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Jim ‘JJ’ Johnson To Retire From Mornings At WOMC

Audacy Classic Hits 104.3 WOMC Detroit morning host Jim ‘JJ’ Johnson will retire from the station on Friday, December 1. Johnson, who made the announcement on-air this morning, has spent 52 years on-air in his native Detroit. He began his career on 104.3 when it was WEXL and would then spend time in mornings leading […] […]

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Series Of Format Changes In Morgantown/Clarksburg WV

LHTC Media’s closing of its $190,000 purchase of 102.7 WGYE Mannington/103.9 W280FF Morgantown and 105.7 WHTI Salem WV from Burbach of DE has led to a number of format changes in the Morgantown and Fairmont markets. LHTC flipped Hot AC “Hot 105.7” WHTI Salem to a simulcast of Variety Hits “100.9 Jack-FM” WZST Westover/Morgantown. The […] […]

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KCPW-FM Salt Lake City To Be Auctioned Off

Wasatch Public Media’s Public News/Talk 88.3 KCPW-FM Salt Lake City will be auctioned off by its lenders on October 9, 2023 at 10:00am Mountain Time. The auction will require any entity that desires to become a qualified bidder to provide before a bidding deadline on October 4 must propose a minimum purchase price of $350,000, […] […]

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Mix 97.3 Birmingham Moves To CHR As Today’s Hits 97.3

While many other pop stations are zigging in a more gold based directions, SummitMedia has zagged at Hot AC “Mix 97.3” WPYA Gardendale/Birmingham AL has completed its move to a current-intensive CHR rebranding as “Today’s Hits 97.3“. The rebranding follows a June playlist adjustment where it increased its top spins to around 130 times per […] […]

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Awesome 93.1 Knoxville Flips To Classic Rock

SummitMedia flipped 1980s Hits “Awesome 93.1” WNOX Karns/Knoxville TN to Classic Rock on Friday, September 7. Now branding as “Classic Rock 93.1“, the new brand matches the five other stations that SummitMedia standardized in December 2022. The new format takes the station into direct format competition with Midwest Communications’ 103.5 WIMZ. WIMZ was second in […] […]

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KWave Expands Into Los Angeles

Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa Christian Preaching “KWave 107.9” KWVE-FM San Clemente CA is now heard throughout the Los Angeles market as it has closed on its $5 million purchase of 1110 KRDC/99.1 K256CX Pasadena from the Walt Disney Company. KRDC has been simulcasting formerly co-owned Sports “710 ESPN” KSPN Los Angeles since the company […] […]