Year: 2023

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AU & NZ

Hamish and Andy No 1, ABC debuts: Australian Podcast Ranker

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Hamish and Andy No 1, ABC debuts: Australian Podcast Ranker

The Australian Podcast Ranker looks different this month extending to a top 200 and with two debuts in the top ten as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) joins the ranker for the first time. The top four is the same with Hamish and Andy at No. 1. No 5 is the debut of Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski’s long running ABC interview program Conversations, which was also recently No 1 on Apple’s list of most popular podcasts in Australia.
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US

Rockin’ Beyond the Christmas Tree

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Rockin’ Beyond the Christmas Tree

If you were going to know only one Brenda Lee song, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” would be a perfectly good one. The 14-year-old Lee recorded it just as Nashville was only starting to figure out how to harness the atomic energy of her early recordings. Ironically, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” finally became popular […] […]

UK

Eddy Temple-Morris gets Virgin Radio Anthems Drive as Tubridy arrives from Ireland

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Eddy Temple-Morris gets Virgin Radio Anthems Drive as Tubridy arrives from Ireland

Virgin Radio’s mid-morning host Eddy Temple-Morris is moving to Virgin Radio Anthems Drivetime to make way for the arrival of Ryan Tubridy in the new year. Eddy will be on-air from 2pm till 6pm weekdays and continue to host Sunday Special documentaries for Virgin Radio UK, and cover on the main service. Eddy said: “The […] […]

US

Bennett Radio Group Acquires Channel X Radio In Northern Maine

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Bennett Radio Group Acquires Channel X Radio In Northern Maine

Stan Bennett’s Bennett Radio Group has acquired Canxus Broadcasting Corporation’s four station across the Maine/Canada border for $400,000. Operating as Full Service AC “Channel X Radio“, the stations included in the deal are 97.7 WCXU Caribou/Presque Isle, 98.1 WCXV Van Buren, 102.3 WCXX Madawaska, and 103.1 W276AY Fort Kent. George Kimble of Kozacko Media Services […] […]

US

Format Changes I Would Like To See In 2024

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Format Changes I Would Like To See In 2024

As 2023 comes to a close, there will be many experts giving their predictions on things that broadcasters should do in the coming year. This is one of those columns, but without the expectation that most of these suggestions will happen. Instead I merely hope that we as an industry continues to innovate and take […] […]

US

Illinois Public Media To Launch Illinois Soul

December 13, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Illinois Public Media To Launch Illinois Soul

Illinois Public Media will flip Classical 101.1 W266AF/90.9 WILL-HD2 Urbana/Champaign IL to a new “Illinois Soul” brand on February 1, 2024. The new service will feature music blocks made up of what the station calls “smooth jazz, neo soul, R&B, and throwback jams.” It will also carry Black-hosted NPR news programs including Code Switch and […] […]