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January 2021 (1/7 - 2/3) Nielsen Audio Ratings Day 4: WRCH Holds Onto Most
Of Its Christmas Audience

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 02:15 PM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...tmas-audience/



The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audios PPM releases bring Austin,
Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk,
Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro, Memphis, and Hartford.

All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.


Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM takes a commanding lead in Austin with an 8.5
to 11.5 gain. Entercom AC Majic 95.5 KKMJ drops to second 13.1 to 9.8.
Waterloo Media Variety Hits 103.5 Bob-FM KBPA trends rapidly downward 11.8
8.7 6.6 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its lowest share since
Holiday 2013. KBPAs drop also coincides with the stations transmitter move
to Austin itself from San Marcos between Austin and San Antonio.

Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ jumps up to fourth 4.2 to 5.7, and
University of Texas AAA 98.9 KUTX rounds out the top five with a 3.7 to 4.5
gain.

Newly rebranded Waterloo Media Hot AC Lucy 93.3 KGSR trends up 1.0 1.4
1.6.

Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM leads Raleigh with a 9.9 to 11.3 gain. Well
behind in second is Capitol Broadcasting AC Mix 101.5 WRAL-FM sliding 9.0
to 7.5. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk Talk 106.1 WTKK jumps up 5.4 to 7.0,
followed by Curtis Media Variety Hits 96.1 BBB WBBB up 6.1 to 6.9 and Radio
One Adult RB Foxy 107.1/104.3 WFXC/WFKX down 7.9 to 6.8.

Trending upward in Raleigh is Radio Training Network Christian AC HIS Radio
88.5 WRTP up 0.9 1.7 2.2.

Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC-FM retakes the Indianapolis lead 7.6 to 8.9,
while sister AC B105.7 WYXB falls 13.1 to 8.4 post Christmas music. Cumulus
Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK rebounds 6.9 to 7.6, while iHeartMedia Classic Rock
Q95 WFBQ rises 5.7 to 6.8. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS jumps up two shares
4.6 to 6.6 for fifth.

Also showing big gains in Indianapolis are Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI up
4.0 to 5.5 and Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS up 3.3 to 4.4.

Midwest Communications Variety Hits 96.3 Jack-FM WCJK leads Nashville with
an 8.0 to 8.6 gain. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 105.9 The Rock WNRQ rises to
second 6.0 to 7.6. Cumulus Media News/Talk 99.7 WTN WWTN rises 6.3 to 6.8.
Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM rises 4.9 to 6.5.

Trending downward is Cumulus Country 95.5 Nash Icon 5.4 4.7 4.4.

While BBC World Service 1430 WPLN rises 0.1 to 0.2, their streaming
simulcast from 90.3 WPLN-HD3 surges 0.1 to 1.5.

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN regains its Milwaukee lead 8.2 to
11.0. Co-owned Classic Hits 95.7 Big-FM WRIT slips 10.4 to 8.8. Good Karma
News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ rises 6.0 to 6.5.

Two years after its flip to Sports, iHeartMedias 97.3 The Game WRNW-FM
starts showing movement as it trends up 0.7 1.2 1.5. Good Karmas 94.5
ESPN WKTI has yet to show growth as it rises 0.8 to 0.9.

iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY leads Providence with an 8.7 to 10.4 gain. Hall
Communications Country Cat Country 98.1 WCTK follows 7.4 to 8.1, followed
by Cumulus trio of AC Lite 105 WWLI (15.1 to 7.1), News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7
WEAN (5.4 6.1) and CHR 92 Pro-FM WPRO-FM (5.4 6.1).

Both Public News/Talkers rise in Providence with 89.7 WGBH-FM Boston up 2.7
to 3.5 and The Publics Radio 89.3 WNPN up 1.7 to 2.5.

