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Shawn Tempesta has announced he will be departing as APD/afternoon host at Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB Henderson/Las Vegas after his show today. Tempesta is on his second stint at KMXB, previously serving as webmaster and weekend host in 2006 and 2007 before returning to the station as afternoon host in 2011 and rising […] […]

In recent years, I’ve been sharing my Top 100 songs as a gauge of how I felt about the year’s available music. The annual “Songs That Made a Difference in 2021” column is about hits that helped steer the direction of music radio. In recent years, my personal Top 100 has just been a test […] […]

The FCC has granted iHeartMedia’s petition to allow Global Media & Entertainment Investments Ltd to increase their stake in the company up to 6.8% equity and 8.0% voting interests and pre-approval up to 14.99 percent. Global had been seeking to acquire up to 49.99% of iHeartMedia, but told the FCC on November 3 that it […] […]

iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX Pittsburgh will add Premiere Networks’ Woody Show for mornings starting Monday, January 3. The move marks a homecoming for host Jeff ‘Woody’ Fife, who began his career in Pittsburgh as an intern at CHR “B94” WBZZ and hosted nights at “104.7 The Revolution” WNRQ. The Woody Show has been […] […]

Katlyn and David Grice’s Exciter Media has closed on its acquisition of “Coyote Country 92.7” KRSY-FM La Luz, Sports “ESPN 103.7” KNMZ Alamogordo, and Talk “Alamo 1230” KRSY/101.9 K270CS Alamogordo NM and made format changes at two of them. KNMZ has dropped its Sports format and flipped to Classic Rock “Stealth Rock 103.7“. The station […] […]

After 23 years over two stints, Cindy Scull has exited iHeartMedia Rock “97.1 The Eagle” KEGL Dallas. Scull served as APD/MD/afternoon host from 1994 until the station’s 2004 flip to Soft AC. She then hosted middays at sister Classic Rock “Lonestar 92.5” KZPS and Cumulus Classic Rock “93.3 The Bone” KDBN. Scull would rejoin KEGL […] […]