WHUR launches ‘The Quiet Storm’ sister station 96.3 WHUR LAUNCHES NEW ‘QUIET STORM’ SISTER STATION Heritage station embarks on its Golden Anniversary Known as the home of the “Original Quiet Storm,” 96.3 WHUR is rolling out a new sister station with the i... Read More...
Frank Ski is back in the ATL at KISS 104.1 WALR-Atlanta's KISS 104.1 welcomes legendary radio host Frank Ski back to Atlanta, hosting mornings beginning on February 1, 2021, Monday – Friday 6a.m-10a.m. ‘The Frank Ski Show’ has been a top-rated radio ... Read More...
Tavis Smiley buys KBLA-LA Tavis Smiley is making his return to radio, but this time the veteran radio and TV talker is jumping into ownership. Smiley has signed a deal to buy KBLA Los Angeles (1580) from Multicultural Radio Broadcasting... Read More...
TAVIS SMILEY RETURNS TO RADIO Generated by IJG JPEG Library According to broker of record Greg Guy of Patrick Communications, Multicultural is selling KBLA-AM 1580, licensed to Santa Monica, Calif., to Tavis Smiley. The deal is value... Read More...
No Heart! More iHeart Layoffs The cuts at iHeartMedia this month have continued through a third week with more markets affected. This marks the third round of layoffs for the company this year following the massive cuts in January and th... Read More...
Entercom & Radio One Flip Flop in Philly, Charlotte and St. Louis Entercom is swapping its Charlotte cluster -- Hot AC WLNK (107.9 The Link), News-Talk WBT-A-F, and Sports WFNZ-A-W273DA (The Fan) -- to Urban One in exchange for Hip Hop WPHI (HIP HOP 103.9)/Philadelphia, Sport... Read More...
Black Exec Sues Nielsen Corporation for Discrimination Cheryl Grace Cheryl Grace, the face of the company’s Annual Black Consumer Report, says Nielsen’s public message “You Matter” falls short inside the company. For the past decade, Nielsen Holdings has pro... Read More...
IBA’S Ron Stone Issues Statement on Nielsen Policy Changes IBA President & Executive Director Ron Stone is addressing the changes announced by Nielsen elimination non-subscribing stations from ratings results to clients. Stone wrote: Many radio stations s... Read More...
DeDe In The Morning Seeks Next Big Star My man George "Geo" Cook hit me up to say he's looking for the next big star for K104 in Dallas to join DeDe in the Morning and the SBG Content Factory team! Here's the deats... Service Broadcasting G... Read More...
Taylor Made Media sells Soul Cafe Radio, The Groove 247 and The Loft to NorthStar Radio Group Taylor Made Media Group the owner/operator of Soul Cafe Radio, The Groove 247 and The Loft has been sold to NorthStar Radio Group LLC a New York based company. Taylor Made media group has owned the properties f... Read More...
