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Jane Matenaer Departs WTMJ's Wisconsin's Morning News

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 02:53 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/232050/jane-matenaer-departs-wtmjs-wisconsins-morning-news/



After seven years co-anchoring Wisconsins Morning News on Good Karma Brands News/Talk 620 WTMJ Milwaukee, Jane Matenaer exited the station following
todays broadcast.

Matenaer joined WTMJ in 2015 after five years in mornings at AC B93.3 WLDB
and 25 years at 99.1 The Mix WMYX. She told listeners this morning that she gave notice to the station a couple weeks ago and does not plan to retire.
She told the Milwaukee Business Journal that shes looking at some options
but will be staying in media, I’m so not qualified for so many things that
I will say I’m looking forward to continuing in media in a fashion.

My last day at WTMJ! (Mad love and respect to my very talented
colleagues!) https://t.co/MZvQj410u5

- Jane Matenaer (@janematenaer) July 8, 2022




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Latino Media Network Acquisition Of Eighteen Univision Stations Filed With
FCC

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 02:00 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227505/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets/



The $60 million sales of eighteen stations from TelevisaUnivision to Latino Media Network has been filed with the FCC.

The new company is structured with co-founders Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto owning 55.5 and 37 percent of the company respectively.
Maria Contreras-Sweet, Monica Lozano, Tom Chavez, Eva Longoria, Albert Cardenas, and Juleyka Lantguua will each hold 1% stakes and Henry Muñoz, Christy Haubagger, and Luis Ubiñas will each own 0.5% stakes.

The deal is structured to have two closings. 1280 WADO New York will be
held separately with $5 million of the purchase price held in escrow until
that separate acquisition closes later due to dredging being done by the Environmental Protection Agency around the stations tower site. If the WADO closing does not take place within 9 months of the closing of the other stations, either party has the option to pull that station from the deal.

Some form of LMA is included in the deal, but has not been included in the publicly filed documents for the acquisition.

Original Report 6/3: Latino Media Network, a new media company founded by social entrepreneurs Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto and
backed by several Latino luminaries has announced it will acquire TelevisaUnivisions radio properties in ten markets for $60 million.

The deal includes eighteen stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, McAllen, Fresno, and Las Vegas.

The stations included in the deal are:

New York Spanish News/Talk 1280 WADO
Los Angeles Spanish News/Talk 1020 KTNQ
Chicago Spanish Sports TUDN 1200 WRTO
Dallas Spanish Sports TUDN 1270 KFLC Benbrook and Regional Mexican 99.1
Zona MX KFZO Denton
Houston Spanish Sports TUDN 1010 KLAT
Miami Spanish News/Talk Radio Mambi 710 WAQI and Spanish Sports TUDN 1140
WQBA
San Antonio Tejano 1350 KXTN
Las Vegas Spanish CHR Latino Mix 99.3 KRGT Sunrise Manor, Regional Mexican Zona MX 103.5 KISF Las Vegas, and Spanish Sports TUDN 870 KLSQ Whitney
Fresno Spanish AC Amor 92.1 KRDA Clovis, Spanish Oldies 107.5 La Jefa KOND Hanford, and Regional Mexican 107.9 Zona MX KLLE North Fork

McAllen Spanish Sports TUDN 1530 KGBT Harlingen, Spanish Oldies Recuerdo
96.1 KBTQ, and Regional Mexican La Jefa 98.5 KGBT-FM McAllen



Univision will retain its other stations in those markets plus its stations
in Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Austin. The company recently announced a deal to divest their radio properties in Puerto Rico.

Today, Latino Media Network (LMN), a media company focused on content
creation, talent incubation, and distribution across multiple platforms announced its formation. Founded by social entrepreneurs Stephanie Valencia
and Jess Morales Rocketto and backed by several Latino luminaries, they
also announced their first major deal with Univision to acquire a set of
radio assets to reach nearly a third of the US Latino population.

In one of the largest capital raises of a Latina owned & operated startup
in the U.S with over $80m in capital raised from a diverse set of
investors, Latino Media Network will be a media company serving the Latino community, owned by Latinos for Latinos. Its mission is to help Latinos
make sense of the world and their place in it by inspiring, informing and celebrating Hispanics through an audio focused multimedia network. The
network will embrace cultural pride by telling Latino stories, addressing community concerns and talking about opportunities for a better future.

