• [RadioInsight] Stephens Debuts Hits 93.3 Medford

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    Stephens Debuts Hits 93.3 Medford

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 02:32 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210571/stephens-debuts-hits-93-3-medford/



    Stephens Media Group has launched CHR Hits 93.3 K227AA Ashland/Medford OR
    fed via 93.7 KTMT-HD2 Medford.

    The new brand replaces 93.7 Now-FM KTMT-FM as the companys CHR in the
    Southern Oregon market. The station is now positioning as Medfords Party Station with The Jubal Show remaining in mornings. JoJo Lopez, PD/morning
    host at Dimes Medias Wild 106.1 KWWV San Luis Obispo, is tracking middays. James Tyler moves from middays to afternoons. Former afternoon host Mekela
    Rae continues to host middays at sister Country 105.1 The Wolf KAKT and mornings at 95.1 The Wolf Classic Country K236CI/KAKT-HD2. Tino Cochino
    Radio remains in evenings.

    We reported on Stephens plans for 93.7 KTMT-FM in our June 6 Domain Insight report.



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    Classic Hip Hop Bounces Into Fort Myers

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 02:00 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210567/classic-hip-hop-bounces-into-fort-myers/



    Beasley Media has launched Classic Hip Hop 96.5/101.5 The Bounce in
    Southwest Florida.

    Launching with 5,000 songs commercial-free, the new brand is airing on
    three translators: 96.5 W243BM Suncoast Estates/Fort Myers, 101.5 W268AH
    Bonita Springs, and 105.1 W286AK Naples fed via 103.9 WXKB-HD2 Cape Coral.
    The station clones the identity of Beasleys existing Classic Hip Hop
    station in Detroit.

    The move completes the restructuring of Beasleys translators in the market following the flip of 770 WBCN North Fort Myers from Conservative Talk, the move of Spanish CHR Playa to 99.3 WWCN, and the move of Sports ESPN
    Southwest Florida to 770 and some of the translators. The Sports
    programming is now heard on 98.1 W251AL and 104.3 W282BY Fort Myers in
    addition to 770 WBCN.



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    JD Greene Exits Big 104.7 Pittsburgh

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 12:10 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210559/jd-greene-exits-big-104-7-pittsburgh/



    JD Greene has departed as Program Director/afternoon host at iHeartMedia Country Big 104.7 WPGB Pittsburgh after seven years with the station.

    Greene joined WPGB in August 2014 after six years as Music
    Director/afternoon host at Country K102 KEEY Minneapolis. He previously
    worked in Pittsburgh as MD/afternoon host at CHR 96.1 Kiss-FM WKST-FM and
    held MD/night host roles at CHR Radio Now 93.1 WNOU Indianapolis and 101.9
    WVAQ Morgantown WV.

    The company has not announced its plans for the posiiton.




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    Fresh Listen: L.A.s CHR Battle, KIIS vs. KNOU

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 12:00 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/ross/210455/fresh-listen-l-a-s-chr-battle-kiis-vs-knou/



    People make a big deal about feeling old when they hear the ‘90s on the Classic Hits format. That doesn’t faze me. It was hearing Josh Bru Brubaker on the new KNOU (97.1 Now) Los Angeles get “major middle school vibes” from playing “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne. Brubaker “had no idea what I was singing about” when that song was a hit in 2008, he said. 

    If you do the math, Brubaker would have been 12 when Top 40’s last great period began in 2008 and just graduating high school when the format ran
    into turbulence around 2014. Bru’s entire adult career has been with Top 40 in flux, and he’s been in radio long enough to make it to p.m. drive in Los Angeles. 

    KNOU, which relaunched from KAMP (Amp 97.1) in mid-April, is relying
    heavily on that last fertile period, playing roughly 50% gold in the hours I’ve monitored, which is further than some Top 40s go on their throwback weekends. Titles go as far back as 1997’s “Return of the Mack” by Mark Morrison, but the “turbopop era” of the early-to-mid-2010s is most prominent. Amp was one of the stations that pulled CHR back toward EDM and Hip-Hop around the time. In many ways, these are “Amp’s Greatest Hits,” including signature songs like Afrojack’s “Take Over Control.”

    KNOU being so heavily gold-based ups the ante on format leader KIIS (102.7
    Kiss FM). A year ago, KIIS was one of several CHR stations prominently experimenting with throwbacks, a response to both COVID and Top 40’s
    product shortage. KIIS still does its “This Year in Kiss-tory” weekends, in which you can still hear “Party in the U.S.A.” or “Tik Toc” (the customized
    version with Ke$ha mentioning the station), but when I took a Fresh Listen
    to L.A.’s CHRs on July 5, KIIS was the station billboarding “new music now”
    three times an hour. 

    KNOU plays 240 songs more than 2x a week, according to BDSRadio. KIIS plays 155, still significant by CHR standards, especially when Hot AC sister KBIG
    (My 104.3) plays 170. Pitbull’s “I Know You Want Me” played twice last week
    on KIIS. On 97.1 Now, it played six times, and you might hear Pitbull two
    songs away from Flo Rida. The throwbacks aren’t staged on Now and they’re not part of the “L.A.’s Party Station” positioning. (There are also a lot of references to the “greatest summer ever.”)

