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    Chicago Tribune: Second woman alleges inappropriate behavior by Eric
    Ferguson of The Mix radio

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:58 PM PDT https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-eric-ferguson-hubbard-wtmx-lawsuit-defamation-20211001-7ns6q2rw3rbqzlhiqu6i3mc5oq-story.html



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    Cumulus to Syndicate Kincaid & Dallas To 25 Country Stations

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:06 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213562/cumulus-to-syndicate-kincaid-dallas-to-25-country-stations/


    Cumulus Media is taking New Country 101.5 WKHX Atlanta morning hosts
    Kincaid Dallas national via Westwood One.

    The show launched in January 2019, when JJ Kincaid joined Dallas McCade on
    the newly relaunched station. Kincaid had previously spent his entire
    career in Top 40 hosting mornings at KPTT Denver, nine years in afternoons
    at “Z100” WHTZ New York and stints at KHKS Dallas, KDWB Minneapolis, WKST Pittsburgh, and WNVZ Norfolk. McCade has been in the Atlanta market for the past two decades with long runs at Y106.7 WYAY and WKHX. The show also
    features producers/co-hosts Amanda Kelly and Garrett Loudin.

    Kincaid and Dallas will debut in syndication on Monday, October 11
    replacing Morning Koffy hosted by Paul Koffy. Koffy had become Cumulus
    national Country morning show in May 2020.

    CUMULUS MEDIA’s (NASDAQ: CMLS) Westwood One today announced syndication of Kincaid Dallas, a four-hour morning-drive radio show hosted by JJ Kincaid
    and Dallas McCade, with Producer Amanda, and Garrett. The upbeat and
    comedic Country morning show will launch on Monday, October 11, on 25
    stations. Kincaid Dallas will broadcast from Atlanta, where the show
    currently airs in the morning on WKHX-FM, New Country 101.FIVE.

    Kincaid Dallas is available via satellite receiver. For more information
    on Kincaid Dallas, contact Todd Alan at (212) 735-1107 or talan@westwoodone.com.

    “We are all elated,” said Kincaid. “You can go an entire career and never feel the depth of connection I have with my morning family of Dallas,
    Producer Amanda, and Garrett. We can’t wait to welcome more listeners into our offbeat world!”


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    Jenn Hays Departs 98.7 The Bull Middays

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:25 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213553/jenn-hays-departs-98-7-the-bull-middays/


    Jenn Hays has departed middays at Alpha Media Country 98.7 The Bull KUPL Portland OR after nearly four years with the station.

    In a Facebook video, Hays noted that it was her choice not to renew her contract so she can spend time with her young kids. She may remain with the station in a fill-in capacity.

    Hays joined KUPL in December 2017 as morning co-host alongside Tony Russell
    and Jake Byron before moving to middays in April 2020. She has also served
    as Music Director at KCTR-FM and afternoon host at CHR KKBR Billings MT
    under the name Jenn Parker. The Oregon native previously worked in
    promotions at Entercom Country “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ Portland and at CBS Radio’s 94.1 KMPS Seattle.



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    Isaiah Twitty Joins Wild 101 Boise As Program Director

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:05 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213549/isaiah-twitty-joins-wild-101-boise-as-program-director/


    Iliad Media Group Rhythmic CHR Wild 101 KWYD Parma/Boise ID has announced
    the addition of Isaiah Twitty as its new Program Director/afternoon host starting Monday, October 4.

    Twitty most recently served as APD and Social Media Director for NRG Medias Power 106.9 KOPW Omaha from 2015 until 2020. He has spent the past year as Social Media Manager for a Boise based ISP.

    He fills the Program Director position that had been held by JD Garfield
    until his relocation to Louisville at the end of August and the afternoon
    host role that most recently was being voicetracked by Lauren Lo Sessions
    out of Portland.

    Iliad Media Group has added Isaiah Twitty as Program Director/PM Drive for CHR/Rhythmic KWYD starting Monday, October 4th. Twitty previously worked
    with NRG Media (KOPW) in Omaha.

