UK

BBC Radio 2 loses 1m listeners as Ken Bruce helps Greatest Hits Radio grow

BBC Radio 2 is down one million listeners in the latest radio listening figures provided by RAJAR for quarter 2, 2023, as Ken Bruce helps commercial radio increase. The national BBC network dropped from 14.45m weekly reach last quarter (and 14.5m from Q2, 2022) to 13.45m this quarter. Total hours and market share are also […] […]

US

Norsan Media Expands In Austin

Norsan Media is now operating 104.9 KTXX-FM Bee Cave and 105.3 K287FG Austin TX following the previously announced shut-downs of Sports “104.9 The Horn” and Classic Hits “105.3 The Bat” by Genuine Austin Radio ahead of an upcoming purchase of the stations. 104.9 KTXX-FM has begun simulcasting Regional Mexican “La Raza 95.1” 1530 KZNX Creedmoor/95.1 […] […]

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AU & NZ

Triple M Toowoomba’s Lee Faulkner celebrates 25 years on air

Today marks an exciting radio milestone for Triple M Toowoomba’s Breakfast announcer Lee Faulkner – he’s celebrating 25 years on air.A bona fide radio star of the Toowoomba community and a local legend, Lee has seen Toowoomba and the greater region through good times and bad.Lee’s as much a mainstay of the local community as… Read More
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US

WBAP Seeks Afternoon Host As Rick Roberts Exits

Cumulus Media News/Talk 820 WBAP Fort Worth/Dallas is seeking a new afternoon drive host as Rick Roberts has exited after seven and a half years in the timeslot. A former attorney, Roberts joined WBAP as host of the 2-5pm show in January 2016. He previously worked in the Dallas market at 1080 KRLD in the […] […]

US

A Better Reaction to Lyrical Redaction

When I last wrote about the issue of redacted lyrics in 2021, I may have buried the lead. There were a lot of current examples of songs that couldn’t be played on the radio in their intended form, and some that would have probably been OK but were edited anyway. There were a lot of […] […]

US

Don Geronimo Offers Public Apology Over Comments That Led To WBIG-FM Firing

Following his firing from iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Big 100” WBIG-FM Washington DC over comments directed towards WUSA-TV reporter/anchor Sharla McBride while both were broadcasting from Washington Commanders training camp on Thursday, Don Geronimo has issued his first statement on the incident with a public apology and desire to do so to McBride in-person. Last week, […] […]