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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. A time to blow up your station’s previous branding and start fresh after blowing out your playlist for 6-8 weeks of music that you cannot play except for maybe that one day in July when people like to pretend it is winter. While there will be many […] […]

“It’s Oct. 31 and Christmas music is already playing on a Cincinnati radio station.”  That’s how WLWT-TV reported the holiday music flip at WAKW (Star 93.3) Cincinnati last month. Star 93.3 flipped to Christmas music ahead of many of the stations in our recent coverage of the first wave of holiday flips, as well as […] […]

The sale of 96.3 WXWX Marietta/Tupelo MS and 102.9 WWMR Saltillo/Tupelo MS to Michael Brandt’s Southern Broadcasting LLC has triggered a series of format changes in Northeastern Mississippi over the past few weeks. With Brandt taking over via LMA ahead of the sale, WXWX dropped its simulcast of Eagle Radio Network’s Country “95.3 The Bee” […] […]

Michael Brandt’s Southern Broadcasting LLC is acquiring five stations from multiple sellers. For $262,500 for each station, Brandt will purchase Soft AC “Easy 100.3” WYDL Middleton TN from Flinn Broadcasting Corporation, CHR “102.7 Kiss-FM” WWFA St. Florian/Florence AL and Country “The Bee” 96.3 WXWX Marietta/Tupelo MS from George Flinn Jr., and Southern Gospel “102.9 The […] […]

Some of this column’s Final Listens are sad because they involve heritage radio stations that sounded anything but legendary at the end. Maybe I didn’t know to listen until the staff had already been taken off the air. Often there was little going on in the way of station events or even imaging. Hearing the […] […]

Woodward Communications AC “KZ 104.3” WKZG Seymour/Green Bay WI made its annual shift to Christmas Music back on November 1. When it resumes its regular programming it appears a new format and brand will debut. […]