Month: January 2024

With Sun Broadcasting’s 93.7 WHEL Sanibel/Fort Myers FL in stunt-mode with all-Taylor Swift following Thursday’s move of Country “Hell Yeah” to 94.1 W231DC, we have our first indication of what will soon launch on the signal. […]

For decades, our industry’s stopset discussion has often defaulted to focusing on the quality, not quantity of radio spots. Some broadcasters feel that ad quality is the real issue. Some allow that stopset length is a problem, but not one we can do anything about. The upshot is that neither quantity nor quality has ever […] […]

United Stations has taken over domestic syndication of the weekly “The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll with Wink Martindale” from G Networks. Radio Express will continue to serve as International syndication partner for the two-hour weekly program that debuted in syndication in 2021 as a follow-up to the 1969/1978/1981 Bill Drake/Gene Chenault documentary series. As […] […]

Audacy has announced the appointment of ‘Ashley V’ Vikdal for the dual role of midday host on Classic Hip Hop “102.1 Jams” KRBQ San Francisco and afternoon host on CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL Sacramento. Vikdal joins Audacy from Desert Valley Media Group in Phoenix where she was Integrated Marketing Manager since 2018 and midday […] […]

Bob James has announced his retirement as Brand Manager and afternoon host at Townsquare Media Country 98.1 KHAK Cedar Rapids IA after 33 years at the station. James joined KHAK (pronounced on-air as K-Hawk) in 1990 as overnight host before moving to nights in 1991 and cluster Production Director/midday host in 1994. He has served […] […]

Global Music Rights has announced it has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Lyndonville VT based Vermont Broadcast Associates for “the station group’s repeated and willful infringement of copyrighted songs licensed by GMR”. The Bruce James led company owns seven stations in northeastern Vermont. GMR states, “Prior to filing the lawsuit, GMR repeatedly offered a […] […]