Entercom Adult RB 95.7 RB WVKL continues to dominate Norfolk with a 12.8 to
13.7 rise. Sinclair Media Variety Hits ranks second up 6.3 to 8.2 as
Sinclair begins subscribing to Nielsen. iHeartMedia Hip Hop 103 Jamz WOWI
trends up 5.4 6.0 6.6 for third. Max Media Country Eagle 97.3 WGH-FM
surges up 3.8 to 5.3.

Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ remains on top in Jacksonville with a 15.1 to 9.4 slide.
Cox Media Group News/Talk 104.5 WOKV rebounds 8.4 to 9.2 for second
followed by co-owned Classic Rock Eagle 96.9 WJGL 8.3 8.5. Public
News/Talk 89.9 WJCT-FM surges up 4.3 to 6.2 for what Huff notes is a
station record to tie for fourth with iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK with
its own 4.8 to 6.2 surge.

Entercom Adult RB 97.1 WQMG jumps 8.8 to 10.6 to lead Greensboro.
iHeartMedia AC Mix 99.5 WMAG drops to second 16.8 to 9.6. Dick Broadcasting
Classic Rock Rock 92 WKRR trends down to third 10.2 9.9 8.7.

Both Country stations in Greensboro are up with Entercoms 93.1 The Wolf
WPAW up 4.0 to 5.6 and iHeartMedias Q104.1 WTQR up 4.3 to 4.9. Public
News/Talk 88.5 WFDD jumps up 3.0 to 4.3.

Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF remains on top of West Palm Beach holding steady
at 8.7. Hubbards Classic Hits Sunny 107.9 WEAT drops 8.7 to 6.5 for second.
iHearMedia AC Kool 105.5 WOLL is third 6.8 to 6.4 followed by co-owned
Classic Rock Gater 98.7 WKGR 5.6 to 5.7. Public News/Talk 91.3 WLRN-FM
Miami, heard on a local translator, places fifth up 4.0 to 4.8.

With the neighboring market subscribers now showing, an additional Miami
station shows up with a significant audience in West Palm Beach. Cox Soft
AC Easy 93.1 WFEZ by itself had a 3.2 share, with its stream adding an
additional 2.1.

Cumulus Adult RB 103.5 WRBO leads Memphis 11.0 to 11.8. Surging upwards to
second is iHeartMedia 95.7 Hallelujah-FM WHAL 6.9 7.4 9.6. iHeart Adult
RB V101 KJMS slips to third down 10.0 to 8.2.

Entercom AC Lite 100.5 WRCH holds onto the majority of its Christmas music
audience with a slight 17.5 to 14.1 drop. The company held the top three
slots in the market with Hip Hop Hot 93.7 WZMX in second with a 7.1 to 8.1
rise, while News/Talk 1080 WTIC tied for third 5.8 to 6.8. Tying WTIC was
Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR with a 5.4 to 6.8 gain for yet another format
record this month.



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First Listen: Kevin & Sluggo

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 10:30 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/ross/205469...-kevin-sluggo/



“I didn’t see it happening, but Sluggo made it happen.�

That was Kevin Ryder talking about joining former KROQ Los Angeles (and
KZZP Phoenix) colleague Doug “Sluggo� Roberts in afternoons at crosstown
rocker KLOS. Ryder’s abrupt departure last spring as the remaining half of
KROQ’s long-running Kevin & Bean morning show (along with the firing of his
current team members) was a consumer press story of the sort that radio
rarely generates these days, and so was his return to the airwaves. (In
between, Ryder survived COVID-19 twice.)

I heard the first hour of Kevin & Sluggo on Feb. 18. Because of their
history, there was not any audible first day clunkiness, although there
were a lot of jokes about a listener pool on when Ryder would say “KROQ.�
There was a call from Bob Saget. There was also a bit involving first-day
anxiety and a call from Ryder’s “therapist,� “Dr. Bruce Endicott,� who
“smelled a little like Ralph to me.�

Hearing voice bits from comedian Ralph Garman and former team member Lisa
May over the course of the next few days was a reminder of how many
personnel changes the Kevin & Bean show survived in a thirty-year run with
a Radio Hall of Fame induction near the end. Each departure was a consumer
press story unto itself and a reminder of the team’s impact in Southern
California. The new program has also been a good showcase for KLOS itself,
which has had a strategy of garnering high-profile talent, including
morning team Heidi and Frank.

