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Station Sales Week Of 4/22

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:08 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...s-week-of-422/

Station Sales After a second attempt at bringing a 107.7 signal into the
Omaha market failed due to conflicts with the FAA, Kona Coast Radio is
selling Silent 107.7 KIMI Malvern IA to Educational Media Foundation for
$100,000. EMF will utilize KIMI to bring their Air-1 network into the Omaha
market as a satellite of 92.7 KYRA Thousand Oaks CA. Stephens Media sells
Silent 1490 KBIX Muskogee OK and 102.9 K275CK Clinton MO (with a CP to
relocate to Muskogee) to Grupo Teletul Multimedia for $175,000. University
of Utah purchases Silent 93.9 KYLZ Parowan UT from Tri State Radio for
$450,000. KYLZ holds a CP to relocate to Enoch where it will cover the St.
George/Cedar City market with 100kw/341m. Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa
sells Silent 89.9 KWDS Kettleman City CA to Intermountain Public Radio for
$50,000. The buyer will operate the station as a satellite of 91.9 KTYN
Thayne WY. Translator Sales

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Sun Sets For San Diego's Easy 98.1

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 05:31 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...gos-easy-98-1/

Very rarely do you see a major change at a station comfortably leading its
market, but thats what happened in San Diego as Entercom Soft AC Easy 98.1
KIFM relaunched at 5pm on Thursday as Sunny 98.1. Moving in a more
contemporary direction, the new brand is positioned as Better Music For A
Better Workday. Running jockless for now, KIFM is promising ten song blocks
around all commercials. The station led the San Diego market with a 6.2
share in the March 2016 Nielsen Audio PPM ratings. The first set of songs
on the new Sunny 98.1 included: Maroon 5 She Would Be Loved Kelly
Clarkson Stronger David Bowie Lets Dance Whitney Houston I Will Always
Love You UB40 Red Red Wine Billy Joel My Life Madonna True Blue Queen
Another One Bites The Dust K-Ci JoJo All My Life

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How Minneapolis Radio Quickly Reacted To Prince's Death

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 02:49 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...princes-death/

While stations across the country have responded to the passing of Prince
today, the biggest response has been in his hometown of Minneapolis. Three
stations have gone non-stop Prince today: AAA 89.3 The Current KCMP, Urban
AC 89.9 KMOJ, Hubbard Hot AC KS95 94.5 KSTP-FM, and Northern Lights Urban
Go 95.3 KZGO. Most of the other stations in the market have paid tribute in
some fashion and are sprinkling his songs throughout the day. From the time
TMZ first broke the news of his passing at 11:49am, it took eighteen
minutes for the first station to break in with the news and his music. KZGO
was first at 12:07 with iHeartMedia Classic Hits Kool 108 KQOL right behind
a minute later. Those stations were followed by 104.1 KZJK at 12:11, 102.9
WMNB at 12:15, 96.3 KTWN at 12:28, 101.3 KDWB at 12:35, KSTP-FM at 12:35,
105.1 WGVX at 12:57, and 97.1 WTCZ at 1:02 according to BDS monitoring of
the market. The Minneapolis market has paid tribute to Prince in multiple
ways online. KSTPs website features a giant banner at the top proclaiming
This Is What It Sounds Like When Doves Cry. Sports 100.3 KFXN has painted
its logo purple and inserted Princes logo. KMOJ issued a press release
bragging that they were the first station to play his songs on the air.
Classic Hip-Hop 105 The Vibe WGVX host Tony Fly has posted his on-air
tribute, and CHR 101.3 KDWB morning host Dave Ryan has been posting videos
from the growing gathering at Princes Paisley Park home.