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Great Eastern Radio debuted Adult Hits “97.9/105.7 The Penguin” WSNO-FM Au Sable NY/Burlington VT and 1450 WSNO/105.7 W289CH Barre VT. Launching at midnight, the new brand is positioning as “Vermont’s Chill Hits” featuring a broad mix of music with an emphasis on songs from the 1980s and current/recurrents. 97.9 had been stunting with Christmas music […] […]

Neuhoff Media launched Hot AC “Now 100.7” WWHX Normal/Bloomington IL at the stroke of midnight of the new year. The former Rhythmic CHR “Hot 100.7” had been stunting as “Christmas 100.7” since November 1. Positioning as “Bloomington/Normal’s Best Music”, the station continues to target Cumulus’ market leading CHR 101.5 WBNQ, just now from the opposite […] […]

For the second year in a row, First Class Media Group’s 1480 WJTW Bridgeport AL/95.7 W239CO Chattanooga TN/106.1 W291CF Bridgeport GA has come out of Christmas music with a new format. After flipping in January 2021 to a mix of Classic Country and Southern Gospel as “Mix 106.1/95.7”, WJTW has kicked off 2022 by flipping […] […]

There are a few heritage small-market radio stations signing off this week. I’ve been trying to listen to one of them for the last few days, but I keep hitting them during syndication. I know that keeping a station on the air at all has been a challenge for much of small-market standalone ownership, even […] […]

On the 95th anniversary to the day that the KOMO call letters were first heard in Seattle, they will be vanishing from local radio. […]

The fourth and final batch of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. The Christmas music moves this month included: Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ Austin 6.0 – 7.2 (#2 overall) Capitol Broadcasting AC […] […]