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Longtime Southern California host, programmer, and station owner Art Laboe passed away on Friday, October 7 after a short bout with pneumonia at the age of 97. Laboe was still active in radio hosting the regionally syndicated “Art Laboe Connection” on stations including 93.5 KDAY Los Angeles, “Magic 92.5” XHRM San Diego, and “Mega 104.3” […] […]

The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Memphis, and Hartford. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Austin Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA holds onto its commanding lead 10.0 to 9.8. Audacy AC […] […]

After nearly thirty years hosting a late-night syndicated talk show, Westwood One’s Jim Bohannon will retire from his 10pm-1am eastern show at the end of this week. The 78-year-old Bohannon has been off the air for most of the summer due to unnamed health reasons, which is being stated as the reason for his retirement […] […]

Audacy has announced it will flip “Alt 92.3” WNYL New York to a simulcast of News 1010 WINS on Thursday, October 27. The flip will come after an agreement with SAG-AFTRA allowing the company to combine the staffs of both stations and their newsrooms. Ben Mevorach, Director of News & Programming at WINS since 2009 […] […]

Cumulus Media has appointed Ronnie Ramone as Program Director of Columbia SC market Classic Hits 98.5 WOMG Lexington and AC “B106.7” WTCB Orangeburg SC. Ramone has previously spent his entire career in his native Pennsylvania where he programmed Hall Communications AC “101 The Rose” turned Hot AC “Fun 101.3” WROZ Lancaster from 2006 until its […] […]

After abruptly eliminating its heritage Talk format on Thursday, Cumulus Media launched Sports Betting “810 The Spread” this morning. KGO will utilize programming from Audacy’s BetQL and CBS Sports Radio networks which are both distributed by Cumulus’ Westwood One. It becomes the third Sports brand in the Cumulus San Francisco cluster joining 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM […] […]