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Beasley Broadcast Duo/Las Vegas Taps Chase, Lynch Justin Chase (near right) is appointed OM of Beasley Broadcast Group's recent acquisitions Alternative KVGS-FM and Rhythmic AC KOAS-FM (The Oasis)/Las Vegas He replaces former OM Carmy Ferreri, who exits. Concurrently, radio vet Sean Lynch comes on board as Program Director of KOAS and KVGS. Chase joined Beasley More

Dave Kelly Adds KSCS/Dallas Programming Duties Citadel Country WKDF-FM/Nashville and WGKX-FM/Memphis PD Dave Kelly adds programming duties at co-owned Country KSCS-FM/Dallas replacing Chris Huff. He will continue as PD in both Nashville and Memphis, while working with Huff, who remains for a significant role with the station. Kelly joined Citadel as PD of WKD More

WLS/Chicago Elevates Slutzkin to Program Director WLS-AM/Chicago elevates Assistant PD Tracy Slutzkin to Program Director working with Drew Hayes, who continues as the Talk outlet's Operations Manager. Slutzkin previously served as producer for Don Wade & Roma's morning program until joining WFLD-TV (Fox)/Chicago as an editor and producer. She returned to the Cita More

KGO-AM/San Francisco Tweaks News/Talk Format Citadel's KGO-AM/San Francisco unveiled a new generation of its News/Talk format Monday that is heavy on traffic and de-emphasizes weather and sports, reports Rich Lieberman 415 Media. KGO is now branding as "First Traffic" and is airing "Traffic on the 5's" with extended coverage and a more updates around traffic. More

Citadel's Farid Suleman to Receive 1.9M Shares Citadel CEO Farid Suleman will receive 1.9 million shares in the re-organized company under its Equity Incentive Plan, valued at $43.5 million with a share price of $22.87. 50% will vest on June 3, 2011 and the remaining 50% vests on June 3, 2012, subject to his remaining as an employee of Citadel. COO Judy Ellis will receive 10 More

Citadel Sells KKAT-FM/Salt Lake for $5.75 Million Citadel Broadcasting agreed to sell KKAT-FM (Country Legends 107.5)/Salt Lake City, a class C (43kw) to EMF Broadcasting in March. At the time, terms were not disclosed. But the filing with the FCC reveals that EMF, a Christian radio broadcaster, is paying $5.75 million. EMF is operating KKAT under a Local Marketing Agreement (L More

Citadel Media Affiliate Relations Rep Karcev to Exit Citadel Media (previously ABC Radio Networks) Affiliate Relations rep Tamara Karcev will exit on August 19. She joined the company in 2007 as Director of Affiliate Relations for the Imus in the Morning before working with the networks' Curtis Sliwa and Joe Scarborough and most recently, I-Man syndication. Previously, she h More

Citadel Q2 Net Revenue Gains 5.3%, Radio Unit Up Citadel Broadcasting posted a 5.3% rise in net revenue for the second quarter to increased 5.3% as compared to the prior year. Operating income was $56 million compared to $194.4 million from $188 million in 2009. EBITDA was $72.5 million, up 24.1% to $58.4 million. Net revenue from the company's radio unit rose to $164.4 millio More

WXMX-FM (the Max)/Memphis PD Bobby Duncan Exits WXMX-FM (98.1 The Max)/Memphis PD Bobby Duncan exits the Citadel Rock outlet for undisclosed personal reasons. Prior to WXMX, he served as PD for Alternative WGRD-FM/Grand Rapids and Classic Rock KKRW-FM (Arrow 93.7)/Houston. Previously, Duncan was Assistant PD and Music Director for KCJZ-FM/San Antonio. (08-12-10) More

Citadel/Los Angeles Ousts Four Over Budget Issues Citadel Talk KABC-AM and Classic Rock KLOS-FM/Los Angeles has laid off four staffers, in a budget move reports LARadio.com. Out are news anchor Michael Linder, programming assistant Lindsay Mendoza and sales assistants Aki Tsuroka and Hilda Banuelos. Linder joined KABC as its City Hall reporter after spending several years at cr More

Pandora Tops Ando Media's Top 20 Ranker in June Ando Media has released its monthly Internet audio Top 20 Ranker for June, a listing of the top-performing Internet audio stations. Coming in at number one is Pandora with 418,933 active sessions. CBS Radio came in second (162,771) followed by Clear Channel (117,877). Rounding out the top five are Citadel (39,710) at number four More

AirKast Inks Mobile Deals with Bonneville, NRG, Hall AirKast, a mobile digital content provider, and Triton Digital Media have jointly completed agreements with Bonneville, NRG Media and Hall Communications. AirKast will deliver TuneKast mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms that integrate with Triton Digital's streaming, measurement, and ad injectio More

Kris Abrams Exits KOOL/Phoenix as Program Director Kris Abrams exits Classic Hits KOOL-FM/Phoenix as Program Director after almost four years in the position to pursue other programming opportunities. Before KOOL, he spent 6 years as Operations Director with Citadel's group in Albuquerque. Previously, Abrams programmed WRIT-FM and WLTQ-FM/Milwaukee. He's also served as PD of WMQ More

Citadel Removes WMGL/Charleston SC From Trust Citadel Broadcasting is removing Urban AC WMGL-FM (Magic 107.3)/Charleston, SC, from The Last Bastion Station Trust. The company was able to reclaim the AC outlet after the relocation of Sports WNKT-FM (107.5 The Game)/Charleston to Columbia, SC. The trust was originally formed in March, 2006, to divest stations after the More

AURN Adds ''Doug Banks Radio Show'' to Lineup American Urban Radio Networks adds "The Doug Banks Show" to its program lineup. The program, featuring Doug Banks, DeDe McGuire and comedian Rudy Rush, is one of the longest running Urban syndicated program, airing afternoons from 3-7pm. AURN will now distribute, sell and market Banks' show after more than twelve years with ABC More

Johnson Joins Focus 360 as Midwest Regional Mgr. Jack Johnson joins National Focus, a division of Focus 360, as Midwest Regional Manager. He will be based in Detroit and will also oversee Chicago and the state of Ohio. Johnson previously worked a Senior AE at Citadel Media/Detroit and as a Senior Marketing Manager for Westwood One. He's also served as Director of Group Sales f More

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