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After celebrating their 40th anniversary with an “A to XYZ” alphabetical rundown of the biggest songs from their history from February 14 through 23, Local Media San Diego relaunched Alternative “91X” XETRA-FM Tijuana/San Diego this morning with a move to an 80s/90s focused Classic Alternative playlist. While the playlist shift took effect last night following […] […]

In the early days of my radio education, it was probably the third programming term I learned: after “format” and “playlist,” there was “recurrent.” And knowing how to handle those former power rotation songs that had been hits over the last year or so was a key part of any programmer’s strategy. The rise of […] […]

Nielsen has reissued the January 2022 monthlies for three of the Day 1 markets issued on Tuesday due to omitting stations owned by iHeartMedia. The monthlies for Nassau/Suffolk NY, San Jose CA, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union NJ were reissued with the iHeart owned stations in New York and San Francisco that are subscribing to those suburban markets […] […]

Beasley Media has announced the promotion of Cameron Moore to Program Director of CHR “Kiss 95.1” WNKS Charlotte. Moore has been with WNKS since October 2017 when she joined the station as midday host. She later added Music Director duties for WNKS and sister Country 103.7 WSOC, where she will continue to serve as APD/MD. […] […]

Martz Communications Group Hip Hop “WAMO 107.3” 660 WAMO Wilkinsburg/107.3 W297BU Pittsburgh has announced the addition of Malaysia Meador as midday host. Malaysia began her career as an intern with WAMO in 2020. This marks the first on-air position for the Pittsburgh area native. She succeeds Portia Foxx, who departed WAMO last week after seven […] […]

Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets. Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Public News/Talk 88.5 WAMU regains the Washington DC lead as […] […]