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American General Media Expands In Santa Maria

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 12:58 PM PST
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American General Media is adding two more stations to its Santa Maria CA
cluster. AGM is acquiring Country Sunny Country 102.5 KSNI-FM and News/Talk
1240 KSMX Santa Maria from El Dorado Broadcasters for an undisclosed price.
American General Media already owns Rhythmic CHR 95.7 The Beat KPAT,
Regional Mexican La Ley 100.3 KRQX and Variety Hits 104.1 Pirate Radio KBOX
in the market. El Dorado Broadcasters retains Rock 99.1 KXFM (which applied
last year to relocate to the Santa Barbara market) and Regional Mexican
106.7 El Compa KSMY in the market along with four stations in the adjacent
San Luis Obispo market including KSNI-FM simulcaster 96.1 KSLY.

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Chris Reese Takes Nights At WTMX Chicago

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 11:39 AM PST
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Hubbard Hot AC 101.9 The Mix WTMX Skokie/Chicago has hired Chris Reese as
its new evening host. Reese, who will just use his last name on-air, joins
WTMX from CBS Country US 99.5 WUSN Chicago where he was most recently
Executive Producer of the Lisa Ray morning show. He takes the spot filled
by Andrew Harts exit last summer for mornings at Entercom AC 96.5 KOIT San
Francisco. 101.9fm THE MIX (WTMX Chicago) announced today the addition of
Chris Reese aka Reese to its on-air line up. Reese, a native of Arlington
Heights, Illinois will take over as Evening Host (7pm to 12pm). Reese comes
to THE MIX from WUSN Chicago where he worked on the morning show for the
past seven years, most recently as Executive Producer. “THE MIX has found
our next new night star working in the next building over.Â* We can’t wait
for Reese to bring his fresh sound and unique skills to THE MIX to resonate
with Chicago’s nighttime landscape.� said Mary Ellen Kachinske, WTMX
Program Director.Â*Â* Reese added “Im so excited to be joining the amazing
team at The Mix. It doesnt get any bigger than this. For a local kid who
grew up in Arlington Heights this is a dream come true. Ive got to thank
Mary Ellen Kachinske and Greg Solk for the amazing opportunity.� Reese’s
first day on the air will be Monday, March 7, 2016.

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Bud & Broadway Join WIL For Mornings

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 10:28 AM PST
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Hubbard Country 92.3 WIL St. Louis has hired Bud Ford and Jerry Broadway
for mornings starting Monday, March 14. The duo were most recently hosting
afternoons at iHeartMedias 106.1 The Twister KTGX Tulsa until last summer.
They previously hosted mornings at KTGX prior to the launch of the
syndicated Bobby Bones Show and in the Dothan AL market at both WECB and
WTVY. This morning, 92.3 WIL announces the impending arrival of their new
Morning Show hosts. Beginning Monday, March 14th, St. Louis’s New Country
station will debut the “Bud and Broadway� Show weekdays from 5am to 9am.
According to St. Louis Vice President and Market Manager John Kijowski,
“Hubbard Radio is always searching for and developing the most unique, fun
and entertaining live local talent.Â* We’ve found a compelling and humorous
new Morning Show that will connect with our WIL listeners.� “Bud and
Broadway� – also known as Bud Ford and Jerry Broadway have been making
audiences laugh out loud since they met in 2010. Most recently, the duo
attained #1 status at IHeart Media’s KTGX Twister 106.1 FM in Tulsa,
Oklahoma for three years. Both Ford and Broadway have also been program
directors during their professional radio careers. Bud and Broadway love
country music, and their motto is “REAL LIFE. REAL PEOPLE. REAL FUN.� Bud
is the single guy still looking for love. He is Mr. GQ, a germaphobe and,
believe it or not, is a meteorologist and TV weather anchor. Broadway is
the good ole boy who loves power tools, makes furniture and has been
married for 22 years with three kids. They truly are the odd couple but
they put their lives on the air every day.Â* The duo is also on the stand-up
comedy tour circuit. VP Market Manager John Kijowski broke the news to
staff members earlier this morning stating, “Bud and Broadway are extremely
gifted at emotionally connecting to listeners through their unique brand of
storytelling and comedyâ€�.Â* Kijowski adds, “Bud and Broadway make the
listeners the star, while the butt of the joke is usually on themselves.�
“Hubbard Radio is a company that still believes in live, local talent. We
feel like we just won the lottery. The two of us are looking forward to
becoming an integral part of St. Louis and working with the superstars at
WIL,â€� notes Bud Ford. “Thanks for welcoming us to the family.â€�Â* Jerry
Broadway adds, “We couldnt be more excited about bringing our show to St
Louis and 92.3 WIL. Â*We are looking forward to having some early morning
fun with our listeners.� WIL’s new Program Director Scott Roddy comments,
“Bud and BroadwaysÂ*localÂ*morning show will quickly become the preferred
wayÂ*St. Louisans will start their day! They are real, informative, and of
course FUNNY! I invite the St. Louis community to be a part of the fun
weekdays 5-9am on 92.3 WIL!�

