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Midwest Communications AC WSWT-FM (Mix 106.9) in Peoria, IL names Janine Fairchild as its new morning co-host alongside Brand Manager Bill Fox for “The Morning Mix with Bill & Janine.” Fairchild spent sixteen years at crosstown Christian AC WCIC from 2005 to 2020. Fox joined Mix 106.9 in January from sister WXCL-FM (104.9 The Wolf) […]
iHeartMedia appoints Mark Adams as Program Director of CHR WHTZ (Z100) in New York, effective Wednesday, May 1. He’ll remain Vice President of CHR and replaces Mark Medina, who was promoted to Senior Vice President of Programming in Phoenix. Adams joined the company in 2013 as VP/Programming for its Portland, OR stations before moving the […]
Last year, Edison Research’s Share of Ear was able to pinpoint the moment when daily time spent with on-demand audio passed time spent with linear audio overall in the U.S. In fact — on demand had passed linear in every location years earlier — with the exception of one popular listening location: the car. The […]
As the upcoming solar eclipse approaches, Cayuga Radio Group is launching custom music playlists curated specifically for this historic celestial event. Four stations, four formats, and listeners can pick their listening choice as they watch the eclipse on Monday April 8. They include WQNY (Q Country), WYXL-FM, WIII (I 100) and WFIZ (Z95.5) in Ithaca, […]
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 […]
