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Stonecom has launched two new stations in its Cookeville TN cluster with the launch of Classic Country “96.9 Highway 111 Country” WUCH Algood and “SportsRadio 104.7” W284DR Cookeville/106.9 WKXD-HD3 Monterey. WUCH is the former 104.7 WLIV-FM Monterey as it completed its move into Clarksville. The station launched in mid-September playing Country hits from the 80s […] […]

Townsquare Media has announced the appointment of Jim Kovacik as Director of Content for their four stations in Victoria TX. Kovacik is best known for his 30 year run at Radio One Hip Hop “97.9 The Box” KBXX as morning show producer and co-host under the names ‘Jimbo’ and ‘Jim Beazy’ from 1991 to 2020. […] […]

After becoming the largest single shareholder of iHeartMedia following its 2018 bankruptcy restructuring, Liberty Media has sold its stake in the company. In an SEC filing dated October 5, Liberty revealed it has sold its remaining stake of 5,941,248 shares at an average price of $25.25 per share netting the company $150,016,512. Liberty had previously […] […]

Even when Top 40 was beginning its rebound in the mid-‘90s, ending the 1993-95 period when the format looked like it could truly become extinct, there were stations still changing format to something else, and group heads saying that the traditional “all-the-hits” model of Top 40 would never exist again. Musically, I feel cautiously optimistic […] […]

As Jodesha Broadcasting prepares to move 105.7 KJET Raymond WA to Union WA where it may rimshot the Seattle market, the company has completed a realignment of its brands in Aberdeen/Grays Harbor. Jodesha moved Country “Bigfoot 107.3” KANY Cosmopolis to 104.1 K281DE Aberdeen/102.1 KSWW-HD2 Ocean Shores replacing Classic Rock “104.1 The Quake” last month. This […] […]

After owner Roger Wahl pled guilty in July 2020 to felony charges of trying to solicit male strangers to rape his female friend facilitated through his Oldies “QZ 93” 93.3 WQZS Meyersdale PA, the FCC has designated the station for a hearing on whether he possesses the requisite character qualifications to remain a Commission licensee.. […] […]