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The Battle of the Cruel Summers: 1975 vs. 1981

It is pretty well-established, after two-and-a-half years of writing about the Lost Factor and many more years of writing about how songs endure with time. Every year, no matter how bad you thought it was for music, is somebody’s graduating year and somebody’s musical epicenter. If I am casually dismissive of, say, “Hot Rod Hearts” […] […]

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Michael Burger Rises To iHeartMedia Raleigh Market President

iHeartMedia has announced the promotion of Michael Burger to Market President for their Raleigh NC cluster. Burger had joined the Raleigh cluster in August 2021 as Senior VP of Sales after working for the company in multiple roles in St. Louis including General Sales Manager and VP/Sales between 2016 and 2021. He has also served […] […]

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KLAK Returns To AC & K-Lake Moniker

Alpha Media Hot AC 97.5 KLAK Tom Bean TX has shifted back to AC and its heritage “K-Lake” branding. KLAK had dropped the “K-Lake” moniker in 2006 in favor of the frequency and call letters and later shifted from AC to Hot AC in 2016. The moniker comes from Lake Texoma which straddles the Texas/Oklahoma […] […]

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Kendall B Departing Jammin 101.5 Denver

After five years in mornings, Kendall B will exit Max Media Rhythmic AC “Jammin 101.5” KJHM Watkins/Denver CO at the end of this week. Kendall joined KJHM in October 2017 after previously spending seventeen years in mornings at Audacy’s “KS 107.5” KQKS alongside Larry Ulibarri and Kathy J. He states that he intends to launch […] […]