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A pair of Country shows have utilized the on-going Country Radio Seminar to announce new affiliates. Skyview Networks’ “Country Top 40 with Fitz” has been added at KSOP Inc.’s “Z104” KSOP-FM Salt Lake City and Southern Torch Media’s “Wild Country 98.3” WKEA-FM Scottsboro AL. KSOP-FM PD Deb Turpin stated, “We love having Fitz on the […] […]

Nielsen begins its releases of the January 2024 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include January monthly ratings for Baton Rouge, Louisville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Puerto Rico. Other markets coming this week include: On Thursday, February 29: January monthly ratings for Birmingham, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, Fort Myers, Greenville/Spartanburg, Richmond, and Rochester, and Tucson. On Friday, […] […]

One of the things I appreciated about Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” is how it short-circuited a lot of the other music discussions that were taking place at the time. On Saturday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations were announced. The next day, Usher played the Super Bowl’s Halftime Show. Suddenly, a lot of […] […]

iHeartMedia CHR “Y100” WHYI Miami Program Director Taylor Jukes has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Programming for its San Diego cluster. Jukes has programmed WHYI since April 2019 after a long career in Canada where she most recently served as Bell Media’s Senior Manager of National Content for iHeartRadio Canada. She has also […] […]

Cumulus Media Country 95.5 WFMS Indianapolis has appointed Brooks O’Brian as its PD/afternoon host. O’Brian joins WFMS after ten months as Brand Manager at Townsquare Media’s “New Country 98.1” WWJO St. Cloud MN. Prior to relocating back home to Minnesota last April, O’Brian spent sixteen years at Audacy Country 103.7 KSON as APD/MD/midday host, wnile […] […]

Premiere Networks has announced the promotion of Tammy Ragusa to Executive Producer of Premiere Prep’s country radio services. Based in Nashville, Ragusa will oversee the company’s Country Today and True Country prep services, plus country music-focused remote broadcasts and live event coverage. She previously served as a producer, will continue to report to Andrew Richter, […] […]