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iHeartMedia has announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with Ryan Seacrest through the end of 2025. Seacrest will continue with all of his current roles within iHeartMedia: hosting mornings at CHR 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles, the daily syndicated “On Air with Ryan Seacrest”, the weekly “American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest”, the company’s […] […]

Townsquare Media combined two of its stations around Rochester MN earlier this month. Variety Hits “103.9 The Doc” KDOC-FM Eyota flipped to a simulcast of Classic Hits “Fun 104.3” KFNL-FM Spring Valley as “Fun 104“. Northpine reports the merge took place on September 10. KDOC-FM held a 0.7 share in the Spring 2021 Nielsen Audio […] […]

SiriusXM’s Pandora has announced a suite of eight streaming channels dedicated to ‘uplifting’ and ‘happy’ music. Following research stating that searches for the term “happy” are up 111% this year, Pandora has launched “Pandora’s Happy Place” with eight playlists dedicated to more tonally upbeat songs. One of the more interesting insights in the music industry’s […] […]

CUMULUS MEDIA (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced today the Audio Active Group (AAG), an audio media and creative advisory group for marketers and agencies.  The Audio Active Group, led by Pierre Bouvard, Chief Insights Officer of CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One, is the natural evolution from a sponsor-focused research and insights group to a true comprehensive marketing advisory. The Audio Active Group partners with clients to measure the impact of the entire audio […] […]

John Garabedian is selling Codcomm Inc’s cluster of stations on Cape Cod in Massachusetts to Steve Chessare’s Coxswain Communications. Terms of the deal were not yet disclosed. Coxswain will acquire Variety Hits “93.5/94.7 Frank-FM” WFRQ Harwich Port/W234DP Hyannis, Soft AC “Koffee-FM” 101.5 WKFY East Harwich/100.5 W263CU Hyannis/103.5 W278DW Vineyard Haven, CHR “Y101” 101.1 WHYA Mashpee, […] […]

Alpha Media Hot AC “Mix 94.1” WHBC-FM Canton OH has appointed ‘Java Joel’ Murphy as Content Director/afternoon host. Murphy most recently spent fourteen years at iHeartMedia CHR “96.5 Kiss-FM” WAKS Akron/Cleveland in multiple roles including APD/MD and Program Director from 2017 until his exit last year. During his tenure in Cleveland, Murphy also served as […] […]