Board members, investors and advisors include:

Maria Elena Salinas: Award winning journalist and author, including
co-anchor of Univisions evening news for more than 30 years. Principal MES Mult-Media LLC.
Eva Longoria: Director, Actor, Activist, Philanthropist and Businesswoman.
CEO and Founder, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Founder, Casa del Sol
Tequila.
Dr. Eduardo Padron: Dr. Eduardo Padrón: President Emeritus, Miami Dade College; Strategic Corporate Advisor; Board, Urban Institute. Recipient of
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Al Cardenas: Board member Coral Gables Trust Co., Investor and Treasurer, American Business Immigration Coalition; former long time Chair of the Republican Party of Florida, and former Chair of the American Conservative Union.
Maria Contreras Sweet: Co-Founder Pro-America Bank; former US Administrator
of the Small Business Administration; former Secretary of Business and Transportation for the State of California.
Monica Lozano: Former publisher and CEO of La Opinión and CEO of its parent company, ImpreMedia, LLC. Currently board of Walt Disney Corporation,
Apple, Inc. and Target Corporation.
Henry R. Muñoz III: An American activist, business leader, designer & philanthropist. He has launched national movements including Momento
Latino, TheDream.US and Latino Victory to support the Latino community
through awareness, college funding and electoral support.
Luis Ubiñas: Investor, advisor, and corporate board member. Former
President Ford Foundation, Senior Partner McKinsey and Company. Current corporate director at AT&T, Chairman, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.
Tom Castro: Founder and CEO El Dorado Capital: radio entrepreneur,
investor, and corporate director. Has bought and sold over 50 radio
stations serving the Latino community. Currently on the boards of Neilsen
and Cumulus Media. Former Director of Time Warner.
Juleyka Lantigua: Founder/CEO, LWC Studios: Peabody-nominated audio
creator, former NPR, Atlantic Media, and Random House.
Tom Chavez: Hi-tech entrepreneur, author and co-founder of super{set}, a startup studio that builds and funds software companies.
Christy Haubegger: Founder, Latina magazine and current Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer and Head of Marketing & Communications, at WarnerMedia.
Alicia Bassuk: Founder of Ubica Leadership Strategies, advising senior executives including public, private and nonprofit sectors, and
championship sports franchises globally. Bassuk is a partner and investor
in several ventures, including Kinzie Capital Partners and Core Innovation Capital.
Jess Morales Rocketto: Chief of Moonshot Strategies at Equis. Co-Founder of Families Belong Together, Poderistas, and Supermajority. Formerly National Domestic Workers Alliance, Hillary for America, Obama for America.
Stephanie Valencia: Co-Founder and President at Equis. Co-founder of Poderistas, Latino Talent Initiative, The Latina Collective, and Latinos44. Formerly Google, Obama White House, United States Congress.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Fletcher Heald, and Herrera Arellano all advised on the deal.


To coincide with its launch, LMN also announced that they have signed a definitive agreement with TelevisaUnivision to purchase 18 radio stations
in 10 cities from coast to coast in a $60 million all cash deal. This deal
is one of the largest single acquisitions of stations by a Latino owned and operated company in history.

LMN has secured equity investments from leading Latino investors, and debt financing for the acquisition from Lakestar Finance LLC, an investment
entity affiliated with Soros Fund Management LLC.

“As Latinos drive population growth in the United States they continue to navigate the ocean of information on what is happening in the world and
their place in it. With minority media on the decline, now is the time to
be investing in more resources to create content for Latinos by Latinos. Through the unique combination of creative content and new and existing
media platforms to serve our community, we can embrace cultural pride and collectively empower Latinos,” said LMN Founder Stephanie Valencia. “I want to thank TelevisaUnivision for the great work they have done building these stations in Latino communities and entrusting us to grow them moving forward.”

“Our company, and these stations, are for our community,” said LMN Founder Jess Morales Rocketto. “We believe in the power and reach of radio and it remains a main source of media for a significant number of our community.
We hope to create relevant content for radio and other audio platforms with content that our community can trust and rely on. Latino Media Network is
going to ensure that the Latino community continues to be served with the
news and information that local communities deserve.”

