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CCME Names New PDs in Philadelphia, Cincinnati Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced today that Jared Fallon has been named Program Director for Q102 WIOQ-FM in Philadelphia and Deelo has been named Program Director for KISS 107 WKFS-FM in Cincinnati. Both will oversee all programming operations for their respective stations. Fallon will join Clear Channel More

Harrison Named WWSK (The Shark)/Long Island PD Rock WWSK-FM (94-3 The Shark)/Long Island names Don Harrison as its new Program Director replacing Lenny Diana, who is now Brand Manager at WLZX-FM (Lazer 99.3) and WAQY-FM (Rock 102)/Springfield, MA. Harrison previously served as PD of Entercom's WKBU-FM (Bayou 105.3)/New Orleans before holding OM duties at Maverick Media's 4-station More

Longtime Radio Exec, Programmer Roberts Dies Longtime radio executive and personality Jack Roberts died late Friday in Los Angeles, following a long illness. He was 62. During his career in broadcasting, Roberts worked as an air personality, producer, Program Director and General Manager. He most recently served as Executive Producer for CRN Digital Talk Radio's programming, More

Eagle, King to Headline Sportscasting Seminar Ian Eagle and Peter King are among the featured speakers at the 2014 One Day Ticket to Sportscasting Success seminar to be held June 9 in Salisbury, NC. The third annual event is part of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) annual awards weekend. Seminar attendees will receive live advice straight from the More

TuneIn Signs with PRN to Air NASCAR Coverage TuneIn, a service for listening to live radio, and Performance Racing Network (PRN), have announced that every PRN NASCAR race and PRN's top weekly shows will be live on TuneIn. Coverage kicked off this weekend, with the first race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on PRN, the Kobalt 400 from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March More

Charlotte Knights, WBT-AM Agreed to Partnership The Charlotte Knights and News/Talk WBT-AM/Charlotte have agreed on a partnership that will make the 50kw outlet the radio home for the minor leauge baseball team on 12 occasions this season. WBT will broadcast of ten Saturday night home games as part of "Saturday Knight Baseball," with two additional broadcasts for opening More

WKSL/Raleigh Names Todd Nixon PD/Afternoon Host Country WKSL-FM (B93.9)/Raleigh appoints Todd Nixon as Program Director and afternoon host (3-7pm), effective in April. Nixon's past experience includes prior roles as Program Director and afternoon personality at WCKT-FM (Cat Country)/Fort Myers, Program Director of WCTQ-FM/Sarasota, FL, and Program Director of More

Seth Everett Broadcast Team on Mets Flagship WOR The New York Mets and Clear Channel have announced that Seth Everett will join the radio broadcast team for Mets games broadcasts on WOR-AM/New York, the new radio home of the Mets. Everett, a nationally known baseball voice, will host a 30-minute pre- and post-game show before and after every Mets regular season game. Howie More

Entercom Extends Board to Seven, Elects LaNeve Entercom Communications has increased the size of the company's board of directors from six to seven persons. The board on the recommendation of the its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, elected Mark R. LaNeve as a Director of the bompany to fill the newly-created vacancy. LaNeve will serve until the 2014 annual More

Excel Closes on Buy of KPTY/Beaumont-Port Arthur Excel Media LLC has closed on its previously announced acquisition of 50kw Spanish KPTY-FM (Tu Musica 105.3) licensed to Winnie, TX, and serving Beaumont-Port Arthur from Tichenor License Corp., a division of Univision Radio. The buyer, Excel Media, is a Texas-based company headed by John Walton and has no other broadcast More

Ashley Figueroa to Exit WWKA-FM (K92)/Orlando Cox Media Group's Country WWKA-FM (K92) Orlando morning co-host Ashley Figueroa (AJ & Ashley) will exit at the end of March in order to relocate to Nashville to seek new opportunities. Figueroa previously served as Marketing Director for the Mavericks in Jacksonville, FL. She has also aired in middays Country WBTU-FM (US More

Envision Networks announces Miller Media Group's WJRE-FM (Hogg Country 102.5)/Kewanee, IL as the newest affiliate of Imaging Chop Shop, a voice and imaging service. Envision also welcomes Community Broadcast Partners" KORQ-FM (96Q)/Abilene, TX, as the newest affiliate of Clairissa Jenkins' Phone Checks, a daily prank phone call More

Salem Reveals New Research on CTT Listeners Salem Communications has released research data it commissioned in a project studying the habits and patterns of Christian Teaching and Talk listeners. Nielsen conducted the qualitative study of CTT listeners across both PPM and diary markets with Edison Research. The study revealed that half of the listeners to CTT outlets are More

Mark LaNeve Joins Entercom Board of Directors Mark LaNeve joins the board of directors at Entercom Communications, effective immediately. LaNeve has served since 2012 as COO of WPP's Global Team Ford, an agency that serves as the marketing and advertising partner to Ford and Lincoln businesses globally. Previously, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Allstate Insurance, More

Don Jantzen Exits 94.5 The Buzz/Houston as PD Longtime KTBZ-FM (94.5 The Buzz)/Houston Program Director and afternoon personality Don Jantzen exits after 10 years with the Clear Channel Alternative outlet. Before being upped to PD in April, 2008, he was the stations Assistant PD/MD. Previously, he served as APD/MD and midday personality at Rock KQRC-FM/Kansas City and More

Claro Closes on Purchase of KKLF/Dallas for $1.25M Claro Communications has closed on its previously announced acquisition of 10kw KKLF-AM (950)/Dallas (licensed to Richardson, TX) from Joule Broadcasting Inc. for $1.25 million. Claro is headed by Gerald Benavides who has other radio broadcasting interests in Corpus Christi, Alice and San Antonio. Joule Broadcasting is headed More

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