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From All Access: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS/DULUTH-SUPERIOR VP/Market Mgr. SHAWN SKRAMSTAD has given word that he's retiring. No word yet on a successor for the seven-station cluster. SKRAMSTAD joined MIDWEST … more

From Radio Insight: Maine Public has announced that Mark Vogelzang will retire as President after nine years on June 30. Vogelzang has been with the public broadcaster since January 2012 where in particular he helped build out their Classical network to complement their existing Public News/Talk network and television operations across the state. The organization’s flagship 90.1 WMEA Portland currently leads the market with a 13.3 share. Prior to coming to Maine, Vogelzang spent sixteen years as President of Vermont Public Radio from 1993 to 2009 and two years as Station Manager at 88.7 WBFO Buffalo NY facilitating the acquisition of the station by WNED-TV from the University of Buffalo in 2011. He also spent nine years as Program Director and Radio Manager of 90.9 WHYY-FM Philadelphia overseeing the national launch of “Fresh Air” hosted by Terry Gross and led the station’s flip from mostly Classical music to Public News/Talk in 1990. Vogelzang also served on NPR’s Board of Director from 2001-2009 with the final year as Executive Director of the organization. Maine Public announces that Mark Vogelzang will retire from his successful nine-year tenure as president of the network at the end of its fiscal year on June 30. Maine Public Board Chair Marion Freeman of Freeport said she will launch a nationwide search for Vogelzang’s replacement and thanked him for his years of dedicated service. “Mark’s vision and expertise were instrumental in Maine Public’s significant growth over this past decade,” Freeman said. “He guided the broadcast teams to focus on serving more viewers and listeners, and created exciting new content and channels for journalism, culture, music and lifelong learning. We are grateful for his service to Maine Public.” Vogelzang began his tenure at Maine Public in January 2012 and has been at the helm through the development of two strategic plans. The most recent, launched in early 2019, focuses on aligning staff and services, expanding local journalism, attracting younger and more diverse audiences, and modernizing the organization’s facilities. He also led a company-wide rebranding effort in 2015, crafting the now familiar “Maine Public” logo and identity. Maine Public’s audiences, programs, and financial health grew under Vogelzang’s leadership. Today, Maine Public Radio is one of the largest radio stations in Maine and one of the most popular NPR stations in the country, consistently in the top five per capita, with over 250,000 weekly listeners. Reflecting on his years at Maine Public, Vogelzang said, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to help Maine Public grow in so many ways and to work with such talented colleagues over these past years. Mainers have an incredibly valuable resource in this statewide service – as our PBS and NPR station, with free and open access to all. I know that the next decade and beyond will see even more growth and impact of public media in the region, and that’s exciting to contemplate.” Vogelzang is the fifth president of Maine Public since it became an independent entity in 1992. Prior to joining Maine Public, Vogelzang served as president of Vermont Public Radio for 16 years, from 1993 to 2009. He was elected to NPR’s Board of Directors for seven years and served as the Executive Director of the NPR Foundation in 2009, overseeing the foundation’s fundraising operation. more

From Radio Insight: After thirteen years with the company Andrew Jeffries will step down as iHeartMedia’s EVP/Programming for their West Region at the end of May. In an internal memo, Southwest Division President Kevin LeGrett wrote that Jeffries will exit iHeartMedia on May 28 to relocate to his native New Zealand. Jeffries will continue to work with the company to assist with the build-out of new technology and digital offerings with details still being finalized. Jeffries joined iHeartMedia in 2008 in the dual role of Program Director of Hot AC “104.3 My-FM” KBIG Los Angeles and “Star 101.3” KIOI San Francisco. He rose to VP/Programming for Los Angeles the following year, Senior VP/Programming overseeing Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle in 2014 and EVP/Programming for the West Division in 2015. Prior to joining the company Jeffries programmed in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia including “Kiss 100” London, “Nova 93.7” Perth and MusicChoice UK. iHeartMedia Chief Programming Officer and National Programming Group President Tom Poleman and LeGrett will be overseeing the Los Angeles Region with future plans to be set in the coming weeks. more

From Radio Online: Westwood One and Sony Music Nashville have announced a multi-faceted program to build support for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games to be held June 5-12, 2022, in Orlando. Kane Brown helped launch the collaboration this month. Luke Combs, Adam Doleac, Old Dominion, Ryan Hurd, LANCO, Kameron More...