“This is such an exciting day for the media landscape,” said Eva Longoria. “My mission is to tell and amplify all of our community’s stories so the world can see the joy, the power, and the heart of our community in ways
that are still all too rare. Media can make a difference and real change in
our world. I’m so proud to be a part of Latino Media Network as together we will ensure that our media includes narratives that uplift our voices.”

“Stephanie and Jess have lined up a truly impressive network of supporters and capital behind their creative vision,” said LMN Board Member Luis Ubiñas. “LMN has the financial resources to not just close the TelevisaUnivision deal, but to build on it to create a nationwide network.”

“Latino journalism is essential because it is critical that we tell our own stories and provide a platform for diverse Latino voices,” said Maria Elena Salinas. “I am proud to be involved with Stephanie and Jess on such a
unique project dedicated to informing and empowering our community and
focusing on issues that matter to them.”

“In an era of ever growing media consolidation Latino media ownership is essential,” said Monica Lozano. “It is groundbreaking for a Latina startup to raise this much capital to ensure that these local radio stations
continue to serve their communities.”

The 18 stations in the deal are a combined set of AM and FM stations in the largest US markets, and 8 of the top 10 Latino markets, reaching 33% of
U.S. Latinos: LA, NYC, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio,
McAllen, Fresno, and Las Vegas. These stations primarily consist of sports, entertainment and music programming.

Transition of the stations will happen following FCC approval and a one
year transition agreement between TelevisaUnivision and Latino Media
Network, which is expected to conclude in Q4 of 2023. LMN is in the process
of recruiting outstanding talent and will make an announcement about the
senior management team later this year. LMN intends to retain current TelevisaUnivision employees who work at the stations included in this acquisition.

More about The Founders/Majority Owners:

Stephanie Valencia is a social entrepreneur, public servant, and author.
She is the founder of Equis and has held leadership roles in tech,
philanthropy and government. She has successfully founded and grown a
number of organizations. A native of the border community of Las Cruces,
New Mexico, Stephanie has been serving the Latino community for decades. Stephanie is a passionate mentor and has worked to increase the Latino
talent pipeline in multiple industries, supporting many Latinos in the
public and private sectors.

Jess Morales Rocketto is a social entrepreneur and civil society leader.
She is Chief of Moonshots at Equis and has spent her career fighting for workers and women of color at civil society and political organizations. A native of Norwalk, California, Jess is most proud of her work to reunite children separated from their families at the border.


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Domain Insight 7/8: Who's About To Go After WJJK?

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 07:32 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/netgnomes/231997/domain-insight-7-8-whos-about-to-go-after-wjjk/



Cumulus Medias Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK Indianapolis is about to get a competitor.
This content is for Premium Annual and Premium Monthly members only. Visit
the site and log in/register to read.


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The Return of the Lost Factor

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 07:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/blogs/230741/the-return-of-the-lost-factor/



Classic Hits radio is a different place than it was two years ago. The ’70s have been whittled down even further. Some stations are pushing into the
2000s in a way that not only obscures the difference between Classic and
Adult Hits, but between Classic Hits and Mainstream AC. KRTH (K-Earth 101)
Los Angeles is starting to play “California Love.” Streaming is threatening to usurp radio as the leader of the past, and has propelled “Running Up
That Hill” by Kate Bush back on to the charts to prove it.

But without a sync as phenomenal as “Running Up That Hill,” songs continue to move relatively slowly in and out of the public consciousness. This
week, I returned to the Lost Factor, a series of calculations that began
two years ago to determine what songs had travelled the furthest between
hit and obscurity in the time since they made Billboard’s Top 100 Hits of their respective year. 

In updating our original calculations, I chose 1983 for a few reasons: 

I began the Lost Factor with 1982 more than two years ago. In that time,
much of the music from the first half of the year feels more like a
holdover from a previous era than ever;
1984 is considered the epicenter of Top 40’s ’80s heyday by many, but it is the year that was featured last weekend on syndicated reruns of American
Top 40, meaning that songs on the chart this week would have an atypical
boost. (You will see the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death figure into this week’s calculations, although only one song appears to be
significantly changed.)
1983 was a beloved year. It also gives me a chance to look at one song
whose fortunes you would expect to change, Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie,” propelled back into prominence by Stranger Things, but not at the same level as Bush.