Here’s an hour-by-hour rundown of the duo’s third show from Monday, Feb.
22. Break times are approximate.

Hour 1 – 3 p.m.

3:09 Recapping the weekend. Kevin talks about seeing the just-released
“Nomadland.� Friends were enraptured. He was bored. (“Did you know Frances
McDormand is going to be our guest later today?� Sluggo quips.) (2-1/2
minutes)

3:21 Introducing the hour’s topic, gender reveal parties gone wrong, with
audio about the expectant father who died while rigging an explosive
device. (2 minutes)

3:32 A caller’s gender reveal story: the soccer-themed party where
somebody got hit in the head with a ball. (1 minute)

3:40 –The pair goof on a video for National Margarita Day, particularly the
notion of gathering friends for a tropical drink during pandemic winter.
(1-1/2 minutes)

3:52 – The backsell is Pink Floyd’s “Young Lust�: “Why are we listening to
a drunken woman making prank phone calls?� There’s a plug for the
text-to-win contest, “Dinero-Saurus Rex,� “son� of the previous contest
mascot, “Cash-A-Saurus Rex.� (1 minute)

Hour 2 – 4 p.m.

4:08 – The pair tease an upcoming bit, “Slanguage� with Justin Credible,
night host of Hip-Hop sister KPWR (Power 106). There’s audio about the
United flight that lost an engine over Denver, leading into this hour’s
topic: “near death experiences� starting with a story about a hiking
mishap. (5-1/2 minutes)

4:21 – The topic turns serious right away. The first listener call is a
woman who was at the Mandalay Bay country festival mass-shooting in Las
Vegas. The duo shifts the topic to the importance of therapy, which the
caller says has allowed her to continue living her life. (2-1/2 minutes)

4:36 – The topic turns lighter (by near-death-experience standards). The
next caller had low blood pressure and inadvertently took
high-blood-pressure medication. There is another hiking mishap from a
caller who didn’t expect to make it down from Mt. Baldy in his sneakers.
Then, Matt Pinfield, host of KLOS’ “New and Approved� new music showcase,
tells his story of being hit by a car in December 2018. The afternoon’s
most riveting moment. (8 minutes)

4:51 – A crossplug for morning team Heidi & Frank whose next topic will be
which of the male cast members show the most signs of sexual prowess. (“Is
that something the audience wants to know?�) KLOS PD Keith Cunningham
shares his most harrowing teenage experience, drinking Everclear at a Ozzy
Osbourne/Metallica concert. (Cunningham and a friend had backstage passes,
but he spent the visit throwing up while attended to by three strippers.)
Pinfield is back to tell the story of AC/DC’s Bon Scott seeing his eventual
successor, Brian Johnson onstage with a previous band and being impressed
by the singer’s anguished wails, not knowing that he was trying to finish
the show with a burst appendix. (4-1/2 minutes)

4:59 – Wrapping up the Pinfield segment with another AC/DC story: an early
AC/DC session in which Scott’s vocal sounds particularly urgent, because an
amp has caught fire in the studio. (1 minute)

Hour 3 – 5 p.m.

5:05 – The 5 o’Clock Free Ride kicks off with the concert solicit and
another tease for the “Slanguage� bit. (45 seconds)

5:10 – Justin Credible’s “Slanguage� segment starts simple with “lit� and
“turnt up.� (“I don’t think we can pull that one off.�) Then there’s “on
God� (for “I swear�) and “that’s OD!� (for “over-the-top�). (6 minutes)

5:23 – The pair tease local music from the band Violent Saturn. Next is a
surprise appearance by former KROQ Kevin & Bean team member Lisa May, who
preceded Sluggo in moving to KLOS before leaving radio. For old times’
sake, she does traffic for her new hometown of Palm Springs. (3-1/2 minutes)

5:40 – K&S backsell “Young and Dumb� by Violent Saturn. Then the recent
news story about customs officials seizing cocaine-laced Corn Flakes leads
to a bit with Garman as an amped-up cereal manufacturer who can’t imagine
how something like that would’ve happened. (“I’m a legitimate businessman.
I am an international cartel, er, company!� (4 minutes)

5:51 – Text-to-win codeword, teaser for the next hour, including a tease
for the Foo Fighters’ version of “You Should Be Dancing.� (1 minute)

Hour 4 – 6 p.m.