From Radio Online: Premiere Networks-syndicated personalities Buck Sexton and Ben Ferguson will broadcast live from CPAC 2021 this week, the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world. "The Buck Sexton Show" and "The Ben Ferguson Podcast" will remote More...

From Radio Online: The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFA) is providing emergency aid to broadcast colleagues, who have been hit hard by the recent extreme weather conditions in Texas and the surrounding states. More than 20 requests have come in over the past 5 days from employees of TEGNA, Nexstar, Radio One, More...

From All Access: With JOE WALSH returning to the recording studio after spending the past 10 months as host of his weekly “THE JOE WALSH OLD-FASHIONED ROCK N’ ROLL RADIO SHOW” on CALIFORNIA … more

From All Access: As we did our due diligence on the JANUARY survey, The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC., in conjunction with the number crunchers at XTRENDS, came to a conclusion. This book was … more

From All Access: An internal memo from iHEARTMEDIA President/SW Division KEVIN LEGRETT announced that iHEARTMEDIA/LOS ANGELES EVP/Programming ANDREW JEFFRIES will depart on MAY 28th. LEGRETT said, "It is … more

From Radio Insight: Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets. Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. There were two major stories coming out of today’s markets. The continued dominance of spoken word formats in particular Public News/Talk and News with the insurrection aftermath and inauguration with some markets showing 20-30 percent of the audience shares going to Talk centric formats. In addition multiple Rock outlets showed significant gains and record highs. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, Entercom Rock 99.9 KISW Seattle rose 5.4 to 6.2 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes ties the station’s record high share. Also in Seattle AAA 90.3 KEXP continues to surge up 2.4 – 3.6 – 4.3 for a new station record high. Hubbard now has a powerhouse Rock duo in St. Louis. Classic Rock 94.7 KSHE continues to dominate the market as it rises 11.6 to 13.0. Alternative/Rock “105.7 The Point” KPNT set a record high this month as it surges 5.2 to 7.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Big 105.9” WBGG-FM Miami jumps up to a station record high as it rises 3.6 to 5.1. Also with significant gains are iHeart’s “DC 101” WWDC Washington up 3.9 to 5.2 (and 1.6 – 2.0 in Baltimore) and “Channel 93.3” KTCL Denver (2.6 – 4.0). Cumulus Media Rock “93X” KXXR Minneapolis is up 4.9 to 5.8. Three Spoken Word stations in Washington DC combined for a 29.2 share in Washington DC. Public News/Talk 88.5 WAMU shatters its station record with an 8.3 to 13.4 gain. Hubbard News 103.5 WTOP jumps up 8.1 to 9.9 to place second. Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR holds in third down 7.5 to 7.3 with iHeartMedia AC 97.1 WASH fourth at 6.0. Cumulus Conservative Talk 105.9 WMAL-FM rebounds up 4.6 to 5.9 to round out the top five. Also rebounding in Washington is Entercom Classic Hits “94.7 The Drive” WIAD moving 2.9 to 4.2. iHeartMedia News 1030 WBZ Boston rises 6.5 to 8.2 for what Huff notes is its highest share since Winter 2003. Beasley Classic Hits 105.7 WROR rises 5.6 to 7.5 for second. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WZLX places third 6.4 – 6.1. Entercom AC “Magic 106.7” WMJX fourth with a 5.9 and Beasley Sports “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM rounds out the top five with a 5.3 – 5.7 gain. The Spoken Word audience in Boston is more scattered but sees Public News/Talk 89.7 WGBH-FM surge 4.5 to 5.6 for an all time record high. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 680 WRKO rises 4.3 to 5.2. Public News/Talk 90.9 WBUR-FM jumps 3.5 to 5.1. And Entercom Sports 93.7 WEEI-FM rebounds 2.5 to 3.5. Cox Media Group Soft AC “Easy 93.1” WFEZ (8.1 – 7.6) and Adult R&B “Hot 105.1” WHQT (7.1 – 7.6) lead Miami. Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.5” WAMR places third at a 6.0 followed by SBS’ Salsa “Zeta 92.3” WCMQ at 5.8 and Entercom AC “101.5 Lite-FM” WLYF at 5.7. Public News/Talk 91.3 WLRN-FM jumps 2.9 to 4.0 for what Huff notes is its highest share since January 2010. Also setting a record in Seattle is Bonneville News/Talk 97.3 KIRO-FM with a slight 7.2 to 7.4 gain. Public News/Talk 94.9 KUOW rises to second with a 6.4 to 7.3 gain. KISW’s surge moves it up to third at 6.2 followed by Sinclair News 1000 KOMO/97.7 KOMO-FM up 4.6 to 5.7 and iHeartMedia Classic Rock 102.5 KZOK up 4.6 to 5.6. iHeartMedia holds four of the top five spots in Phoenix. AC “99.9 KEZ” KESZ leads at 7.3. Conservative Talk 550 KFYI rises to second 4.6 to 6.0. After Hubbard Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX places third with a 4.6 to 5.3 gain, iHeart’s combo of Country 102.5 KNIX (5.0 – 5.2) and Variety Hits “95.5 The Mountain” KYOT (4.3 – 5.1) follow. Also trending upward in Phoenix are Bonneville News/Talk 92.3 KTAR-FM (3.1 – 4.2), Classical 89.5 KBAQ (1.6 – 2.3 – 2.5) and Riviera Oldies “95.1/94.9 The Wow Factor” KOAI up 1.5 to 2.5. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “Mix 92.3” WMXD leads Detroit with a 6.3 share followed by Entercom Classic Hits 104.3 WOMC up 4.7 to 6.1. Beasley Classic Rock 94.7 WCSX, iHeartMedia AC 100.3 WNIC and Entercom Sports “97.1 The Ticket” WXYT tie for third at a 5.5 share. Public News/Talk 91.1 KNOW-FM sets a station record to lead Minneapolis as it rises 8.3 to 9.5. iHeartMedia Sports “100.3 KFAN” KFXN-FM places second 7.8 to 8.4 with Hubbard Hot AC “KS95” 94.5 KSTP-FM rises 6.2 to 7.5. KXXR’s 5.8 ranks it fourth. Milestone Radio Classic Country “BOB Total Country” rimshot trimulcast rises 1.8 to 2.1. Older demos lead Tampa. Cox Soft AC 105.5 WDUV leads as usual down 9.0 to 7.7. Christian AC “The Joy-FM” 91.5 WCIE/88.1 WJIS rises to second 4.9 to 5.9. Beasley Classic Hits “Q105” 104.7 WRBQ moves up to third 5.4 – 5.6 with Cox’s combo of Classic Rock “107.3 The Eagle” WXGL (5.6 – 5.3) and Hot Talk “102.5 The Bone” WHPT (4.1 – 4.8) round out the top five. iHeartMedia CHR 93.3 WFLZ surges up 3.2 to 4.7 for what Huff notes is its highest share since 2017. That ties it with Beasley Rhythmic “Wild 94.1” WLLD which was up 4.3 to 4.7, while Cox CHR “Hot 101.5” WPOI slips slightly 3.4 to 3.3. The Super Bowl run of the Tom Brady led Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have fueled growth for WBZ-FM and WEEI-FM Boston, but its impact was minimal for iHeartMedia Sports “95.3 WDAE” 1250 WDAE which was up 1.4 to 1.9. Public News/Talk 90.1 KCFR Denver remains on top with a 7.2 to 7.5 gain. Bonneville Country 98.5 KYGO was second in the publicly listed numbers up 5.1 to 5.7 followed by sister AC 101.1 KOSI at 5.3. KSE Media’s pair of Classic Hits “Kool 105” KXKL (4.3 – 5.1) and Hot AC “Mix 100” KIMN (4.3 – 4.5) round out top 5. Bonneville Sports “104.3 The Fan” KKFN jumps up 2.4 to 3.3. Radio One’s duo of Adult R&B “Magic 95.9” WWIN-FM steady at 9.1 and Hip Hop “92Q” WERQ-FM steady at 5.6 continue to lead Baltimore. Hearst Rock “98 Rock” WIYY ties WERQ-FM at 5.6, with iHeartMedia Country 93.1 WPOC right behind at 5.5. Entercom AC “Today’s 101.9” WLIF and iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” WQSR tie for fifth at 5.1. Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR-FM Washington DC explodes in Baltimore up 3.2 to 4.4. Entercom Sports “105.7 The Fan” WJZ-FM trends up 2.9 – 3.2 – 4.1. iHeartMedia CHR “Z104.3” WZFT jumps up 2.3 to 3.0. After KSHE’s 13.0 share, iHeartMedia Classic Hits 103.3 KLOU is second in St. Louis at 8.3. Entercom AC 102.5 KEZK was third at a 7.5 followed by KPNT at 7.1 and Hubbard Variety Hits “106.5 The Arch” WARH up 5.7 to 6.7. Hubbard Sports “101 ESPN” WXOS surges 2.8 to 4.4 with the delayed NHL season starting. more

