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iHeartMedia has announced the promotion of Blake Fulton from Regional SVP/Sales for the Mid-South to Market President for its Birmingham, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa AL clusters. Fulton joined iHeartMedia in December 2022 after spending nine years as Managing Partner and VP/Sales for sales performance company Gabriel Media. He began his career as a host and Sports […] […]

For years, the rule of thumb about gold at Top 40 radio was that it should be roughly from the previous three years, that there should be an emphasis on titles by current core artists (as opposed to one-hit wonders), and that it should pass the “would this song be a hit today?” test. Because […] […]

Audacy has announced a content distribution partnership with Allen Media Group’s The Weather Channel to launch three streams on Audacy’s platform. Two of the streams will be 24/7: The Weather Channel en Español and climate and environment Pattrn will both simulcast the video streams of the respective networks. A stream for the primary Weather Channel […] […]

Cumulus Media AC “B106.7” WTCB Orangeburg/Columbia SC has announced the appointment of Blake Powers as morning host. Power most recently served as Creative Services Director and on-air host at Christian AC 90.5 KSOS Las Vegas. He has also served as a weekend/fill-in host for Westwood One’s CHR and Hot AC formats since 2020. Powers has […] […]

After the FCC ordered its Administrative Law Judge to hold a hearing on the pending purchase of TEGNA by affiliates of Standard General LP and the associated divestitures including a swap of assets with Cox Media Group in February, the deal has collapsed as the funding deadline has passed. TEGNA, whose radio holdings include the […] […]

Audacy Hot AC “New 102.7” WNEW New York has announced it has signed “Karen Carson in the Morning” hosts Karen Carson, Johnny Mingione and Anthony Malerba to contract extensions. Carson moved from middays to mornings at then “Fresh 102.7” in August 2015 at first paired with Cane Peterson and later Jeffrey Jameson. Mingione joined Carson […] […]