6:10- A caller from Oklahoma welcomes Kevin back to the radio (“now it’s
all happy again�) and urges them to “get rid of all the music.� (“Too much
music� is a recurring theme in the Twitter comments as well. There are also
a few alt-rock fans complaining about the Classic Rock, but at least one
“now you play better music�-type comment.) The pair play two songs from the
Foo Fighters—“You Should Be Dancing� and the band’s real new single. (1:45)

6:20 – “Have the Foo Fighters ever done a song that you hate?� They
haven’t, and Dave Grohl is among the duo’s all-time favorite interviews.
The gender reveal story is back and calls are solicited again. (4 minutes)

6:35 – This time the callers include the father of a firefighter who pulled
off a successful gender reveal with pink smoke from the firehouse. (“The
truck didn’t run anybody over,� he assures them.) (2:30 minutes)

6:45 – A crossplug for the next shift with a caller (a female marijuana
dispensary employee) looking for night jock Greg Beharrell. (“He’s in his
office hiding. But he can’t hide from himself.�) (2 minutes)

I listened again to the 3 p.m. hour of the February 24 show, wrapping up
the duo’s first week. This time the first hour topic was a video of a naked
man being chased by London police. That led to callers’ stories of being
caught outside naked, which lasted the hour, and ended with a story of a
naked mom at the caller’s school.

As some of the listener comments would indicate, the show thus far reads as
a high-profile afternoon drive program, but not a “morning show in
afternoons.� There were eight songs in most of the hours I heard, but 9-10
in some hours. Songs were usually in sets of two. Here’s the 3 p.m. hour:

Led Zeppelin, “Rock and Roll�
Greta Van Fleet, “My Way, Soon�
Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train�
Soundgarden, “Fell on Black Days�
Aerosmith, “Come Together�
Weezer, “Beverly Hills�
Def Leppard, “Rockit�
Pink Floyd, “Young Lust�
Cult, “She Sells Sanctuary�
Doors, “Break On Through�


One of the other recurring themes from fans on social media was asking when
there was going to be a podcast. (Soon, says the station.) One or two went
as far as implying that they could no longer be troubled by anything as
old-school as appointment listening. But the caller response over the past
few days has been a good illustration of “radio still works.� Kevin &
Sluggo have been soliciting both calls and texts, but they’ve had enough
calls to air without the latter in the hours I heard.

Gene “Bean� Baxter and former morning team member Allie McKay have launched
a podcast, “A Cup of Tea and a Chat with Allie and Bean.� You can also hear
him between other people’s content at the U.K.’s intriguing new Podcast
Radio.



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Entercom Announces New Programming Leadership Structure; Dave Richards
Rises To SVP/Programming

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 07:28 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...p-programming/



Entercom has announced a new programming leadership structure for its
corporate programming team.

The group will be led by Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton focusing
day-to-day on the management of its portfolio of market-leading brands and
continuing to oversee brand research and marketing. EVP/Programming Jeff
Sottolano will manage the stations News, News/Talk and Sports properties as
well as content insights and analytics capabilities and overseeing network
and syndicated content development.

Joining the national programming team will be Seattle Brand Manager Dave
Richards as SVP/Programming. Richards has programmed Rock 99.9 KISW since
2003. Richards will add responsibility for original content ideation,
talent development and coaching while leading efforts to support Radio.com,
Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios through generation of cross-platform
content.

