RadioInsight - Daily Domains 8/17: New CHR For South Bend?

[membership level="2,3"] Back from vacation and catching up on recent registrations. When Midwest Family Broadcasting acquired Schurz Communications' South Bend IN cluster last fall one of the stations acquired created a format overlap with one of their stations in the adjacent Southwest Michigan market. Country " New Country 99.9 " WHFB-FM Benton Harbor MI, but operating as a South Bend station, also served much of the same territory as " 97.5 Y-Country " WYTZ Bridgman. Live999FM.com , Live999Radio.com , and NewMusic999.com were registered by cluster OM Bill Gamble earlier this month. A new CHR brand on WHFB-FM would go up against Artistic Media Partners' market leading " U93 " 92.9 WNDV-FM which registered a 10.6 share in the Spring 2016 Nielsen Audio ratings. With Stephens Media moving Christian AC 100.9 KXOJ Tulsa to 94.1 yesterday , what's next for the 100.9 frequency? It's currently running a loop redirecting listeners to 94.1 with that frequency's former KTSO call letters now in place. While 941TheBreeze.com now features a countdown clock to Thursday, September 1 at midnight proclaiming "Something New Is Coming To Tulsa", KXOJ Program Director Bob Thornton registered TheAnswerTulsa.com via his RadioServers.com web design company. iHeartMedia is prepping a flip at Rhythmic AC " 93.9 Jamz " KHJZ Honolulu. While 939Beat.com was registered directly to the company and currently redirects to the site of WMIA Miami (a market where iHeart already uses the " Beat " moniker on 103.5 WMIB), Kevin Akitake, MD of SummitMedia Rhythmic CHR " Power 104.3 " KPHW quickly claimed Beat939.com and TheBeat939.com . A flip to Rhythmic CHR or Urban would place KHJZ in more direct competition with KPHW and Frontier Capital Partners " 102.7 Da Bomb " KDDB. Beasley Media looks to be bringing a Spanish language music format to what is currently Adult Alternative " The Link " on a series of translators in the Fort Myers FL market. Beasley registered Playa965.com , Playa981.com , Playa1051.com , 965Playa.com and 981Playa.com for 96.5 W243BM Suncoast Estates, 98.1 W251AL Fort Myers and 105.1 W286AK Naples. [/membership]

Daily Domains 8/17: New CHR For South Bend?

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