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Hometown Broadcasting has flipped News/Talk/Oldies 1600 WRPN/93.1 W226CQ Ripon WI to Soft AC “93 dot 1 The Wave“. The station describes itself as “full service smooth music from the 60’s-80’s along with local news and information”, although in our monitoring we’ve noted more recent artists such as Celine Dion, John Mayer, Jason Mraz and Colbie […] […]

Your Public Radio Corporation, operator of Public News/Talk 88.1 WYPR Baltimore MD/88.1 WYPF Frederick/106.9 WYPO Ocean City MD, is purchasing AAA 89.7 WTMD Towson/Baltimore from Towson University for $3 million. Outside of some shared services, both stations will continue to operate separately after the deal closes. WYPR President/General Manager LaFontaine E. Oliver stated that WTMD’s […] […]

Saga Communications will swap formats on two of its signals in Springfield IL. Classic Hits “Cool 93.9” WQQL Sherman will move to 93.5 W228DL Springfield while rebranding as “Rewind 93.5” on June 7. The shift will mean the demise of the “Cool” brand in the market after 28 years as Oldies “Cool 101.9” debuted in […] […]

iHeartMedia has dropped Alternative on “Alt 99.3” WHKF Harrisburg PA. Following an hour of looping REM’s “End Of The World (As We Know It)” and one spin of Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”, WHKF flipped at noon to Hip Hop “Real 99.3” launching with Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares” and Pop Smoke […] […]

iHeartMedia has relaunched Classic Hits “95.3 OLZ” WOLZ Fort Myers FL as “95.3 The Beach“. Retaining its playlist emphasis on the 1980s, the station is now positioning as “80s and More”. No changes have been made to its on-air lineup which features all out of market trackers including KLOU St. Louis’ Billy Greenwood & Judi […] […]

East Valley Institute of Technology is selling Classic Hits “Neon 90.7” KVIT Apache Junction AZ to Kaja Brown’s Desert Soul Media for $125,000. The Phoenix based nonprofit describes itself as providing “multimedia literacy and technical training, content creation and marketing services primarily targeting and serving African- Americans within Arizona and the Southwestern United States.” EVIT […] […]