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Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets. Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Today’s Christmas music surges are led by the explosion at […] […]

Salem Media Group Conservative Talk “560 The Answer” WIND Chicago has announced the appointment of Mike Scott as News Director. Scott has served as newscaster on WIND for the past seventeen years, but was an employee of iHeartMedia’s Total Traffic and Weather Network. He will continue to anchor morning newscasts and add traffic reporter duties […] […]

Grace Broadcasting Services has flipped Conservative Talk 93.1 WTJS West Alamo/Jackson TN to Christian AC “Good News 93.1“. WTJS is utilizing programming from Salem Media’s “Today’s Christian Music” network including Kevin & Taylor in mornings, Caryn Cruise in middays, and Doug Griffin in afternoons. The flip ends the dual Conservative Talk brands being run by […] […]

One of the few public radio owned Oldies stations will sign-off for good on Friday, January 7 as Grand Valley State University will cease operations of “Real Oldies” 1480 WGVU Grand Rapids/850 WGVS Muskegon MI. WGVU/WGVS had flipped to Oldies in 2009, becoming at the time the only public radio operation programming a full-time Oldies […] […]

Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. The surge of stations playing Christmas music to the top of each market […] […]

Ohio Midland Newsgroup’s River Network is preparing a frequency shuffle and rebranding at its recently acquired Wheeling WV cluster. Classic Hits “Kool 105.5” WUKL Bethlehem OH will relocate to 100.5 and reclaim the frequency’s heritage “WOMP-FM” brand. 100.5 held the WOMP-FM calls from 1959 until its 2005 flip from CHR to Variety Hits “Jack-FM“. Cluster […] […]