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After departing Cumulus' 94.5 WJOX Birmingham and his regionally syndicated network in January, Paul Finebaum has a new home. The Wall Street Journal reports that Finebaum will relocate to Charlotte, NC and join ESPN. At ESPN, Finebaum will host a radio show, make appearances on television … [Continue reading]
As it continues to go through the backlog of the 2003 translator applications, the FCC has set a two month period for those translators in the non-reserved commercial band for mutually exclusive applications to come to settlement agreements or resolve their overlap technically. The translators have … [Continue reading]
Saga Communications has revealed plans to begin to limit many of their station webcasts to local markets. The company will join Mount Wilson Broadcasting's "Go Country 105" KKGO Los Angeles which limits streaming listeners to those within California. Saga's move, which comes after eliminating … [Continue reading]
Alpha Broadcasting has launched new morning shows at two of its Portland, OR stations. Country "98.7 The Bull" KUPL completes its revamp from January with the debut of the "Morning Bull Ride With Howie, Monica, and Jake". Station vet Jake Byron is being joined by former "Alice 105.9" KALC Denver … [Continue reading]
After moving their Christian Talk programming off of 106.7 WMYT Carolina Beach/Wilmington, NC last November, the station will return with Conservative Talk on Monday, June 3. The station, to be branded as "My Talker", will be run by former WAAV host Curtis Wright. Wright will also host mornings … [Continue reading]
Update 5/20: WRIF has officially announced that Dave & Chuck The Freak will debut on the station on Tuesday, May 28 at 6:00am. The duo will be joined by their CIMX co-host Lisa Way. Original Report 5/8: A morning show change is about to take place at Greater Media Rock 101.1 WRIF Detroit. As … [Continue reading]
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and his Chief of Staff, Matthew Berry met with a pair of Clear Channel executives last week to discuss proposals pertaining to the future of the AM band. Jeff Littlejohn, … [Continue reading]
Update 5/19: WOKV has announced that Wednesday, May 22 will be the last day the station will be heard on 106.5. Update 5/17: Cox's call letter applications give the next hint for what's coming to … [Continue reading]
A revamp appears to be on the way to Entercom Adult Hits "My 107.9" WNTR Indianapolis. Domain registrations for 1079TheMixOnline.com, Indys1079TheMix.com, and IndysMix.com were made on May 15. … [Continue reading]
Update 5/17: More details on the More brand: WBEB Philadelphia has rebranded its All-80's HD2 subchannel as "More-FM" to prevent the brand from being picked up elsewhere. WBEB pulled a similar move … [Continue reading]
Update 5/17: While still not official, we have further indications that Stephens Media Group will acquire Times-Shamrock's duo in Tulsa. Stephens has placed a job posting for a cluster Promotions … [Continue reading]
Update 5/17: KESS completed its shift to Rhythmic CHR as it rebranded as "Hot 107.9" at noon today. The station is promoting "The 107 Days Of Summer". After taking a few hours after launch to even … [Continue reading]
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