Cumulus Media Threatens to Fire Radio Hosts Who Dispute Election Results A media company that employs right wing talk-radio hosts, including Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, and Dan Bongino, circulated a memo after the pro-Trump riots on Capitol Hill telling hosts to dial down allegations o... Read More...
Skip Dillard no longer PD at WBLS/WLIB-NY In a shakeup at Emmis/Mediaco’s New York cluster, Skip Dillard’s position as VP of Programming of R&B WBLS (107.5) has been eliminated. Dillard, who has programmed the New York powerhouse for the past 13 ye... Read More...
Michael Baisden Leaving Broadcast Radio Michael Baisden is leaving radio at the end of the year and will discontinue syndication of his daily show. He will be replaced by "The Jeff Foxx Show with Keke Brown and Nina" on the Sun Broadcast Group's netw... Read More...
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...
