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Radio One and its Reach Media subsidiary have announced it has signed Rickey Smiley to a five-year extension to continue hosting the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Smiley made his radio debut as morning host on Radio One’s “97.9 The Beat” KBFB Dallas in 2004 and entered syndication in 2008. At the start of 2020, his […] […]

After leaving the “Stryker & Klein” morning show at Audacy’s 106.7 KROQ last June, Ted Stryker is jumping to iHeartMedia’s “Alt 98.7” KYSR Los Angeles to co-host afternoons with Chris Booker. Stryker spent 22 years at the CBS Radio turned Audacy Los Angeles cluster mostly with KROQ, but also briefly hosting afternoons at CHR “97.1 […] […]

Following the move of Martha Quinn to a national Classic Hits midday show last month, iHeartMedia’s “103.7 80s+” KOSF San Francisco has announced the launch of “Morning Drive with Christie Live” hosted by Christie James. James had served as co-host of the Martha Quinn Show and midday host on KOSF since 2016. She also co-hosted […] […]

While New York City lost its Country outlet last fall, a Country duel is breaking out in the suburban Monmouth/Ocean market. Townsquare Media has flipped Oldies “Beach Radio 104.1” 1160 WOBM/104.1 W281CK Lakewood Township and 1310 WADB/96.7 W244EE Asbury Park NJ to Country “Cat Country 96.7/104.1” creating a competitor to Press Communications’ “Thunder 106” 106.3 […] […]

Audacy Sports 1240 KFH/97.5 K248CY Wichita KS has added the Bob & Tom Show for mornings. Bob & Tom replaces CBS Sports Radio’s “DA Show” in mornings at KFH. The addition marks a return to the market for the show as Bob & Tom were heard on iHeartMedia’s 107.3 KTHR until its flip to Alternative […] […]

G Networks, a Gen Media Partners company, is excited to announce today its latest partnership with Text Groove to offer industry-leading text messaging (SMS), on barter, to radio stations across the U.S. One of the many benefits of the Text Groove platform is its ability to enable text messaging on a station’s existing studio phone […] […]