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WTAW-FM Flips To Country

Posted: 07 Jun 2016 01:08 PM PDT
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Bryan Broadcasting flipped News/Talk 103.5 WTAW-FM Buffalo TX to Country
Willy 103.5 in late May.

While dropping the mostly simulcast of sister News/Talk 1620 WTAW College
Station, WTAW-FM will retain its coverage of Buffalo High School sports.



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Bruce Collins Joins Alpha Media As Portland Talk/Sports OM

Posted: 06 Jun 2016 01:55 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...talksports-om/



Alpha Media has hired Bruce Collins as OM of its three Portland Talk/Sports
stations.

Collins will oversee News/Talk FM News 101 101.1 KXL, Conservative Talk
Freedom 970 KUFO, Sports 750/102.9 The Game KXTG and the Radio Northwest
Network. Collins previously spent much of his career at iHeartMedia/Clear
Channel most recently as Program Director of News/Talk 1150 WJBO and Sports
1210 The Score WLRO Baton Rouge. He previously programmed for the company
in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Columbus, Nashville and Oklahoma City among others.

Alpha Media, Portland, OR is pleased to announce Bruce Collins as Talk
Operations Manager over Portland’s KXL, KXTG, KUFO, and Radio Northwest
Network.

Collins’ years in the radio industry have given him vast experience in the
news/talk programming arena. Most recently, he served as News/Talk/Sports
Format Captain for iHeart Media as well as a Program Director. Over the
years, Bruce also worked in the programming department at 700WLW and 55KRC
in Cincinnati as well as Oklahoma City, Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, Ohio,
McAllen, Brownsville, Harlingen and Baton Rouge, LA.

Alpha Media Executive VP of Programming, Scott Mahalick commented on the
announcement, “Bruce is a star programmer and talent mentor with a great
sense of news, sports, and entertainment. He is the perfect fit for our
talk brands in Portland�

Alpha Media SVP/Market Manager, Milt McConnell had the following to say,
“Bruce brings to Portland extensive news, talk, and sports experience to
our cluster. I am particularly excited about his work with both sports and
traffic networks which will help with the expansion of our Radio Northwest
Network.�

What a wonderful opportunity Alpha Media has given me to lead their talk
stations in such a beautiful city as Portland, Oregon. Alpha truly believes
in staying connected to the community with their stations and they believe
in being informative through live and local programming. I am looking
forward to working with the great teams at FM News 101 KXL, Sports
750/102.9 The Game, and Freedom 970 and calling Portland home,� Collins
remarked.