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NAB Announces 2021 Marconi Awards Winners

The National Association of Broadcasters announced the winners of the 2021 Marconi Radio Awards at its virtual ceremony this afternoon. The biggest winner was Bryan Broadcasting in College Station TX, which won four awards including Legendary Manager of the Year to Ben Downs, Small Market Station of the Year to News/Talk 1620 WTAW, CHR Station […] […]

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WFAN Adds Keith McPherson As Evening Host; Sal Licata Rises To Overnights

Audacy Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM New York has announced that Keith McPherson will join the station to host nights from 7pm to 12am, while Sal Licata will become the permanent overnight host from 12-5am. McPherson is a newcomer to radio, most recently serving as social media manager and podcast host for Jomboy Media. He has […] […]

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Howard Greiner Joins iHeartMedia As Albany NY Area President

iHeartMedia has appointed Howard Greiner as Area President for the Albany NY region, which also includes the Poughkeepsie NY and Sussex NJ markets. Greiner will take over on December 31 following the retirement of outgoing Area President Kristen Delaney. He has spent his career mostly in the outdoor advertising business, most recently running his own […] […]

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Cox Trust Seeks One Year Extension To Divest WPYO/WSUN-FM

When Apollo Global Management was granted FCC approval to acquire Cox Media Group in 2019, one of the conditions was that the company must sell CHR “Power 95.3” WPYO Maitland/Orlando and Alternative “97X” 97.1 WSUN Holiday/Tampa FL from the Elliot Evers led CXR Radio LLC divestiture trust to new owners by December 17, 2021. Now […] […]

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Vince Vitrano To Succeed Gene Mueller In Mornings At WTMJ

With Gene Mueller set to retire in February 2022, Good Karma Brands News/Talk 620 WTMJ/103.3 W277CV Milwaukee has announced that Vince Vitrano will succeed him as anchor of “Milwaukee’s Morning News”. Vitrano has served as an anchor at former sister station WTMJ-TV since 2000, currently hosting the station’s morning newscasts. During that time he also […] […]

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Does Social Media Relevancy Equate To Listenership & Revenue?

Facebook this week released its “Widely Viewed Content Report” showing the most viewed domains, links, pages and posts in the United States for the third quarter between July 1 and September 30, 2021. Content from three radio stations appeared in various parts of the report, but each case shows that despite the massive reach that […] […]