In a victory for songwriters, the U.S. Department of Justice today weighed in on behalf of Global Music Rights (GMR) in its lawsuit against the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC) and urged a federal court to reject RMLC's attempts to misconstrue the laws that prohibit its illegal, price-fixing, cartel behavior. In a starkly worded filing, DOJ More

Updated: December 7, 2019

Ann Marie Mulholland Departs Hubbard Seattle as VP/MM

Ann Marie Mulholland

Ann Marie Mulholland exits Hubbard Radio's 5-station cluster in Seattle as VP/Market Manager after only 14 months in the post. She's a 29-year radio veteran and previously served as the General Manager for CRISTA Media's Christian AC KCMS-FM (Spirit 105.3) and KCIS-AM (Preaching 630) Seattle. Before Hubbard, More

WXOS-FM/St. Louis Program Director Chris Neupert Exits

Chris Neupert

Hubbard Sports WXOS-FM (101 ESPN)/St. Louis Program Director Chris "Hoss" Neupert exits, reports Barrett Sports Media. Cluster OM and Alternative KPNT-FM (105.7 The Point) PD Tommy Mattern adds WXOS programming duties. Neupert, who joined the St. Louis Sports/Talk outlet in 2009, previously served as More

Podtrac Releases Top 10 Podcasts for November 2019

Podtrac

Podtrac has realeased their Top 10 Podcast Publishers ranking for November 2019. is now available at Podtrac.com. In the report all Top 10 Publishers saw decreases in US Unique Monthly Audience in November compared to October, consistent with a seasonal dip from last November. However, the average US More

Lane Joins Cumulus Media/Birmingham as Traffic Coordinator

Brian Lane

Brian Lane exits Alabama 810's Classic Country WCKA-AM/Gadsden-Anniston, AL, as Program Director to join Cumulus Media/Birmingham as Traffic Coordinator for its traffic hub there, effective December 9. Prior to WCKA, he served as Operations Manager for Double O Radio in Panama City, FL. Before that, Lane was More

Envision's Ashley & Brad Offer Stations Free Holiday Gift

Ashley & Brad

Envision Networks' "The Ashley & Brad Show" is offering stations 24 free one-minute vignettes that give listeners different trivia facts about holiday traditions. "Holiday Fun Facts" are fully produced and available for any format for broadcast any time before December 31. Both Ashley Paige & Brad More

iHeartMedia/New York Names Bernie Weiss Market President

Bernie Weiss

iHeartMedia/New York appoints Bernie Weiss as Market President. Concurrently, Steve DeLusant is elevated to Region Senior VP/Sales, effective immediately. Weiss, a media veteran whose been with iHeartMedia for over a decade, previously served as Region Senior VP/Sales for the company's New York group, where More

49ers Suspend Tim Ryan Over Comments About Lamar Jackson

Tim Ryan

The San Francisco 49ers have suspended radio commentator Tim Ryan for comments he made last Monday about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, reports Yahoo Sports. After calling the 49ers' loss to the Ravens on Sunday, Ryan was asked in a radio appearance about what makes Jackson so hard to More

KABC/Los Angeles Rolls Out New Lineup With the New Year

KABC-AM

Cumulus Media's KABC-AM/Los Angeles will roll out a new lineup for the New Year, debuting January 1. New to mornings is "The Armstrong & Getty Show," featuring Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, weekdays from 6-10am. Continuing in middays is Larry O'Connor, followed by John Phillips. More

iHM/Kentucky-Indiana Names Jason Fulmino RVP of Auto Sales

Jason Fulmino

iHeartMedia Kentucky-Indiana announced today that Jason Fulmino has been named Regional Vice President of Automotive Sales, effective immediately. He will report to Kristy Beebe, Regional Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Kentucky-Indiana. "We are so excited to welcome Jason to iHeartMedia More

Entercom, Kansas City Chiefs Ink Multi-Year Agreement

Kansas City Chiefs

Entercom and the Kansas City Chiefs have announced a multi-year agreement. WDAF-FM (106.5 The Wolf) has been named as the new flagship station of the 70 station Chiefs Radio Network and home of the Chiefs beginning on February 16, 2020. As part of the agreement, 106.5 The Wolf will More

