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From All Access: ALL ACCESS will be closed for the MEMORIAL DAY weekend. Our offices will reopen early TUESDAY, MAY 30th. If NET NEWS breaks over the weekend in your market, click here to report it. MEMORIAL … more

From Radio Insight: Chisholm Trail Broadcasting has rebranded Classic Country “99.7 Hank-FM” KNAH Mustang/Oklahoma City OK as “99.7 The Wolf“. Positioning as “Oklahoma Country” and emphasizing on music from the 1990s, the station is pulling much of its inspiration including logo, imaging and positioning from Cumulus Media’s 99.5 KPLX Dallas. The station will continue to feature Bill Reed in mornings, Big JD in middays and Joe Friday in afternoons. The station continues to compete against iHeartMedia’s “96.1 KXY” KKXY for the Classic Country audience in Oklahoma City. KNAH had utilized the “Hank-FM” brand licensed from Kroeger Media since it flipped to Classic Country in September 2013. more

From All Access: MIKE KAPLAN, DARICE LEE, CRAIG THOMAS, TOMMY MATTERN, JOSH VENABLE, MIKE TAYLOR, DAVE TELLMANN, GREG RANEIRI, PATRICK SCOTT, TANNER CHAMBERS, SCOTTY MCCREERY, TIM HOLLY, AVERY KING, MCCALL … more

From Radio Insight: Audacy shareholders have approved the company’s plan to conduct a reverse stock split in order to attempt to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange. Audacy announced its plans in March to vote on a split in the range between one-for-two and one-for-30 determined by a committee appointed by the Board of Directors in order for the company to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange as Audacy shares have been trading under the $1 per share range since last July. That took on greater urgency as the NYSE moved to delist Audacy on May 16. The company’s stock is currently trading over-the-counter closing today at 5.7 cents per share. The company will announce its full plans for the stock split next week as it works to finalize the range of the split. It will then begin the appeal process to return its stock’s listing to the NYSE. more

From Radio Insight: After spending the past couple years in the record industry, Greg Ranieri is returning to Audacy as Assistant Brand Manager and Music Director for 103.7 KSON San Diego and “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ Portland. He will also host middays at KSON. Ranieri previously worked at KSON from 2014 until Audacy’s Country format restructuring in September 2020. During his tenure he served as Programming Assistant and then rose to Music Director in 2016 and APD/MD in 2018. After starting his career as an intern at “Wired 96.5” WRDW-FM Philadelphia, Ranieri would rise to weekend/fill-in host before moving to “Q101” WJDQ Jackson MS as Music Director and midday host. He would then program CHR “Now 93.7” KTMT-FM, Classic Rock 95.7 KBOY, and AC 101.9 KCMX Medford OR prior to joining KSON. Ranieri fills the position that had been held by Brooks O’Brian prior to her move to WWJO St. Cloud MN as Program Director last month. more

From All Access: AVERY KING, the former Dir./Publicity at ELICITY PR, is launching her own public relations firm, KING PUBLICITY, in NASHVILLE. KING spent the last seven years with ELICITY, representing … more

From Radio Insight: After departing Cumulus Media’s “Cat Country 94.1” WNNF Cincinnati, Patrick Scott is returning to Lexington KY as Program Director of LM Communications’ Classic Hits “Kiss 96.9” WGKS Paris and Hot AC “Hits 106.3” WCDA Versailles. He will also host afternoons on WGKS. Scott programmed WNNF from December 2021 until earlier this month. Prior to that he spent five years at Cumulus Lexington first as Promotions Director and then Program Director of CHR “Hot 102.5” WLTO and Variety Hits “101.5 Jack-FM” WLXX Lexington. He has also worked in promotions for Bonneville, Cumulus and iHeartMedia Cincinnati. more

From All Access: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA News-Talk WUNC/CHAPEL HILL, NC is adding a weekly show from GREENSBORO's long-running slam poetry and spoken word performance show THE POETRY CAFE, airing … more

