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about 7 hours ago

Jim Ladd debuts on Sirius XM February 13

The Los Angeles legend who was accorded the privilege of picking his own music was let go by Cumulus at classic rock KLOS (95.5). It was known that he had accepted an offer to work with Sirius XM on its Deep Tracks channel, but there wasn't a start date or show time. Read More

about 11 hours ago

Making Moves: Friday, February 3, 2012

Making Moves In Fredericksburg, VA., Centennial Broadcasting promotes Chuck Archer to OM of its cluster there. He was Production Director for Hot AC WBQB “B101.5” and adult standards WFVA (1230). Read More

about 14 hours ago

Tucson's "Bob FM" changes identity to CHR "i97.5 - All the hits"

KSZR Tucson as i975 First song, according to the Tucson Board of Radio-Info.com: LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem."Cumulus Media's nearly eight-year-old variety hits Bob FM began teasing a format change on Wednesday and a noontime announcement Friday (2/3). The new format at KSZR: a CHR with a similar "I"- branding to some other Cumulus top 40 stations. Read More

about 15 hours ago

NAB tells wireless group it's not seeking a "mandate" of FM chips in cellphones

NAB Building The broadcasters association says the groups behind a new letter to the Congressional Black Caucus are "distorting our position." NAB's Dennis Wharton says "It is disappointing" that the Consumer Electronics Association and the wireless association "are falsely claiming that NAB is seeking a mandated radio chip in cellphones. We have said repeatedl… Read More

about 15 hours ago

The FCC's new "Call Signs" list is out

FCC The list contains stories both expected and unexpected. In San Francisco, we see Clear Channel's swap of the heritage KNEW call letters, sending them from 910 to 960, and re-branding 910 as KKSF. Read More

about 17 hours ago

Rock 100.5 Atlanta's see-saw playlist returns to status quo (for now)

WNNX Well, that didn’t last long. After three days of adding two songs an hour to the talk-centric “Regular Guys” morning drive show on Cumulus Media's WNNX (Rock 100.5) Atlanta, the experiment has reached a hasty finale. Read More

about 17 hours ago

Chicago pays tribute to Don Cornelius in public memorial service

Don Cornelius WVON (1690), WVAZ “V103” and  WCIU-TV Chicago will pay tribute to native son Don Cornelius, in a public memorial service on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Read More

about 18 hours ago

Charese Fruge honored with SoCal radio excellence award

Charese Fruge will be honored by the SoCal chapter of the Alliance for Women in Media, with its Excellence in Radio Management award. The PD of CBS Radio’s adult top 40 KSCF (Sophie @ 103.7) San Diego, and Las Vegas’ adult top 40 KMXB (Mix 94.1) and modern rock KXTE (X107.5), will pick up her trophy at the 55th-annual Genii Awards April 24 in Los A… Read More

about 18 hours ago

Beasley reports Q4 topline revenue off nearly 7%, due to political and national

Beasley Last year's fourth quarter gets compared to the election year of 2010, in what will be a familiar story from the public radio groups who are beginning to report their fourth quarter and full-year revenue. Founder George Beasley says the decline from $27 million to $25.2 million "reflects a combination of weak overall national spending in our market… Read More

about 19 hours ago

Cumulus Cincinnati CE arrested for sticky fingers

A radio engineer in Cincinnati is facing felony theft charges for allegedly swiping $129,000 worth of broadcasting equipment from Cumulus Media. WCPO-TV reports that over the course of much of 2011, Cumulus Chief Engineer Ben Ary lifted gear from the station’s base in Norwood, Ohio, where its five Cincinnati market stations are based: classic hits … Read More

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