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Holly Paras Rises To Cumulus Regional Vice President Overseeing Providence & New London

Cumulus Media has announced the promotion of Providence RI VP/Market Manager Holly Paras to Regional Vice President adding the company’s New London CT stations to her duties. Paras takes the leadership mantle in New London from Worcester MA RVP Bob Goodell. She has been with the Cumulus Providence cluster since 2006 first as Director of […] […]

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Santa Arrives In Knoxville, Wichita Falls & SW Minnesota

Three more stations have dropped their current branding and have gone all-Christmas with “Santa” branding. Loud Media signed-on new translator 93.7 W229DO Knoxville TN this week as Christmas Music “Santa 93.7” fed by 850 WSMM Maryville. The move completes the frequency change and move of the former 105.1 W286DT as it now operates with 185w/88m. […] […]

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Emily Boldon Departing Cox Media Group

Emily Boldon is exiting her positions as Atlanta Director of Operations, Program Director of Classic Rock “97.1 The River” WSRV and AC “B98.5” WSB-FM, and corporate Director of AC and Hot AC Content for Cox Media Group. In a social media post announcing her departure, Boldon wrote, “Looking to the future… my personal focus is […] […]

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Robert Dove Joins Alpha Media Portland As SVP/Market Manager As Lisa Decker Retires

Alpha Media has announced the appointment of Robert Dove as SVP/Market Manager for its Portland OR operations as Lisa Decker will retire at the end of the year. Dove comes out of retirement himself as he served as Pacific Northwest Region President overseeing all of iHeartMedia’s stations in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington from 2016 to […] […]

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Core Makes Second Attempt At WXTG-FM Purchase

Steve Hegwood’s Core Radio Group is converting its lease of 102.1 WXTG-FM Virginia Beach VA to an acquisition. Core will pay $550,000 to acquire the station from Local Voice Media. The company originally filed to acquire the station in August 2020 but never closed on that deal after beginning to operate it via a $10,000 […] […]

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Dan Bongino Reverses Course And Extends With Westwood One

After claiming two years ago that he had no interest in remaining with the company when his contract was up, Dan Bongino has signed a extension with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One to continue to host his daily 12-3pm talk show. Bongino originally joined the company in March 2020 hosting a daily podcast which was used […] […]