Magic Broadcasting Rock “97X” 97.7 WYYX Bonifay/Panama City FL has added the Billy Madison Show for mornings.

Based at Cox Media Group’s 99.5 KISS San Antonio and distributed by United Stations Radio Networks,

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (USRN), is excited to announce that Panama City’s Rock Station, “97X” is the latest US radio station to add THE BILLY MADISON SHOW as its morning drive program. The show, which has been growing steadily since their leap into national distribution, started on the air in Panama City on Monday, January 21st, and is already making waves in this seaside city in the Florida Panhandle. This announcement comes from Stefan Jones, USRN’s SVP/Content and Affiliation.

97X is WYYX-FM, an active rock station in the Panama City, Florida market owned by Magic Broadcasting. The “97X” slogan has a roughly 20-year history in Panama City, and, after a brief move up the dial, the rock format of 97-X has been heard on 97.7 FM consistently for the past nearly two years. 97X, like other media outlets in the Panama City region, has been heavily involved in working with local residents and merchants on re-building their city since much of the area was devastated by Hurricane Michael this past October. The Billy Madison Show, which is now airing on 97X from 6-10 am locally, has already joined forces with the rest of the station staff in that community outreach, and the new morning show is also already being featured in television ads for the station as well as in their social media feeds. 97X’s Program Director Greg Fitzgerald commented, “These are some bad boys, and we’re glad to have them… they are a perfect fit for The Panhandle.”

The Billy Madison Show is flag-shipped at Cox Radio’s KISS-FM, San Antonio where the show went from 17th in the market to #1 in just seven incredible weeks back in 2011. The program launched into syndication through a partnership between Cox and Nineball Radio, and it became a United Stations property after USRN acquired Nineball in early 2016. The show has been growing steadily, and adding Panama City is a great way to ring in 2019. Recent growth in the show has been aided by a new a web-based distribution method for program segments of The Billy Madison Show, which in turn, opens up new opportunities for other stations to create flexible playback options for the material including re-clocking the show to add music.

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. is America’s leading independently owned and operated radio network. USRN currently produces and distributes dozens of format-specific programs and services accounting for roughly 6000 affiliations with commercial radio stations across the country. The New York-based company maintains programming, sales and affiliate marketing offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington and Nashville. USRN was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky.

The Bob & Tom Show has announced the addition of seven new affiliates bringing their station total up to 103. The new affiliates are:

 — The BOB & TOM Show , a favorite of millions and one of the longest-running and highest-rated radio programs in America, announces that it has added seven new radio station affiliates in January alone, jump-starting 2019 with monthly growth of almost 8% and bringing the Radio Hall of Fame comedy, talk, news and sports show to 103 stations across the U.S. The new BOB & TOM Show affiliates span multiple markets across Ohio, Oregon and Kentucky and Rock and Classic Rock formats.

Tom Griswold, Host, The BOB & TOM Show, said: “It took us longer to find Bill Kelly’s phone number at Cumulus-Youngstown —  than it did for him to say “YES”, when he learned The BOB & TOM Show was available. And Bud Walters was an early adopter of The BOB & TOM Show… so, it’s great to be working with him in Owensboro. It’s such a pleasure to work with people who get what we’re out there doing every day. So, here it comes… more listeners, more money, and more fun for everyone!”

John Kesler, Chief Operating Officer, The BOB & TOM Show, said: We’re thrilled to welcome Woof Boom to The BOB & TOM Show family. We are especially pleased to work with Bud Walters’ Cromwell Group again. Somerset, Kentucky is a new market for us  — and we have a strong track record with its sister station, Double Q, in Lexington.   
The new stations in both Youngstown and Delaware, Ohio are heritage markets for us, and I know that the staffs there are excited to make even more money with our show in their cities.”

J. Chapman, Owner, Woof Boom Radio, said: “When we learned BOB & TOM might be available for 104.9 The Eagle, we didn’t think twice. We grabbed it. The show has performed for nearly 20 years in Lima. We look forward to continuing the history and growing our revenue with BOB & TOM on WEGE, the Eagle.”
 
Bill Kelly, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Youngstown, OH, said: “We’re excited that The BOB & TOM Show was made available to Y-103. It’s a great addition to our station. Probably should have happened earlier. The BOB & TOM Show will make our great radio station even greater. Here’s to a long association.”

Bud Walters, President, The Cromwell Group, said: “BOB & TOM is new for Owensboro and Tell City, yet everyone in Indiana knows about them. We’ve worked with BOB & TOM nearly 25 years in Peoria, Decatur, and Nashville. The show has been loved everywhere.” 

The BOB & TOM Show is exclusively distributed by Westwood One and airs live weekday mornings from 6am-10am Eastern on 103 stations across the U.S. and on the American Forces Network worldwide. Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame, The BOB & TOM Show features comedy, news, sports, lifestyle content, and interviews with today’s top actors, celebrities and newsmakers. The show is America’s leading media outlet for the best and developing comedians on the circuit, and also features live performances from musicians from all genres of music.

The Sports Junkies, based at Entercom Sports “106.7 The Fan” WJFK-FM Manassas VA/Washington DC will enter regional syndication with the pickup of the show by Sinclair Communications’ “Sports Radio 96.5” 850 WTAR Norfolk/96.5 W243EK Hampton VA. The show will debut on Monday, January 28.

What’s up Norfolk? We are fired up to begin broadcasting live to Norfolk on Sportsradio 96.5 and 850 AM WTAR starting on Monday, January 28th. Spread the word!

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— The Junkies (@JunksRadio) January 24, 2019