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Stephens Media Group has appointed Nik Rivers as Operations Manager for its three stations in Rochester NY. The move marks a return to the cluster for Rivers, who previously programmed Variety Hits “Fickle 93.3” WFKL and Alternative “94.1 The Zone” WZNE from 2008 to 2013. In addition to those two, he will also program AC […] […]

iHeartMedia flipped Hot AC “Max 106.3” WHCY Blairstown NJ to Country “106.3 The Bear” this morning. Currently running jockless, the station brings Country back to parts of the northwest corner of the state that haven’t had FM access to the format since Audacy’s flip of 94.7 WNSH last year. In other areas, near Stroudsburg PA, […] […]

After just eight months in mornings, Cumulus Media’s “Rock 100.5” WNNX College Park/Atlanta has dropped Elliot in the Morning. The “DC101” WWDC Washington DC based morning show had been added to the WNNX lineup in late March following the move of former morning hosts ‘Southside’ Steve Rickman and Axel Lowe to afternoons in February. WNNX […] […]

Randy McCarten has announced he will retire from mornings on iHeartMedia Hot AC “99.5 The River” WRVE Schenectady/Albany NY on Friday, December 9. McCarten took over mornings at WRVE in May 2020 after being laid off from his previous role as SVP/Programming for the Albany cluster the previous January after a 24 year run in […] […]

The New York Post reports that ESPN Radio and Good Karma Sports “98.7 ESPN New York” WEPN-FM New York will make lineup changes to start 2023. WEPN-FM will move early morning hosts Rick DiPietro and Dave Rothenberg from 5-8am to 6-10am to better compete against WFAN’s “Boomer & Gio”. The report also states that the […] […]

Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. New York MediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS maintains its lead rising 6.9 to […] […]