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Eastern NC's Surge Expanding To New Bern

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 12:17 PM PST
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Surge Media Dance CHR Surge 100 710 WEGG/100.5 W263BE Rose Hill NC will add
a simulcast in New Bern on March 1. The Surge programming will replace
Gospel The Vine Connection on Conner Medias 104.5 WSTK Aurora NC. Surge
Media programs a Dance CHR format leaning more towards Dance at nights with
Gospel programming during the daytime on Sundays.

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WFRB Rebrands As Big Froggy 105.3

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 08:04 AM PST
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Forever Media continues bringing its recent acquisitions inline with their
company branding strategies as Country 105.3 WFRB-FM Frostburg MD has
relaunched as Big Froggy 105.3. Along with the new station name, many of
WFRBs on-air staffers have taken on new personas. Program Director Carson
Trucker Yoder is now being joined by Tadpole in mornings. Middayer George
Lucas is using the on-air name Gator and afternoon host Chris Williams is
now Bullfrog. Forever renamed 107.7 WGTY Gettysburg PA as Froggy 107.7 last
month and owns stations using that name in every market it operates in.

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Alpha Makes Multiple Morning Changes In San Antonio

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 07:20 AM PST
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Alpha Media is making morning show changes at two of its San Antonio
stations. Blondie Nugget are exiting Rhythmic CHR Energy 94.1 KTFM as
Nugget Johnson heads to mornings at Flinn CHR Q107.5 WHBQ-FM Memphis. The
duo were paired at KTFM in June 2014 with Johnson joining from KHTT Tulsa
and Rachel Blondie Jones from WABD Mobile. No replacements have been named
yet. Regional Mexican 95.7 La Ley KLEY is the newest affiliate of Eddie
Piolin Sotelos syndicated morning show. Piolin previously aired in the
market on Univisions Estereo Latino 92.9 KROM prior to leaving that company
in 2013. He will air from 8am-12pm on KLEY. Alpha Media’s La Ley
95.7/KLEY-FM is bringing the party back to San Antonio as it welcomes Radio
Hall of Famer and the most widely recognized personality in Hispanic Radio,
Piolin, and his nationally syndicated radio show El Show de Piolin to La
Ley 95.7 mornings. El Show de Piolin will debut on La Ley 95.7 today from
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Noon. Piolin brings back the fun, the music, the
guests and the inspiring, entertaining and informative talk that will have
San Antonio morning radio listeners welcoming Piolin into their homes and
lives every weekday morning. The fresh, high-energy morning show features
family-friendly humor with cross-cultural appeal, Regional Mexican music,
and interviews with actors, musicians, athletes and other celebrities.
Lance Hawkins, Market Manager, Alpha Media San Antonio said: “It’s all
about great compelling content.Â*Piolin is a master of great content and we
are pleased to feature his show in San Antonio on La Ley 95.7.� La Ley 95.7
Program Director Alfonso Flores said: “To bring El Show de Piolin to the
San Antonio market once again is something our audience will love!Â*Piolin
is one of the most popular radio personalities for Latinos in the United
States.Â*Piolin is fun, entertaining and committed to what matters and is
relevant to Hispanics.Â*Spanish morning radio in San Antonio is kicking it
up a notch when Piolin hits the air on La Ley 95.7.� Eddie “Piolin� Sotelo,
host of El Show de Piolin said: “I cannot adequately express just how
thrilled I am to be on the amazing La Ley 95.7 and back in beautiful San
Antonio, Texas! I am so honored to work with the great people at Alpha
Media San Antonio and together we are going to bring a daily fiesta like no
other to San Antonio morning radio listeners. I truly thank our wonderful
friends and listeners in San Antonio, and can’t wait to spend weekday
mornings with them beginning Monday. We are ready to turn up the volume on
San Antonio’s most exciting and engaging morning radio!�

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Nuthin But A G Thang For The Bull In Biloxi

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 06:12 AM PST
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Alpha Media flipped Country 96.7 The Bull WGBL Gulfport MS to Classic
Hip-Hop G96.7 on Valentines Day. WGBL failed to make a splash with Country,
placing twelfth in the market with a mere 1.1 share in the Fall 2015
Nielsen Audio ratings in a three-way battle against Dowdy Broadcastings
Kicker 108 WZKX and iHeartMedias K99 WKNN. The new format could help Alpha
chip away at market leading Urban AC JZ 94.5 WJZD. INSTANT INSIGHT: We do
find one thing a little fishy regarding this flip. Alpha and in particular
WGBL Program Director Mark Tik Tak Allen is usually on top of changes on
the digital side. The G96.7 Facebook page has a logo that doesnt include
the frequency and the G967Radio.com domain linked on that page has yet to
be registered by Alpha. Meanwhile the website for The Bull is still up
untouched. Very un-Alpha like. Which leads me to believe this may be a
stunt before yet another change.

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FCC Report 2/14: Upcoming New York Translator Sale & Denver Area Move-In

Posted: 14 Feb 2016 02:44 PM PST
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A New York STA with details of an upcoming sale and a Denver area move-in
lead this week's FCC filings.

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WCNS Latrobe Flips To Talk After Translator Purchase Falls Through

Posted: 14 Feb 2016 01:21 PM PST
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LHTC Media is flipping Talk/Oldies 1480 WCNS Latrobe PA to Conservative
Talk on Monday. WCNS will continue airing the regionally syndicated Jim
Quinn in mornings. Longtime Pittsburgh radio and television anchor Hank
Baughman will host a local Talk Westmoreland from 10am to 12pm. The rest of
the lineup will feature syndicated talkers Dennis Prager from 12-3pm,
Michael Savage 3-6pm, Mark Levin 6-9pm, Hugh Hewitt 9pm-12am, Armed
American Radio 12-1am, and Red Eye Radio 1-6am. The flip of WCNS comes
after LHTCs purchase of two AMs and a translator near Youngstown OH fell
through due to a defective AM Revitalization Waiver application. LHTC filed
to move 94.7 W234CH Girard OH to Latrobe to rebroadcast WCNS, however it
was denied as WCNS is a Class B and not eligible to apply for a translator
in the waiver period until July 29. The Youngstown Vindicator reports that
the purchase of W234CH, Urban AC “Star 94.7� 1330 WGFT Campbell and Silent
1500 WASN Youngstown OH from Skip and Helen Bednarczyk for $325,000 will
not proceed following the denial of the move.