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Easy 107.9 Goes Smooth Jazz In Southwest Florida

Fort Myers Broadcasting Company has flipped Easy Listening “Easy 107.9” W300EF Naples/WAVV-HD2 Naples Park FL to Smooth Jazz. The new “Smooth Jazz 107.9” is featuring programming from the Smooth Jazz Network. The former Easy Listening format debuted in October 2021 to bring back the music previously heard on parent 101.1 WAVV by former owner Alpine […] […]

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WSCR Promotes Mitch Rosen To VP/Brand Manager; Ryan Porth To Program Manager

Audacy Sports “670 The Score” WSCR Chicago has promoted Program Director Mitch Rosen to VP/Brand Manager. Rosen will also continue as Vice President of Operations for the company’s BetQL Network. With Rosen’s promotion, Ryan Porth will rise from Assistant Brand Manager to Program Manager taking over the day-to-day programming responsibilities. Porth joined WSCR in January […] […]

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Station Sales Week of 5/5

Polnet Communications will donate 910 WRKL New City NY to the Erick Salgado led Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc. valuing the donation as being worth $647,000 for tax purposes. WRKL has been simulcasting Cantico’s Spanish Christian network since March 2022. The Matthew Middlebrooke led American Christian Radio Inc. will purchase the Construction Permit of Northern Plains […] […]

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Karen McCrary Mitchell Rises To iHeartMedia Memphis/Tupelo Market President

iHeartMedia has announced the appointment of Karen McCrary Mitchell as its new Memphis TN/Tupelo MS Market President. McCrary Mitchell moves to the role from her previously role as Division VP of Digital Sales based in Memphis since January 2020. She has previously held sales management roles in Memphis for multiple businesses including the Memphis Commercial-Appeal […] […]

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Who Sings That? When Listeners Guess (Really) Wrong

My wife and I were both working from home. As she passed my office, she said, “I’m closing the door so you can listen to your screaming hair bands.” The song playing at the moment was actually “Madman’s Eyes,” the recent Triple-A charter from the Dave Matthews Band, usually one of her favorite acts. Out […] […]

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Jay Philpott Returns To Cumulus As Appleton/Oshkosh OM & WVBO PD

Cumulus Media has announced the appointment of Jay Philpott as Operations Manager of their Appleton/Oshkosh WI cluster and PD/afternoon host of Classic Hits 103.9 WVBO. Philpott quickly returns to Cumulus after departing his role as PD/afternoon host at Cumulus Media Soft AC “Love 105” 105.1 WGVX Lakeville, 105.3 WLUP Cambridge, and 105.7 WWWM-FM Eden Prairie/Minneapolis […] […]