Radio Daily for 12-07-22

Radio Daily for Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Podtrac Issues Top Podcasts, Publishers & Sales Networks

Podtrac has releases the Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for November. The average U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was up 15% month-over-month and up 33% over November, 2021, in part due to a new version of the Apple Podcasts app. More

WPXY/Rochester Taps Phil ''Moose'' Musumeci for Mornings

Audacy announces a new morning show on WPXY-FM (98 PXY) in Rochester, NY. The station welcomes back Phil "Moose" Musumeci and pairs him alongside current morning co-host Brianna "Breezy" Sloth. "PXY Mornings with Moose and Breezy" will air weekdays from 5:30-10am ET, beginning January 3. Moose succeeds Corey More

FOX News Extends TuneIn Partnership with FOX Weather

TuneIn and FOX News Media have announced the expansion of their long-running partnership to include the recently created FOX Weather station for audio streaming. Already the home to Fox News Radio, FOX News Channel's audio streaming content, the multi-year deal extension brings More

WLAV/Grand Rapids Taps Gregg Henson as Morning Co-Host

Classic Rock WLAV-FM Grand Rapids appoints former Detroit radio personality Gregg Henson as morning co-host. He joins West Michigan personality Michelle McKormick and audience favorite Travis Gibbs on WLAV, weekdays from 5:30-10am on the newly-named "Michelle and Gregg With Travis Show." Hailing from More

Acast, Self Financial Partner to Launch Podcast Series

Acast has launched a new, six-part branded content podcast series with Self Financial. In the new program called "Self," Acast and Self Financial are banking on influencers and their storytelling power to connect with audiences around the complicated relationships we can all have with money. The new series More

JAM'N 94.5/Boston Ups DJ Pup Dawg to Program Director

WJMN (JAM'N 94.5)/Boston elevates DJ Pup Dawg to Program Director, effective immediately. He'll continue to host 3-9pm weekdays and contribute to Ashlee and The JAM'N Morning Show with DJ 4Eign and Santi. DJ Pup Dawg started his radio journey at 92.3 The Beat in Los Angeles and joined the JAM'N 94.5 team in More

Travis Daily Named KUBL/Salt Lake City Program Director

Cumulus Media appoints Travis Daily as Program Director of Country KUBL-FM (93.3 The Bull) in Salt Lake City. He most recently was Operations Manager for Beasley Media Group in Tampa and was Program Director for Country WQYK-FM. Prior to that, Daily was Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia in More

SXM Media Reclaims Top Spot as Largest U.S. Podcaster

Edison Research announces the Top Podcast Networks in the U.S. for total network reach in Q3 2022, as SXM Media, Spotify and iHeartRadio take the top three spots, respectively. After falling behind Spotify by a narrow margin in the Q2 report, SXM edges back ahead this time. Each are well out ahead of third More

Radio Mercury Awards Announce Winfield as 2023 Chief Judge

The Radio Mercury Awards has announced Sherman Winfield, executive creative director of VMLY&R as the 2023 chief judge for the 32nd annual Radio Mercury Awards competition. In his role as VMLY&R's executive creative director, Winfield oversees creative efforts for clients More

Westwood One Founder Norm Pattiz Dead at Age 79

Westwood One founder Norm Pattiz died Sunday evening at age 79. He launched the radio programming and syndication network in 1976. After leaving the company in 2010, Pattiz then went on to launch Courtside Entertainment and then PodcastOne. Pattiz was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2009, and More