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Following the retirement of longtime West Virginia Radio Corporation President/CEO Dale Miller, the company has announced it has hired former Alpha Media Midwest Regional President George Pelletier as his successor. Pelletier oversaw 28 of Alpha’s 42 markets after joining the company following its 2016 acquisition of Digity where her served as Chief Operating Officer. Pelletier […] […]

Sarkes Tarzian AC “Majic 95.1” WAJI Fort Wayne has announced the addition of Katrina ‘Kat’ Walburn to their “Andy In The Morning” hosted by Andy Beckman. Walburn has spent the past several years as Regional Marketing Manager at Jefferson Pointe Shopping Center but previously worked at Sarkes’s Fort Wayne cluster as Promotions Director for 101.7 […] […]

Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) today announced that starting in September 2021, it will begin placing approximately 3,000 new Portable People Meter (PPM) Wearables in a subset of its nearly 60,000 active PPM panelists.  The deployment of PPM wearable devices and technologies is part of Nielsen’s continued efforts to modernize its panels and improve the panelist experience, […] […]

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today the finalists for the 2021 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, honoring radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The winners will be announced October 13 at the Marconi Reception, held during the 2021 Radio Show in Las Vegas. The Marconi Reception will begin immediately following Wednesday’s […] […]

Educational Media Foundation is entering the Terre Haute IN market with the acquisition of Classic Country “95.9 The Legend” WVIG Seelyville from DLC Media. EMF will pay $335,000 for the station, which will break off from DLC Media’s four other stations in the market. DLC had acquired what became WVIG in a 2016 three-way deal […] […]

Jose Villafañe’s Costa Media Boston has begun operating 1490 WCCM/103.7 W279DH Haverhill MA ahead of a purchase of the station from Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures. With the acquisition the station has flipped to Spanish CHR “LatinX 103.7“. The station is promoting the brand as a mix of Spanish Rhythm, Salsa, and Pop. The station is carrying […] […]