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Alt 92.3 New York Adds Elliot In The Morning

Audacy Alternative “Alt 92.3” WNYL New York has announced the addition of Elliot In The Morning starting Monday, April 11. The move of the “DC 101” WWDC Washington based show marks a return to New York for host Elliot Segal. Segal previously co-hosted mornings at “Z100” WHTZ New York with Elvis Duran from 1996 until […] […]

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KGGI Moves Tino Cochino Radio To Mornings

iHeartMedia Rhythmic CHR 99.1 KGGI Riverside CA is moving the syndicated Tino Cochino Radio from nights to mornings starting Monday, May 11. With the move, current morning co-host Evelyn Erives will move to middays from 10am to 1pm. Letty B will move to 1-4pm, and afternoon host Kid Jay from 4-7pm. The station has not […] […]

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Finding A New Home for Heritage Brands

Note: This column was written before Alpha Media flipped AC 94.5 KBAY San Jose to Country to fill the hole created by KRTY’s upcoming departure. It’s eerily coincidental that the sale of Country KRTY San Jose was announced a day after WAMO Pittsburgh became part of the local Audacy cluster. WAMO was a heritage Urban […] […]

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YouTube grows as podcast discovery and consumption platform

According to a study by Rephonic, YouTube continues to rise as a platform for podcast discovery and consumption.YouTube searches for the term ‘podcast’, which were steadily growing since 2012, increased dramatically with the Covid 19 pandemic.Google Trends data over the past year for certain countries suggests that searches in Japanese surged at the start of 2022. While searches for English term ‘podcast’ are increasing at a steady rate, they remain pretty stable in Korean.The average number of estimated weekly listeners for podcasts with a YouTube account have a slightly smaller audience on average than those without one. However, this could change in the future with YouTube reportedly offering podcasters grants of up to $300,000 to produce videos.Rephonic also calculated that for each weekly listener of a podcast with a YouTube account, there are 15 YouTube subscribers.But this could change in the near future with YouTube incentivizing podcasts by offering podcasters grants of up to $300,000 to produce videos.Across categories, Wilderness comes out on top with 19 percent of all podcasts in this category having a YouTube channel. This is closely followed by Video Games at 17 percent.On the other hand, only 2 percent of podcasts in the Chemistry, Mathematics, and Education for Kids categories have YouTube channels. […]