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I got feedback I didn’t expect when I wrote about the adjustment of SiriusXM’s The Blend to a softer AC station last week, part of a bigger package of channel changing. I expected positive response from the many Soft AC fans among ROR’s readership. But I also got a few “my wife hates it now” […] […]

Audacy has announced the appointment of Jeff Gonsales as SVP/Market Manager for its Minneapolis cluster. Gonsales has spent the past 18 years at Hubbard Radio Minneapolis including the past ten as Director of Sales. He originally was General Sales Manager/Director of New Business Development from 2003-2011. He has also served as Regional Director of Business […] […]

Audacy has announced the appointments of Dave LaBrozzi as Brand Manager for News/Talk 1020 KDKA/100.1 W261AX and Kraig Riley for Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM Pittsburgh. LaBrozzi joins Audacy from New York where he wad VP/Programming for Red Apple Media’s Conservative Talk 770 WABC. He took over WABC programming in June 2019 under former owner […] […]

Lansing Community College has transferred operations of their 89.7 WLNZ Lansing MI to University of Michigan’s Public News/Talk “Michigan Radio” network based at 91.7 WUOM Ann Arbor. WLNZ becomes Michigan Radio’s fifth signal joining WUOM, 91.1 WFUM Flint, 91.3 WRSX Port Huron, and 104.1 WVGR Grand Rapids. WLNZ had its operating budget eliminated in June […] […]

Alpha Media has announced the promotions of Brian Foster and Les Tuttle to Regional Vice Presidents. Foster has been General Manager of the Aurora and Joliet IL cluster that has been passed from NextMedia to Digity to Alpha since 2005 after serving as General Sales Manager for four years. He also was Vice President of […] […]

As first teased in our 10/24 Domain Insight, Cumulus Media has relaunched CHR “97.1/95.7 BHT” 97.1 WBHT Mountain Top/Wilkes-Barre and 95.7 WBHD Olyphant/Scranton PA as “Hot 97.1“. Now positioning as “Northeast PA’s Hottest Music”, the station retains its existing on-air lineup of The Bert Show in mornings, Laura G in middays, and Program Director Valentine […] […]