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Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. New York As stations reset following the end of the holiday season, iHeartMedia […] […]

Station broker and owner Susan Patrick was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for filing a false tax return. Patrick pled guilty in August to hiding $10 million in revenue earned by her company and falsifying her own tax returns to omit $9.5 million in income with the Department of Justice saying she sought […] […]

There is no answering the question “what is America’s greatest radio market of all time?” There’s not really a need. The strength of radio was in its numerous market battles. But many of those were in Houston —Top 40 KKBQ (93Q) vs. KRBE; Urban KMJQ (Majic 102) vs. KRLY and later KBXX (the Box); multiple […] […]

Robert Holladay’s Alabama Media is selling its four stations in Dothan AL to ‘Tony Richards’ Didier’s Kensington Digital Media Alabama for $1.25 million. Kensington will acquire Adult R&B “Magic 93.1” WBBK-FM Blakely GA, “Rock 100.5” WJRL-FM Slocomb, Classic Hits “102.5 The Q” WESP Dothan, and Country “B105.3” WECB Headland AL. The deal also includes the […] […]

Beasley Media CHR “HD 98.3” WHHD Clearwater SC/Augusta GA has announced the return of Kris Fisher to the station as Program Director. Fisher previously programmed WHHD and sister Classic Hip-Hop “Hot 95.5/93.1” WCHZ-FM/W238AU from February 2015 until moving to Beasley’s “Old School 105.7” KOAS-FM and Hot AC “Star 107.9” KVGS Las Vegas in September 2018 […] […]

iHeartMedia has announced the promotion of Rachel Elliot to Director of Country Programming for eight stations in Kentucky and West Virginia. Elliot will oversee 97.5 WAMZ Louisville, “98.1 The Bull” WBUL and “98.5 The Bull Icons” WBUL-HD2 Lexington, “K93” WSEK-FM and “Icons 910” WSEK Burnside/Somerset KY, “103.3 TCR Country” WTCR-FM Huntington WV, 98.7 WOVK Wheeling […] […]