    KIIS and KNOU both were clearly working at giving listeners a radio
    experience. KIIS-FM’s Gabby Diaz, based out of sister KYLD (Wild 94.9) San Francisco, was airing listener calls, not just texts; wishing Saweetie a
    happy birthday; saluting anybody working on the holiday Monday. Brubaker
    had a caller who knew him from TikTok and wanted to plug her own videos. He also plugged the new Tate McRae/Khalid duet as his “favorite song in the world right now.”

    The other thing that stuck out about KIIS is that there’s more of a “classic CHR” feel again these days. The imaging, especially the :00 ID, feels more clean and uptempo, with less of the sonic bombardment that has
    come to characterize CHR (and many formats) in recent years. The “here’s what you missed” morning show promo was a two-sentence exchange between
    Ryan Seacrest and Sisanie, not an entire bit. Here’s KIIS just before 4
    p.m., July 5:

    Dua Lipa f/DaBaby, “Levitating”
    Tate McCrae x Khalid, “Working”
    Calvin Harris, “Summer”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Good 4 U”
    Saweetie f/Doja Cat, “Best Friend”
    The Weeknd, “Save Your Tears”
    Kali Uchis, “Telepatia”
    Tai Verdes, “A-O-K”
    Sam Smith, “I’m Not the Only One”
    Doja Cat f/SZA, “Kiss Me More”
    Billie Eilish, “Therefore I Am”
    Doja Cat f/the Weeknd, “You Right”
    Ariana Grande, “Break Up With Your Girlfriend”
    Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
    Jason Derulo, “Whatcha Say”
    Cardi B, “Up”
    Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar”


    And here’s KNOU (97.1 Now) just before 4 p.m., July 5::

    Calvin Harris f/John Newman, “Blame”
    Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
    Lil Wayne, “Lollipop”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Déjà Vu”
    Icona Pop f/Charli XCX, “I Love It”
    Dua Lipa f/Da Baby, “Levitating”
    Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Good 4 U”
    Kid Cudi, “Day N Nite”
    Marshmello f/Jonas Brothers, “Leave Before You Love Me”
    Lady Gaga, “Just Dance”
    Doja Cat f/SZA, “Kiss Me More”
    Lil Jon & East Side Boyz, “Get Low”
    Tate McCrae x Khalid, “Working”
    LMFAO, “Sexy and I Know It”
    Weeknd, “Save Your Tears”
    Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar”
    Kendrick Lamar, “Humble”




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    Audacy Makes Leadership Changes In Denver

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 11:52 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210562/audacy-makes-leadership-changes-in-denver/



    Audacy has made a pair of leadership changes at its Denver stations.

    Chuck Sullivan has departed as SVP/Market Manager with John Fullam
    returning on an interim basis to the position he held until his retirement
    in early 2020.

    Sullivan joined then Entercom as Milwaukee SVP/Market Manager in 2014 and
    then added oversight of Madison the following year and then moved to Denver
    in February 2020. He previously served as Managing Partner for Ocean Broadcasting in Wilmington NC from 1996-2006 and VP/Market Manager for
    Cumulus Media in Fort Walton Beach FL and then Mobile AL from 2010-2014.

    Fullam previously led the Denver station from the completion of the CBS
    Radio acquisition in November 2017 until the arrival of Sullivan. In
    addition to running the Denver cluster, he briefly ran the company’s New
    York City cluster. Fullam previously has served as GM for Broadcasting
    Partners Detroit, VP/GM of WHTZ and WKTU New York, Regional SVP for
    Chancellor Media, AMFM Inc and Clear Channel, President/COO of CBS Radio,
    and spent twelve years as VP/GM of Greater Media Philadelphia.

    Also exiting the cluster is Rhythmic CHR KS 107.5 KQKS Program Director
    Victor Starr. Starr had programmed KQKS since March 2016 after previously spending a year in sales at the cluster. He previously programmed WZMX Hartford, WERQ Baltimore, WWVB/WWUZ Fredericksburg and WJHM Orlando and was Executive Director for the Donnie Simpson Morning Show at WPGC Washington
    DC.



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    Station Sales Week Of 7/9

    Posted: 09 Jul 2021 05:21 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210534/station-sales-week-of-7-9/



    Anthony LaGreca and Larry Justices LJ Media will pay Ed Perrys Marshfield Broadcasting $390,000 for Oldies 1510 WMEX Quincy/Boston MA and its CP for 101.1 W266DQ Weymouth. Perry had purchased WMEX in 2017 for $125,000 and
    had to rebuild the station at a new location leading to the current format launching in May 2020. Justice hosts middays at the station. An LMA took
    effect last month.

    Vic Canales Media Group sells 960 WSVU/101.7 W269DS North Palm Beach FL to
    Jean Altidors United Group Elite Agency Investments for $1.1 million. The stations currently operate as Classic Rock The Surf along with 92.5 W223CJ
    West Palm Beach.

