signed on and I managed […] […]

Townsquare Media AC 92.7 WOBM-FM Toms River and 1310 WOBM/96.7 W243EE Asbury Park NJ has appointed ‘Chelsea Corrine’ Masterson as afternoon host. Masterson most recently had been hosting afternoons at “Cat Country 96.7/104.1” until its end last month and serves as Digital Managing Editor for Townsquare’s Jersey Shore cluster. She has previously worked at Press […] […]

Radio One Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” W228CX/W298BB/WIBC-HD2 Indianapolis has announced revisions to its on-air lineup. Andy Sweeney, who recently departed “ESPN Louisville” 680 WHBE Louisville after thirteen years as host and Program Director, will join The Fan as morning co-host alongside Kevin Bowen from 7-10am weekdays. That will enable Jake Query to move to the […] […]

Audacy Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM New York has announced a contract extension with the NFL’s New York Giants to continue as the franchise’s flagship station. The new deal will add a weekly Saturday morning show hosted by Giants.com’s John Schmeelk and WFAN’s Shaun Morash previewing that week’s game and a daily “Giants Daily Update” segment. […] […]

A group of staffers are acquiring Country “T100” WCLT-FM, AC “Kate 98.7” 1430 WCLT/98.7 W254CT, and Rock “The Big Lick” 104.7 W284CH Newark OH from Douglas Pricer. General Sales Manager Thomas Bunyard will acquire a controlling 51.3% stake of the company for $1.357 million. Chief Engineer James Ferguson and Program Director Mike ‘Wild Walley’ Schneider […] […]