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Broadcast talent management firm The Weiss Agency has announced the promotion of Heather Cohen to President under Founder/CEO Eric Weiss. Cohen rises from Executive Vice President, a role she has held since joining the company in 2007. Cohen began her career as producer of The Joan Hamburg show at 710 WOR New York in 1998 […] […]

Christopher ‘Boomer’ Layfield has exited as Operations Manager of Cumulus Media Indianapolis and Program Director of Country 95.5 WFMS and AC “107.9 The Mix” WNTR. Layfield joined the company in March 2018 as OM of Cumulus’ then three station cluster and WFMS PD. He would become co-OM following the company’s 2019 acquisition of Entercom’s Indianapolis […] […]

iHeartMedia has announced it has made the move to Christmas Music across the majority of the stations that do so across its portfolio. Over 85 stations within the company have begun playing Christmas music today with the only notable exceptions remaining being AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW New York, Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW Pittsbugh, and […] […]

Carl Wilson is selling Grants Pass Broadcasting to its General Manager. Brian Diatte, who has worked at the stations since 2001, along with his wife Shanna Diatte, will purchase the company and its three stations for $3,030,000. During his tenure, Diatte has risen from account executive to Sales Manager, Promotions Director, and lastly to GM. […] […]

Broadway Media Country “101.5 The Eagle” KEGA Oakley/Salt Lake City entered all-Christmas mode at 12pm today. Positioned as a “Utah Country Christmas,” the station began with Brett Eldredge’s version of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”. KEGA becomes the second station in Salt Lake City to enter all-holiday mode following last week’s move […] […]

Milwaukee Public Schools has announced the return of Jordan Lee to their AAA “Radio Milwaukee” 88.9 WYMS and Urban Alternative “Hyfin” WYMS-HD2 as Senior Director of Programming. Lee first joined WYMS in 2008 as morning host rising to APD in 2012, PD in 2015, and Station Director in 2021. He would begin consulting for Paragon […] […]