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Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. The surge of stations playing Christmas music to the top of each market […] […]

Ohio Midland Newsgroup’s River Network is preparing a frequency shuffle and rebranding at its recently acquired Wheeling WV cluster. Classic Hits “Kool 105.5” WUKL Bethlehem OH will relocate to 100.5 and reclaim the frequency’s heritage “WOMP-FM” brand. 100.5 held the WOMP-FM calls from 1959 until its 2005 flip from CHR to Variety Hits “Jack-FM“. Cluster […] […]

G-Cap Communications Full Service Country 1600 KOGT Orange TX will cease operations on December 31. KOGT signed on in 1948 and has been owned by Gary Stelly since 1992. Stelly made the announcement on the station’s morning show today. No details have been given whether the station will be sold or turn in its license […] […]

NPR announced today that Leila Fadel has been selected as the fourth host of Morning Edition, NPR’s morning drive time news magazine carried by 834 public radio stations nationwide, and Up First, NPR’s daily morning news podcast. Fadel’s first day on-air will be announced in the coming weeks. She will be based at NPR headquarters […] […]

Audacy Alternative “Alt 96.5” KRBZ Kansas City will debut Elliot in the Morning on Monday, January 3. The show, led by host Elliot Segal, has been based at iHeartMedia Alternative “DC 101” WWDC Washington DC since 1999 and is also heard on Audacy’s “Alt 102.1” WRXL Richmond VA. Segal had previously co-hosted mornings at “Z100” […] […]

Good Karma Brands Sports “ESPN 1000” WMVP Chicago has announced the promotion of Danny Zederman to Director of Content. Zederman has been with WMVP since 2006 serving as Executive Producer for multiple shows, most recently the “Kap & J.Hood” morning show. He has also had stints at Newsweb as Operations Manager and as a producer […] […]