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Alpha Media Makes Big Missouri Cuts

Alpha Media has made significant cuts in at least two of its Missouri markets. All but one on-air host has departed their Farmington/Festus cluster of Country “J98” KTJJ and talkers 800 KREI and 1400 KJFF. Among the exits there are KTJJ morning host Mark Toti and KREI morning host Louie Seiberlich. Toti had been with […] […]

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WMGA To Launch Weekly Show Hosted By The Cowsills

Kindred Communications Classic Hits “97.9 The River” WMGA Kenova/Huntington WV will launch a weekly show hosted by the band The Cowsills. “Cowsill Chronicals..A Deep Dive Into the 60’s and 70’s” will be a one hour show featuring interviews from other artists of the time period including Little Steven, Peter Noone and Bill Medley. The show […] […]

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Pittsburgh Pirates Extend Partnership With Audacy Through 2027

Audacy has announced a contract extension with MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates to continue serving as the home of Pirates game broadcasts through the 2027 season. All Pirates games will continue to be heard on Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM with all weekday afternoon and some other game broadcasts also being simulcast on News/Talk 1020/100.1 KDKA. After […] […]

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Westwood One Sports Promotes Mike Eaby To VP/Executive Producer

Cumulus Media has promoted Mike Eaby to VP/Executive Producer of Westwood One Sports as Howard Deneroff retires after 35 years with the company. Eaby will manage and oversee all Westwood One Sports multi-platform content and live event production starting May 15 as he will report to SVP/Sports Content Bruce Gilbert. Eaby has spent his entire […] […]

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NBCUniversal Partners With iHeartMedia For Olympics Audio Content

NBCUniversal has selected iHeartMedia as exclusive audio partner for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The agreement will see iHeartMedia provide 24/7 streaming audio play-by-play channels of NBC’s linear coverage, create an original Olympic podcast hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, produce Olympic episodes of other podcasts including Stuff You Missed in History Class and Ridiculous […] […]

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A Day After Layoffs, Beasley Media Q1 Reports Shows Revenue Down 5.9%

One day after cutting 7% of their entire workforce, Beasley Media Group has released its Q1 2024 earnings report. Beasley notes that revenue for the quarter was down 5.9% to $54.4 million versus last year noting declines in advertising, but also other revenue due to the sale of their Wilmington DE and E-Sports divisions. CEO […] […]