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WAVV Staffers Depart Following Sale Closing

With the closing of Fort Myers Broadcasting Company’s $8 million purchase of Soft AC “Wave 101.1” WAVV Naples Park/Fort Myers FL, a number of staffers have exited the station. Only morning host Paul Conrad and a couple members of the WAVV sales team have made the move with the station to the new ownership as […] […]

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Upholding Standards (And Launching Smooth Jazz)

WLML (Legends 100.3) West Palm Beach was one of my Intriguing Stations of 2014, not the least for launching an Adult Standards station in 2014, particularly one that concentrated on the Great American Songbook, not ’60s MOR or ’70s Carpenters/Barry Manilow soft pop. Pre-COVID, I heard the station regularly on trips to South Florida. Recently, […] […]

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BIN Promotes Andrea Coleman To VP/News Operations; Mike Stevens To Managing Editor

iHeartMedia’s Black Information Network has announced the promotion of Andrea Coleman to Vice President of News Operations and Mike Stevens to Managing Editor. Coleman joined BIN at its 2020 launch as a news anchor and was promoted to News Director in February. She has served as an anchor and reporter for CNN and WGCL-TV Atlanta […] […]

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DaveMan Returns To WLVQ

Saga Communications’ Columbus Radio Group has announced the addition of David ‘DaveMan’ Bjorklund as Production Director and night host at Classic Rock “QFM96” WLVQ Columbus. Bjorklund returns to WLVQ after previously hosting middays at the station from 1994 to 2006. He most recently spent thirteen years at iHeartMedia Columbus where he served as cluster Digital […] […]

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La Poderosa Launches In Jackson TN

Grace Media Services launched Regional Mexican “La Poderosa 105.3” WTJK Humboldt/Jackson TN on Wednesday. The new station will feature Univision’s syndicated El Bueno, La Mala y El Feo in mornings from 6-9am and El Free Guey from 11am-3pm. A local show hosted by Rogelio Garcia and Elvia Trejo will air from 9-11am and repeat from […] […]

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WLFE Purchase To Bring Vida Unida To South Florida

Hope Media Group has announced the acquisition of Christian AC “90.9 Life-FM” WLFE Cutler Bay/Homestead FL from Calvary Chapel of Kendall. The $1.1 million purchase will be utilized to bring the organization’s Spanish Christian “Vida Unida” programming to South Florida, where the station serves the southern portions of the Miami market. Hope Media Group launched […] […]