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WSTO Morning Hosts Depart

Midwest Communications CHR “Hot 96” WSTO Evansville IN morning hosts Claire Ballard, Tyler Cooper and Gavin Eddings have left the station. Ballard had hosted mornings at WSTO since October 2016 after previously serving as APD/afternoon host the previous year. She began her career as an intern at the station and then hosted nights from 2010 […] […]

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Fox Sports Radio Launches 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe In Mornings

Premiere Networks’ Fox Sports Radio launched a new morning show this morning replacing Clay Travis’ “Outkick The Coverage” following Travis’ move to the 12-3pm Conservative Talk show that replaced Rush Limbaugh. “2 Pros and a Cup of Joe” will feature former NFL players Lavar Arrington and Brady Quinn alongside longtime Fox Sports Radio personality Jonas […] […]

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Alternative Soundcheck Debuts In Syndication

Veteran Alternative programmers John Allers and John O’Connell and promotions vet Jonathan Lev have teamed up to launch the nightly syndicated Alternative Soundcheck. The show will be hosted by Casey McCabe. McCabe hosted nights at CHR “Amp 97.1” KAMP Los Angeles from 2009 to 2020 and has also worked at Alternative stations 106.7 KROQ Los […] […]

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Marketron Hit By Cyber Attack

Marketron has informed clients that its services have been impacted by a cyber attack by the Russian group BlackMatter. The company states that all of their customers are impacted. Marketron’s Traffic, Visual Traffic Cloud, Exchange, and Advertiser Portal were all impacted by the attack, while RadioTraffic and RepPak services were taken offline out of abundance […] […]

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Cumulus Swaps Mornings Shows In Columbia SC

Cumulus Media is swapping morning shows at two of its stations in Columbia SC. The syndicated Bob & Sheri will move from AC “B106.7” WTCB Orangeburg to Classic Hits 98.5 WOMG Lexington, while Kris Carson will make the opposite move to WTCB. Carson joined WOMG in April 2019 after four years as Production Director for […] […]

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FCC Report 9/19: FCC Reminds Licensees Of 2021 Regulatory Fee Due Date

FCC Actions
With 2021 regulatory fees due by 11:59pm Eastern on Friday, September 24, the FCC has opened a website at FCCFees.com where stations can look up the amount they owe, fee codes, and facility identification numbers.

Non-commercial licensees are exempt from paying the regulatory fees if they are not co-owned by the licensee of a commercial station, does not derive income from advertising, and it dependent on support from members of the community served.

The FCC has entered Consent Decrees with three operators over their failure to maintain their public files: Reef Broadcasting’s 1620 WDHP Frederiksted VI, Southern Broadcasting Corporation’s 1330 WENA Yauco PR, and Wittenberg College’s 89.1 WUSO Springfield OH.

AM Changes
Beasley Media Business Talk “Money Talk” 1470 WWNN Pompano Beach FL proposes to remove two of its six towers. WWNN would drop from 50kW day to 35kW and remaining at 2.5kW night. Three of the four towers are specified to be to be used as well in the CP for 980 WHSR Pompano Beach.

Cenla Broadcasting’s Conservative Talk 970 KSYL Alexandria LA seeks to remove one of its two towers utilized for its nighttime array. KSYL will remain at 1kW day, but drop from 1kW night to 120 watts.

Auction 109 Applications
More of the winners of the new 97 signals from FCC Auction 109 have filed the applications for their new signals. […]