From the FCC: Auction of Flexible-Use Service Licenses in the 3.7-3.98 GHz Band Closes; Winning Bidders Announced for Auction 107 Auction 107 closes; down payments and FCC Forms 601 and 602 due March 10, 2021; final payments due March 24, 2021 https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370168

From the FCC: Improving the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts This document has been circulated for tentative consideration by the Commission at its open meeting. The issues referenced in this document and the Commission's ultimate resolution of those issues remain under consideration and subject to change https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370263

From the FCC: Promoting the Deployment of 5G Open Radio Access Networks This document has been circulated for tentative consideration by the Commission at its open meeting. The issues referenced in this document and the Commission's ultimate resolution of those issues remain under consideration and subject to change https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370266

From the FCC: Facilitating Shared Use in the 3.45 GHz Band This document has been circulated for tentative consideration by the Commission at its open meeting. The issues referenced in this document and the Commission's ultimate resolution of those issues remain under consideration and subject to change https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370264

From the FCC: Auctioning Flexible-Use Service Licenses in the 3.45-3.55 GHz Band This document has been circulated for tentative consideration by the Commission at its open meeting. The issues referenced in this document and the Commission's ultimate resolution of those issues remain under consideration and subject to change https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370265

From the FCC: Promoting Public Safety Through Information Sharing This document has been circulated for tentative consideration by the Commission at its open meeting. The issues referenced in this document and the Commission's ultimate resolution of those issues remain under consideration and subject to change https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370262

From the FCC: FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for March Open Meeting FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the items tentatively on the agenda for the March Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, 2021 https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370261

From the FCC: FCC Announces Winning Bidders in C-band Auction; Auction 107 of 3.7 GHz Service Licenses Yields Over $81 Billion in Gross Bids and Provides Much-Needed Mid-Band Spectrum for 5G Services The Federal Communications Commission announced the winning bidders and the final bid totals in Auction 107—commonly referred to as the C-band auction https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370267

From All Access: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS/DULUTH-SUPERIOR, WI VP/Market Mgr. SHAWN SKRAMSTAD has given word that he's retiring. No word yet on a successor for the seven-station cluster. SKRAMSTAD joined … more

From All Access: CURTIS MEDIA GROUP/LENOIR, NC -- with Country WKVS (KICKS 103.3), Oldies WJRI-A-W263CP (JUST RIGHT RADIO) and Classic Hits WKGX-A-W283CE (CLASSIC HITS 1080 AM-104.5 FM) -- is looking to fill … more

From All Access: An internal memo from iHEARTMEDIA President/SW Division KEVIN LEGRETT announced that iHEARTMEDIA/LOS ANGELES EVP/Programming ANDREW JEFFRIES will depart on MAY 28th. LEGRETT said, "It is … more

From the FCC: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Assignment of License Authorization Applications, Transfer of Control of Licensee Applications, and De Facto Transfer Lease Applications, and Designated Entity Reportable Eligibility Event Applications Accepted . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370220

From the FCC: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Site Based Licenses Termination Pending Public Notice . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370211

From the FCC: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Site Based Licenses Termination Pending Public Notice . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370214

From the FCC: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Site-By-Site Accepted for Filing . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370207

From the FCC: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Site-By-Site Action . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370209

From the FCC: Broadcast Actions . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370182

From the FCC: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Assignment of License authorization Applications, Transfer of Control of Licensee Applications, De Facto Transfer Lease Applications and Spectrum Manager Lease Notifications, Designated Entity Reportable ELIGIBILITY EVENT APPLICATIONS, AND DESIGNATED ENTITY ANNUAL REPORTS ACTION https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370222

From the FCC: Actions . https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370241

From the FCC: Satellite Communications Services re: Satellite Radio Applications Accepted For Filing https://www.fcc.gov/edoc/370253