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Withers Broadcasting has shifted two of its stations to Sports. Withers flipped Oldies 95.9 WGKY Wickliff/Paducah KY to “Fox Sports 95.9” and Classic Country “97.3 Hank” KYRX Marble Hill/Cape Girardeau MO to “Fox Sports 97.3“. Both stations are running identical lineups with the national Fox Sports Radio programming filling the majority of the weekday schedule. […] […]

Cumulus Media has announced the appointment of Jeff Haber as Program Director and afternoon host at CHR “98.9 Magic-FM” KKMG Colorado Springs. Haber has been serving as a weekend/fill-in host at Cox CHR 106.1 WBLI Patchogue NY since last November. He has previously programmed 102.5 WFMF Baton Rouge LA and “Power 94.7” KEWB Redding CA […] […]

Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting’s Lake Hartwell Radio has launched Oldies 95.3 WEGG Bowman GA. WEGG is utilizing programming from Westwood One’s Good Time Oldies network. The station moved in from Due West SC where it was owned by RFPJY, LLC as R&B Oldies WYPJ. Lake Hartwell Radio purchased the signal in May 2020 for $280,000 to make […] […]

Sage Weil and Mike Crute’s Civic Media continue their quick growth across Wisconsin as the company purchases Heart of Wisconsin Media’s Oldies 1320 WFHR/97.5 W247DE Wisconsin Rapids and Classic Country 105.5 WIRI Nekoosa WI for $886,000. While retaining its “Locally Grown Radio” moniker WFHR has immediately flipped to Liberal Talk as has another of Civic […] […]

FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Hinckley Halprin has dismissed the license hearing against Oldies 93.3 WQZS Meyersdale PA owner Roger Wahl for his failure to participate. Wahl pled guilty in July 2020 to felony charges of trying to solicit male strangers to rape his female friend facilitated through WQZS, with the FCC designating the station […] […]

In 2017, Dick Broadcasting agreed to acquire Alpha Media’s stations Kinston/New Bern/Jacksonville NC, Myrtle Beach SC, and Savannah GA/Hilton Head Island SC. The original deal was structured with Dick paying $14.5 million for the New Bern and Myrtle Beach clusters and $5 million for Savannah with the later purchase not to close until December 31, […] […]