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iHeartMedia Cleveland has announced a pair of sales promotions. Cindy Hunter rises from General Sales Manager and Director of Agency Partnerships to SVP/Sales, while Lauren O’Brien is upped to VP/Digital for the cluster. Both will continue to report to Market President Keith Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss commented, “We are delighted to announce the well-deserved promotions of Cindy […] […]

Bicoastal Media is launching its Oldies “Jukebox” brand in another market as Conservative Talk 99.3 KCMD Grants Pass OR will become “99.3 The Jukebox” KBXG this weekend. The new format replicates the branding launched by Bicoastal in February 2023 on 1480 KGOE/92.7 K224ER Eureka CA focusing on music from the late 1950s through early 1970s. […] […]

Nielsen continues its releases of the April 2024 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include monthly ratings for Akron, Bakersfield, Charleston SC, Harrisburg/Lebanon/Carlisle, and Omaha/Council Bluffs. Coming on Thursday, May 30: Monthly ratings for Columbia SC, Des Moines, Little Rock, Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, Spokane, and Springfield MA. […]

With its stock price falling from $2.16 per share on May 8 to 86 cents per share yesterday, a number of iHeartMedia creditors have retained financial adviser Evercore and law firm Milbank to advise them ahead of debt payments due starting in May 2026 reports Bloomberg. The report notes that of iHeart’s current $5.2 billion […] […]

“What’s the Song of Summer” is always the fun question for Ross on Radio readers in May, when we handicap the field, and again in August when we’re choosing a winner. It comes with a more serious question this year. How will radio get the most out of its contenders? The official Song of Summer […] […]

The 30 year partnership between Jeff Deminski and Bill Doyle across stations in New Jersey and Detroit as come to an end as Doyle has exited afternoons at Townsquare Media’s “New Jersey 101.5” WKXW Trenton. The duo were first paired together in afternoons at WKXW in 1993. They then moved to Detroit in 1999 to […] […]