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WCTQ Moves To Classic Country

iHeartMedia shifted Country 92.1 WCTQ Venice/Sarasota and 103.1 W276CR Bradenton FL to Classic Country over the Labor Day Weekend. The station is now positioning as “Country’s All Time Favorites For The Suncoast.” The move takes WCTQ out of direct format competition with the two Tampa based Country outlets in iHeartMedia’s sister “US 103.5” WFUS and […] […]

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Terry O’Donnell Joins Pamal Albany As Jon Reilly Exits

After eight months as Promotions Director at Townsquare Media Albany, Terry O’Donnell has jumped across town to Pamal Broadcasting to serve as Operations Manager for their AC “B95” WYJB, Hip Hop “Jamz 96.3” WAJZ, and Soft Oldies “Magic 590/100.5” WROW. O’Donnell previously served as Program Director of iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 102.3” WKKF from 2016 to […] […]

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August 2022 (7/21 – 8/17) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 2: KPNT Shatters Records; WJLB Surges

Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets. Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, Miami, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Washington DC Public News/Talk 88.5 WAMU jumps up 10.1 to […] […]

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Tu Radio Debuts In Chattanooga

After over ten months of Christmas music, Brewer Media Group has launched Spanish CHR “Tu Radio 92.7” W224AZ Chattanooga/95.3 WALV-HD4 Ooltewah TN. The translator had been running Christmas music since October 2021 when its LMA to Sabatino Cuppelli’s Conservative Talk “Nooga Radio” came to an end. That brand has since moved to a network of […] […]

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When Is a Song a Hit? And Not a Hit?

If any song seemed teed up as a hit, it was “Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do” by Steve Winwood. In 1988, Winwood had followed the surprise comeback of his Back in the High Life album with a No. 1 song, “Roll With It.” Michelob was already using the new song in TV […] […]

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Hits 105.5 Returns To Ohio’s Upper Miami Valley

With Michelle Stallard’s Fender Broadcasting closing on its acquisition of Variety Hits “105.5 Tam-FM” WMVR-FM Sidney OH earlier this summer, she has returned the station to its prior identity as Hot AC “Hits 105.5“. WMVR previously was “Hits 105.5” until its flip to Variety Hits in August 2015. Stallard, who has worked at the station […] […]