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Krol Communications hires veteran air personality Chuck Edwards as morning co-host for WHMI-FM in Detroit. He’ll join Madison June for 5-10am weekdays beginning July 15. For over 20 years, Edwards had been a Country radio mainstay in Detroit, where he co-hosted afternoons with the late Linda Lee for sixteen years. His radio roots date back […]
In September 2021, WOZZ-FM/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI transitioned from Rock 94.7 to Adult Hits. Since that time, an enigmatic creature has been wandering the backwoods of Central Wisconsin, yearning for Rock. This mysterious Beast has finally seized control of the WOZZ Studios in Wausau and is determined to bring Rock back to the masses. Over the […]
Radio One’s WPPZ-FM (Classix 107.9) in Philadelphia names veteran New York personality Shaila Scott for middays. She joins the Rhymthic Oldies outlet for 9am-2pm to fill slot most recently held by former Program Director Jay Dixon, who departed last year. Scott began her career at WBLK in Buffalo and worked at WBLS in New York […]
iHeartMedia appoints Larry “Yako” Calderon Jr. as Program Director of CHR WHYI-FM (Y100) in Miami, effective immediately. He replaces Taylor Jukes who was promoted to Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia in San Diego. Yako brings over 25 years of broadcast radio experience, having worked in major East Coast markets such as New York, […]
Wondery and Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios have announced “Hysterical,” a new 7-part limited series from podcaster Dan Taberski. It explores a mysterious illness contracted by a group of upstate New York high school students in 2011 that may or may not be a case of mass hysteria. The series begins by examining the outbreak of […]
Aiir Inc, a provider of digital solutions for radio outlets has acquired Radio News AI (radionewsai.com), an audio AI tool used by stations worldwide to create news, sports, weather, up-and-coming events and traffic reports using AI and cloned voices. Aiir CEO Ricki Lee said, “Aiir’s mission is to help our customers ‘Create Radio’. I believe […]
Benztown’s “Sunday Night Slow Jams” celebrates 30 big years on-air Wednesday. Creator, producer and host R Dub! first aired the show on July 17, 1994 — when he was just 16 years old — at a tiny AM station in the middle of the Tucson, AZ desert. Today, “Sunday Night Slow Jams” is heard on […]
iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries launch “Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage,” a new podcast that tells the extraordinary tales of some of our nation’s heroes. Each week, host Malcolm Gladwell will profile one Medal of Honor recipient’s life and courageous actions while exploring themes like what it is that makes a hero, why people put […]
SiriusXM has announced that actor, comedian, writer and podcast host Andy Richter is launching a new show in which he’ll take calls directly from fans. Beginning Wednesday at 4pm ET, listeners can hear “The Andy Richter Call-In Show” every week on Conan O’Brien Radio (channel 104) and the SiriusXM app. Over three decades of late-night […]
Audacy’s WCBS-FM provided over 55,000 meals for New Yorkers through the “Foxx & Annie Food Fund,” benefiting City Harvest. The joint effort supported the 50% of working-age households in the city who don’t make enough to cover the minimum cost of living. “Food insecurity is a major problem for so many people, and we needed […]
