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iHeartMedia has announced the promotion of Jon Zellner to President of Programming Operations and Digital Music for iHeartRadio. He will now manage the programming, content and strategy for iHeartRadio’s digital channels and playlists while continuing to oversee iHeartMedia’s programming operations including leading the company’s Commercial Production Center, the National Imaging Center, the Audio Distribution Center, […] […]

When Angelo Cataldi retires from mornings at the end of the current Philadelphia Eagles season, Audacy Sports 94.1 WIP Philadelphia will move current midday hosts Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie into the morning slot alongside current morning anchor Rhea Hughes and producer James Seltzer. DeCamara joined WIP in 2016 from Beasley’s “97.5 The Fanatic” WPEN-FM […] […]

Kairos Broadcasting’s County 10 Radio has flipped two of its three stations in Central Wyoming. Classic Rock 97.5 KDLY Lander/Riverton has flipped to Country as “97.5 The Brand“. The station is focusing on Country hits from the 1980s to now with owner Will Hill describing it as, “The Brand is County 10’s real country, with a […] […]

SiriusXM announced today that country music superstar Eric Church will launch his own exclusive SiriusXM music channel, Eric Church Outsiders Radio, on Friday, November 4. Eric Church Outsiders Radio will showcase music from Church’s career, including his vast catalog of nearly two decades that has earned him seven ACM Awards, four CMA Awards (including 2020 Entertainer […] […]

Cumulus Media is marking the 30th anniversary today of the launch of Alternative “99X” WNNX Atlanta with the debut of an interactive museum at 99X.com 99X would live on 99.7 from October 26, 1992 until January 21, 2008. The call letters were then moved to what became “Rock 100.5“, while the Alternative brand would bounce […] […]

With this week’s announcement that WNYL (Alt 92.3) will give way to a simulcast of All-News WINS at the end of the month, the discussion inevitably turns to Alternative radio’s failure to take hold in New York over the last 25 years. In New York, the “New Rock Revolution” of the mid-‘90s was diffused over […] […]