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At this writing, I’m listening to a lot of Classic Hits radio from around the country and around the world as broadcasters prepare to gather at Radiodays Europe. Here are four very quick hits from my international listening. Gold 104.3 Melbourne Currently Melbourne’s No. 1 station, Gold 104.3 is owned by ARN, the Australian group […] […]

Woof Boom Radio is teasing an upcoming format change at “Muncie Sports 92.5” 1340 WXFN/92.5 W223CZ Muncie IN. WXFN is currently running teasers promoting that they are “building a new radio station for Muncie and Delaware County”. New WMUN call letters are now in place. WXFN carries Fox Sports Radio programming along with an hour-long […] […]

Radio One Sports 610 WFNZ Charlotte/92.7 WFNZ-FM Harrisburg NC has announced the appointment of Jeff Rickard as Program Director. Rickard most recently spent five months as Brand Manager of Audacy Sports 93.7 WEEI Boston and its regional network across New England before exiting in January. Rickard joined WEEI in August 2021 from Emmis’ “93.5/107.5 The […] […]

Eastlan Ratings and FMR Associates have released their annual study on radio listenership to clients. The study notes that compared to six months ago, 31% of 25-64 year olds state they are listening to more radio now per week, while 18% say they are listening to less. The greatest demo increase was adults 25-44 at […] […]

Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. New York MediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS remains on top steady at a […] […]

NPR has announced that it has hired 89.3 KPCC Pasadena/Los Angeles Program Director Sal LoCurto as Senior Director For Broadcast Programming Strategy. LoCurto has spent the past five years leading KPCC’s programming. In his new role he will oversee the strategic direction of NPR’s non-newsmagazine broadcast programming and oversee relationships with external program producers. Prior […] […]