Michael Martin will continue to serve as SVP/Programming and Music
Initiatives overseeing relationships with artists, management and record
labels and lead its efforts to collaborate with the artist community on
event, digital and social opportunities.

The company will have a Executive Committee to develop and oversee
programming strategy across the company. The group will include Paxton,
Sottolano, Martin, Richards and the following executives: Radio.com SVP/GM
Pam Russo, VP/News Bill Smee, VP/Sports Matt Volk, Entercom Austin
VP/Programming Nikki Nite and Urban Format Captain/WVEE Atlanta Brand
Manager Reggie Rouse.

Entercom announced a new programming leadership structure for its central
programming team, positioning the company for further growth and increased
capacity for multi-platform premium content development.

“This enhanced leadership team will supplement our premium content offering
throughout our portfolio and ensure we have the premier collection of
personalities engaging deeply with our audiences nationwide,� said Pat
Paxton, Chief Programming Officer. “It will also allow us to best integrate
the innovation of new products and content so we are continuously growing
the impact and reach of our offering and super serving our 170 million
listeners each month.�

Paxton will continue to lead Entercom’s programming department and will
focus day-to-day on the management of its portfolio of market-leading
brands. He will also continue to oversee Entercom’s brand research and
marketing efforts. Jeff Sottolano, Executive Vice President of Programming,
will continue to manage Entercom’s industry leading collection of sports,
all-news and news/talk brands. He will also be charged with growing
Entercom’s content insights and analytics capabilities and overseeing its
network and syndicated content development.

Dave Richards joins Entercom’s central programming leadership team as
Senior Vice President of Programming, segueing from a distinguished local
brand leadership career, most recently having served as Senior Vice
President of Programming of 99.9 KISW (KISW-FM) in Seattle for the last 19
years and having developed programs like “The Men’s Room� and concepts like
KISW’s annual “Live Day.� In his new role, Richards will be responsible for
original content ideation, talent development and coaching. He will
spearhead Entercom’s efforts to support its expanding business portfolio,
which includes RADIO.COM, Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios, through
the generation of cross-platform content.

Michael Martin will continue to serve as Senior Vice President of
Programming and Music Initiatives and oversee Entercom’s relationships with
artists, management and record labels and lead its efforts to collaborate
with the artist community on event, digital and social opportunities.

Entercom also announces the following members of its executive committee,
who will collaborate to develop and oversee programming strategy across the
company: Pat Paxton; Jeff Sottolano; Michael Martin; Dave Richards; Pam
Russo, Senior Vice President and General Manager, RADIO.COM; Bill Smee,
Vice President of News; Matt Volk, Vice President of Sports; Nikki Nite,
Vice President of Programming and Brand Manager, Entercom Austin; and
Reggie Rouse, Urban Format Captain, Entercom, and Brand Manager, Entercom
Atlanta.

In the past six months, Entercom has also added new leaders to spearhead
multi-platform content leadership in its industry-leading sports and news
verticals. Matt Volk, formerly of Comcast/NBC and ESPN, recently joined
Entercom in the newly created role of Vice President of Sports and will
oversee multi-platform sports content strategy and the development of the
“BetQL Audio Network.� Bill Smee, formerly of NBC, Slate and CNN, joined
Entercom in 2020 as its first Vice President of News and leads innovation
efforts across its portfolio of market-leading local news and news/talk
brands.



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Scotty The Body Rises To Morning Show Producer & Midday Host At Hot 101.5
Tampa

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 07:08 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...t-101-5-tampa/



Cox Media Group CHR Hot 101.5 WPOI St. Petersburg/Tampa has promoted
weekend host Scott Scotty The Body Tavlin to Morning Show Producer and
midday host.

He will also track nights for Country K92.3 WWKA Orlando. Tavlin began his
radio career at WPOI in April 2018 as a street teamer and later assisting
on the Miguel Holly morning show. He has hosted weekend shifts for WPOI,
WWKA and CHR Power 95.3 WPYO Orlando.

