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East Central Broadcasting Acquires Pair of St. Louis AMs

Louis ‘Buzz’ Eckelkamp’s East Central Broadcasting is acquiring two St. Louis AMs from various entities controlled by Burt Kaufman. East Central Broadcasting will pay $210,000 for Sports Betting 920 WGNU and Conservative Talk “Real Talk” 1010 KXEN/100.7 K264CY St. Louis. Not included in the deal is WGNU translator 104.5 K283CI St. Louis nor the land […] […]

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From “Intelligence For Your Life” To AI

When you look at where on-air personality is in 2023, a lot of it can be traced back to the rise of The John Tesh Radio Show: Intelligence for Your Life.  Tesh’s show went from weekends to daily in 2003. By then, AC radio already had a daypart replacement show in Delilah, but full daypart […] […]

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Cox Makes Lineup Changes At K92.3 And WMMO Orlando

Cox Media Group has announced lineup changes at Country “K92.3” WWKA and Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO Orlando. At WWKA, afternoon host Michael ‘Slater’ Wheaton will rejoin the morning show alongside Obie Diaz and recent addition Chloe Nelson. Slater moved to afternoons from his former role as morning show producer in October 2019. Midday host Melissa […] […]

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Abby Jessen Joins WSB-FM As APD/Midday Host; Charly Morgan Moves To WGMG Athens

Cox Media Group AC “B98.5” WSB-FM Atlanta has appointed Abby Jessen as Assistant Director of Branding and Programming and midday host. Jessen joins WSB-FM from sister Hot AC “Mix 96.5 ” KRAV Tulsa where she has served as PD since September 2020. She began her career in 2015 at the company’s Athens GA cluster as […] […]

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Scotty Kay Adds National Sunday Show Across Audacy Country Stations

Audacy is adding another national weekend show to the lineups across its Country stations. “US99” WUSN Chicago afternoon host Scotty Kay will be heard on Sundays from 10am-3pm local times starting March 12. Kay has been with WUSN since 2019 first as part of the morning show and then in afternoons. He began his career […] […]

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Edison Research: AM/FM Remains Top Ad Supported Audio Source

Listeners age 13+ in the U.S. spend 59% of their daily, ad-supported audio time with AM/FM radio, more time than with all other ad-supported audio sources combined, including YouTube, podcasts, and ad-supported streaming services. AM/FM radio is the top ad-supported audio source for all ages in the U.S., including Gen Z (age 13-24) who spend […] […]