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Audacy News 1070 KNX/97.1 KNX-FM Los Angeles will debut a new morning show “LA’s Morning News” on Monday, October 17. The launch will see current afternoon anchor Mike Simpson move to mornings to join current co-anchor Vicky Moore and traffic reporter Jennifer York following today’s retirement of Dick Helton after 24 years at KNX preceded […] […]

In 1978, “Disco 92” WKTU New York made radio history. Its switch from “mellow rock” became one of the all-time station launch success stories, a 11.1 share debut rivaled only a few times since. As ratings historian Chris Huff notes, WKTU was the first time an FM had been No. 1 in New York, although […] […]

Metro Radio Inc. sells Hot AC 105.5 WINC-FM Berryville VA to Darrin Jones’ Euclid Avenue Properties for $250,000. A report on former sister station 1400 WZFC (formerly WINC) Winchester states that Jones, who owns two local funeral homes, was brought to the deal by WZFC owner Todd Bartley and that additional acquisitions are forthcoming. Family […] […]

iHeartMedia has cut ties with Atlanta Regional President Drew Lauter. WSB-TV reports that iHeart confirmed Lauter’s exit today after a video of Lauter from August 2021 recorded by a coworker showed Lauter in the backseat of a car coming back from a charity event with other staffers from the company was released. Lauter was shown […] […]

In 2021, both Cumulus Media Oldies “Z104” 103.9 WWIZ Middlesex PA/Youngstown OH and Great Eastern Radio’s then-stunting 97.9 WXMS Au Sable NY/Burlington VT both went all-Christmas on October 1. In 2020, the season started even earlier with WWIZ making the move on September 25. No station has made the move yet this year.

That may be about to change as iHeartMedia has registered a domain pointing towards the first station using Christmas music to potentially stunt to a new brand after the holidays. […]

Cumulus Media has announced the move of Paula Divello to Vice President/Market Manager of its Montgomery AL cluster. Divello moves to Montgomery from the same role at the company’s Abilene TX cluster where she has led since January 2019. She has also served as Director of Sales for Cumulus Shreveport and Townsquare Media Lufkin TX, […] […]