I wanted to include “Pass the Dutchie” because this year’s fluctuations in
spin count are actually the precursor to another column using 1983 data,
“The Lost Factor vs. Streaming.” With relatively glacial changes in airplay for 1983’s Top 100 hits over the last two years, we’ll instead compare those songs to on-demand streams for the same week — to see which songs
might have eluded normal radio decision-making, and also to what extent
radio is still setting the agenda for our musical memories.

I also chose 1983 because it is the year used in last year’s AT40 vs. the Lost Factor, but it’s not a year I’ve profiled individually before. For the first time, I’m showing Lost Factor ratings for an entire year’s Top 100 so that you can see the year-to-year movement, or relative lack thereof.  

As always, the Lost Factor formula is determined by assigning points to
each song on the year-end chart and dividing those by BDSradio spins over
the last seven days for the U.S. and Canada. A song can have a low Lost
Factor because it remains heavily played, but some modestly spun songs that weren’t as big to begin with can also have a lower Lost Factor. While you
can make a case for recalculating Lost Factor against a longer period, our seven-day numbers have been surprisingly stable over the years.

Soft pop has always been vulnerable to the lost factor, and those are the
songs showing the greatest percentage loss of spins since 2022: Lionel Richie’s “Truly,” Laura Branigan’s “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,”
and Dionne Warwick’s “Heartbreaker” are the top three, despite Warwick’s
improved currency. The Soft AC radio resurgence of the last five years has boosted some titles, but those not chosen are falling away faster.

There’s also been a falloff in some early-’80s “corporate rock” titles. The
’80s are still the center lane of Classic Hits, but there’s enough Guns ‘N’
Roses and Bon Jovi that some early-’80s rock is starting to fall away, such as “Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring, which has the greatest loss in number of spins. The No. 2 declining song is “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye, a song that does indeed feel like it was more of an AC and Classic Hits
library staple two years ago (or five years ago) than today.

We’ve always used 1.0 as the dividing line between “lost” — songs receiving
disproportionately low airplay to their hit status at the time – and “not lost.” Six songs have crossed the line over 1.0 in the last two years:

Asia, “Don’t Cry” (1.0)
Greg Kihn Band, “Jeopardy” (1.0)
Adam Ant, “Goody Two Shoes” (1.1)
Patti Austin & James Ingram, “Baby Come to Me” (1.1)
Sergio Mendes, “Never Gonna Let You Go” (1.3)
Styx, “Mr. Roboto” (1.3)


As for “Pass the Dutchie,” there is a noticeable change in its fortunes over the last two years, although maybe not as much as you’d expect from a song that streamed on the same level as some current hits last week. “Pass The Dutchie” was already under 1.0 because of low year-end points, but it gained only about 20 spins this week over our comparable week in 2020.

