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I was eager to see the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 this week. Last week’s chart was the one that radio veteran Gene Baxter correctly identified as “The Best Billboard Top 10 in Ages.” That’s because last week’s top 10 was populated by radio hits, not by outlier songs whose story depended entirely […] […]

The “Tad, Drex & Kara” morning show at Cox Media Group AC “B98.5” WSB-FM Atlanta is expanding to Tulsa as it debuted this morning of Cox Hot AC “Mix 96.5” KRAV. The move marks a return to Tulsa for host Tad Lemire, who hosted mornings at KRAV from 2013 to 2016 before moving to Atlanta. […] […]

Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM New York has announced the signing of midday host Race Taylor to a contract extension. Taylor is marking his 25th anniversary in New York. He spent twenty years at Cumulus Media Hot AC 95.5 WPLJ from 1999 until its sale in May 2019 and then joined WCBS-FM in July of […] […]

The Waters Group has launched Classic Hits “Sunny 106.5” 540 WGOP/106.5 W293DN Pocomoke City MD. Positioning as “Nobody Plays More 80s”, WGOP had been simulcasting Vinco Media’s “B106.1” WBBX Pocomoke City since returning to operation last year after its facilities were destroyed in a fire in August 2022. WBBX shifted from Classic Hits to 60s/70s […] […]

Radio Results Network has flipped two of its three Conservative Talk stations on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Oldies. 1320 WDMJ Marquette and 1450 WMIQ Iron Mountain are both running Local Radio Networks’ 1960s/70s based “Superhits” network. The Talk programming remains on 600 WCHT/93.5 W228DQ Escanaba. […]

FCC Actions The FCC has released its quarterly station count. The number of licensed AMs continues to drop as fourteen were lost this quarter after going down by seventeen in the first quarter. Commercial FMs were down by 43 licenses lost this quarter, which was countered by non-commercial FMs rising by 36. This includes both […] […]