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Almost two and half years after the demise of the Country format on WNSH-FM in New York, Connoisseur Media is returning the format to a portion of the NY metro, flipping Classic Hits WBZO-FM (103.1 Max FM)/Long Island to “103.1 The Wolf” with new calls WWWF-FM. “After months of extensive research, and looking at artist […]
Chris Elliott is appointed Program Director of WNNF-FM (Cat Country 94.1) and Classic Rock WOFX-FM (92.5 The Fox) in Cincinnati. He joins from Guaranty Media in Baton Rouge, where he was Operations Manager for the four-station cluster and Program Director for Country WTGE-FM (100.7 The Tiger) and Rock WDGL-FM (Eagle 98.1). Prior to that, Elliott […]
iHeartMedia names Taylor Jukes as Senior Vice President of Programming for San Diego, effective immediately. Jukes joins from iHeartMedia/Miami, where she served as the Program Director of WHYI (Y100). She continues her role on the iHeart CHR Brand Team. Previously, Taylor was Program Director of Virgin Radio’s CKFM and National Content Director for iHeartRadio Canada. […]
Political spending in 2024 is forecast to be $11.1 billion in 2024, increasing $2.2 billion (up 24%) over 2022, and $1.5 billion (up 15.5%) over 2020 Political ad spending. Political will be the top spending vertical category in 2024 for many of the media channels in BIA’s forecast, including Radio OTA, TV OTA, TV digital, […]
“The John Clay Wolfe Show” will mark its debut in Palm Springs, CA on Alpha Media’s KCLB. The Rock outlet will introduce the program to its Saturday morning lineup. It will air 8-11am PT. Heard on more than 65 radio stations, Wolfe drives the morning program with his love of cars, comedy and daily observations […]
AdLarge adds HR Besties to the company’s podcast portfolio. Further expanding the collection of female creators to the AdLarge and fwd. network, the program is hosted by the three human resources experts who are behind some of social media’s most popular HR accounts. With followings of over 3.7 million on TikTok and Instagram alone, the […]
The U.S. House and Senate passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 providing $535 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in Fiscal Year 2026, upholding the two-year advance appropriation for public media. Further, for FY 2024, the bill provides $60 million for the public media interconnection system and digital infrastructure, $31 million for […]
iHeartMedia/San Diego appoints Mary Ayala as Program Director for KOGO-AM (Newsradio 600), KGB-AM (San Diego Sports 760) and KLSD-AM (The Patriot AM 1360), effective immediately. As PD, she’ll responsible for the programming content of each brand and report to iHeartMedia San Diego Senior VP/P Taylor Jukes. Ayala continues in San Diego where she’s been the […]
Audacy rebrands Hot AC KRSK-FM in Portland, OR with the launch of “Bella 105” under Bella 105 Brand Manager Jamie Tanchyk. The station, previously known as 105.1 The Buzz, will continue to provide favorites from pop artists such as Adele, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and more. Additional on-air staff updates will be […]
Legislation that aims to mandate the inclusion of AM radio in all motor vehicles — the AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act — is progressing through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill has garnered the necessary support from co-sponsors to move forward in the legislative process. Introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), the measure […]
