Darby and Holloway Join Ole Miss Men’s Basketball Radio Crew
The Ole Miss Radio Network announced a new men’s basketball broadcast team for the 2025-26 season. Gary Darby will handle play-by-play, while Murphy Holloway joins as color analyst, replacing David Kellum and Marc Dukes.
La Crosse Brings PD Skills To Portland
Michael La Crosse has been named Program Director for Portland’s KKCW and KLTH. The appointment, announced by Tim Herbster, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia’s Pacific Northwest Region, is effective October 9, 2017.
Programming Veteran Joins Townsquare
Brian Thomas is joining Townsquare as Operations Manager in Grand Rapids and to oversee the company’s 17 Classic Hits stations. Thomas has been PD at WCBS-FM New York, WLS-FM Chicago, KFRC San Francisco, B97 New Orleans, and most recently Cumulus/Atlanta.
Edison: Streaming Listening Now 12%
With so many new devices, apps and digital streaming platforms now available, some may be surprised that streaming number is still so low. Even though over-the-air listening is a dominant 88%, the 12% number is the highest ever, and it made a decent one-year jump.
Pandora Bringing Listeners Closer To Artists
Pandora is launching Pandora Stories, a new way for listeners to connect with their favorite artists on a deeper level by hearing exclusive voice interludes between tracks, whereby creators share intimate stories about their work.
WKLB Boston Hires Castle For Night Shift
Renee Castle is the new nighttime personality at Greater Media's Country station, WKLB-FM in Boston. Castle most recently worked at NASH-FM in Nashville and has been heard across America on the Westwood One Radio Network. Prior to that Castle worked at MIX 92.9 in Nashville.
Entercom Launches Election Podcast
Battleground America is a daily podcast that will focus on the presidential election and American politics. Tara Servatius, morning show host for 106.3 WORD (WYRD-FM) in Greenville will host.
Which Media Do Advertisers Love The Most?
Borrell and Associates has just released its annual Local Advertiser Survey in which over 3,500 small businesses were surveyed about their advertising plans. The results showed that advertisers still use newspaper, digital is their number one choice, and events are huge.
Kudos To Cumulus
Cumulus’ Dallas cluster raised a total of $1,282,996 for Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex charities during the 2019 calendar year.
Kentucky Morning Hosts Promoted To Operations Managers
Bill Evans, the owner of radio stations WQXE and WULF in Elizabethtown, KY, has elevated Brian Walker and Trisha Caudill to the role of Operations Managers. Walker and Caudill have co-hosted the morning show on WQXE for four years.