Taylor Made Broadcasting Network sells AC 100.9 KGLC and Country 910 KVIS Miami OK to Michael Landis’ Land Go Radio Group for $100,000. Land Go owns “SoMo Sports Radio” 1560 WMBH/101.3 K268CP Joplin and Oldies 101.3 KHST Lamar MO. Taylor Made retains Country 99.3 KGVE Grove OK. Joshua Smith’s Yankee…
CBS News Boston Live BOSTON – Bob Bittner, longtime local radio personality and owner of WJIB 740 AM in Cambridge, died on Friday. Ben Ewen-Campen, Somerville City Council President, tweeted the news on Friday night. “I’m heartbroken to learn that Bob Bittner passed away. He ran the indescribably great local…
Some Memorial Day Weekend 2023 listening tips — many of them involving readers and friends of the column. They begin with a big weekend for fans of classic Alternative. Inhailer Radio celebrates the 40th anniversary of Alternative WOXY (97X) Cincinnati, the station with the “future of modern rock” sweeper heard…
After spending the past couple years in the record industry, Greg Ranieri is returning to Audacy as Assistant Brand Manager and Music Director for 103.7 KSON San Diego and “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ Portland. He will also host middays at KSON. Ranieri previously worked at KSON from 2014 until Audacy’s…
Audacy shareholders have approved the company’s plan to conduct a reverse stock split in order to attempt to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange. Audacy announced its plans in March to vote on a split in the range between one-for-two and one-for-30 determined by a committee appointed by…
Chisholm Trail Broadcasting has rebranded Classic Country “99.7 Hank-FM” KNAH Mustang/Oklahoma City OK as “99.7 The Wolf“. Positioning as “Oklahoma Country” and emphasizing on music from the 1990s, the station is pulling much of its inspiration including logo, imaging and positioning from Cumulus Media’s 99.5 KPLX Dallas. The station will…
For decades, Eliot Stein has kept mum about something that bewildered San Diego fans of Top 40 radio music in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. He and his twin brother, Neil, had the uncanny “luck” of winning call-in radio contests, primarily on KGB and KCBQ AM stations and KSEA…
After departing Cumulus Media’s “Cat Country 94.1” WNNF Cincinnati, Patrick Scott is returning to Lexington KY as Program Director of LM Communications’ Classic Hits “Kiss 96.9” WGKS Paris and Hot AC “Hits 106.3” WCDA Versailles. He will also host afternoons on WGKS. Scott programmed WNNF from December 2021 until earlier…
Jackson County Broadcasting flipped Hot AC “Power 105.5” WXTQ Athens OH to Classic Rock “Pure Rock 105 XTQ” this morning. The launch followed a day of stunting with blocks of loops of Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”, Nine Inch Nails “Closer” and Hank Williams Jr. “Country Boy Can…
After four years in mornings at Amaturo Sonoma Media Country “Froggy 92.9” KFGY Healdsburg/Santa Rosa CA, Tanner Chambers is exiting the station after today’s show to pursue other opportunities. Chambers and co-host Amber Henderson joined KFGY in March 2019 when he was just 22. The Seattle native previously served as…