Tavlin takes the positions at WPOI that had been held by Chase Pulido.
Pulido is remaining with Cox in a new National Digital Content position
with the company.

Cox Media Group Tampa announced today that Scott “Scotty the Body Tavlin
has been promoted to full-time Morning Show Producer and Midday On-Air
Talent on HOT 101.5 (WPOI), effective immediately. Scott will continue to
be heard on Miguel Holly Mornings, broadcast weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.,
as well as continue into Middays, weekdays 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Scott replaces
long time HOT 101.5 personality Chase Pulido, who was recently promoted to
a National Digital Content role within CMG. Scott will also join our CMG
Orlando sister station, Country music, K92.3 (Orlando) as their night show
host.

Scott started his radio career at CMG Tampa Hot 101.5 back in April, 2018
as a street teamer where his energetic, outgoing personality and leadership
qualities quickly earned the attention of Hot 101.5’s Miguel Holly – who
asked him to sit in and learn the “biz� in June, 2018. From there, Scott
continued to grow his skills by becoming a fill-in and weekend on-air
talent and eventually, he was asked to host on-air shifts on CMG Orlando
sister stations POWER 95.3 (WPYO) and K92.3 (WWKA).

“Scott is a star and is such a natural at rocking a crowd and creating
relatable connections with our staff, audience, partners and clients,� said
Director of Branding and Programming, Will Calder. “Scott’s story is the
perfect example of how talent, hustle and a great attitude can turn dreams
into reality!�

“It means the world to think back to being an inexperienced college kid
telling everyone in my first interview my grand dreams of being in radio
and now living those dreams,� said Scott. “Thanks so much to Will Calder,
Miguel Fuller, Holly O’Connor, Nate Reed, Steve Stewart, Keith Lawless,
Steve Smith, Tim Clarke and everyone who has ever believed in me for
presenting me with such an amazing opportunity.�



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Pittsburgh Pirates Extend With KDKA-FM; Return To KDKA

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 06:53 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...eturn-to-kdka/



The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced a contract extension with Entercom
Sports 93.7 The Fan KDKA-FM Pittsburgh to remain as home of the franchises
radio broadcasts.

KDKA-FM has carried Pirates games since 2012 following a five year run on
then Clear Channel News/Talk 104.7 WPGB. From 1955 through 2006 the teams
games aired on 1020 KDKA, and for the first time since then, the franchise
will one again be heard there. KDKA and new translator 100.1 W261AX
Pittsburgh will simulcast the broadcasts of select games including Opening
Day and all weekday afternoon games. KDKA was also home of the first radio
broadcast of a Major League Baseball game in 1921.

Entercom and the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced today a multiyear radio
broadcast contract extension. 93.7 The Fan (KDKA-FM) will continue to be
the Pirates flagship radio station, as it has since 2012, airing all Spring
Training and regular season baseball games.

New to the partnership, Entercom will now air all Pirates weekday afternoon
games on both sister stations KDKA News Radio 100.1 FM and 1020 KDKA-AM.
Entercom will also simulcast a select number of games, including Opening
Day and the Pirates home opener across all three frequencies – 93.7 FM,
100.1 FM and 1020 AM.

“The Pirates and KDKA are part of the fabric of our city. We are thrilled
to be able to carry on that tradition while ushering in a new era of
expanded reach of Pirates programming,� said Michael Spacciapolli, Senior
Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Pittsburgh. “This expanded
partnership allows us to leverage the Pirates brand and great package of
game programming on KDKA News Radio 100.1 FM and 1020 AM to raise further
awareness of the new KDKA simulcast.�

“This expanded coverage is a homecoming for us and our fans. Ever since the
nation’s first ever baseball game, a Pirates game versus the Philadelphia
Phillies, was broadcast on KDKA in 1921, KDKA and the Pirates have been
synonymous with each other,� said Travis Williams, President, Pittsburgh
Pirates. “This agreement honors that true Pittsburgh tradition of day games
on the KDKA-AM airwaves, but also that same sense of innovation from more
than a century ago as we look to bring even more Pirates programming to
fans across the cluster of Entercom Pittsburgh stations.�



