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KDHT Begins Promoting Frequency Move

Posted: 04 May 2021 01:15 PM PDT
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Ahead of the closing of the sale of its 104.9 frequency, Amaturo Sonoma
Media Classic Hits K-Hits 104.9 KDHT Rohnert Park/Santa Rosa CA has begun
promoting the upcoming move of its format and branding.

KDHTs programming will move to 107.9 K300AO Santa Rosa fed by 101.7
KHTH-HD2. No timetable for the move has been announced yet.

Amaturo Sonoma Media agreed to sell KDHT to Rural California Broadcasting
Corporation in January for $1.5 million. At closing the station will join
its Northern California Public Media Public News/Talk and AAA network heard
on 91.1 KRCB-FM Windsor and 90.9 K215CQ Santa Rosa.



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Positive Country Comes To Cape Girardeau

Posted: 04 May 2021 12:42 PM PDT
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Pure Word Broadcasting flipped Southern Gospel 104.1 KMHM Lutesville/Cape
Girardeau to Christian Country Positive Country 104.1.

Now operating under new KCGK call letters, the station is featuring an
all-local lineup. CJ Cruze, who also hosts afternoons on sister Christian
AC 89.9 KHIS, will host mornings. Brian Fuller hosts middays and Brian
Taylor follows in afternoons.

The stations playlist features a mix of music from Christian artists and
secular Country artists.



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Fresh Listen: WSTR (Star 94.1) Atlanta

Posted: 04 May 2021 09:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/ross/207555...-94-1-atlanta/



As programmers look for the right mix of oh wow and no wow songs, following
a reshuffling of radio habits over the last year, WSTR (Star 94.1) Atlanta,
which has existed only during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been pretty vocal
on-air in promoting variety. Both Star’s air talent and its sweepers
promise not to be one of those stations that plays “the same songs over and
over again . . . we only play the songs you’re excited to hear.�

Im not a neutral observer in the Atlanta market, but the Atlanta
Journal-Consitution’s Rodney Ho is. He recently did an extensive profile of
PD Jerry McKenna and Star 94, with history on the station’s recent changes.
You can read it here.

One additional industry note, McKenna has noticed that some of the songs
that have the highest MScores for audience retention on his station are not
the songs traditionally thought of as reliable hits by programmers. They
include “Catch Me, I’m Falling� by Pretty Poison, “Situation� by Yaz, “Rump
Shaker� by Wreckx-N-Effect, “Rather Be� by Clean Bandit, and “Telephone� by
Lady Gaga. (To some extent, that may be a function of how much those songs
rotate compared to more typical “hits.�)

Here’s an additional monitor of Star 94 just before 3 p.m. during the “No
Repeat Workday� on April 27:

Keith Sweat, “I Want Her�
David Guetta f/Sia, “Titanium�
En Vogue, “Free Your Mind�
Deniece Williams, “Let’s Hear It for the Boy�
Jay-Z, “Can I Get A . . . “
Sade, “The Sweetest Taboo�
Charli XCX, “Boom Clap�
Will Smith, “Getting’ Jiggy With It�
112, “Peaches and Cream�
Madonna, “Into the Groove�
‘NSYNC, “Tearin’ Up My Heart�
Usher, “Burn�
Deee-Lite, “Groove is in the Heart�
Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, “Time of Our Lives�
George Clinton, “Atomic Dog�






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Rebel Rises In Lynchburg

Posted: 04 May 2021 08:55 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...ahead-of-sale/



After two weeks of stunting with Christmas music, Chuck and Rebecca Marshs
Lynchburg Media Partners flipped 93.7 WKHF Lynchburg VA to a gold based
Country format at Rebel 93.7.

Launching with 5000 songs commercial-free, the station describes itself as
The Rebel will play New Country, The Icons who’ve blazed the Country Music
Trail and the Outlaws who’ve never found a place in Nashville.

Original Report 4/19: With Chuck and Rebecca Marshs Lynchburg Media
Partners beginning their LMA of WVJT LLCs Hot AC 93.7 WKHF Lynchburg VA
ahead of their planned purchase, the station is currently stunting with
Christmas music.

No known timetable yet on when the station will debut its new permanent
identity, but it can be streamed here.

Original Report 4/14: Todd Robinsons WVJT LLC has agreed to sell Hot AC
93.7 WKHF Lynchburg VA to Chuck and Rebecca Marshs Lynchburg Media Partners
for $500,000.

