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iHeartMedia and sell-side advertising platform Magnite have partnered on a “first-of-its-kind marketplace that brings together iHeartMedia’s broadcast radio, streaming radio and podcast assets for inclusion in omnichannel programmatic media buys.” The platform expands iHeart’s programmatic ad offerings to all their audio platforms using Magnite’s SpringServe ad serving technology. Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the largest independent sell-side […] […]

Seven Mountains Media Country “Froggy Valley 100.1” WFVY Lebanon PA will reunite former “Bob 94.9” WRBT Harrisburg morning hosts Nancy Ryan and Newman in mornings starting Monday, January 15. Ryan had been part of the WRBT morning show from its flip to Country in 1997 until exiting in December 2020. She previously worked in the […] […]

Following the abrupt end of Russ Parr’s show at the end of 2023, Radio One Adult R&B “Majic 102.3/92.7” WMMJ Bethesda MD/Washington DC and WDCJ Prince Frederick MD launched a new morning show hosted by midday host Vic Jagger and Huggy Lowdown on Monday, January 8. Jagger has hosted middays on WMMJ/WDCJ since November 2016 […] […]

Longtime Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM Greenwood/Indianapolis evening host Jerry ‘The Loverman’ Wade has died at the age of 63. Wade spent over 40 years on-air in Indianapolis and over 30 at WTLC-FM mostly hosting “The Quiet Storm” on Sunday through Thursday nights along with time in middays from 2013-17. Wade also was Executive […] […]

As the radio and financial industries begin to digest the pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed by Audacy on Sunday, I have continuously been noted about the similarities between this filing and the 2017 filing by Cumulus Media. Upon Cumulus’ exit from Chapter 11 protection they lowered their debt balance from $2.34 billion to $1.30 billion, […] […]

Premiere Networks has signed a partnership to take over the syndication of “The Bootleg Kev Show”. “The Bootleg Kev Show” debuted in syndication via United Stations in March 2021. Premiere will manage sales and distribution for the four-hour weekday afternoon/evening show and a two-hour weekend mix show. Among the show’s affiliates are iHeartMedia’s KRRL Los […] […]