    James Garner, Regional Operations Manager said “Isaiah is an up and coming star in the industry. His passion for radio and fresh ideas make him the perfect addition to our team.”

    Twitty commented: “It’s a dream that has become a reality. I’m excited and
    honored to take the reins at Wild 101 and to be a part of this
    local-winning team.”

    Wild 101.1 recently added “Hey Morton” with Rick Morton to AM drive, with Nathan Fast (Middays) and now Isaiah Twitty (PM Drive)



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    Joe Bonadonna Moves To WZZO As Program Director

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:56 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213547/joe-bonadonna-moves-to-wzzo-as-program-director/


    iHeartMedia Rock 95.1 WZZO Bethlehem/Allentown PA has announced the
    addition of Joe Bonadonna as Program Director/afternoon host.

    Bonadonna has been with iHeartMedia since 2010 serving as PD of Classic
    Rock Big 105.9 WBGG-FM Miami and then PD of Hot Talk Radio 95.1 WAIO and News/Talk 1180 WHAM Rochester and Rock 92.5 WKGB Binghamton since. He also
    was National Classic Rock Brand Coordinator from 2010 to 2014 and again
    since 2016. He has also programmed Rock 93.3 KDKB and Classic Rock 100.7
    KSLX Phoenix and spent four years as Senior Director of Classic Rock programming for SiriusXM. He is best known for his 22 years at 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia from 1977 to 1999 including the final decade as Program
    Director.

    He will succeed longtime morning host Keith Moyer in the afternoon slot.
    Moyer, who celebrated his 33rd anniversary at WZZO today, moved from
    mornings to afternoons in March 2019 following the death of his longtime morning partner Kevin ‘The Bearman’ Schutts.

    95.1 ZZO, The Valley’s Rock Station, announced today that Joe Bonadonna has been named Program Director and Afternoon host for the station, effective immediately. Each weekday, Bonadonna will broadcast as afternoon host from
    3 7p.m.

    iHeartMedia has the leading consumer reach and influence across multiple platforms and delivers more live programming than any other media company.
    As Program Director for 95.1 ZZO, Bonadonna will direct and coordinate all on-air programming and promotions, and supervise all marketing, branding,
    and imaging. In this role, he will report to Craig Stevens, SVPP for iHeartMedia Allentown. In addition, he will continue to work with iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group on many of the company’s classic rock brands.

    “There are few names more legendary in rock radio than Joe Bonadonna,” said Jeff Hurley, Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group. “Pairing Joe’s incredible programming experience with 95.1 ZZO’s 40 plus years of rocking the Lehigh Valley is a match made in heaven.”

    “It is an incredible honor to have someone of Joe’s talent and pedigree to steward the Lehigh Valley’s heritage rocker, 95.1 ZZO,” said Brit Goldstein, Area President for iHeartMedia Pennsylvania. “Bringing Joe back
    to the area is incredibly exciting, and we are eager hear his voice and
    see his influence, elevating our brands to even greater heights.”

    Bonadonna is a legendary programmer and on-air talent in Southeast Pennsylvania, best known for his 22 years at WMMR in Philadelphia. He is a media veteran and throughout his career has held various programming roles
    at several top stations including NewsRadio WHAM 1180, WAIO-FM Radio 95-1,
    and WKGB-FM, as well as stints at WBGG-FM Miami, Sirius XM and Sandusky Broadcasting. He began his career at WLIR-FM and is a graduate of New York Institute of Technology.



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    The Game On The Move In Burlington/Plattsburgh

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:15 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213544/the-game-on-the-move-in-burlington-plattsburgh/


    Vox AM/FM is prepping a programming shuffle in Burlington VT/Plattsburgh NY.

    Sports 101.3 The Game WCPV Essex NY is promoting its move to 960 WEAV Plattsburgh NY and translators 97.1 W246DT Colchester VT and 105.9 W290AT Plattsburgh. The stations will continue to carry The Games lineup of the national Fox Sports Radio lineup plus play-by-play of the New England
    Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, and University of Vermont
    basketball and hockey.

    960 WEAV had been running a separate Sports format as 960 The Zone carrying
    CBS Sports Radio programming.

    No word on what is next for the 101.3 signal.



