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Saga Promotes Warren Lada To Chairman; Rejects Unsolicited Takeover Offer

Saga Communications has announced the election of Warren Lada to Chairman of its Board of Directors, a dividend for shareholders, and that it has rejected a takeover bid. Lada, who had been serving as Interim President/CEO since the August death of Ed Christian, will become Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Lada will replace […] […]

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Canada Revises CanCon & Radio Ownership Rules

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has announced an update to its commercial radio rules “to help the radio industry remain competitive in a changing environment.” In markets with eight commercial radio stations or more operating in a given language, an owner may now own as many as four stations with a maximum of three […] […]

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SiriusXM Launches Mental Health Radio

Today SiriusXM announced new programming initiatives focused on mental health, including the launch of a full-time streaming channel, Mental Health Radio (ch.779), in conjunction with NYU Langone Health. In addition, SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio channel (ch. 110) is more than doubling its mental health programming, with the channel now airing live daily shows. On Mental Health […] […]

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WPHM To Revamp Lineup For 2023

Liggett Communications News/Talk 1380 WPHM Port Huron MI will revamp its programming lineup as it heads into 2023. Taking place over two phases, the first half will see the station move Markley, VanCamp, and Robbins up from 10pm-1am to 7-10pm in place of Our American Stories starting Monday, December 12. WPHM will add Fox Sports […] […]

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Phil ‘Moose’ Musumeci Returns To WPXY As Morning Host

Audacy CHR “98 PXY” WPXY Rochester NY has announced that Phil ‘Moose’ Musumeci will return to the station to co-host the rebranded “PXY Mornings with Moose and Breezy” with Brianna ‘Breezy’ Sloth starting Tuesday, January 3. A Rochester native, Musumeci began his career with WPXY as an intern and spent just under a decade as […] […]