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Spotify Acquires Australian Company Whooshkaa That Converts Live Broadcasts Into Podcasts

Spotify has announced it has acquired Australian technology company Whooshkaa, who provides services that automate the conversion of radio broadcasts into podcasts. Whooshkaa’s technology will be implemented into Spotify’s Megaphone enterprise publishing platform. It’s service allows broadcasters to ingest their live broadcast and automatically edit out songs, segments and ads or replace them with other […] […]

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Kannon & Joe Breezy Expand Open House Party Duties

United Stations has announced that Kannon and Joe Breezy will take on additional roles at “Open House Party“. Kannon will rise to Brand Manager for the show, while continuing to host the Saturday night edition. He has been with the show in 2005 first as host of the Sunday night edition and since February 2017 […] […]

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Cane & Corey Let Go From Alt 92.3 New York & Other Audacy Markets

The Cane & Corey Show has been let go from Audacy Alternative “Alt 92.3” WNYL New York. The duo were also heard on Audacy’s “Alt 98.7” WDZH Detroit and “104.3 The Shark” WSFS Miami. They were quietly dropped from “FM 101.9” WQMP Orlando recently and were heard in Baltimore and Buffalo before those stations flipped […] […]

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WJR Announces Multiple Staff and Lineup Moves

Cumulus Media News/Talk 760 WJR Detroit has announced multiple staff additions made over the past several months as it completes its lineup restructuring. Among the changes, WJR has added Sean Baligan to its morning show alongside Paul W. Smith, former 950 WWJ anchor Tom Jordan and television reporter Kevin Dietz debuted this week in the […] […]

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Keith Abrams Joins Alpha Media Portland

Alpha Media has announced the appointment of Keith Abrams as Content Director for News/Talk 101.1 KXL, Sports “750 The Game” KXTG, and Conservative Talk “Freedom 970” KUFO Portland OR. Abrams most recently served as SVP/Programming for iHeartMedia Cleveland and national Classic Hits Brand Coordinator, while also programming Rock 100.7 WMMS and Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” […] […]

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My New Favorite Station: New Zealand’s “The Beach”

The joy of all these years of radio fandom has been stumbling across a station I love, especially a new station in a favorite category. It could be a previously (or recently) unheard CHR that is aggressive on new music. It might be the type of wider Classic Hits station that I’ve dubbed “Oldies XL.” […] […]