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With New AI Comes New Questions

“It read like the sort of thing that I should be implacably against,” wrote industry observer James Cridland about Futuri Media’s RadioGPT, which uses AI to generate customized content for radio stations. “Irritatingly, though: It’s rather good.” “I really wish the new RadioGPT was awful,” wrote broadcaster and music historian Alan Cross. His panicky-but-admiring response […] […]

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Noam Laden Returns To WABC

Red Apple Media Conservative Talk 770 WABC New York has announced the return of Noam Laden to the station. Laden will serve as News Director, anchor a daily 5am News hour, and provide newscasts during Sid Rosenberg’s morning show. He previously worked at WABC from 2003 to 2018 serving in similar roles including News Director, […] […]

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Audacy Launches Front Range Country 103.1 Denver

Audacy has flipped “Comedy 103.1” K276FK Denver/KQKS-HD2 Lakewood CO to 90s based Country “Front Range Country“. The new brand will focus on artists such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Shania Twain, Brooks and Dunn, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, and Trisha Yearwood. The Country brand will compete with Bonneville’s 98.5 KYGO and […] […]

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SiriusXM Drops Traffic/Weather Channels

SiriusXM dropped its four remaining local Traffic and Weather channels on March 1. The channels are currently running a loop stating that they are no longer available on the service although still listed on SiriusXM’s programming guide. Some Sports play-by-play programming are listed as airing on the channels this weekend. This is not the first […] […]

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Tino Cochino Radio Joins 106.1 Kiss-FM Dallas

After being dropped from Cumulus Media’s “Hot 93.3” KLIF-FM following its December shift from CHR to 90s/2000s Hits, YEA Networks’ “Tino Cochino Radio” will reappear in the market in late nights on iHeartMedia CHR “106.1 Kiss-FM” KHKS Denton starting Monday, March 6. KHKS-FM, which also serves as the flagship for YEA Networks’ Kidd Kraddick Morning […] […]

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Station Sales Week Of 3/3

Permian Basin Broadcasting purchases “Tejano 105.9” KXQT Stanton/Midland from Gerald Benavides and 101.1 K266BT Big Spring TX from Christina Benavides for $330,000. KXQT will join the buyer’s Regional Mexican “La Caliente 101.3” KMMZ Crane as a duo in the Midland/Odessa market. American General Media sells 840 KJFA Belen/Albuquerque NM to Derek and Sheila Underhill’s KD […] […]