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As first reported in our 12/23 Domain Insight, iHeartMedia will launch Regional Mexican “96.7 El Patrón” on WBZW Union City/Atlanta GA on Saturday, January 1. The company previously featured the format and branding on what is now Hip Hop “105.3 The Beat” WRDG Bowdon from 2006 to 2018. WBZW dropped its simulcast of Spanish CHR […] […]

Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Orlando, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. The Christmas music stations this month included: Beasley AC “K104.7” WKQC Charlotte 5.0 – 8.8 (#1 overall) iHeartMedia […] […]

Roger Holler’s MARC Radio Group is expanding out of Central Florida with the purchase Gospel 1040 KGGR/106.9 K295DA Dallas. MARC will pay $650,000 to purchase the station from Mortenson Broadcasting Company. MARC currently owns a seven station cluster in the Gainesville/Ocala market and Christian Preaching “The Shepherd” 1270 WIWA Eatonville in the Orlando market. MKS […] […]

Townsquare Media has launched “Good Time Oldies 790/107.5” on the former Gospel 790 KOSY Texarkana AR and recent sign-on 107.5 K298DB Texarkana. KOSY is utilizing Westwood One’s “Good Time Oldies” 24/7 network programming. The launch follows a run with Christmas music coinciding with the sign-on of the translator last month. […]

When WGVU-AM Grand Rapids, Mich., launched its “Real Oldies” format in 2009, there had already been a handful of AM stations specializing in the music disenfranchised by larger market Oldies FMs. At that moment, it was pre-Beatles songs that needed a home, although Oldies was on the verge of rebranding as “Classic Hits” and time […] […]

Cumulus Media has ceased operations and turned in the license of 1580 KXZZ Lake Charles LA. The 1kW AM began operations in 1947 as KLOU before taking on the KXZZ call letters in 1985. The station has operated as “Sports Radio 1580” carrying the national CBS Sports Radio lineup since the network’s launch in January […] […]