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It was the year of the Top 40 comeback, driven by teen pop, Modern AC, bigger Hip-Hop/R&B crossovers, and heard on a rapidly growing number of Top 40 stations. But 1997 was also a year that challenges the calculations of the Lost Factor. The Lost Factor is our calculation of the difference between a song’s […] […]

Windhorse Partners LP will abandon its 51.3 percent equity stake in Great Eastern Radio’s fifteen stations and eight translators in New Hampshire and Vermont. Windhorse currently owns a 90 percent stake in Jeff Shapiro’s Vertical CP, which in turn owns 55.8 percent of the company. For a combined $375,000, Shapiro and the minority partners will […] […]

American Public Media’s recently rebranded “Your Classical MPR” statewide network in Minnesota has announced the addition of Jillene Khan as overnight host. Khan joins “Your Classical MPR” from Mid-West Family Broadcasting AC “Magic 98” WMGN Madison WI where she hosted afternoons. Khan also won a Gracie Award last week for “Best Host Non-Morning Drive (Music […] […]

The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro, Memphis, and Hartford. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA leads Austin with a sizeable 9.6 to 11.1 gain. Next is University of Texas’s […] […]

Cumulus Media has appointed Jeff Boden as Vice President/Market Manager for Conservative Talk 105.9 WMAL Woodbridge VA/Washington DC and Sports “ESPN 630 The Sports Capitol” WSBN Washington DC. Boden returns to the stations after previously serving as President/GM of them for ABC Radio and Citadel Broadcasting from 2005 to 2012. Boden also served as Director […] […]

Audacy News/Talk 1080 WTIC Hartford has announced a new programming lineup as it fills the two vacant midday slots in its schedule. Ray Dunaway and Brian Shactman will continue to host mornings from 5:30 to 9am. Shactman, who joined WTIC in January, will now also host a solo hour from 9am to 10am as ““Extra […] […]