WWO Offers ''American Country Christmas with Kix Brooks''

Kix Brooks

Cumulus Media's Westwood One is offering its 13th annual "An American Country Christmas with Kix Brooks" holiday special. The program features special guests sharing holiday music, favorite traditions and memories. This year Kix has invited some very famous friends to join in the festive fun, including Blake More

WSRB (Soul 106.3)/Chicago Morning Host Mike Love Exits

Mike Love

Crawford Broadcasting's WSRB-FM (Soul 106.3)/Chicago morning air personality Mike Love exits the Urban AC outlet. He joined the station in March, 2104, as as afternoon host before being upped to wakeups two years ago. Prior to WSRB, he worked on-air for crosstown WGCI-FM where he co-hosted the "Bad Boy More

ESPN Radio to Debut ''First Take, Your Take w/Jason Fitz''

Jason Fitz

ESPN Radio will launch a new, interactive weekday afternoon sports talk show, "First Take, Your Take with Jason Fitz," beginning January 20 at 1pm ET. The two-hour show -- hosted by Fitz and simulcast on ESPNEWS -- will extend the conversations from that morning's edition of ESPN's debate show "First Take." More

Kaylan Moody to Exit WHHZ (100.5 The Buzz)/Gainesville FL

Kaylan Moody

Marc Radio's WHHZ-FM (100.5 The Buzz)/Gainesville-Ocala, FL, Music Director and morning host Kaylan Moody will exit the Alternative outlet on December 20 to relocate to Nashville. She joined WHHZ in September, 2018 as the station's morning host and was upped to Music Director in September. Moody graduated More

Santa Clara University Launches ''Line of Sight'' Podcast

Line of Sight

There's a new podcast out of Santa Clara University's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship called "Line of Sight." The series is an interview-style show hosted by Miller Center's Executive Director Thane Kreiner PhD and Don Heider PhD, Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. The More

Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Debuts ''Dig''

Louisville Public Media

The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting is launching "Dig," a new podcast. The investigation will also air as an hour-long special on Louisville Public Media's WFPL-FM on Friday, December 6 at 1pm and 9pm, and the first episode will be featured on the national public radio More

Wohl SVP/Development at Southern California Public Radio

Carla Wohl

Carla Wohl is appointed Senior VP/Development for Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media organization that includes KPCC-FM/Los Angeles. She spent the last decade as Associate Dean of External Relations at the USC Rossier School of Education and previously served as Assistant Dean More

LBI Media's Don Cheto Honored by City of Los Angeles

Don Cheto and Councilman Jose Huizar, 14th District

Radio and TV personality Don Cheto of LBI Media's Regional Mexican KBUA-FM (La Que Buena 105.5/94.3) Los Angeles and host of the syndicated "Don Cheto Al Aire" morning show was honored by Los Angeles City officials with a City Proclamation of "Don Cheto Day" for his work in support of the Latino immigrant More

Ertz to be Honored by WOGL's Remarkable Women Luncheon

Julie Ertz

Entercom has announced that Julie Ertz, midfielder for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champion U.S. Women's National Soccer team, will be honored as Remarkable Woman of the Year at WOGL-FM Philadelphia's annual Remarkable Women Luncheon. Ertz will be honored for her accomplishments on the soccer field as More

RADIO.COM Adds Live and On-Demand FOX News Radio Content

FOX News Radio

Entercom has announced that FOX News Radio content will become available 24/7 on RADIO.COM. FNR is a 24/7 news service reaching more than 36 million listeners a week on over 1000 affiliates. The digital partnership is an extension of the existing broadcast agreement which includes FOX News Radio affiliates More

WYZB/Fort Walton Beach Afternoon Talent Skip Davis Dead

Skip Davis

Sad to report that WYZB-FM (Nash FM 105.5)/Fort Walton Beach afternoon personality Skip Davis, a 35-year radio veteran, has died. He succumbed to cancer on Tuesday, December 3. During his time at the Cumulus Media Country outlet, Davis also served as Program Director, midday host and as the cluster's More