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CFXJ Toronto To Lose Its Flow

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 06:00 AM PST
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Newcap Radio Classic Hip-Hop Flow 93.5 CFXJ-FM Toronto is promoting a Big
Move for Monday, February 29 at 8:00am. Newcap registered multiple 93.5
domains in January and moved 935TheMove.com to their servers last weekend.
Many of Flows tweets promoting the upcoming change emphasize Move. The
station is running jockless for the time being. We’re taking some time to
craft the next big thing. Get ready Toronto..Monday at 8am #Flow935 moves
higher FLOW 93-5 (@Flow935) February 25, 2016 We know U love #Flow935 but
we want U to love it even more..We can’t wait to show U what we’re
doing..Monday at 8am we get things moving FLOW 93-5 (@Flow935) February
25, 2016 At 8am Monday we’re gonna share with you something super
fun..we’re movin’ on up..we’re working hard right now to make #Flow935 even
better FLOW 93-5 (@Flow935) February 26, 2016 CFXJ placed 16th in the
Toronto market with a 2.5 share in the August 31-November 29 Numeris PPM
ratings. The station debuted as the first Urban station in Toronto in 2001
and later shifted to Rhythmic CHR and finally to Classic Hip-Hop. Newcap
acquired it and Classic Hits Boom 97.3 CHBM along with three Vancouver
stations for $112 million in 2013 as part of the mandated spin-offs from
the Bell Media/Astral merger. INSTANT INSIGHT: Despite a crowded CHR field
in the Toronto market, wed expect CFXJ to return to either Rhythmic CHR or
straight-up Urban when it relaunches on Monday.

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Station Sales Week of 2/26

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 05:32 AM PST
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Station Sales iFiberOne LLC is purchasing News/Talk 1030 KMAS Shelton WA
from Olympic Broadcasting for $148,050. iFiberOne began operating KMAS in
January when it rebranded the station iFiberOne Newsradio. Southern
Broadcast Media is converting its Time Brokerage of 980 WEGO Winston-Salem
NC from Truth Broadcasting to a purchase for $164,000 plus an option to
eventually rebroadcast on 102.9 W275AL High Point once it completes its
Revitalization Waiver move to 106.1 in Winston-Salem. Southern Broadcast
Media operates WEGO as Oldies 1380 WTOB. Jody Copeland is returning Classic
Rock 106.9 KXIO Clarksville AR to Ozark Mountain Broadcasting for
forgiveness of debt owed. Copeland originally bought KXIO in 2008 for
$449,500. Todd Mohrs Synergy Broadcast of North Dakota sells Silent 95.7
KQLZ Beulah ND to Dickinson-Belfield Broadcasting Corporation aka Marks
Radio Group for $70,000. KQLZs CP to move to Beulah from New England ND
expired in November 2015 and the station states it will file change its COL
back to New England. The Foundation For Public Broadcasting in Georgia
donates 98.9 WNGH-FM Chatsworth GA to Georgia Public Broadcasting. WNGH-FM
already rebroadcasts GPBs programming. Maranatha Church of Laredo sells
Silent 88.1 KITG Gonzales TX to Sun Radio Foundation for $10,000. Sun
operates the AAA Sun Radio network heard in Austin and the Texas Hill
Country. Translator Sales