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iHeartMedia flipped Hot AC “Mix 100.5” WDVI Rochester NY to “Country 100.5” today. The new format debuted at 9:00 this morning positioning as “Rochester’s Ten In A Row Country” and giving the company a full-market signal competitor to Audacy’s market leading 92.5 WBEE. iHeart is continuing to operate the separate Country brand “107.3 The Bull” […] […]

Deletions A pair of Mississippi signals have had their licenses revoked after a competitor claimed that the stations were not operating within legal parameters. In April 2020, Delta Radio Network owner Larry Fuss submitted informal objections against the license renewals for Donald Pugh’s Eternity Media Group’s 99.5 WETX Vardaman and 1540 WKXG Greenwood MS. In […] […]

Is Cumulus CHR “97.1/95.7 BHT” WBHT Mountain Top/WBHD Olyphant PA returning to its original “Hot 97” branding?

Plus a potential iHeartMedia Country move and is there another Audacy move on “The Block”? […]

Townsquare Media dropped its Country format on “103.7 The Peak” WPKQ North Conway NH/Portland ME at noon today and is currently in stunt mode. The station is looping Bad Religion’s cover of “White Christmas” and sound clips teasing “we have taken over this signal and we’re not giving it back” telling listeners to tune in […] […]

KOAI (The Wow Factor) Phoenix, which celebrated its second birthday on Sept. 30, became a quick favorite of Ross on Radio readers, especially when its station stream was made available outside Arizona. Over the first year, PD/consultant John Sebastian tightened the station’s broad mix, eliminating the early 2000s Country aspect and focusing more on ‘70s […] […]

iHeartMedia has appointed Jen Richer as Assistant Program Director for their Washington DC cluster. Richer will assist the PD’s at all seven stations in the cluster reporting to SVP/Programming Jeff Kapugi. She returns to the cluster after previously serving as News Director at iHeart’s “104.7 Wonk-FM” W284CQ/WWDC-HD2 Washington. Most recently she was Executive Producer for […] […]