From Radio Insight: Some Memorial Day Weekend 2023 listening tips ? many of them involving readers and friends of the column. They begin with a big weekend for fans of classic Alternative. Inhailer Radio celebrates the 40th anniversary of Alternative WOXY (97X) Cincinnati, the station with the ?future of modern rock? sweeper heard around the world, thanks to Rain Man. All week long, the station has been saluting the Modern Rock 500 in hundred-song chunks. On May 27-29, the full top 500 plays. Dozens of former 97X DJs will be heard. The show will also be available on demand next week. New Jersey?s Alternative Radio Felicianis rolling deep as well on its Totally ?80s Weekend, which (based on a page of log posted by the station?s Ed Robinson) will be roughly a 50/50 mix of crossover hits and Alt-only gems. There?s also a Time Warp Weekend on KQCJ (The Planet) Davenport, Iowa, a Throwback Weekend on WNWV (107.3 Alternative Cleveland), and the UK?s Absolute ?80s wraps up its 10-years-in-10-weeks tribute to the ?Forgotten ?80s?with a special three-hour Sunday-night (UK-time) focus on1984. In the spirit of last month’s look at which ROR friends and readers were on the radio that weekend, here are some other options: Liveline?s Party Songs Weekend: After three years of hosting the syndicated Liveline on Monday-Friday, Liveline?s Mason Kelter recently extended the personality-heavy, phone-intensive show to weekends. Kelter is back this weekend; last weekend, the show was hosted by executive producer John Garabedian, putting him back on weekends for just the second time since he hosted Open House Party. Here?s our review of Liveline at its launch. Sign-Ons and Sign-Offs: They both involve stations with big signals. KUCD (Pop 101.9) Honolulurecently moved its Asian Pop format from an FM translator to the frequency of its Alternative sister station. There?s no last day set for WTSS (Star 102.5) Buffalo, N.Y., but the heritage Hot AC, a great local station in a distinctive radio market, is running promos steering listeners to CHR sister WKSE (Kiss 98.5) ahead of its sale to K-Love.* Yacht Rock Weekends on both WTOJ (Magic 103.1) Watertown, N.Y., and WEBE Bridgeport, Conn.The latter occasioned an exchange between Connoisseur?s Keith Dakin and morning-show consultant Steve Reynolds, who often posts on Facebook taking issue with whether certain songs on SiriusXM?s Yacht Rock Radio qualify. Reynolds ?will be listening with a fine-tooth comb.?* CKLW Detroit?s Top 100 of 1967 on Charlie O?Brien?s Big8Radio.com.It?s a great year in a particularly great market to hear it in. Central Michigan?s WUPSis doing a Motown Monday as a nod to vacationing Detroiters. The Boss Summer Blast-Off: Classic HitsWWZY (107.1 the Boss) Monmouth/Ocean, N.J.,PD Robby Bridges has picked up the weekend tradition from WPLJ New York?s Hot AC era. Scott Shannon, Patty Steele, and Joe Nolan are helping kick off a Summer Songs Weekend. So are Collective Soul?s Ed Roland, Constantine Maroulis, John Ford Coley, and Idol?s Cole Hallman. The Vinyl Summer Weekend with album sides on vinyl each hour on Heritage Rock WMMR Philadelphia.*Across town, Triple-A WXPN Through The Years is saluting a different year every hour, beginning at 4 p.m. on Dan Reed’s Funky Friday. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Block Party Weekend, playing only inducted artists, on Classic Rock WEGH (Eagle 107.3) Sunbury, Pa.There are also Block Party Weekends on Triple-A KTBG (The Bridge) Kansas City,which is also taking votes for the Top 909 of All-Time, and Classic Rock KDDQ (The Eagle) Duncan, Okla. * Wisconsin?s eclectic Triple-A 106.9 The Lodgeis promising a ?Triple Play Weekend? but “unlike any other,” with an emphasis on local music, artist interviews, and deep cuts. A-To-Z Weekends on Classic Hits WRWN (Rewind 107.9) Savannah, Ga., or of a very different sort at reader Brandon Charles?s online Triple-A The Mountain.* The ?Back to the Beach? Weekend on Carolina Gold? Steve Clendenin?s regional network serving Wilmington, N.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C. Listeners? three-song sets of summer songs (including some Carolina Beach music, but going way beyond it). Finally, there?s an all-?80s and ?90s weekend planned on WDEF (Sunny 92.3) Chattanooga, Tenn., a Summer Songs Weekend on Top 40 WQQO (Q105) Toledo, Ohio, while WKCI (KC101) New Haven, Conn., which helped propel the CHR throwback trend several years ago, is doing a ?Feel Good Weekend.? And I’ll be adding a few more listening tips as I get them. more

From All Access: After a stint in the record industry, GREG RANEIRI is returning to his radio roots as Asst. Brand Mgr. and MD for AUDACY Country KSON/SAN DIEGO and KWJJ (99.5 THE WOLF)/PORTLAND, OR, … more

From All Access: CÉLINE DION has canceled all her scheduled tour dates through APRIL 2024 due to her Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis. She made the announcement in a statement on TWITTER TODAY (5/26) … more

From All Access: Boutique artist services company PLATOON will release "GROWIN’ UP COUNTRY VOL. 1" on FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd. The nine-track album highlights Country stars BRETT YOUNG, MICKEY … more

