Entercom has announced the new play-by-play broadcast team for Boston Red Sox baseball games on WEEI-FM/Boston, the flagship station for the team. The team will consist of play-by-play announcer Joe Castiglione, who is entering his 38th season and veteran broadcasters Will Flemming, Sean McDonough and Lou More

Podtrac Reases Top Podcasts for December 2019

Podtrac

Podtrac has released ranking of the Top 20 Podcasts for December 2019 based on U.S. Unique Monthly Audience. With the increasing popularity of shows which publish multiple times a day, such as NPR News Now, beginning in December, these shows are now included in the Podtrac Top Podcast ranking. While the More

''Alabama's Morning Show with Suzanne and Chris'' Debuts

Suzanne Wynn and Chris Wright

"Alabama's Morning Show with Suzanne and Chris" debuted January 13 with an initial network of three stations. The duo says thee goal is to grow the network to at least a dozen stations covering all regions of the state. Suzanne Wynn and Chris Wright have been fixtures on East Alabama More

KQKQ Sweet 98.5 Launches All-Female Morning Show

Nikki & Laura

NRG Media is changing morning radio in Omaha forever, by launching an all-female morning show starting Monday, January 20. The new show "SWEET 98.5 Mornings with Nikki & Laura" will feature existing morning host Nikki Oswald and afternoon drive time personality Laura Blenkush. It marks the only More

Scott Klatzkin Named 2019 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year

Scott Klatzkin

Contratulations to iHeartMedia/Delaware's Scott Klatzkin, "Voice of the University of Delaware Blue Hens," who has been named the 2019 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). This is the fourth time he has won the honor, having previously been selected in 2016, 2012 More

98.5 KISS FM/Myrtle Beach Adds The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

Cumulus announces that Myrtle Beach, SC, radio station 98.5 KISS FM/WDAI-FM has added The Breakfast Club to the station's morning lineup. The highly rated morning show will air on WDAI Monday through Friday from 6am-10am ET, and on Saturday from 10am-1pm ET. The Breakfast Club stars South Carolina native More

Lemonada to Debut ''Mouthpeace with Michael & Pele Bennett''

Mouthpiece

"Mouthpeace with Michael and Pele Bennett," the fourth weekly podcast series from Lemonada Media, launched its official trailer Friday. Hosted and executive produced by Michael Bennett, a NFL defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys & author and his wife Pele, food advocate and co-leader of The Bennett More

Nebraska Rural Radio Association Closes on Seven in NE

Kalil & Co.

Nebraska Rural Radio Association has closed on its previously announced acquisition of seven radio outlets in Nebraska from Legacy Communications LLC. Included in the deal were 100kW KMOR-FM (93.3), 0.95kW KETT-FM (99.3), 100kW KOZY-FM (101.3), 25kW KHYY-FM (106.9), 1kW KOAQ-AM (690) and 1kW KOLT-AM (1320) More

WYNN 106.3 Brings DeDe in the Morning to Florence, SC

DeDe In The Morning

Cumulus announces that Urban radio station WYNN 106.3 in Florence, SC, has added DeDe in the Morning to the station's morning lineup. The morning show stars DeDe McGuire, with co-hosts Lady Jade, Rudy Rush and comedian Michael Shawn, and will air on WYNN Monday through Friday from 5am-10am ET, and on More

MacGunnigle Rises WPRO-WPRV/Providence Program Director

Doug MacGunnigle

Doug MacGunnigle is appointed Program Director for News/Talk WPRO-AM & FM/Providence, RI and sister News/Talk WPRV (AM 790). He previously was Assistant Program Director for WPRO, a post he's held since October, 2017. Before that, MacGunnigle was a producer and Digital Content Director. He started at More

iHM Ups Three Senior Programmers to Division Executive VPs

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia names three of its senior programming executives to Division Executive VPs of Programming for the iHeartMedia National Programming Group, effective immediately. Jeff Hurley, Tony Travatto and Angela Watson Charles will now join current Executive VPs of Programming Andrew More

Chris Ornelas Named General Counsel at Beasley Media Group

Chris Ornelas

Beasley Media Group appoints Chris Ornelas as General Counsel, effective February 1. The veteran media executive most recently spent nearly a decade serving as Chief Operating and Strategy Officer of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Before joining the NAB, Ornelas was chief counsel on More

NAB Government Relations Head Curtis LeGeyt Named COO

Curtis LeGeyt

NAB ups Executive VP/Government Relations Curtis LeGeyt to Chief Operating Officer replacing Chris Ornelas, who'll depart the organization on February 1 to become general counsel for Beasley Media Group. LeGeyt joined NAB in October, 2011 as Senior Vice President and Legislative Counsel, and later took on More

Cumulus Media/Fort Walton Beach Ups Allegretto to VP/MM

Ashley Allegretto

Cumulus Media promotes Ashley Allegretto to Vice President and Market Manager for its five-station cluster in Fort Walton Beach, FL. She rises from her current post as Regional Sales Manager, Digital for the company's groups in Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach, a role she's held since May, 2014. Allegretto More

Talent Pool Helps Displaced Radio Talent Find New Gigs

Tracy Johnson Media Group

As a free service to the radio industry, Tracy Johnson Media Group has a free talent marketplace to help radio talent and broadcasters. The Media Talent Pool is free to all, and designed to connect personalities, Program Directors and producers with decision makers looking for More

FCC Revokes License for Cox Broadcast's WCGA-AM/Woodbine

FCC

The FCC's Media Bureau has revoked the license held by Cox Broadcast Group, for Talk WCGA-AM/Woodbine, GA -- which is currently off the air -- for failure to pay delinquent regulatory fees owed to the Commission. The agency also dismissed the pending applications for renewal of the More