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| Ohana Sells Four Honolulu Stations, Emmis Forming New Public Company With Standard General |
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| Radio Headlines For Tuesday 07-02-19 |
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 We start of the month of July with a fairly large transaction as Jim Shea exits the business. Shea's California based Mapleton Communications is selling nearly all of his radio stations to Stephens Media Group. [read more] |
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 Pacific Media Group is buying ʻOhana Broadcasting Company's four Honolulu radio stations (KDDB-FM, KUMU-FM, KQMQ-FM, and KPOI-FM). Once this sale closes, Pacific Media Group will own a total of 20 radio stations. [read more] |
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 Emmis Communications has signed an agreement to form a new public company, Mediaco Holding, with New York investment firm Standard General. Mediaco Holding will purchase WBLS-FM and WQHT-FM (HOT 97) in New York for $96 million. [read more] |
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 iHeartRadio has launched a new weekly chart of the 100 most listened-to podcasts on iHeartRadio. The top five from week one are Ron Burgandy, Bobby Bones, Joe Rogan, The Breakfast Club, and Ben Shapiro. Check out the full 100 HERE. [read more] |
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 Including our final show of season two, this past Friday, with Mark Ramsey, who in partnership with Wondery, produces the Inside series, which includes Inside Jaws, Inside the Exorcist and his most recent release, Inside Star Wars. [read more] |
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 The home improvement giant ran almost 100,000 ads on radio around the nation last week, according to Media Monitors. The exact figure was 97,699, which was more than enough to blow the opposition away and stay atop the chart. [read more] |
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 Chris Williams signed the contract extension to continue in his role as Chief Product Officer for iHeartRadio, overseeing digital programming initiatives, product marketing, UXD, and product strategies. [read more] |
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 Salem Media Group has announced the retirement of 24-year veteran Pat Ryan, General Manager of the Boston cluster. The company also announced the promotion of Carole Howley Simmons (pictured) as General Manager of Salem Boston. [read more] |
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 Scott Sparks from Cox Media Group in Houston has been inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Sparks hosts afternoons on KGLK-FM. Sparks has been in radio for over three decades, 20 years on KRBE-FM before joining KGLK-FM. [read more] |
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 Amy Marxkors has been promoted to morning show co-host on News Radio KMOX-AM in St. Louis. Marxkors will host “Total Information AM Overdrive” alongside Charlie Brennan Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. CT and “The Charlie Brennan Show” from 9-11. [read more] |
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 Entravision has announced the appointment of Jeanette Puig as Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing Solutions, of its Laredo, TX, market. She previously held the positions of National Sales Manager and General Sales Manager for several markets with the company. [read more] |
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 The Cox-Tulsa cluster has a new Chief Engineer, Morgan Grammer, for all five radio stations. Previously, Grammer was Chief Engineer for Griffin Communications in Tulsa. [read more] |
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 Cumulus announced on Monday that it has brought the legendary KRUZ-FM call letters back to California’s Central Coast with the launch of Classic Hits radio station KRUZ 103.3. [read more] |
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 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp. has entered into a new venture with Radio Disney. Radio Disney has agreed to license its video content to SBC. The audio will be broadcast on SBC’s radio station WIGO-AM in Atlanta, GA, and simultaneously the video will be streamed at wigoam.com. [read more] |
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 The great Johnny Donovan is our latest Blast From The Past submission.. This one comes from our friends at DJMastercontrol.com. Donovan spent many years in NYC, first at WOR then at WABC where he preceded Dan Ingram on the air. Send your Blast From The Past photo to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more] |
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