Audio Ink

iHeartMedia has announced a slate of new voice assistant and automotive integrations for its free iHeartRadio app. The initiatives include several partnerships to integrate iHeartRadio content onto in-dash infotainment displays as well as one to build out an iHeart-specific voice-powered smart assistant.

Woodward Communications has relaunched its Green Bay adult contemporary station WKZG with an alternative rock format. The station, which now carries the call letters WFZZ (104.3 FM), stunted with a playlist consisting solely of parody songs from "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Norfolk State University's WNSB (91.1 FM) has launched a new morning show. The Fresh Start Morning Show features DJ Bee and Cheryl Wilkerson, who have a collective five decades of broadcast experience, along with graduate students Braxton Harris and Sam Burwell.

A radio station in American Samoa is getting some local attention from a Southern California newspaper. Adult top 40 station KKHJ (93.1 FM) in Pago Pago took on its call letters more than two decades ago as a tribute to Los Angeles station KHJ (930 AM).

Public radio station KUTX (98.9 FM) in Austin is celebrating its 10th year as a full-power broadcaster. The music station launched in January 2013 after sister-station KUT (90.5 FM) became a full-time news and information outlet.

SiriusXM has revealed its slate of New Year's-related programming, including several concerts and limited-engagement channels that will help listeners usher in 2023. The New Year's holiday specials will be available to subscribers of both SiriusXM's satellite and streaming radio services.

SiriusXM says its satellite and streaming radio subscribers will be able to celebrate the New Year's holiday with Lizzo when it debuts a limited engagement channel dedicated to the singer-songwriter on Saturday. Lizzo Radio will air on SiriusXM Channel 14.

Taylor Swift is known for topping the charts with her catchy pop and country songs somewhat rooted in her personal relationships and now, those songs have helped Swift become the first artist to top Billboard's Radio Songs chart across the span of three consecutive decades.

On Tuesday, the Woodward Communications-owned station WKZG (104.3 FM) in Green Bay announced the adoption of the "Weird Al Radio" branding, with a playlist full of the parody musician's remixes of popular songs from the last three decades.

SiriusXM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) are teaming up to help kids track Santa Claus as he delivers presents around the world. The updates will start at 3 p.m. Eastern Time and last through early Christmas morning.