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    Fresh Listen: Miami 2021

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:00 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/ross/213453/fresh-listen-miami-2021/


    If radio is going to remain interesting, South Florida radio needs to be interesting. The music has to be different. The stations have to convey
    sense of place. When I last wrote about Miami’s CHRs four years ago as part of a “Virtual Road Trip,” we were coming out of the worst of Top 40’s late
    ‘10s malaise. For a few years, South Florida radio had not been much more interesting than anywhere else.

    Last week, on the heels of widespread corporate cutbacks, Cox’s WFLC (Hits 97.3) changed the market landscape again by segueing from CHR to “The
    Rhythm of Miami,” a Rhythmic Hot AC that lands somewhere between the
    current version of WKTU New York and the recently retooled WSTR (Star 94) Atlanta. Like WKTU, there’s still a strong recurrent component (and some currents). Like Star 94, there’s a lot of “oh wow” gold, although the era is considerably different. Star 94 goes back to ‘70s disco for a few
    titles. WFLC starts in the ‘90s.

    Even though Star 94 was Hot AC, its change effectively ended a three-way
    hit music war of attrition and ultimately helped the 6-plus numbers for Top
    40 WWWQ (Q100) (4.9 in the August PPM) and WWPW (Power 96.1) (4.0). In
    Miami, the CHR leader is iHeart’s WHYI (Y100) with a 3.8, followed by WFLC (2.6) and Audacy’s WPOW (Power 96) at a 2.0. Hits 97.3 hasn’t quite gotten out of CHR as much as becoming a gold-based CHR — something that is no
    longer an oxymoron in recent years. So it will be interesting to see how
    the landscape changes.

    Clearly, it was a good time to take not just a First Listen to Hits 97.3
    but to revisit the CHR battle. I also took a Fresh Listen to iHeart’s WMIA (Totally 93.9). That station became the test case for the all-’90s format
    in summer 2020. In August, it was flat at 1.6, in part because of Cox’s
    WFEZ (Easy 93.1) trying to control that music as well.

    Here’s the new Hits 97.3 just before 4 p.m. on Sept. 27. The station is currently running jockless through 5,000 songs in a row. (The sweeper says, “We tried to figure out how long that was, but math! Duh!”). Like WKTU, there’s still a pop component to the station. The version of “You Broke Me First” heard here is an uptempo remix, but “Lose You to Love Me” was not. (Later, there was a midtempo mix of Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade.”)

    Jennifer Lopez, “Ain’t It Funny”
    Kygo & Whitney Houston, “Higher Love”
    DJ Khalid f/Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
    Nelly, “Hot in Herre”
    Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
    Will Smith, “Miami”
    Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
    Usher f/Pitbull, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
    Maroon 5, “Lost”
    Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
    Tate McCrae, “You Broke Me First”
    LMFAO, “Party Rock Anthem”
    The Weeknd, “Save Your Tears”
    Adam Lambert, “Whataya Want from Me”
    Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, “One Kiss”
    Nico & Vinz, “Am I Wrong”
    Justin Bieber f/Daniel Caesar & Giveon, “Peaches”
    TLC, “No Scrubs”
    Selena Gomez, “Lose You to Love Me”


    Y100 MD/p.m. driver Drew Heyman’s “Poll the People” topic for the hour was
    “what happens when your boyfriend is ready to say ‘I love you’ before you are?” He was also talking about iHeart Radio’s upcoming “Fiesta Latino”;
    the station’s annual “Jingle Ball” lineup will be unveiled later this week. 

    Like most iHeart CHRs, Y100’s imaging has taken on a conversational/“observation comic” feel. Over the course of the hour, there were a few interesting brush strokes under PD Taylor Jukes:

    A promo for Harry Styles tickets talked about the challenges of parenting
    these days, but promised the opportunity to be “parent of the year” if you won.
    This rollover sweeper: “Like that feeling of getting a fresh set of nails. Feel good listening to Miami’s No. 1 hit music station. ‘Hey Google, play Y100 on iHeart Radio.’” I’ve bemoaned run-on imaging before, but this one managed to get station attitude, listener benefit, positioner, and call to action into eight seconds without sounding cluttered.
    Like other songs on the station, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Déjà Vu” was customized
    at the end. After years of “power intros,” we now effectively have “power extros” that get listeners’ attention when they’re most invested in the song. 


