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John Peterson and Gordy Young Reunite At WMDX Madison

Civic Media Liberal Talk “Mad Radio 92.7” 1580 WMDX Columbus/W224EG Madison WI has reunited long-time Madison personalties John Peterson and Gordy Young to host mornings from 6-8am. “The John & Gordy Show: As We Were Saying” debuted this morning. Peterson and Young have both had long broadcast careers with the duo previously teamed in mornings […] […]

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Radio Resources Presents October 2023 (9/14 – 10/11) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 1: Record High For Live 105

Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. New York iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW rises 7.3 to 7.8 to expand […] […]

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Phoenix/Prescott Frequency Moves Completed

Entravision and Prescott Valley Broadcasting Company’s multi-frequency signal shift in Arizona has been completed. The move, which was triggered by Entravision’s January 2018 proposal to upgrade “La Suavecita” 107.1 KVVA-FM Apache Junction from a Class C3 to C2 by moving to the South Mountain tower farm in Phoenix with 2.05kW/508m with a city-of-license change to […] […]

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Talking About Talking Over Music

My radio hero and former boss Walt “Baby” Love wasn’t just a master of “hitting the post”—talking exactly to the last second of a song’s intro on the radio before the lyric started. He also told me how to do the “whooo!” That was the moment when, having hit the post, the DJ somehow found […] […]

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Tom Hanrahan Launches CoachedUP Talent Coaching Agency

After departing as SummitMedia earlier this month as Vice President of Country Programming and Talent Development and Program Director of Country 104.7 WZZK Birmingham after just seven months, Tom Hanrahan is launching talent coaching agency CoachedUP. Hanrahan noted, “Talent coaching has always been my passion! Talent are the most important asset on our station, but […] […]

UK

University of Sunderland celebrates 25 years of radio studies

University of Sunderland staff past and present have come together to host a national Radio and Podcast Studies conference. The conference launch event, which took place on Friday 27 October at the Northern Academy of Music Education studios in The Fire Station, Sunderland, celebrated the success of graduates who are now working in the BBC […] […]