    Dale Miller is transferring his stakes in three of West Virginia Radio
    Corp.s holding companies to David Raese and John Raese for $314,000 giving
    them each 50% stakes. Miller will exit the ownership groups of West
    Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies, West Virginia Radio
    Corporation of Raleigh, and West Virginia Radio Corporation of Salem.

    Flag Family Medias Rapids Radio LLC will purchase Classic Hits 1320
    KOZY/93.1 K226CV Grand Rapids, AC 96.9 KMFY Grand Rapids and Classic Rock
    105.5 KBAJ Deer River MN from Lamke Broadcasting for $1.4 million. The
    buyers operate two stations in Fargo ND and one in Tioga ND.

    Stocks Media sells Classic Rock 95.1 The Mountain 1450 WDNG/95.1 W236DQ Anniston AL to John F. Kennedys Lake Broadcasting for $235,000. Lake began operating the station in April via LMA coinciding with the stations flip
    from AC.

    Randolph Bells The Mighty Seven Ninety Inc. purchases Country Q-Country
    103.9 790 WCHQ/103.9 W280FN Ashland City TN from Consolidated Media for $160,000. The buyers hold interests in multiple licensees including Sports
    560 WNSR Nashville and Regional Mexican El Jefe 96.7 810 WMGC/W244CW Murfreesboro.

    3 Towers Broadcasting Company purchases AC 94.3 WREB Greencastle IN from
    The Original Company for $300,000. The buyers, who own two other stations
    in Indiana, will begin operating WREB via LMA on August 1.

    Plonta Broadcasting sells Southern Gospel Christian-FM 88.5 WCTP Gagetown
    and 105.1 W286CI Saginaw MI to Smile-FM for a $25,000 donation to Life of Christ Church.
    Translator Sales

    Months after closing on its $25,000 purchase of 95.5 W238BY Crisfield MD,
    Vinco Media turns around and sells the translator to The Voice Radio
    Network for $50,000. W238BY will rebroadcast Classic Rock The Vault 1320 WJKI/102.9 W275CX Salisbury, which is also heard on 103.5 WJKI-FM Bethany
    Beach DE.

    Wendolynn Tellez sells Silent 94.1 K231CZ Austin TX to Charles Crawfords
    94.1 Partnership for $64,000. The translator will rebroadcast 1560 KTXZ
    West Lake Hills.

    Educational Media Foundation sells 107.7 K299AG Rock Springs WY to Hi-Line Radio Fellowship for the legal costs incurred with the filing.



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    Lucy Lopez Departs Power 96 Miami

    Posted: 08 Jul 2021 07:19 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210537/lucy-lopez-departs-power-96-miami/



    After 22 years at Audacy CHR Power 96 WPOW-FM Miami, Lucy Lopez has
    departed the station.

    A 2015 Miami New Times profile states that Lopez was discovered by the
    station when she called in to rant against a hosts rant about girls from
    her native Hialeah leading her being hired to host overnights. She
    eventually rose to afternoons and then spent most of the past decade in mornings most recently alongside DJ Zog.

    In her post announcing her departure, Lopez states there are major changes coming to WPOW-FM and its time for your girl to move on.












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    Steve Fehder Joins SummitMedia As Louisville Market President

    Posted: 08 Jul 2021 08:05 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210527/steve-fehder-joins-summitmedia-as-louisville-market-president/



    SummitMedia has announced the addition of Steve Fehder as President of
    their Louisville business.

    Fehder joins SummitMedia from Kensington Digital Media where he was serving
    as Market Manager for Classic Hits 94.5 Hippie Radio WHPY-FM
    Bellevue/Nashville TN. Earlier in his career Fehder served as GM for what
    is now SummitMedias Mix 106.9 WVEZ Louisville for Prism Radio Partners and later founded Gulf Coast Radio Partners which would be bought by Triad Broadcasting leading to Fehder spending over a decade as Senior VP of Operations for the company.

    Fehder succeeds Todd Pitt, who departed the company earlier this year.

    SummitMedia, LLC welcomes Steve Fehder as President SummitMedia Louisville, where he will lead stations WQNU-FM, WVEZ-FM, WSFR-FM AND WRKA-FM.

    With over 35 years of experience in radio and media sales, management, and ownership, Fehder is no stranger to WVEZ, as he managed the station for
    Prism Radio Partners in the 90s. Fehder was also co-founder and managing partner of Gulf Coast Radio Partners, and subsequently became an original member of Triad Broadcasting’s executive management team, serving as Senior VP of Operations for over 10 years.

    Carl Parmer, SummitMedia CEO stated, “We are very pleased for Steve to lead our incredible Louisville team. He knows and loves the city, and we are
    very excited for our future.”

    Fehder, who most recently served as Market Manager for Kensington Digital
    Media in Nashville, returns home to Louisville to join SummitMedia.

    “I am excited to be back home in Louisville where my career started,” Fehder says. “I am extremely proud to be leading SummitMedia Louisville’s great staff and heritage products.”

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