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iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WZLX Boston morning host Kevin Karlson passed away in his sleep last night. The station wrote, “It is with great sadness that 100.7 WZLX shares news of the unexpected passing of our friend, Kevin Karlson. ⁠For almost 20 years, Kevin helped wake up Boston with humor and classic rock. We invite […] […]

A restructuring of Pacific Empire Radio Corp. will see John Taylor increase his stake from 36.13% of the company to 71.86% and Ben Bonfield increasing his stake from 14.15% to 28.14% as the duo buy out their other partners. The company will purchase Hillcrest Aircraft Company’s 18.16% of the company for $37,500, Cynthia Lamberjack’s 17.8% […] […]

Rogers Sports & Media ceased the News/Talk format of “City News 1310/101.1” CIWW Ottawa and CJET-FM Smiths Falls ON at 1:00pm today. Rogers intends to turn in the license of 1310 CIWW, while 101.1 has flipped back to the “Country 101.1” CKBY-FM identity that it had until flipping to a simulcast of CIWW in December […] […]

iHeartMedia is partnering Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe to simultaneously premiere “the last Beatles song” on 740 of their stations on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 10:00am Eastern. The song “Now And Then”, was a demo by John Lennon from the 1970s that was completed last year by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. iHeart will simultaneously premiere […] […]

Brian Vander Ark, lead singer of The Verve Pipe, is joining Cumulus Media Classic Rock “97 LAV” 96.9 WLAV-FM Grand Rapids MI as afternoon host. A native of West Michigan, Vander Ark is a newcomer to radio. He is best known for his band’s single “The Freshman”, that he wrote and sung, which was a […] […]

Alpha Media has added the Bootleg Kev Show for afternoons on Hip Hop “We 102.9” K275CH Gresham/KINK-HD2 Portland OR and “We 94.5” K233DB San Antonio/KTFM-HD2. The Bootleg Kev Show debuted in syndication in March 2021 and also features co-host James Jefferson, Jr. Prior to launching the syndicated show, Kev co-hosted nights at iHeartMedia’s “Real 92.3” […] […]