Louisiana Legend Retires
Townsquare Media has announced that legendary local Louisiana radio executive Mike Grimsley will retire at the end of the month after serving as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for Townsquare's radio stations in Lafayette for 25 years.
mediaBrew Closes Seven In Michigan
The company run by Chuck Williams has closed on the purchase of seven stations and translators from Great Lakes Radio in the Marquette, Michigan market. mediaBrew was founded by Williams in 2018. His goal is to own stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois.
Alex Meruelo Buys The NHL’s Coyotes
Does that mean Meruelo Media may be sniffing around for radio stations to purchase in the Phoenix market? It just might.
Early Bird Registration For CRS Opens Today
Registration for the 2020 Country Radio Seminar opens Thursday at 10 a.m. CT. The early bird rate of $549 is only good for one day. The price will increase to $599 on Friday. Registrations will be available for purchase at CountryRadioSeminar.com.
TuneIn Gets A New CEO
TuneIn Chief Marketing Officer Juliette Morris takes over as CEO of the company. She replaces John Donham who's Linkedin page says he left the company in June, and had been CEO since 2011. Morris has been CMO since March 2018.
Rosen Adds Milwaukee
Mitch Rosen is the new Program Director at 105.7 FM The Fan (WSSP-AM) in Milwaukee. Rosen will continue as PD of WSCR-AM in Chicago while assuming the day-to-day programming duties in Milwaukee.
Premiere Launches Hollywood Unlocked
Premiere Networks and Hollywood Unlocked Founder Jason Lee will debut a new two-hour weekly radio show called Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee on August 17. The show will come out of the gate on 50 iHeart Urban Contemporary stations.
Hammond Hanging It Up After 45 years
Ed Hammond started his radio career in 1974 at Gospel/Christian station WPEO in Peoria. He'll end his career this week at WMBD, also in Peoria, where he's been since 2000, covering local news, doing play-by-play sports, and as the News Director for the past five years.
Sports Listeners Do Not Want To Hear About Politics
At The Crossing Board, Kevin Kinkead wrote about an ESPN poll that asked fans for feedback about politics in sports. Kinkead posted a tweet that included some of the results from the poll including the stat that 74% of fans prefer not to hear about politics on any of its platforms.
All-Round Entertainer Parr Has New Morning Show
Russ Parr is host of a new morning show on Radio One Philadelphia station Classix 107.9 FM. The Russ Parr Morning Show premiered on Monday, July 29. Parr is a well-known figure in media and television but also a noted voice on black music and culture.
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