From Radio Insight: Jackson County Broadcasting flipped Hot AC “Power 105.5” WXTQ Athens OH to Classic Rock “Pure Rock 105 XTQ” this morning. The launch followed a day of stunting with blocks of loops of Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”, Nine Inch Nails “Closer” and Hank Williams Jr. “Country Boy Can Survive”. The new format launched at 8:30 this morning with AC/DC “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” and Neil Young “Rockin’ In The Free World”. COO/Director of Radio Operations JJ Hale and Rodney ‘Porterhouse’ Tomblin will host the “Nut Hut” in mornings from 6-10am. ‘Lizzard’ Huber will join them from 8-10am and then continue in middays until 2pm. Suzy Waud, who worked in Columbus at 92.3 WXGT and 99.7 WBZX through the 1980s and 90s, will join WXTQ as afternoon host. Waud has also worked at WNRJ Pittsburgh and KRBE Houston. Michael ‘DJ Barticus’ Bart will move from afternoons at WXTQ to sister Classic Hits 970 WATH/97.3 W247DR. The move follows the $1,060,000 acquisition of WXTQ and WATH/W247DR last December. Jackson County Broadcasting, which operates locally as “Total Media”, owns four stations in nearby Jackson OH has begun operating the stations via Time Brokerage Agreement last November. The flip at WXTQ matches the branding utilized by sister ?Pure Rock 98.7? WYRO McArthur. During the on-air announcement, JJ Hale noted that a change will come to WATH in the near future as well. more

From All Access: HINDLIN BROADCASTING, LLC is selling Spanish Hits WVXX-A-W277DF (LA SELECTA 103.3/1050)/NORFOLK, VA to DOS MEDIA, INC. for $850,000 ($85,000 deposit, $775,000 in a promissory note). In other … more

From All Access: Just days after departing the PD/afternoon host job at CUMULUS MEDIA Country WNNF (94.1 CAT COUNTRY)/CINCINNATI (NET NEWS 5/24), PATRICK SCOTT started his new job TODAY (5/26), returning to … more

From All Access: Country consultants ALBRIGHT & O'MALLEY & BRENNER are recruiting for an opening for a Brand Manager/prime time personality at a Country client station in what is described as one … more

From All Access: To mark the upcoming LIZZO concert at the CALIFORNIA’s capital city GOLDEN 1 CENTER, AUDACY Top 40 KUDL (106.5 THE END)/SACRAMENTO is temporarily re-branding as “LIZZ06.5 THE END … more

From All Access: SUN BROADCASTING Top 40/Rhythmic WFFY (FLY 98-5)/FORT MYERS, FL PD ROB MORRIS continues his search for a full-time air personality/programming talent. Current WFFY APD/afternoon personality, … more

From Radio Insight: Taylor Made Broadcasting Network sells AC 100.9 KGLC and Country 910 KVIS Miami OK to Michael Landis’ Land Go Radio Group for $100,000. Land Go owns “SoMo Sports Radio” 1560 WMBH/101.3 K268CP Joplin and Oldies 101.3 KHST Lamar MO. Taylor Made retains Country 99.3 KGVE Grove OK. Joshua Smith’s Yankee Kingdom Media Corp. will acquire Country 101.3 WYKR-FM Haverhill NH and Christian 1100 WTWN/105.1 W286DE Wells River VT from Puffer Broadcasting for $125,000. Smith will also acquire the station’s tower properties from Puffer’s Mill Street Enterprises in a separate deal. Smith recently served Dos Media buys Spanish CHR “La Selecta” 1050 WVXX/103.3 W277DF Norfolk VA from Hindlin Broadcasting for $850,000. Dos Media has been operating WVXX via Time Brokerage Agreement since March 2021. Honey Creek Broadcasting sells “True Oldies 105.3” KEDB Chariton IA to St. Gabriel Communications for $600,000. KEDB will join the buyer’s “Iowa Catholic Radio” network. WUNC Public Radio acquires 89.9 WZCO Chadbourn NC from Columbus County Schools for $50,000. Vance Barbee’s Estrella Broadcasting sells the CP for 94.7 KGXL Blue Ridge/Flagstaff AZ to Sanford Cohen’s ITM LLC for $430,000. Cohen owns nine other stations in Arizona including three in nearby Prescott. Steve Williams’ American Broadcasting of Texas sells the Construction Permit for 103.3 KVRY Junction TX to Daryl O’Neal’s Recharge Media PBC for $9,000. The deal creates a duo with Recharge’s 104.1 KMSN Mason, which is part of the O’Neal led AAA “Sun Radio” network. Translator SalesSalt and Light Media Ministries adds a third signal in Williamsport PA with the purchase of 92.7 W224AI Loyalsock from Maximum Impact Communications for $50,000. W224AI will rebroadcast the buyer’s “WGRC” network from 90.7 WCRG Williamsport along with 107.1 W296AP Williamsport. KRML Radio donates 102.1 K271BP Carmel CA to Relevant Radio. The translator will be utilized to rebroadcast Relevant’s 1200 KYAA Soquel. KRML Radio retains 1410 KRML Carmel/94.7 K234DH Monterey. Ad Astra Per Aspera Broadcasting acquires 96.5 K243BD Salina KS from Great Plains Christian Radio for $25,000. Ad Astra intends to relocate the translator to the tower of its 95.5 KLBG Lindsborg to rebroadcast Full Service Classic Hits 1540 KMCP McPherson. more

