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Pete Kelly Rises To WKLI-FM Program Director

Pamal Broadcasting has promoted Pete Kelly to Program Director of Country “100.9/107.1 The Cat” WKLI-FM Albany/WKBE Corinth NY. Kelly currently serves as APD/MD/afternoon host at the station and midday host at CHR “Fly 92.3” WFLY, which he will relinquish to new addition Seth Justice. Since joining WKLI-FM in 2017, Kelly has spent time in middays […] […]

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FCC Approves 100% Foreign Ownership For Alpha Media

The FCC has approved Alpha Media’s petition for up to 100% foreign equity ownership and specific investors to own above 5% equity and voting stakes in the company. An outgrowth from Alpha’s July 2021 exit from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the approval will allow Alpha’s debt holders to exercise warrants to convert the debt into […] […]

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NRG Signs Off In Palm Springs

David Reese’s NRG Media has ceased programming his Dance “100.9 NRG” programming on CRC Media West’s 100.9 K265FH Cathedral City/Palm Springs and Marker Broadcasting’s 95.9 KJJZ-HD4 Indian Wells CA. A message on the station’s website notes, “To our listeners, thank you for support & your kind words. To our sponsors, thank you for believing in […] […]

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‘Punch Wars’: 1983 vs. 1984 in Song-to-Song Combat

“It’s like Star Wars vs. Star Trek.” That’s how one Ross on Radio reader described a recent column on whether 1983 or 1984 was the best year for Top 40 music and radio. Ultimately, readers chose 1984, but not as unanimously as you might think, given its reputation as the peak year of Top 40’s […] […]

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Bill Love To Retire From WRTH/WLTE

Longtime Greenville/Spartanburg market morning personality Bill Love has announced he will retire from radio Friday, September 29 ahead of on Salem Media Group Classic Hits “Earth-FM” 103.3 WRTH Greer/95.5 WLTE Powdersville SC sale to Educational Media Foundation. Love has been with “Earth-FM” since its launch in January 2013. He began his career in 1973 at […] […]