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Coastal Television Acquires Lafayette IN Cluster As Part Of Larger TV Deal

Coastal Television Broadcasting Group have agreed to purchase most of the broadcast assets owned by Mike Reed and Bill Christian under multiple banners including Waypoint Media, Vision Communications and Star City Broadcasting. Included in the deal are the four radio stations operated by Star City in Lafayette IN: Variety Hits “95.3 Bob-FM” WBPE, Country “Y95” […] […]

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Cumulus Surrenders KVEN; Dodgers Move To FM

On the heels of turning in the license of 1320 KSCR Eugene OR, Cumulus Media has turned in the license of another AM. Cumulus has surrendered 1450 KVEN Ventura CA to the FCC ending 73 years of operation for the station. KVEN had been carrying CBS Sports Radio programming as “SportsRadio 1450” since the network’s […] […]

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TuneIn and iHeartMedia Announce Content & Advertising Partnership

TuneIn and iHeartMedia have announced a content and advertising partnership. As part of the deal, iHeartMedia’s stations will become available on the TuneIn platform in addition to iHeart’s own iHeartRadio app. TuneIn will also gain access to advertising demand from iHeartMedia’s internal assets including local ad sellers and Triton Digital’s Supply Side Platform technology. TuneIn, […] […]

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WGFX Extends Titans Rights Deal

Cumulus Media Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX Gallatin/Nashville TN has announced an extension with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans to keep their game broadcasts on the station through the 2025 season. As part of the deal WGFX will also air weekly shows with players, coaches, and game analyst Dave ‘Coach Mac’ McGinnis. WGFX has served as […] […]

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WGTN Gets Countryfied

Rod Stalvey’s Waccamaw Broadcasting has flipped Oldies/Standards 1400 WGTN/107.5 W298CO Georgetown SC to Classic Country “Countryfied 107.5“. WGTN has gone under a wheel of formats the past few years. Since November 2018 the stations has flipped from News/Talk to Country and then CHR via LMA to Comedy to Oldies/Standards last December focusing on music from […] […]

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Chris Tingle Joins Townsquare As Texarkana Market President

Townsquare Media has announced the appointment of Chris Tingle as Market President/Chief Revenue Officer for their Texarkana cluster. Tingle most recently served as Mid-South Region Director of Demand Facilitation for SpotX. He has spent the majority of his career in television sales in Monroe, Shreveport and Baton Rouge. Townsquare Media Inc. announced today that former […] […]