    Here’s Y100 just before 4 p.m.

    Rihanna, “Disturbia”
    Justin Bieber, “Ghost”
    Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Déjà Vu”
    Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
    Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera, “Moves Like Jagger”
    Doja Cat f/SZA, “Kiss Me More”
    Marshmello f/Jonas Brothers, “Leave Before You Love Me”
    The Weeknd, “Heartless”
    Dua Lipa, “Love Again”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Good 4 U”
    Sean Paul, “Temperature”
    Ed Sheeran, “Shivers”
    Bad Bunny f/Jhay Cortez, “Dakiti”
    The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay”
    Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
    Doja Cat, “Need to Know”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Traitor”


    On Power 96, 4 p.m. began with the station’s long-running Top 4 at 4 “Fourplay” countdown. Afternoons are now positioned as PD/p.m. driver “Mijo’s PM playlist.”  Mijo teased a trip giveaway to Audacy’s upcoming “We
    Can Survive” concert in Los Angeles. He also set up the Ckay f/Axel & DJ Yo song himself (as opposed to with a new-music sweeper) by talking about the song’s rise on Shazam and the popularity of Afrobeat.

    Wizkid f/Tems, “Essence”
    Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
    Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart” (#4 on Fourplay at 4)
    Shawn Mendes & Tainy, “Summer of Love” (#3)
    Farruko, “Pepas” (#2)
    Doja Cat, “Need to Know” (#1)
    The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay”
    Bad Bunny f/Jhay Cortez, “Dakiti”
    The Weeknd, “Take My Breath”
    Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
    Ckay f/Axel & DJ Yo!, “Love Nwantiti”
    Ariana Grande, “POV”
    Doja Cat f/SZA, “Kiss Me More”
    Olivia Rodrigo, “Déjà Vu”
    Fabolous, “Can’t Let You Go”
    Black Eyed Peas f/Saweetie & Lele Pons, “Hit It” (w/artist intro stager)


    Finally, here’s Totally 93.9 during the same hour. Market veteran DJ Laz
    was using the birth of Nick Cannon’s seventh child to ask listeners “how many kids are too many?” He was also soliciting requests for a TLC triple play to kick off 5 p.m., since the group was performing in Miami that
    night. WMIA was also giving away iHeart Fiesta Latino tickets. Musically
    the station has a more noticeable Hot AC/Modern AC component than at its launch, although as previously noted, that brings it closer to the station
    that Y100 was during the ‘90s.

    Faith Hill, “This Kiss”
    George Lamond, “Bad of the Heart”
    Cranberries, “Dreams”
    Mark Morrison, “Return of the Mack”
    Mariah Carey, “I Don’t Wanna Cry”
    Notorious B.I.G., “Big Poppa”
    Paula Cole, “I Don’t Want to Wait”
    Real McCoy, “Run Away”
    Vanilla Ice, “Ice Ice Baby”
    Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know”
    98 Degrees, “The Hardest Thing”
    Tag Team, “Whoomp! There It Is”
    TLC, “Waterfalls” (first of the TLC triple play)



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    WWIZ Makes Its Annual Early Christmas Move

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 10:10 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213537/wwiz-makes-its-annual-early-christmas-move/


    After being the first station to go all-Christmas the past two years,
    Cumulus Media Oldies Z104 103.9 WWIZ Middlesex PA/Youngstown OH did not
    meet reaching that accomplishment this year as it made its annual move to Christmas 104 at 12:25 this afternoon.

    WWIZ made its move with Percy Faith and His Orchestras “We Need a Little Christmas” as it plans to continue the holiday music through the end of the year.

    WWIZ was the first the make the move to Christmas music in 2020 on
    September 25. WWIZ was also first in 2019, but did not make the switch to Christmas 104 until October 25 that year. This year Great Eastern Radios pending acquisition 97.9 WXMS Au Sable NY/Burlington VT beat WWIZ by a few hours.