Here’s how the Top 100 songs of 1983 changed over a two-year period. Join
us here next time for The Lost Factor vs. Streaming.
2020 Rank 2022 Rank Artist Title 2022 Factor 2022 Spins 2 1 Styx Don't Let
It End 21 2 3 2 Quarterflash Take Me to Heart 18 1 4 3 Shalamar Dead
Giveaway 15 1 1 4 Laura Branigan Solitaire 14 3 11 5 Laura Branigan How Am
I Supposed to Live Without You 13 3 7 6 Little River Band The Other Guy 12
3 9 7 Toto I Won't Hold You Back 11 3 10 8 Rick Springfield Affair of the
Heart 9 5 8 9 Frank Stallone Far From Over 8 6 10 Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band Shame on the Moon 7 13 21 11 Lionel Richie Truly 5 10 5 12 Hall &
Oates Family Man 5 7 16 13 Christopher Cross All Right 4 7 15 14 Frida I
Know There's Something Going On 4 23 28 15 Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
We've Got Tonight 3 18 26 16 Kenny Loggins Heart to Heart 3 10 27 17 Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker 3 8 20 18 Moving Pictures What About Me 3 5 25 19 Hall
& Oates One on One 3 24 17 20 Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle You and I 2 37
14 21 Billy Joel Allentown 2 25 19 22 Stray Cats (She's) Sexy + 17 2 8 18
23 Men at Work It's a Mistake 2 12 12 24 Men at Work Overkill 2 24 29 25 Culture Club I'll Tumble 4 Ya 2 13 24 26 Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination 2 39 22 27 Taco Puttin' on the Ritz 2 43 13 28 Michael Jackson
& Paul McCartney The Girl Is Mine 2 32 36 29 Styx Mr. Roboto 1 57 30 30
Duran Duran Is There Something I Should Know? 1 36 42 31 Sérgio Mendes
Never Gonna Let You Go 1 67 35 32 Patti Austin & James Ingram Baby, Come to
Me 1 82 23 33 Jackson Browne Lawyers in Love 1 13 34 34 Adam Ant Goody Two-Shoes 1 47 41 35 Greg Kihn Band Jeopardy 1 80 40 36 Asia Don't Cry 1 3
39 37 Air Supply Making Love Out of Nothing at All 0.7 50 33 38 Stray Cats Stray Cat Strut 0.7 87 38 39 Kinks Come Dancing 0.6 58 32 40 Culture Club
Time (Clock of the Heart) 0.6 105 43 41 Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science 0.6 127 37 42 Lionel Richie My Love 0.5 53 31 43 Champaign Try
Again 9.5 31 53 44 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack Tonight, I Celebrate My
Love 0.5 10 45 45 Earth, Wind & Fire Fall in Love with Me 0.5 2 44 46 Sammy Hagar Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy 0.5 48 47 47 After The Fire Der
Kommissar 0.4 158 52 48 David Bowie China Girl 0.4 89 48 49 Eric Clapton
I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart 0.4 16 49 50 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes Up Where We Belong 0.4 175 59 51 Joe Jackson Breaking Us in Two 0.4 5 50 52 Pretenders Back on the Chain Gang 0.4 194 46 53 Kajagoogoo Too Shy 0.3 147
51 54 Lionel Richie You Are 0.3 223 60 55 Billy Joel Tell Her About It 0.3
212 57 56 DeBarge All This Love 0.3 91 61 57 Stevie Nicks Stand Back 0.2
240 62 58 Joe Jackson Steppin' Out 0.2 87 71 59 Golden Earring Twilight
Zone 0.2 436 56 60 Naked Eyes Promises, Promises 0.2 213 63 61 Michael
Sembello Maniac 0.2 533 67 62 Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
0.2 525 58 63 Donna Summer She Works Hard for the Money 0.2 503 64 64 Toni Basil Mickey 0.2 392 54 65 Stephen Bishop It Might Be You 0.2 37 66 66
Bryan Adams Straight from the Heart 0.2 187 69 67 Don Henley Dirty Laundry
0.2 349 68 68 Tubes She's a Beauty 0.1 342 55 69 Musical Youth Pass the
Dutchie 0.1 84 65 70 Loverboy Hot Girls in Love 0.1 220 78 71 Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing 0.1 593 72 72 Men Without Hats The Safety Dance 0.1 600 70
73 Laura Branigan Gloria 0.1 450 77 74 David Bowie Let's Dance 0.09 841 75
75 Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart 0.09 983 76 76 Irene Cara
Flashdance ... What a Feeling 0.09 1057 73 77 Eddy Grant Electric Avenue
0.09 862 74 78 Madness Our House 0.09 527 79 79 Dexys Midnight Runners Come
On Eileen 0.08 1049 81 80 Hall & Oates Maneater 0.06 1450 83 81 Prince
Little Red Corvette 0.06 1207 84 82 Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf 0.06
1387 82 83 Michael Jackson Beat It 0.06 1727 86 84 Phil Collins You Can't
Hurry Love 0.05 1234 87 85 Men at Work Down Under 0.05 1950 88 86 Clash
Rock the Casbah 0.05 1065 85 87 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 0.04 2216 80 88 Elton John I'm Still Standing 0.04 643 92 89 Journey Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) 0.04 1758 90 90 Toto Africa 0.03 2268 91 91 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams
(Are Made of This) 0.03 2683 89 92 Police Every Breath You Take 0.03 3025
93 93 Prince 1999 0.03 1818 95 94 Michael Jackson Wanna Be Startin'
Somethin' 0.03 1076 94 95 Naked Eyes Always Something There to Remind Me
0.03 1906 96 96 Michael Jackson Human Nature 0.01 625 98 97 Journey
Faithfully 0.01 1551 97 98 Spandau Ballet True 0.01 777 99 99 Tom Petty & Heartbreakers You Got Lucky 0.01 374 100 100 Def Leppard Photograph 0.007
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Nick Wilson Joins 92.3 The Fan As Afternoon Co-Host

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 05:37 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/231972/nick-wilson-joins-92-3-the-fan-as-afternoon-co-host/



Audacy Sports 92.3 The Fan WKRK-FM Cleveland Heights OH has announced that
Nick Wilson will return to the station to co-host afternoons with Dustin
Fox.

