Beasley Brings Schnitt Back To Tampa
On Friday Beasley Media Group announced that Todd Schnitt will be returning to Tampa as host of the New MJ Morning Show on Q105 (WRBQ-FM). Longtime morning personality Mason Dixon will move to afternoons and Geno Knight will shift to middays.
Thom Brennaman Resigns
The Cincinnati Reds play-by-play host had been serving a suspension since August for using an anti-gay slur on a hot mic after coming back from a commercial break.
iHeart Adds Valentine to Mornings in Fresno
The nationally syndicated Valentine in The Morning show is picked up by iHeart's Soft Rocker 98.9-FM in Fresno. As a result Teri-Ann Schlesser moves to middays.
WWIZ FM Flips To Christmas
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas in Ohio's Mahoning Valley. Z104 in Youngstown is now Christmas 104 The Valley’s Christmas Station.
CMG Tulsa Helps St. Jude
Cox Media Group Tulsa wrapped up a successful 2020 fundraising partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital over the weekend. The year-long fundraising effort ended with a virtual St. Jude 5K Walk/Run.
Gordon Smith On The First Amendment
NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith has penned an op-ed piece that appears in The Hill. It is part of the recently launched NAB campaign celebrating the First Amendment.
WNYC Radiolab Adds Two
WNYC Studios’ Radiolab welcomes two new co-hosts. Host Jad Abumrad will be joined by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser. The pair succeeds Robert Krulwich, longtime co-host, who retired earlier this year.
Allegations of Racism Force Out GM
Tim Eby is no longer the GM at St. Louis Public Radio. He was fired Thursday over allegations of a “legacy of structural racism” at the station. Former NPR Board Vice Chair Tom Livingston has taken over as interim GM.
Podcast Radio?
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple purchased a startup company called Scout FM which makes listening to podcasts more like tuning into radio stations. Apple is in a podcast battle with Spotify and other apps trying to dominate the podcast listening landscape.
This Album Was Released 40 Years Ago
Benztown will present Blizzard of Ozz 40th Anniversary Special, a celebration of Ozzy Osbourne’s debut album produced for Rock/Classic Rock stations to air on Halloween weekend. KLOS-FM PD Keith Cunningham produced the show. Matt Pinfield hosts.
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