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Doc Medek Out; Frank Lario In At WXTU Mornings

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 01:39 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...wxtu-mornings/

CBS Country 92.5 WXTU Philadelphia is making a change in mornings. Ken Doc
Medek is leaving the station on Thursday, March 31 to take a yet-to-be
announced position closer to his home in Scranton PA. Taking his place as
co-host with Andie Summers will be WXTU weekender Frank Lario. Lario has
spent much of his career in Philadelphia working at Rockers 93.3 WMMR and
94.1 WYSP and also was co-founder of Alternative 93.1 WDOX Wildwood Crest
NJ. Medek joined WXTU in 2010 from Entercom Country Froggy 101 WGGY
Scranton where he served as PD and morning host, but his wife remained in
that area for work. He has also programmed CHR 98.5 WKRZ Scranton and 106.1
WBLI Long Island NY.

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Louie Cruz Named iHeartMedia SVP/Programming For Modesto/Stockton

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 11:43 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...destostockton/

Louie Cruz has been promoted from Program Director of iHeartMedia Rhythmic
Hot AC 95.7 Kiss-FM KSSX San Diego to Senior VP/Programming of the companys
Modesto and Stockton CA stations. Cruz will be responsible for Hot AC B93
92.9 KOSO, Active Rock Rock 96.7 KMRQ, Rhythmic AC Mega 100 KQOD, AC Sunny
102.3 KJSN and Talk simulcast PowerTalk 1280 KWSX/1360 KFIV. He previously
worked at the cluster as APD of KQOD from 2001 to 2005 before moving to
Bakersfield as PD of 99.3 The Groove KKBB. He has programmed KSSX since
July 2013. Will this lead to further changes at KSSX? We reported last week
that iHeart had registered a few domains for Jamn 95.7, which the company
has launched on KSSX-HD3. Is that a decoy to get us off the scent or what
it truly will be used for? iHeartMedia has named Louie Cruz as the Senior
Vice President of Programming for Modesto/Stockton, effective immediately.
The radio cluster includes Hot AC KOSO-FM, Rhythmic AC KQOD-FM, Active Rock
KMRQ-FM, AC KJSN-FM, News/Talk KFIV-AM-and produces notable marquee events.
Louie adds the experience were looking for in Modesto, said Steve
Geofferies, Executive Vice President, iHeartMedia West Division. This is a
terrific opportunity for him to grow as an Senior Vice President of
Programming and continue his growth with our company. Cruzs career includes
work at KSFM in Sacramento, KXJM in Portland, KSSX in San Diego, KWIN, KWNN
and KQOD in Stockton/Modesto, KKBB in Bakersfield and KRTO Santa
Maria/Pismo. I grew up in the Central Valley and could not be more excited
to take on this new role with iHeartmedia, said Cruz. Going home to oversee
the future success of these great radio stations is a dream come true! I do
want to say thank you to Andrew Jeffries, Melissa Forrest, John Peake, Jeff
Negrete and Steve Geoffries for this incredible opportunity!

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Syracuse's Wolf On The Move As Family Life Swaps Again

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:27 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...e-swaps-again/

Syracuse will see another station move to a new frequency as Family Life
makes another deal in the market. Family Life closed on its acquisitions of
92.1 WSEN-FM Baldwinsville and 106.3 WMCR-FM Oneida NY from Leatherstocking
Media Group, but only WMCR-FM began airing the Family Life programming.
After spending a week simulcasting Galaxy Communications Classic Hits Sunny
102 WZUN as Galaxy merged WSENs intellectual property into their station,
92.1 is now airing the programming of Craig Foxs Classic Hits 95.3/103.9
The Dinosaur 103.9 WNDR-FM/95.3 W237AY. That came about as Family Life has
agreed to swap WSEN-FM to Fox for three of his Syracuse area signals. 96.7
WWLF-FM Oswego, 105.1 WOLF-FM Deruyter and 98.7 W254CI Camillus will begin
airing Family Lifes programming next week forcing Fox to relocate the
Country programming of Wolf 105.1 from those three signals. Moving WOLF-FM
to 92.1 would place the Country format on a stronger in-market Class B1 as
opposed to the three signals it currently utilizes to compete against
iHeartMedias 104.7 WBBS. In recent weeks anonymous registrations had been
made for Wolf921.com, 921FMTheWolf.com, and 92TheWolf.com in preparation of
this move.