The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the finalists for the 2019 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, honoring radio stations and air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The 2019 NAB Marconi Radio Awards are recognizing two new award categories, 'Legendary Manager of the Year' and 'Best Radio Station Podcast.' Additionally, 'Best College More

Updated: July 21, 2019

Staudt Exits iHM as VP/Podcasting, Launches Jam Street Media

Matty Staudt

iHeartRadio VP/Podcast Programming Matty Staudt exits to launch Jam Street Media as President. The 30-year radio veteran will be joined at the new company by Jessica Navarro, who served as Executive VP and Head of Production at Mark Wahlberg's Unrealistic Ideas. Previously, Staudt was Digital PD at More

MacDonald/Saginaw Names Brian Hatfield Operations Director

Brian Hatfield

Veteran radio programmer and Michigan native Brian Hatfield is appointed Operations Director for MacDonald Broadcasting in Saginaw, MI, effective immediately. He also becomes Program Director for Country WKCQ-FM (98-KCQ), while overseeing operations of Adult Hits WMJO-FM (97.3 Joe FM) and AC More

WHMP/Northampton Renames Studio in Honor of Kuschka

Barbara Kuschka

News/Talk WHMP-AM/Northampton, MA, which also puts a signal into Springfield, has renamed its studio in honor of Traffic Manager Barbara Kuschka, who recently celebrated 50 years at the station, reports the Daily Hampshire Gazette. "We are now, and in the future will be, broadcasting live More

iHeartMedia Reclaims WHFX-FM (107.7 The Fox)/Brunswick GA

Sun and Snow Station Trust returns Rock WHFX-FM (107.7 The Fox)/Brunswick, GA to iHeartMedia and its AMFM Radio Licenses. Earlier this month, the FCC approved a city of license change for co-owned Urban AC WSOL-FM (V101.5) from the Brunswick, GA market to Yulee, FL in the Jacksonville market. More

Ali Mac Joins Easy 102.9/Jacksonville FL for Morning Drive

Ali Mac

Ali Mac joins Cox Media Group's AC WEZI-FM (Easy 102.9) in Jacksonville, FL, for mornings. Previously, she handled wakeups at Country WKHX-FM (Kicks 101.5) in Atlanta with co-hosts Cadillac Jack and CJ. Before that, Mac hosted middays on Kicks 101.5 and joined the station from WGYL-FM in Vero More

iHeartMedia Returns to NASDAQ, Stock Opens at $16.45

iHeartMedia returned to the public markets on Thursday, after emerging from bankruptcy earlier this year. The company's Class A shares, listed under the symbol "IHRT" on Nasdaq, opened at $16.45 and were down 1.8% in morning trading. In an 8K filing with the SEC earlier this week, iHeartMedia More

DAS Issues Guidance for August Mandatory National EAS Test

Digital Alert Systems

Digital Alert Systems has announced guidance ahead of the next National Periodic Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), scheduled for August 7 at 2:20pm ET. All broadcasters must participate in the test, which is conducted by the Federal Emergency Management More

Meruelo Media Flips KXOS-FM/Los Angeles to ''Cali 93.9''

KXOS-FM

Meruelo Media flips Regional Mexican KXOS-FM/Los Angeles to the all-new "Cali 93.9" with slogan "#1 for Reggaeton and More." The station made the move at 9:39am Thursday with a completely bi-lingual presentation. In addition to the format change, Meruelo Media has started the process of changing More

Educational Media Foundation Names Bill Reeves as CEO

Bill Reeves

Educational Media Foundation (EMF), parent company of K-Love and Air1, hires Bill Reeves as Chief Executive Officer. He comes to EMF from The WTA Group, a company he founded and served as president. EMF has acquired WTA, which develops production, marketing and distribution strategies. Reeves will More

WWO 24/7 Ups George King to VP/GM, Sundstrom to VP/AS

George King

Cumulus Media's Westwood One elevates two key execs in its 24-Hour Formats division. George King (pictured) rises to VP/General Manager from VP/Programming for Country. He'll oversee all programming and affiliate management for the company's 24-Hour Formats, with a focus on growth in new markets. More

KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute Begins Monday in Kentucky

KBAWKU Radio Talent Institute

Kentucky Broadcasters Association President Chris Winkle will welcome students from five universities as the KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute begins Monday, July 22 on the Western Kentucky University campus. Taking on the opening session is Chris Lytle of Instant More

CRB Announces Third Installment of CRS360 Webinar Series

CRS360

Country Radio Broadcasters will hold the next installment of its recently-launched CRS360 webinar series on Thursday, July 25th at 12pm (CDT), with an episode titled "Country Radio 2019: Mid-Year Ratings and State of The Format Report." Panelists for this episode include KILT/Houston PD Chris Huff More

KOA/Denver to Debut the New ''Broncos Country Tonight''

KOA

KOA (NewsRadio 850 AM & 94.1 FM)/Denver will debut a new show, "Broncos Country Tonight," effective Friday, July 19. The program will air weekday evenings from 4-10pm as KOA celebrates its 50th season as the Denver Broncos flagship station. "Broncos Country Tonight" will feature legendary More

Granstrom Joins WAY-FM's ''The Wally Show'' as Producer

Gavin Granstrom

WAY Media taps Gavin Granstrom to join "The Wally Show" as Producer and Digital Media Specialist. He replaces Zach Boehm, who was promoted to Director of Digital Content. Granstrom recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor degree in Media studies. According to Network More

Clint and Kamla Joins Sportsradio 610 Houston for PM Drive

Entercom announces the addition of air personalities Clint Stoerner and Rick Kamla as afternoon hosts for KILT-AM (SportsRadio 610) Houston. The duo's new afternoon show "Clint and Kamla" will air weekdays from 2-6pm CT, effective July 22. Stoerner was previously a weekly contributor and fill-in More

New Webinar Available: Radio Demographic Myths Busted

Coffee with Envision

Envision Networks held their latest "Coffee with Envision" webinar event this week and now is available on demand. The webinar, hosted by brand consultant/No Borders Radio "Brandfather" Brian Burns and Radio Consulting Services President/easy fm programmer Jon Holiday, separated facts from radio More