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Nielsen continues its releases of the April 2024 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include monthly ratings for Albuquerque, Allentown/Bethlehem, El Paso, Dayton, Fresno, Honolulu, Knoxville, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Coming on Wednesday, May 29: Monthly ratings for Akron, Bakersfield, Charleston SC, Harrisburg/Lebanon/Carlisle, and Omaha/Council Bluffs. […]

Songs like “Magnet and Steel” by Walter Egan are pretty much the reason that older-leaning Classic Hits stations like WHPY (Hippie Radio) Nashville exist. You can’t hear those songs on most major-market Classic Hits outlets as they push further into the ’90s and beyond, but you couldn’t really hear them on Classic Hits even when […] […]

After announcing in early April its intent to shut down Urban Alternative “Vocalo 91.1” W216CL /WBEZ-HD2 Chicago and 89.5 WBEW Chesterton IN on May 1, the radio format will live on a bit longer. WBEZ first extended the station’s run through the end of May before announcing on Friday that the station will continue on-air […] […]

At the same time Alpha Media launched “Chicagoland’s Free Country” on 98.3 WCCQ Crest Hill/Joliet and 102.3 WXLC Waukegan IL, the company quietly made another flip in its suburban Chicago cluster. Classic Rock “95.9 The River” WERV-FM Aurora moved from Rock leaning Classic Hits to Classic Alternative on Friday at 2pm. Positioning as “Chicagoland’s Classic […] […]

Times-Shamrock Communications has filed to purchase Classic Country “Bigfoot Legends 107.7” WLGD Dallas/Wilkes-Barre PA from Seven Mountains Media for $300,000. The deal includes a Time Brokerage Agreement that will take effect on Friday, June 1. WLGD joins Times-Shamrock’s holdings that include Classic Rock “Rock 107” 106.9 WEZX Scranton/105.9 WPZX Pocono Pines, AC “QFM” 92.1 WQMF […] […]

Tyler TX has lost its only locally originating Public Radio station as the University of Texas-Tyler ceased operations of 99.7 KVUT Cuney at 5pm today. KVUT launched in September 2020 following the University’s $120,000 purchase of the station. KVUT rimshot the Tyler portion of the Tyler/Longview market from the south and was one of three […] […]