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Following the exit of Dale Dudley last week, Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM Austin has launched the reconstituted Matt, Bob & B-DOE in mornings. The new show will feature incumbent morning co-host Bob Fonseca, who had been with former co-host Dale Dudley since 1992, and station veterans Matt Bearden and Brian ‘B-DOE’ Bymark. Bearden […] […]

iHeartMedia has announced it is partnering with Roblox to enter the growing “web3” and “metaverse” fields. iHeart plans to “bring immersive musical moments to the over 47M daily active users on the Roblox platform and launch its first tokenized community”. The company will host events on the platform and offer a series on NFTs. iHeartMedia, […] […]

Audacy has announced that former “New York’s Country 94.7” WNSH Brand Manager John Foxx will relocate to Houston to join “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM. Foxx joined Audacy through their 2019 acquisition of WNSH from Cumulus. He programmed the station from January 2016 until its October 2021 flip to Classic Hip Hop. He also serves as […] […]

Curtis Media Group launched AC “Star 94.3” on 1130 WECR Newland/94.3 W232CW Boone NC on Monday, January 10. WECR had been Southern Gospel “Glory 1130” until the end of November when it launched its translator and began stunting with Christmas music. The station is now featuring Compass Media’s “Anna & Raven” in mornings and positioning […] […]

Bill ‘Broadway’ Bertschinger has announced his departure from Cumulus Media’s “New Country 93.1” WDRQ Detroit. Bertschinger joined WDRQ in 2019 as APD/afternoon host. He would move to mornings when the station rebranded from “Nash-FM” to “New Country 93.1” in February 2020 and back to afternoons last fall. He also tracked afternoons for CHR “105.3 Hot-FM” […] […]

As the company continues to refill leadership positions following their layoffs last week, SummitMedia has announced the promotion of two staffers to new Program Director roles. Rhythmic CHR “Power 104.3” KPHW afternoon host Micah Banks rises to Program Director of that station and AC “Krater 96.3” KRTR. Banks has spent fifteen years at the cluster […] […]