Year: 2023

Media One Group is making a pair of format changes in Jamestown NY on Saturday, July 1. CHR “106.9 Kiss-FM” Lakewood will flip to 60s/70s Oldies taking on the format of 1340 WKSN. “Kissin’ Oldies 106.9” will feature music from the late 1950s through early 1980s and the syndicated Ashley & Brand morning show. On-Air […] […]

Recently, I wrote about the logistics of making special weekend programming happen. Here’s a quick list of some of the July 4 (and Canada Day) weekend highlights. As is traditional, a lot of the U.S. programming is focused on American acts, such as WTKU (Kool 98.3) Atlantic City, N.J.’s “All-American Fourth of July,” with its […] […]

Bonneville International continues the revamp of its executive suite with the appointment of Ruth Todd as Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer. Todd joins Bonneville from Nu Skin where she has served as SVP/Chief Reputation Officer since 2014. She has also worked in public relations for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […] […]

Skyview Networks has issued a statement noting it will conclude their business relationship with ABC Audio next year. Skyview has managed the distribution and network ad sales for ABC Audio since 2014. They expanded the partnership in 2018 to add products for music and news/talk stations beyond ABC News and added Local Radio Networks to […] […]

As part of its attempt to regain compliance, Audacy’s 1-for-30 reverse stock split took place today. At the opening of trading, Audacy’s Class A stock was reduced from approximately 137.5 million shares to approximately 4.6 million shares. The company’s Class B stock shares dropped from pproximately 4.0 million shares to approximately 135 thousand shares. Audacy […] […]

In addition to debuting “My Country 100.5” KVWF yesterday, Murfin Media also launched “Classic Hits 92.7” KWME Wellington/Wichita KS on Thursday. The flip places KWME in direct format competition with Audacy’s 103.7 KEYN-FM. As we noted in our 6/21 Domain Insight, is it a coincidence that KEYN Brand Manager and morning host Jack Oliver “retired” […] […]