    CUMULUS MEDIA announces the launch today of Christmas 104 (WWIZ-FM), The Valley’s Christmas Station, an all-Christmas radio station bringing holiday cheer and the season’s best Christmas music to the Mahoning Valley.
    Christmas 104 debuted today at 12:25pm on WWIZ-FM, previously programmed as “Z104, The Valley’s Goodtime Oldies” station. “We Need a Little Christmas”
    by Percy Faith and His Orchestra kicked off the festive and familiar lineup
    of holiday tunes, which will run through year-end on WWIZ-FM.

     

    Bill Kelly, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Youngstown, said: “We simply want to lift people’s spirits and this is the best way we know how. Santa’s vaxxed and he’s ready to go!”

    Charley Connolly, Operations Manager, Cumulus Youngstown, added: “Even
    before Labor Day, we got calls and emails from people asking when we’re flipping. We’re just giving them what they’re asking for!”



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    Christmas Music Season Begins On The Appropriately Named WXMS

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 09:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213512/christmas-music-season-begins-on-the-appropriately-named-wxms/


    With Great Eastern Radio beginning its LMA of Classic Country 97.9 The
    Moose WXMS Au Sable NY/Burlington VT ahead of its purchase of the station,
    the station has become the first station to shift to Christmas Music for
    the 2021 holiday season.

    Billed as Champlain Valleys Holiday Music Station, 97.9 WXMS will run commercial-free through Christmas before debuting a BIG surprise present
    for your radio dial.

    This marks a later start to the Christmas music season than 2020, when “Z104” WWIZ Middlesex PA/Youngstown OH made the move on September 25. WWIZ was also first in 2019, but did not make the switch to Christmas 104 until October 25 that year.


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    Saga Surrenders Norfolk AM

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 06:46 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213522/saga-surrenders-norfolk-am/


    Saga Communications has surrendered the license for Oldies Joy 1230 WJYI Norfolk VA.

    WJYI has been operating via STA since September 2019 when the company demolished and rebuilt the tower that housed the AM and sister FM 99 WNOR Norfolk. Since that time the station has been utilizing a temporary
    vertical whip antenna with 157 watts as opposed to its licensed 630 watts.
    At the time of its last extension filing in March, Saga stated that the
    ground radial system was damaged during the construction of the new tower pausing installation of the folded unipole skirt antenna for the AM until
    the ground system was repaired.

    Since the STA period began, the station had been branding as Joy FM 98.7
    HD2. Saga also swapped the stations call letters in April, moving 1230s
    WJOI calls to their Joy 1340 in Milwaukee and bringing the WJYI calls to Norfolk.

    The station had signed on as WNOR in May of 1949. It had taken the WJOI
    call letters when it flipped to Adult Standards in 1999. Saga retains
    WNOR-FM and Classic Rock 106.9 The Fox WAFX Suffolk in the Norfolk market.


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    Station Sales Week Of 10/1

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:30 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213507/station-sales-week-of-10-1/


    A few months after acquiring Hot AC Winc 105 104.9 WKDV-FM Strasburg and
    105.5 WINC-FM Berryville VA for $225,000, Metro Radio Group is selling
    104.9 WKDV-FM to Point FM Ministries for $125,000. The buyer owns Christian
    AC 90.1 The Point WVRS Gore/Winchester VA.

    Burke Broadcasting sells Classic Hits 97.9 The Buzz WKZB Newton, News/Talk 102.1 WALT-FM Meridian, and Classic Country 105.7 The Legend WUCL De Kalb
    MS to Bryan Holladays Meridian Media Group LLC for the assumption of the remainder of the $450,000 note due to Holladays uncle Robert Holladays New South Communications. The buyer currently serves as General Manager of his father Clay Holladays Gulf South Communications in Dothan AL. Clay owns a competing four station cluster in Meridian.