From Radio Insight: After four years in mornings at Amaturo Sonoma Media Country “Froggy 92.9” KFGY Healdsburg/Santa Rosa CA, Tanner Chambers is exiting the station after today’s show to pursue other opportunities. Chambers and co-host Amber Henderson joined KFGY in March 2019 when he was just 22. The Seattle native previously served as a producer and writer for the syndicated ?The Hit List with Fitz? and producer for “Fitz in the Morning” at Audacy Country “100.7 The Wolf” KKWF Seattle. During his tenure in Santa Rosa, he also tracked afternoons for sister CHR “Hot 101.7” KHTH. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=630915785746197&set=a.627606042743838 Tanner Chambers has decided to depart from Froggy 92.9?s Amber and Tanner in the Morning (KFGY-FM). After joining in 2019 at the age of 22, Chambers is going to leave Amaturo Sonoma Media Group to pursue other opportunities. Amber and Tanner in the Morning recently celebrated their fourth anniversary as a show. During his time at ASMG, Chambers hosted Amber and Tanner in the Morning. Chambers also served as the afternoon personality for Top-40 Hot 101.7 (KHTH-FM) and Assistant Digital Program Director for Amaturo Sonoma Media Group. Additionally, Chambers hosted the countdown show ?Tanner?s Ten Mix?, where he selected a theme, then curated the top ten country songs for that theme. Reflecting on his time at ASMG, Chambers expressed his gratitude for the opportunity and shared, “After a lot of time and consideration, I have made the decision to resign from my positions at Amaturo Sonoma Media Group. I would like to thank Jim Murphy, Michael O’Shea, and Lawrence Amaturo for this phenomenal opportunity. I will always be thankful for the support, trust and guidance they provided for me. I look forward to carrying what I’ve learned in Sonoma County to the next chapter in my career.” Chambers continued to say, ?I’d also like to express my sincere appreciation to Amber Henderson, my co-host. Amber and I put everything we had into Amber and Tanner in the Morning. I am incredibly proud of the impact we made in Sonoma County. Not only was Amber a phenomenal collaborator and morning show partner, but Amber is also an incredible friend?. Prior to joining ASMG, Chambers worked as an on-air personality and Digital Producer for “The Fitz Show” at Sun Broadcast Group Inc. He also served as the Chief Writer for “The Hit List with Fitz.” more

From All Access: ALL ACCESS Happy Birthday wishes FRIDAY (5/26), to ALL ACCESS' NICK WAGNER, iHEARTMEDIA Division EVP/Programming THEA MITCHEM, WBEB-WOGL/PHILADELPHIA PD TIM HERBSTER, MEGATRAX’s … more

From All Access: CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK will honor hip-hop artist and TV personality KARDINAL OFFISHALL with its Social Justice Award at the CMW MUSIC SUMMIT on JUNE 10. The CMW MUSIC SUMMIT runs JUNE 8-10. CMW … more

From All Access: BLACK RIVER PUBLISHING has signed songwriter McCALL CHAPIN. In 2018, the TALLAHASSEE, FL native moved to NASHVILLE, where she studied songwriting at BELMONT UNIVERSITY. During her time at … more

From All Access: AUDACY News WBBM/CHICAGO has signed DREW PATTERSON as the new voice of the station, in addition to his re-upping as the voice of iHEARTMEDIA Top 40 WHYI (Y100)/MIAMI. Many production options … more

From All Access: LOS ANGELES Councilwoman MONICA RODRIGUEZ will introduce a resolution declaring JUNE 9th, 2023, “RICHARD BLADE DAY," with the award presented on JUNE 6th for the best-selling … more

From All Access: SIRIUSXM announced that DAVE MATTHEWS will play a special invitation-only concert exclusively for SIRIUSXM at IRVING PLAZA in NEW YORK CITY on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th, airing at 8p (ET) on the … more

From All Access: BENZTOWN released two new episodes of "CHACHI Loves Everybody," an original podcast featuring the company's President DAVE "CHACHI" DENES. The first new episode … more

From All Access: TANNER CHAMBERS has announced his departure from "AMBER And TANNER In The Morning" at AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP (ASMG)'s Country KFGY (FROGGY 92.9)/SANTA ROSA, CA. CHAMBERS … more