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Kent Jones has announced he will retire as Operations Manager for Stephens Media Group Spokane WA and morning host at Classic Hits “Key 101.1” KEYF Spokane and Soft Oldies 100.9 KTSO Tulsa OK at the end of the year. Jones joined Stephens in July 2020 after previously spending 31 years as PD/morning host at 92.5 […] […]

As a Hot AC station that switched to all-holiday music each fall, WTSS (Star 102.5) Buffalo, N.Y., did a different version of the format. Even as the Christmas format tightened and became increasingly reliant on pre-rock-era music and ’60s MOR, Star played a larger library and was more aggressive on recent holiday releases than most […] […]

SiriusXM and FOX News Media extended their agreements to carry FOX News Channel on channel 114, FOX Business Network on channel 113, and the SiriusXM exclusive FOX News Headlines on channel 115. SiriusXM will also continue make their programming available on-demand. SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and FOX News Media today announced a new long-term agreement to […] […]

Evening hosts Mariana ‘Lulu’ Gonzalez and Marissa ‘Lala’ Gonzalez have parted ways with iHeartMedia Hot AC 103.5 WKTU Lake Success/New York. The twin sisters joined WKTU in November 2016 from afternoons at Cox CHR “Hits 97.3” WFLC Miami. The New Jersey natives began their radio careers with seven years at Univision Spanish CHR “X96.3” WXNY […] […]

iHeartMedia Hip Hop “105.3 The Beat” WRDG Bowdon/Atlanta has announced the launch of the “Ferrari Simmons Show” in afternoons from 2-7pm. Host Sean ‘Ferrari’ Simmons previously spent five years at Core Communicators Hip Hop “Streetz 94.5” WWSZ as evening co-host and afternoon host from 2017 to 2022. After starting his career at Streetz, Simmons also […] […]

I came away from the 2013 Radio Show in Orlando encouraged. On the dais, NRG’s Mary Quass spoke candidly about radio’s spotload issue, an unusual admission at the time. Cumulus had just announced the acquisition of streaming music service Rdio, prompting their Lew Dickey to declare “it’s all audio”—a major about face from the previous […] […]