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Embrace Radio presenter Jim Byrne wins at the Corby Music Awards

Embrace Radio’s Jim Byrne has won the 2023 Northamptonshire Radio Show of the Year award. The award is part of the Corby Music awards which had nominees across Northamptonshire. Jim was nominated alongside Darren Jackson and Chuck Middleton, and the evening was held in memory of former radio presenter Barry Addison who was awarded for […] […]

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Report: Audacy To File For Bankruptcy Within Weeks

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Audacy has reached an agreement with its senior lenders for a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan set to be filed in the next couple of weeks. Audacy has been in negotiations with its lenders since skipping on its debt payments due at the end of September while in […] […]

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Katie Schurk & Nick Vitrano To Join Otis Day In Mornings At WKSZ

After departing mornings at Midwest Communications CHR 101.1 WIXX Green Bay in early December, Katie Schurk & Nick Vitrano are jumping to Woodward Community Media’s crosstown “95.9 Kiss-FM” WKSZ De Pere upon the completion of their non-competes. The duo were part of “Murphy In The Morning” at WIXX with Jim Murphy until his retirement in […] […]

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Danie B Joins V103 Atlanta

Audacy Hip Hop/R&B “V103” WVEE Atlanta has welcomed ‘Danie B’ Buchanan as midday host. The Atlanta native was most recently at Cox Media Group CHR “Power 95.3” WPYO Orlando from 2018 until its sign-off in April 2022. During that time she started as evening host before moving up to Assistant Program Director and afternoon host […] […]

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Pete Black to leave Director of Music role at Bauer

Bauer Media Audio UK’s Director of Music Pete Black is stepping down this month and leaving the company after 18 months. Pete joined the business in 2022 as Director of Music under Chief Content and Music Officer Ben Cooper and has worked on deals with labels, managers and artists in the UK and internationally. Key […] […]

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970 ESPN Pittsburgh Switches To Fox Sports

In addition to Hartford, iHeartMedia has also changed Sports network affiliation on 970 WBGG/104.7 WPGB-HD2 Pittsburgh as the station rebrands from “970 ESPN Pittsburgh” to “Fox Sports 970/104.7HD2“. WBGG will air a mix of Fox Sports Radio network programming and programming produced by the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins. WBGG had carried ESPN programming since […] […]