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Chisholm Trail Broadcasting has rebranded Classic Country “99.7 Hank-FM” KNAH Mustang/Oklahoma City OK as “99.7 The Wolf“. Positioning as “Oklahoma Country” and emphasizing on music from the 1990s, the station is pulling much of its inspiration including logo, imaging and positioning from Cumulus Media’s 99.5 KPLX Dallas. The station will continue to feature Bill Reed […] […]

Audacy shareholders have approved the company’s plan to conduct a reverse stock split in order to attempt to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange. Audacy announced its plans in March to vote on a split in the range between one-for-two and one-for-30 determined by a committee appointed by the Board of Directors in […] […]

After spending the past couple years in the record industry, Greg Ranieri is returning to Audacy as Assistant Brand Manager and Music Director for 103.7 KSON San Diego and “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ Portland. He will also host middays at KSON. Ranieri previously worked at KSON from 2014 until Audacy’s Country format restructuring in September […] […]

After departing Cumulus Media’s “Cat Country 94.1” WNNF Cincinnati, Patrick Scott is returning to Lexington KY as Program Director of LM Communications’ Classic Hits “Kiss 96.9” WGKS Paris and Hot AC “Hits 106.3” WCDA Versailles. He will also host afternoons on WGKS. Scott programmed WNNF from December 2021 until earlier this month. Prior to that […] […]

Some Memorial Day Weekend 2023 listening tips — many of them involving readers and friends of the column. They begin with a big weekend for fans of classic Alternative. Inhailer Radio celebrates the 40th anniversary of Alternative WOXY (97X) Cincinnati, the station with the “future of modern rock” sweeper heard around the world, thanks to […] […]

Jackson County Broadcasting flipped Hot AC “Power 105.5” WXTQ Athens OH to Classic Rock “Pure Rock 105 XTQ” this morning. The launch followed a day of stunting with blocks of loops of Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”, Nine Inch Nails “Closer” and Hank Williams Jr. “Country Boy Can Survive”. The new format launched […] […]