Christian Station Turning 50
KWFC, 89.1 FM in Springfield, Missouri, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on Wednesday, April 17. The station was recognized as the 2013 Southern Gospel Radio Station of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Guild.
Gospel Station Achieves Awards Landmark
WPZE Praise 102.5 FM in Atlanta has been recognized an unprecedented fourth time as Major Market Gospel Station of the Year at the 34TH Annual Stellar Awards. Also, the station's syndicated host Dwight Stone was recognized as Gospel Announcer of the year.
ESPN Deportes To Cover NYCFC
ESPN Deportes Radio WEPN-AM 1050 in the Big Apple will be airing all remaining 2019 regular season and post-season games of the New York City Football Club (soccer) in Spanish on the ESPN App in conjunction with ESPN Deportes Radio 1050AM.
Radio Still Owns The Ear
Here's more ammo to help you combat the naysayers who love to claim our 100 year old medium is on its death bed. On Thursday, Edison Research's Tom Webster hosted an hour long webinar, which mostly focused on podcasting, but also produced some nice stats for radio.
Cumulus Suspends Morning Show For Sexist Comments
Cumulus suspended The Kimmer Show (Talk 106.7/Atlanta) for three days over comments made about Representative Lucy McBath. The comments had to do with Karen Handel running against McBath and the conversation was about gun control.
Helton Honored With Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award
Lon Helton, host of Country Countdown USA and publisher of Country Aircheck, was honored for his impact on country music with the Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award during an event held Wednesday, April 10, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Beasley’s Las Vegas Cluster Gets New Chief
Peter Burton has been named Market Manager of the cluster, replacing Dennis Gwiazdon, who's out after a little over a year. Burton most recently served as the COO at Converze Media in Huntington Beach, CA.
Hannity One Of NYC Media’s “Most Powerful”
As host of his eponymous radio show, Sean Hannity reaches nearly 18 million monthly listeners on more than 600 affiliates nationwide. So it isn't surprising that he's again been named among the 35 most powerful people in New York media by The Hollywood Reporter.
Krueger To Stay By The Bay
Cumulus has moved fast to retain the services of another of its on-air personalities. Larry Krueger, host of KNBR/San Francisco’s Gary & Larry, has signed a multi-year contract extension.
It’s Still Frye-Day At KRBE After 4 Years
104.1 KRBE/Houston on-air personality Tyler Frye has signed a contract extension with the station. Frye has hosted the 7 p.m. shift on KRBE for the past four years.
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