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Northpine: Still Listening to 99.5 WLOL 30 Years Later

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 05:34 AM PST
http://www.northpine.com/blog/2021/0...0-years-later/





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Station Sales Week Of 2/26

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 05:19 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...-week-of-2-26/



Murfin, Incs Central Plains Finance LLC will acquire Southwind
Broadcastings operations in Southwest Kansas via court order for
$2,567,658.85 as the amount defaulted on by the company. Central Plains
Finance, which also holds controlling stakes in My Town Media and Post Rock
Radio LLC, will acquire Farm AG News 1030 KBUF/107.1 K296HO Holcomb,
Classic Hits 1420 KULY/97.7 K249FI Ulysses and 106.7 KHGN Hugoton, AC Mix
94 94.5 KSKL Scott City, Country Q97 97.3 KKJQ Garden City, CHR Z98 98.1
KSKZ Copeland, Rock The Rock 99.9 KWKR Leoti, and Regional Mexican La Ke
Buena 105.9 KSSA Ingalls KS. The assets of Southwind Broadcasting were
transferred to court ordered receiver Ron Metzinger after defaulting on
payments owed to Central Plains Finance in March 2020.

Daves Broadcasting Corporation sells Country 96.5 KCYS Seaside OR to Jacobs
Radio Programming. Jacobs, which owns five other stations in Oregon and
Washington, will pay $5000 for the stations license and $45,000 for its
equipment.

After selling the remainder of their Fayetteville AR cluster to Rox Radio
Group in November, Hog Radio Inc. sells Silent 1290 KUOA Siloam
Springs/95.3 K237GR Johnson AR to Jesus Gabriel Hernandezs Maxx Media Radio
for $50,000.
Translator Sales

Pham Radio Communications purchases 93.7 K229DD San Francisco from Hispanic
Family Christian Network for $300,000. K299DD has rebroadcast Phams
Vietnamese 1400 KVTO Berkeley since 2018.



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Entercom Brings True Oldies Channel To HD In New York

Posted: 25 Feb 2021 02:36 PM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...d-in-new-york/



Entercom has officially announced the launch earlier this month of Scott
Shannons True Oldies Channel on 101.1 WCBS-HD3 New York.

Programmed by the WCBS-FM morning host, the launch brings the Oldies
programming back to the WCBS-FM call letters for the first time in years.
The CBS Sports Radio programming that had been on WCBS-HD3 has been moved
to 94.7 WNSH-HD3.

The True Oldies Channel programming used to air on 95.5 WPLJ-HD2 until 2014.

Entercom announced the launch of Scott Shannon’s “True Oldies Channel� on
WCBS-FM HD3 in New York. The program, hosted by WCBS-FM 101.1 (WCBS-FM)
on-air veteran and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Scott Shannon, is dedicated
to honoring the greatest rock and roll music of all time, highlighting the
best tracks from the 60s, 70s and 80s. CBS Sports Radio, which previously
occupied the digital signal, will move to WNSH-FM HD3 in New York.

“For years, Scott Shannon has spotlighted thousands of classic hits from
some of the most recognizable names in rock music,� said Chris Oliviero,
Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom New York. “We’re excited
to introduce this homage to the rock music industry to a new audience on
our HD3 channel, and continue celebrating the format’s rich history with
Scott.

“There are so many people who grew up with the original CBS-FM and they
miss the music from their childhood,� said Shannon. “I think it is
important for rock and roll to be kept alive. I have always been a fan and
student of the history of rock and roll, and I’m very excited to at this
opportunity to share the greatest hits of the 60s and 70s with our
listeners.�

The channel will feature a rotation of thousands of different songs artists
and bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, The Rolling
Stones, The Four Seasons, hits from the Motown era, and more. Scott
Shannons True Oldies Channel is distributed by United Stations Networks.