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Domain Insight 5/9: iHeart Prepping Honolulu Format Swap
iHeartMedia is preparing a signal swap for two of its brands in Honolulu. […]
Year: 2023
US
RAB Announces 2023 Radio Mercury Award Nominees
One hundred and nineteen radio/audio spots and campaigns made it to the finals of the 2023 Radio Mercury Awards. The submissions were created by advertising agencies, brands, production companies, radio stations and students. The 2023 finalists range from regional and large advertising agencies and radio stations as well as national and local advertisers from business […] […]
UK
Tony Blackburn ready to return to live shows on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 presenter Tony Blackburn has announced he’ll return to the radio this weekend after being off-air for a month. […]
US
Former GM/Morning Host Partners To Acquire KMAS
iFiber Communications is selling News/Talk “iFiberOne NewsRadio” 1030 KMAS/103.3 K277CZ Shelton WA to John & Rebecca Hansen’s Fjord Holdings LLC and Jeff Slakey’s The Anecdotalist LLC for $152,940. The Hansens, who also own local magazine Tracing The Fjord, and Slakey will each own 50% of the station. The deal marks a return to KMAS for […] […]
UK
Lyca Media in breach for not providing local news on Time 107.5
Ofcom has found Time 107.5’s parent company Lyca Media II in breach of its Format for not broadcasting any local news when monitored. […]
US
Is Top 40 a Thing of the Past?
The dominance of throwbacks at Top 40 is not a new development. Well before COVID or the TikTok takeover, I wrote about WHTZ (Z100) New York playing “No Scrubs” by TLC in 2016. Even then, it was a commentary on the state of the available product. In 2020, with “Throwback Weekends” proliferating, and radio now […] […]