US

WSUL Shifts From Hot AC To AC

Bold Gold Media Group has shifted Hot AC 98.3 WSUL Monticello NY to AC under recently appointed Program Director Chase Daniels. Focusing on music from the 1990s through now, the station is now positioning as “Sullivan & The Catskills BEST Music Mix”. Jenn Desrochers remains in mornings with Daniels in afternoons. The new format debuted […] […]

US

KKDM Promotes Taylor J To Program Director

iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 Kiss-FM” KKDM Des Moines has promoted Taylor J from APD to Program Director. Taylor J joined KKDM in 2018 after previously spending fifteen years at iHeartMedia St. Louis over two stints including stints as Director of Marketing and Promotions and programming Hip Hop “100.3 The Beat” KATZ-FM and CHR “Z107.7” KSLZ. She […] […]

ASIA

Journalists killed and harassed as Taliban pursues media workers

Afghan journalist Sayed Marouf (pictured) was killed just over a week ago during the Taliban’s continued crackdown on media workers.Radio stations have been taken over or closed and newsrooms have been visited by Taliban strongmen in attempts to intimidate journalists to leave the profession or report Taliban propaganda.There are reports of journalist arrests in many provinces, including the (intentionally unnamed) journalist pictured.On Facebook journalists have told of being beaten and set alight during the Taliban crackdown.The Salam Watandar radio network was searched in the hunt for radio journalists in the first weeks of the Taliban takeover, as shown in security pictured published on facebook. […]