Wilson joins the station after four years in middays at Radio Ones 610 WFNZ/92.7 WFNZ-FM Charlotte. Prior to going to Charlotte, he spent seven
years at WKRK-FM as an update anchor and then evening host.

Wilson will take the slot held by Adam The Bull Gerstenhaber from 2011
until April 1.

Carman and Lima: Nick Wilson returns to Cleveland to host Afternoon Drive
on The Fan with Dustin Fox https://t.co/6GEGH5pOeR

- 92.3 The Fan (@923TheFan) July 8, 2022



Audacy announced the return of on-air personality Nick Wilson to 92.3 The
Fan (WKRK-FM) in Cleveland. Wilson will join the station’s afternoon show alongside co-host Dustin Fox weekdays from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET
beginning July 18. Wilson previously served as one of the station’s evening hosts from 2015 to 2018.

“Having Nick back in Cleveland to rejoin our lineup is a great moment for
the Fan, the radio home of the Browns and the most local sports talk in Cleveland,” said Tom Herschel, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy Cleveland.

“Leaving Cleveland was an impossible decision four years ago,” said Wilson. “Its an honor to be rejoining 92.3 The Fan. Afternoon drive in Cleveland is hallowed ground, and I cant think of a better person to team up with than Dustin Fox. I cant thank Tom Herschel, Andy Roth and the entire leadership group at Audacy Cleveland enough for making my dreams come true again.”

Wilson, an Akron, OH native and Bowling Green State University graduate, rejoins 92.3 The Fan after spending the last four years as an on-air host
for WFNZ in Charlotte. During his first stint with the station from 2015 to 2018, Wilson was a part-time anchor before rising to host the “The Nick Wilson Experiment” each weeknight. In 2016, he helped Cleveland sports fans celebrate the NBA championship all night long.


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Station Sales Week Of 7/7

Posted: 08 Jul 2022 04:30 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/231851/station-sales-week-of-7-7/



Frank Iorios Pittsburgh Radio Partners is purchasing Butler County Radio Network for $1.8 million.

Iorio, who sold 1320 WJAS/99.1 W256DE Pittsburgh in 2020, and previously
owned stations across Western Pennsylvania and Louisville KY, will now add
Full Service Classic Hits 680 WISR/107.5 W298CW, Country 1050 WBUT/97.3
W247DF, and The Rock Station 97.7 WLER-FM Butler. The stations serve the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh.


Abel De Lunas Luna Foods is purchasing Regional Mexican El Patron 1460 KRRS/94.7 K234DD Santa Rosa and 105.7 K289AS Cotati and La Z 1490 KZNB
Petaluma CA from Ambrosio Vigils California Broadcasting Company for
$175,000 and 500 minutes worth of advertising for the concerts promoted by
the seller. An LMA will take effect on August 1. As part of the deal, KRRS
will enter into a $1500 per month tower lease with right of first refusal
to purchase the land, while the contract notes that KZNBs tower land is for sale and Luna agrees to assume the risk of the continuance and availability
of the site. Luna Foods also owns 107.5 K298AZ Santa Rosa, which
rebroadcasts KZNB.


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KGJX Hits A New Junction

Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:39 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/231858/kgjx-hits-a-new-junction/



Grand Junction Media has completed the evolution of Oldies Junkyard 101.5
KGJX Fruita/Grand Junction CO to 80s/90s based Classic Hits Junction 101.5.

The station is now positioning as Totally 80s and 90s with the syndicated Murphy, Sam Jodi in mornings. Cluster Production Director Gary Michaels
hosts middays and Operations Manager Scott Staley anchors afternoons.

KGJX had rebranded from Redrock 101.5 to Junkyard in April 2019 when it
moved to a locally originated playlist. It began shifting its playlist
towards Classic Hits in the spring of 2020 and then rebranded as Junction 101.5.


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Cadillac Jack Gets Y'd Awake In Pittsburgh

Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:14 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/231816/cadillac-jack-gets-yd-awake-in-pittsburgh/



Audacy Country Y108 107.9 WDSY Pittsburgh has announced the addition of Tom ‘Cadillac Jack’ Kapsalis to the stations morning show alongside Maria D’Antonio and Kristen Buccigrossi.

