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The Jennifer Sprenger led KFAITH will launch Christian Preaching “K-FAITH 103.1” on Wednesday, June 1. KFAITH agreed to acquire Christian Rock “Broken-FM” 88.7 KORB Hopland and translators 89.5 K208GA Santa Rosa, 91.5 K218EN Santa Rosa, 103.1 K276FY Santa Rosa, and 101.3 K267BA Ukiah CA from One Ministries in April for $295,000. The new format will […] […]

Longtime Dallas morning personality Jim White will retire from the “Bo & Jim Show” at iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Lone Star 92.5” KZPS on Friday, July 22. White and Bo Roberts hosted mornings at “Q102” KTXQ from 1982 until the station’s demise in 1997. They first joined KZPS as afternoon hosts from 1998 to 2001, before […] […]

Following its acquisition by Gary Burns’ KSM Holdings LLC, “Oldies 103.9” WHTU Big Island/Lynchburg VA has rebranded as “Rewind 103.9“. Positioning as “Lynchburg’s Classic Hits”, WHTU is focusing on music from the 1970s and 80s and emphasizing spot breaks limited to 90 seconds in length. Burns is the principal stakeholder of Three Daughters Media, which […] […]

iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM Austin is revamping its morning show as WSIX Nashville afternoon hosts ‘Wayne D’ Danielson and Tay Hamilton will join incumbent host Bama Brown Danielson and Hamilton will remain in Nashville, where they will continue in their afternoon slot at “The Big 98“. Danielson joined WSIX in June 2020 after previously serving […] […]

Carina Patterson has departed SummitMedia Country “100.3 The Wolf” WCYQ Knoxville after a decade with the station to take a position outside the industry. Patterson joined then “Q100.3” in 2012 eventually rising to evening host and then joining Opie Joe in mornings in September 2017 under the on-air name ‘Carina With a Twist of Lime’. […] […]

SiriusXM Canada has announced the appointment of Michelle Mearns as their new VP/Programming & Operations succeeding the retiring John Lewis. Mearns joins SiriusXM from Apple, where she led strategic partnerships, content marketing and played a significant role in the launch of Apple Music in Canada. She has also led marketing and communications for both Twitter […] […]