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WARQ Goes Live

Alpha Media has relaunched CHR “Q93.5” WARQ Columbia SC as “Live 93.5“. The new brand debuts with a commercial-free July 4 weekend. The station’s lineup of Brooke & Jeffrey in mornings, Brendan Croghan in afternoons, and AJ Anelli at night all remain in place. WARQ had a 2.7 share in the May 2021 Nielsen Audio […] […]

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Falling In Love With The Band From “Rio”

The following column is from author Annie Zaleski and features an excerpt from her book “Duran Duran’s Rio” Zaleski is a Cleveland, Ohio-based author, journalist, and editor. Bylines include Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, and more. She also contributed liner notes to the […] […]

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95.7 The Party Morning Show Departs

iHeartMedia CHR “95.7 The Party” KPTT Denver has cut ties with its morning hosts David ‘Duece’ Jacobson, Nina Blanco, and Robert ‘Dubz’ Trigilio. The show had debuted in April 2019 after Jacobson moved from his former Program Director/afternoon host role to join Blanco and Trigilio. Jacobson was an eleven year veteran of the station after […] […]

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Station Sales Week Of 7/2

Indian River State College acquires Hip Hop/R&B 91.1 WJFP Fort Pierce and 88.5 WJCB Clewiston FL from Black Media Works for $950,000. The buyer owns Classical/Public News 88.9 WQCS Fort Pierce. Twilight Broadcasting sells Classic Hits 106.3 WXMT Smethport PA to Ashley Midder’s XMT Entertainment for $95,000. Midder most recently served as OM of WZKO […] […]

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WFYI Indianapolis To Purchase WBAA Lafayette From Purdue University

Purdue University has announced it will sell Public News/Talk 920 WBAA West Lafayette/105.9 W290CM Lafayette and Classical 101.3 WBAA-FM West Lafayette to Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media. Terms of the deal were not yet disclosed and is pending approval by the university’s Board of Trustees at their July 7 meeting. The stations will retain their current […] […]

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Stephen Donovan Exits Mornings At WWLI Providence

Cumulus Media AC “Lite 105” WWLI Providence has parted ways with morning co-host Stephen Donovan after seven years. Donovan joined WWLI in December 2013 after a decade in mornings at Hot AC 104.5 WXLO Worcester MA first as part of the “Zito & Jen Show” and later adding billing on the “Jen & Steve Show” […] […]