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In the mid-to-late ‘90s, WQHT (Hot 97) was New York’s phenomenal radio station. From driving the industry trend toward celebrity morning hosts to ending the era where all but a few mainstream Hip-Hop titles were dayparted until after 6 p.m., it was also one of the era’s most influential stations. Now, that influence is creating […] […]

Audacy has announced the addition of John Allers as Regional Vice President of Alternative and Christy Taylor as Regional Brand Manager. Allers, who programmed “Radio 104.5” WRFF Philadelphia from its 2007 launch until 2020, has also served as VP/Alternative for iHeartMedia and programmed in San Jose, Atlanta, Providence, Washington DC, Cincinnati, and Albany NY during […] […]

Flood Communications has announced it is purchasing Platte River Radio’s five stations in Hastings and Kearney NE. Flood, which owns ten radio stations across the state and the statewide “NewsChannel Nebraska” and “Telemundo Nebraska” LPTV networks, will add AC “94.5 The Breeze” KLIQ Hastings, Classic Hits “Power 99” 98.9 KKPR-FM Kearney, News/Talk 1230 KHAS/104.1 K281CW […] […]

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. iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW New York’s lead drops from an 8.3 to […] […]

After two years in mornings at Audacy Classic Hits 98.1 WOGL Philadelphia, Glenn Kalina will retire on Friday, November 5 ending a 51 year radio career. Kalina joined WOGL in November 2019 continuing a run in Philadelphia that started at “Wizzard 100” 990 WZZD in 1978. He worked at 610 WIP and then “Hot Hits […] […]

Audacy Spanish CHR “El Zol 107.9” WLZL College Park MD/Washington DC has added Entravision’s “Shoboy Show” for nights. Hosted by former “92.3 Amp Radio” WBMP New York and “97.1 Amp Radio” KAMP Los Angeles morning host Edgar ‘Shoboy’ Sotelo, Entravision debuted “The Shoboy Show” in August 2020 on its network of Bilingual Rhythmic stations. With […] […]