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Regional Radio Group flipped Conservative Talk 1450 WWSC/93.1 W226CP Glens Falls NY to Classic Rock “93 WSC The Legend” on May 14. The station will feature Jason Irwin in mornings. Irwin has been hosting a weekly local music show on sister Hot AC “Hits 95.9” WCQL and previously was MD/midday host at Alternative 102.7 WEQX […] […]

After firing Program Director John Hager and its morning show in April following racist comments made by morning host Rob Lederman, Cumulus Media Classic Rock “97 Rock” 96.9 WGRF-FM Buffalo has found its new Program Director internally. Joe Russo, a Buffalo native will return home to program WGRF, newly launched Conservative Talk 1270 WHLD, and […] […]

iHeartMedia has announced a series of market leadership promotions in Salt Lake City. Judy Copier has risen to Market President succeeding the retiring Stu Stanek. She has served as Senior VP/Sales for the past ten years after stints at KUTV-TV and local agencies. Joyce Wirthlin rises to SVP/Sales to succeed Copier. Wirthlin has been with […] […]

SiriusXM and subsidiaries Pandora and Stitcher have announced a number of programming initiatives in honor of June being Black Music Month. SiriusXM will launch three limited-run channels. “Black Music Forever Radio” (channel 105) brings the Pandora playlist to their platform with current hits from Black artists in Pop, Hip-Hop and R&B. The brand will also […] […]

Audacy and Radio America have announced an agreement to bring Dana Loesch’s “The Dana Show” to eleven of the company’s stations. In six markets Loesch will take the 12-3pm eastern timeslot that had been held by the Rush Limbaugh Show. Those stations are “Talk 980” KMBZ Kansas City, 840 KXNT Las Vegas, 1140/96.1 WRVA Richmond, […] […]

SummitMedia has flipped Variety Hits “99.5 Jack-FM” W258CB Greenville/107.3 WJMZ-HD3 Anderson to 1980s Hits “Awesome 99.5“. The move expands SummitMedia’s recently launched brand to a third market following launches in Richmond and Knoxville. The station shares the same “Totally 80s and More” positioning as its predecessors. The move takes W258CB out of direct format competition […] […]