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iHeartMedia News/Talk 850 KOA Denver/94.1 K231AA Boulder/K231BQ Golden morning co-anchor April Zesbaugh has announced she will retire in the coming months. Zesbaugh has served as co-anchor of “Colorado’s Morning News” since 1996, most recently with Marty Lenz since 2017. Prior to joining KOA, Zesbaugh served as News Director of 710 KNUS through a collaboration with […] […]

Hubbard CHR “Movin 92.5” KQMV Seattle has added Ashley Z to their on-air lineup as evening host through VirtualJock.com. Ashley most recently hosted nights at iHeartMedia CHR “96.5 Kiss-FM” WAKS Cleveland until exiting in January 2020. She has also hosted nights at “Q100” WWWQ Atlanta, “107.9 The End” KDND Sacramento, and 105.9 WKHQ Traverse City […] […]

Educational Media Foundation has begun operating Redwood Empire Stereocasters CHR “106.3 The Beat” KJZY Cazadero/Santa Rosa CA with the station now running the Contemporary Worship “Air 1” network. Owner Gordon Zlot told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, “We’re basically leasing the frequency to the Educational Media Foundation, based in Rocklin, near Sacramento,” and in regards to […] […]

As iHeartMedia’s 106.1 WISX Philadelphia enters its second day simulcasting CHR “Q102” WIOQ, we have some early possibilities on what may be next for the station.

Over the past two days, the rumor mill has churned hot and heavy with different scenarios being heard depending on who you talk to. Creating confusion within the market appears to be the goal right now.

In trying to make light of what I’ve heard it appears that the simulcast of WIOQ is iHeart seeing if they can get one of their competitors to blink first in a way that would help one of the company’s other Philadelphia stations. Audacy making a quick flip of CHR “96.5 TDY” WTDY-FM would help WIOQ, as would Radio One doing something with low rated Hip Hop “100.3 R&B and Hip Hop” WRNB-FM to boost “Power 99” WUSL eliminating their direct format competitors and changing the market dynamics.

To that end, three formats have come to the forefront in most of these conversations and there are domains to match. […]

Cal State University Northridge and Saddleback University AAA “88.5 FM” KCSN Northridge/KSBR Mission Viejo CA has announced the addition of two new staffers to its lineup. Julie Slater will host weekdays from 11am – 3pm, allowing PD Marc ‘Mookie’ Kaczor to move off-air. Slater is best known for her decade in middays at “92.3 K-Rock” […] […]

This is what the top-of-the-hour sweeper on XETRA (91X) San Diego said at 3 p.m., January 17, after the Tijuana-licensed station’s legal ID in Spanish. “Serving humanity since 1983 and broadcasting from an office park in Mira Mesa, and transmitting from a radio tower in T.J. back to you … This is 91X. Local. Independent. […] […]