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Daily Domains 5/5: Oldies Coming To Long Island

Posted: 05 May 2016 12:07 PM PDT
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Is a new Oldies station coming to Long Island? Plus Townsquare Media is
planning a change somewhere and a possible rebranding in Baltimore.
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KAKE-TV: The Voice Sounds Familiar: Greg 'The Hitman' Williams

Posted: 05 May 2016 11:06 AM PDT
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/T...1.html?ref=421





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New York Times: At Hofstra, on WRHU, Theyre Live With the Islanders

Posted: 05 May 2016 11:05 AM PDT
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/sp...ders.html?_r=0





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The Block Doubles Up Into Spartanburg

Posted: 05 May 2016 08:29 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...o-spartanburg/



Entercom Urban 96.3 The Block W242BX/93.7 WFBC-HD2 Greenville SC has added
a second signal to cover the Spartanburg half of the market.

104.5 W283CG Inman SC completed its move from Tryon NC and is now operating
with 250w/140m from just outside Spartanburg. The launch gives the station
near full coverage of the entire market.

96.3 The Block debuted in October 2015 and carries the Steve Harvey Morning
Show and parts of The Breakfast Club. While it is not publicly appearing
yet in Nielsen Audios ratings we can see that it has made inroads against
SummitMedias Rhythmic CHR Hot 98.1 WHZT, which dropped from a 5.6 share in
the Fall 2015 book to 3.9 in the Winter 2016.



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John Lund Jumps From KGMZ To KNBR

Posted: 05 May 2016 07:20 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...-kgmz-to-knbr/



Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR San Francisco has raided John Lund from Entercoms
95.7 The Game KGMZ.

Lund currently co-hosts 12-3pm on KGMZ with Oakland Raiders play-by-play
man Greg Papa. At KNBR he will join former NBA star Tom Tolbert in
afternoons from 3-7pm. Tolbert recently re-signed with KNBR to remain in
the timeslot he has held since 1996. Lund will replace Ray Ratto on the
show.

Cumulus Media announces that it has signed popular Bay Area sports talk
radio personality John Lund as Co-Host of KNBR 680’s Afternoon Drive show.
Lund will join the recently signed Tom Tolbert as Co-Host in the 3PM-7PM
time slot.Â*Lund joins KNBR 680 from Middays on 95.7 “The Gameâ€�.

A graduate of Utah State University, Lund has hosted shows at stations
including: Sportsradio 750 The Game (KXTG-AM) in Portland, OR; 103.3 ESPN
(KESN-FM) in Dallas; 97.1/1270 The Ticket (WXYT-AM/FM) in Detroit; 1250
ESPN (WEAE-AM) in Pittsburgh; and 1280 The Zone (KZNS-AM) in Salt Lake
City.?He has also hosted pre- and post-game shows on networks for the
Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Utah Jazz and Portland
Trailblazers.

Lee Hammer, Operations Manager and Program Director for KNBR 680, said:
“John brings a wealth of sports knowledge and experience to KNBR. He’s
worked in San Francisco for several years, and has keen insights into our
Bay Area teams.Â*KNBR fans are in for a real treat when he’s teamed up with
Tom Tolbert in Afternoon Drive. It will definitely be ‘appointment
listening’.â€�Â*

Lund said: Every Bay Area sports fan knows what the KNBR brand means and Im
extremely honored to come aboard and help continue the tradition of great
sports talk here. Tom is one of theÂ*best in the business and I cant wait to
get in the studio and build on a show that is already among the most
entertaining in the country.�




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Benztown Launches Sir Mix-A-Lot Classic Hip-Hop Show

Posted: 04 May 2016 03:40 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...-hip-hop-show/



Benztown is launching Explicitly Old School with Sir Mix-A-Lot into
syndication.

The new program is available to stations as a weekly 5 hour show on
weekends or broken up into hourly weekday segments. The daily block has
been heard on iHeartMedias http://jamn1075.iheart.com/104.9 KUBE Tacoma is
being added on Jamn 107.5 KXJM Portland to air from 12-1pm. Cumulus 93.9
The Beat WRWM Indianapolis picks up the weekly version for 7pm-12am
Saturday nights.

“Explicitly Old School with Sir-Mix-a-Lot� focuses on hip-hop hits from the
1990s through early 2000s and was created and produced by Keith Envius
Elliot’s CTC Creative.

Benztown, an international radio imaging, production library, programming,
jingles and voiceover servicesÂ*company with over 1,900 affiliations on six
different continents, announces that it will distribute a five-hour Classic
Hip Hop radio show, “Explicitly Old School with Sir-Mix-a-Lot� hosted by
renowned rapper, songwriter and producer Sir-Mix-a-Lot.

“Explicitly Old School with Sir-Mix-a-Lot� plays the biggest Old School Hip
Hop hits and artists from the ‘90’s to the early 2000’s, with features and
celebrity interviews presented by host and hitmaker Sir-Mix-a-Lot, whose
unique perspective, humor and broad appeal successfully crosses multiple
genres, including Rhythmic, Urban and CHR formats. The show was created and
produced by Keith “Envius� Elliot’s CTC Creative. Envius, the former
KDAY/Los Angeles and WMIB/Miami on-air personality, is also the creative
mind behind the uber-smash Speed Bump Intros (www.speedbumpintros.com).
“Explicitly Old School with Sir-Mix-a-Lot� will launch as a one-hour
weekday show, and is also available as a five-hour weekend show. It
currently airs Monday through Friday from 12Noon-1PM on KUBE 93 FM
(KUBE-FM) in Seattle and JAM’N 107.5 (KXJM-FM) in Portland, OR, and
Saturdays from 7PM-12Midnight on 93.9 The Beat (WRWM-FM) in Indianapolis.

Masa Patterson, Vice President, Sales and Operations, for Benztown said:
Sir Mix A Lot is a true hip-hop pioneer and a natural talent. Partnering
with him and Envius to bring this show to the masses was a no-brainer.

Sir Mix-A-Lot said: “Being an artist myself, I can talk about old school
from a unique perspective Remembering tours, studio sessions, Hip Hop
culture at that time, etc. Â*People listen to these songs to remember where
they were, what they wore, what and who they did and what they drove at the
time. Being reminded of Jeri Curls, Leg Warmers, hairdos, DeLoreans, Miami
Vice, Gold Chains, LA Raiders, etc. is something that will keep a listener
engaged and constantly interacting viaÂ*social media. Going back to Hip
Hop’s inception whileÂ*simultaneously talking about the game currently is a
delicate art for some but, it’s every day for me. I’m excited to make some
noise and do something more than exaggerated accents and fake gangsta
stories.Â*Let’s talk from rotary dial to smart phones, baby!!!â€�

Inextricably linked with his pop culture touchstone, “Baby Got Back�, Sir
Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large backsides into
hip-hop immortality. But even before he struck crossover gold, Sir
Mix-A-Lot was one of rap’s great D.I.Y. success stories. Coming from a city
— Seattle — with barely any hip-hop scene to speak of, Mix-A-Lot co-founded
his own record label, promoted his music himself, produced all his own
tracks, and essentially pulled himself up by the proverbial American
bootstraps. Even before “Baby Got Back,� Mix-A-Lot was a platinum-selling
album artist with a strong following in the hip-hop community, known for
bouncy, danceable, bass-heavy tracks indebted to old-school electro.)

For more information and to hear a demo of “Explicitly Old School with Sir
Mix-a-Lot�, please visit: www.benztown.com/mixalot or contact Masa
Patterson at Benztown at or (818) 842-4600.