Month: April 2024

iHeartMedia is partnering with Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment to launch Women’s Sports Audio Network (WSAN). The new brand is described as the first-ever audio platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports podcasts, daily sports reports, spotlights and audio vignettes, social content, promotion and industry event presence, and will be available across iHeartMedia’s broadcast, digital and […] […]

There is encouragement for Top 40 radio, and radio overall, in Top 40’s last near-extinction-level-event. In 1993-94, the format was upstaged by Hip-Hop/R&B, by the “new rock revolution” at Alternative radio, and by the Country radio that both listeners and stations had fled to. In 1995, Top 40 began making its way back. In the […] […]

Max Media has promoted Jay West to Operations Manager of its Norfolk VA cluster. West joined the company in January 2020 as afternoon host at AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM Suffolk and rose to Program Director of the station two months later. He previously spent nine years as APD/MD/afternoon host at Rhythmic CHR “Z104” 104.5 […] […]

SiriusXM has announced that its true-crime channel “Crime Junkie Radio” will launch on its app and in cars with its new 360L streaming feature exclusively on Friday, April 26 at 8am. The channel will debut with the premiere of the new show “Crime Junkie AF” hosted by Ashley Flowers. The channel will also feature archived […] […]

Audacy has announced the launch of a new Audacy Sports sales vertical. Audacy Sports is made up of the company’s 40 owned and operated Sports formatted radio stations, 160 Sports stations on its app, its podcast network, 150 professional and collegiate play-by-play rights, the Infinity Sports Network (formerly CBS Sports Radio) and BetQL Network. The […] […]

Premiere Networks has announced it has agreed to a three year contract extension with Jesse Kelly to continue as host of the “Jesse Kelly Show”. Kelly joined Premiere Networks in June 2021 to take over the 6-9pm Eastern timeslot that had previously been held by Buck Sexton. The show was previously based at 950 KPRC […] […]