Chuck Marsh, who previously hosted mornings at Country 93.1 The Wolf WPAW
Greensboro and 99.9 Kiss Country WKSF Asheville before owning stations in
Marion VA and Ahoskie NC, also is majority owner and morning host on
Alamance Media Partners Country Maverick Radio 1200 WSML Graham/94.3 W232DT
Mebane/95.1 W236BO Burlington NC. He will pay $10,000 upfront and $490,000
in a promissory note for the station.

A new format will debut on WKHF on Thursday, April 15 as Marsh begins a
$2000 per month Time Brokerage Agreement. Mike McKendree, who has hosted
mornings at WKHF since its launch in 2011, will move to Oldies 103.9/106.9
103.9 WHTU Big Island/106.9 WZZI Bedford/101.9 W270CU Roanoke in the same
daypart.




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Townsquare Promotes Jeff Luckoff & Eric Meier to Statewide Leadership In
Michigan

Posted: 04 May 2021 08:49 AM PDT
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Townsquare Media has promoted two of its Michigan managers.

Jeff Luckoff rises from Market President for Grand Rapids to adding
statewide oversight also overseeing the companys clusters in Battle Creek,
Kalamazoo, Lansing and Flint. Luckoff joined Townsquare in November 2020
after nineteen years at iHeartMedia Detroit in multiple roles including
Regional Senior VP/Sales at the time of his departure.

Eric Meier is promoted from Regional Digital Specialist to Director of
Content for all of their stations in the state. Meier has been with
Townsquare (and its predecessors) since 2005 serving as Program Director
for WLZT and WODT Utica NY until 2015. He moved to Kalamazoo in 2016 as
Digital Managing Editor and then Regional Digital Strategist in 2019. In
his new role, Meier will oversee all content both digital and on-air on the
companys 24 stations in the state.

Townsquare Media Inc. announced today that Grand Rapids Market President
Jeff Luckoff will increase his responsibilities to include statewide
oversight of Townsquare’s Michigan local media clusters. He will report to
Townsquare Senior Vice President Todd Lawley.

“In a very short amount of time Jeff has reset the culture, made key hires,
and built a foundation that is unlocking the full potential of our market
leading online and on-air brands in Grand Rapids. We are now challenging
Jeff to unlock the full potential of our statewide footprint which includes
Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Flint,� commented Mr.
Lawley.

“We have incredible talent and local brands throughout the state of
Michigan. I am fortunate for the opportunity to utilize Townsquare’s
footprint to deepen our impact on the community and further deliver better
results for our advertisers. I am honored to be leading such an
extraordinary team,� said Mr. Luckoff.

Townsquare COO Local Media, Erik Hellum added, “Jeff has quickly made his
mark in Grand Rapids with a focus on talent, culture and performance. Given
his vision and extensive relationships throughout the state of Michigan, I
am confident that he will work very well with our Townsquare Michigan team
to maximize our unparalleled assets in that state.�



Townsquare Media Inc. has promoted longtime employee Eric Meier from
Regional Digital Specialist to Director of Content for its Michigan
properties. In his newly created role, Meier will oversee all content,
working with the local creators of the Company’s 24 local media brands in
Flint, Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.

“Its a dream come true to work with the Directors of Content and Digital
Managing Editors across Michigan on the most legendary brands, including
WGRD, WITL, WMMQ, WRKR, WKFR, Banana 101.5, and Cars 108. Having just one
of these on your resume would be a capstone achievement. To be associated
with all of them is beyond compare. I’m ready to stand tall with the team
that rocks the Mitten!� said Meier.

“Eric essentially created this opportunity by generating best-in-class
results working with our teams in many local markets. In this new role,
Eric will help our great Michigan content teams continue to build
momentum,� commented SVP/Operations Todd Lawley.

SVP/Programming Kurt Johnson said, “Through his years of increasing
responsibility in the Company, Eric’s become a proven performer several
times over. I’m thrilled to have him collaborate with all of our 24 local
brands in Michigan. The best is yet to come!�

SVP/Digital Jared Willig added, “Townsquare’s mantra is LOCAL FIRST across
Digital, Radio, and Events for communities around the U.S. Eric is the
perfect leader for our content and programming across his home state of
Michigan.�

Meier is a longtime employee of Townsquare Media, where he started as brand
manager of Adult Contemporary WLZW and Classic Hits WODZ in Utica, New
York. He became Digital Managing Editor of the Company’s Utica stations,
transferred to the Company’s Kalamazoo stations in 2016, and was promoted
to Regional Digital Specialist in 2019.