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Carina Patterson has departed SummitMedia Country “100.3 The Wolf” WCYQ Knoxville after a decade with the station to take a position outside the industry. Patterson joined then “Q100.3” in 2012 eventually rising to evening host and then joining Opie Joe in mornings in September 2017 under the on-air name ‘Carina With a Twist of Lime’. […] […]

SiriusXM Canada has announced the appointment of Michelle Mearns as their new VP/Programming & Operations succeeding the retiring John Lewis. Mearns joins SiriusXM from Apple, where she led strategic partnerships, content marketing and played a significant role in the launch of Apple Music in Canada. She has also led marketing and communications for both Twitter […] […]

FCC Actions The FCC has approved B Plus Broadcasting’s petition to revise the FM Table of Allotments to add 100.5 for a new allocation licensed to Hamilton TX. The petition required an order of show cause to Roy Henderson’s S Content Marketing, which will require the following changes to take place: B Plus Broadcasting’s 100.5 […] […]

Amanda ‘Ice’ Habrowski is leaving Alpha Media CHR “Live 95.5” KBFF Portland after an eight year stint. Habrowski joined KBFF as evening host in 2014 before quickly moving up to middays. She added Music Director duties in 2016, became APD in June 2020, and then Content Director just three months later. Prior to Portland, she […] […]

A direct challenger to the market leader has arrived in Austin as Township Media launched Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KTSN/96.3 K242DE Austin on Friday. The new format challenges Waterloo Media’s “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA Austin, which currently leads the market with a 9.0 share. The K242DE signal operates with 250w/390m from the tower utilized by […] […]

Clarke Broadcasting flipped AC “Star 92.7” KZSQ-FM Sonora CA to Classic Hits at 2pm today. Now branding as “The New Star 92.7“, the station is positioning as “The Motherlode’s Greatest Hits” under PD/morning host Mark Grauer. The station serves the area where gold was first discovered in California in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of […] […]