    Justin Fluke will gain 100% control of KNZA Inc. by purchasing Gregory
    Busers 51% stake and the Robert B. Hilton and Kay L. Hilton Trusts 41%
    stake of the company for a combined $1,813,878. KNZA Inc. owns Oldies 1230 KTNC/107.1 K296HK Falls City NE, Full Service Country 92.1 KMZA Seneca KS, Country 93.7 KAIR-FM Horton KS, AC Sunny 101.3 KLZA Falls City, and Full Service Country 103.9 KNZA Hiawatha KS,

    Educational Media Foundation purchases 88.7 KEZF Grants NM from Vic
    Michaels Cedar Cove Broadcasting for $160,000.

    Dockins Broadcast Group purchases Country C106.1 KWKZ Charleston/Cape
    Girardeau MO from Anderson Broadcasting Company for $415,000.

    GFR Inc. sells Oldies 101.7 WTID Graceville FL to Radio Training Network
    for $250,000.

    Weatherford Community College District purchases Chuck-FM 88.5 KMQX
    Weatherford and 102.5 K273CP Mineral Wells TX from CSSI Non-Profit
    Educational Broadcasting for $500,000.

    After its license was surrendered and quickly restored, Portsmouth Abbey
    School sells 90.7 WJHD Portsmouth RI to Rhode Island Public Radio for $7500.

    Talking Information Center sells 88.5 WRRS Middleborough Center MA to
    Academy of the Immaculate for $85,000. The buyer owns Catholic 88.5 WPMW Bayview/New Bedford MA.
    Translator Sales

    In addition to the purchase of KEZF, Educational Media Foundation also purchases 90.7 K214DN Cave Creek/Phoenix from Cedar Cove Broadcasting for $160,000 and 103.1 K276GG Colorado Springs CO from Michaels Mountain
    Community Translators for the same $160,000.

    Crawford Broadcasting sells 97.5 K248DD Portland OR to Kris Bennett Broadcasting for $50,000. The buyers own Adult RB 1480 KBMS Vancouver WA/Portland, but the sale document lists they will rebroadcast Educational Media Foundations 97.9 KLVP Aloha on the translator.

    Friends of Public Radio sells 98.9 W255BZ and 102.3 W272CV Myrtle Beach SC
    to Colonial Radio Group for $80,000. The two translators currently
    rebroadcast Public News/Talk 91.3 WHQR Wilmington NC, but will be utilized
    to rebroadcast Colonials Carolina Country 900 WNMB North Myrtle Beach.


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    KREF Programming Expands To Lawton's KKRX

    Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213525/kref-programming-expands-to-lawtons-kkrx/


    After iHeartMedia partnered with Metro Radio Groups 1400 KREF Norman OK in August to launch 94.7 The Ref KREF-FM Oklahoma City, the stations
    programming is quickly expanding statewide.

    iHeartMedia began simulcasting the local programming of KREF on 1430 The
    Buzz KTBZ Tulsa in mid-September, and today the programming launches on
    Mollman Medias 1380 The Ticket KKRX Lawton.

    KKRX, which had been airing CBS Sports Radio programming around the clock,
    will now carry KREFs lineup from 6am to 6pm including Toby Rowland from
    6-9am, Chris Plank 9am-12pm, Mike Steely 12-2pm, and “The Rush” with Teddy Lehman and Tyler McComas from 2-6pm. KKRX also carries Oklahoma University
    and Army football and Oklahoma City Thunder basketball.

    Mollman Media is proud to welcome ‘The Ref’ to southwest Oklahoma on KKRX, 1380 ‘The Ticket’.

    This locally produced Sports/Talk format can be heard from 6a to 6p, Monday through Friday. 1380, The Ticket is home to Army Black Knights Football as well as OU Sooners and Oklahoma City Thunder basketball. 1380, The Ticket
    is extremely excited to host the voice of the Sooners, Toby Rowland each weekday morning. Additional hosts are TJ Perry and Chris Plank, Josh
    Helmer, Mike Steely, Parker Thune and Butkus Award winner Teddy Lehman with Chad McKee.

    It’s an exciting time for Sports/Talk radio enthusiasts! Listen throughout Lawton/Ft. Sill and north Texas, through the iHeart app or at
    TheTicket1380.com

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