Kapsalis takes the slot that had been held by Stoney Richards until his departure at the end of 2021. He joins WDSY after a brief four month stint
as APD/morning host at Sun Broadcasting Country Hell Yeah 93.7 WHEL Fort
Myers. He also has hosted mornings at 100.7 WITL Lansing MI, was APD/midday host at Audacys 99.5 WYCD Detroit from 2018-2020, APD/afternoon host at
99.5 WQYK Tampa, and has worked at WWWW Detroit, KCYE Las Vegas, WXTU Philadelphia, and WMZQ Washington DC during his career.

Audacy welcomes country radio veteran Cadillac Jack to Y108 (WDSY-FM) in Pittsburgh. He will join “Y’d Awake” alongside co-hosts Kristen and Maria weekdays beginning July 11.

“Cadillac Jack brings an energy and engagement that country fans in Pittsburgh will love,” said Michael Spacciapolli, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy Pittsburgh. “As Y108 continues to grow as a leading county outlet on a variety of platforms, welcoming a talent like Cadillac
will add to our evolution and growth.”

“I am beyond excited to join Audacy and Y108 in Pittsburgh,” said Cadillac Jack. “It’s a great opportunity to be in an incredible city with amazing staff and work for this incredible company.”

Cadillac Jack is a multiple-time nominee for the Academy of Country Music’s “On-Air Personality of the Year” and CMA’s “Broadcast Personality of the
Year” awards. He was most recently morning personality and assistant
program director for WHEL-FM in Ft. Myers, FL. Prior to that, he served as morning personality and assistant brand manager for WITL-FM in Lansing, MI. Additional career stops include country stations in Philadelphia, Las
Vegas, Tampa and Audacys 99.5 WYCD (WYCD-FM) in Detroit.


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WEXP Relaunches As Americana Mud Radio

Posted: 07 Jul 2022 06:14 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/231805/wexp-relaunches-as-americana-mud-radio/



Radio Vermonts Woodchuck Radio LLCs 101.5 WEXP Brandon/Rutland has returned
to operations as Americana Mud Radio.

The Rutland Herald reports that the station is being operated by Chip
Morgan, who also runs Sun Signals AAA Farm Fresh Radio 102.9 WCLX Westport NY/Burlington VT. Morgan describes the new format as, ‘The roots of
American music. We’re describing it as a locally hand-curated mix of Americana, which will include rock, folk, blues and great old country
classics. It’s a real cool mix of different songs you wouldn’t think would be played together. It’s music designed for people who like music, not
people who only like hair metal bands or who only like classic rock.” The station launched its new brand on July 4 after stunting over the holiday weekend with patriotic music.

WEXP went silent in July 2021 as its license was transferred from Music
Guild International back to previous owner Woodchuck Radio to resolve a
lawsuit after Music Guild International defaulted on its purchase payments. Music Guild International acquired WEXP in November 2019 for $275,000. That programming station went online only after being unable to make payments
after they lost one of their primary donors to a cancer diagnosis.

The new Mud Radio has no web presence but is streaming here.


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Dave Tepper Joins KOA As Program Director

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 04:56 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230006/dave-tepper-joins-koa-as-program-director/



iHeartMedia has announced the addition of Dave Tepper as Program Director
of News/Talk/Sports 850 KOA Denver/94.1 K231AA Boulder/94.1 K231BQ Golden.

Tepper joins iHeartMedia from KSE Media where he served as Operations
Manager and Program Director of Sports Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 KKSE-FM Broomfield/Denver and Sports Betting 950 KKSE Parker since August 2018. He
has previously served as Operations Manager for NRG Media Omaha, Program Director for ESPN 97.5 KFNC Houston, and host at ESPN Austin and 97.1
Free-FM KLSX and 790 KABC Los Angeles.

Tepper will also be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the
Colorado Rockies and Denver Broncos radio networks. He fills the position created by the exits of Greg Foster and Tim Spence last month.

iHeartMedia announced today that Dave Tepper has been named Program
Director for KOA 850 AM and 94.1 FM, Colorados News, Talk Sports Station, effective immediately. iHeartMedia Denver has a strong cross-platform
presence and includes a number of iconic brands and franchises — both

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