iHeart’s Kat Country in Charlotte Comes Up Big For Kids
The station's Kat Country Jam raised over $11,000 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Here's How...
CRS Announces New Faces Artists
It's one of the biggest events at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. The five chosen artists have all achieved significant success on Country radio during a qualification period and they'll perform in front of an industry- and radio-filled room. Here's the lineup...
Sun Picks Up Van Zandt Show
Sun Broadcast Group will now sell and syndicate Little Steven’s Underground Garage. The show, heard on over 80 stations, was previously syndicated by USRN.
Radio One Promotes Paris
Radio One Richmond announced the promotion of WCDX-FM midday host Paris Nicole to APD. Paris began her career in radio at 16 years old as an intern at a local radio station. Paris went on to graduate from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Cumulus NY Names Tacinelli VP of Sales
In this newly created position, Glen Tacinelli will oversee all sales for 77 WABC, 95.5 WPLJ, NASH FM 94.7, and Radio 103.9, as well as Cumulus Media-New York’s digital assets. Tacinelli was previously GSM of 77 WABC, a position he has held since July 2015.
KMLE 107.9’s Big “Thank You” To The Troops
The Phoenix Country station’s morning show hosts Chris Matthews and Nina D., along with Packages From Home, asked Valley residents to write 53,000 “Thank You” letters to the troops this holiday season in an effort called “Chris & Nina’s Big Thank You.”
Veritone Signs Three Major Cumulus Markets
The company, which provides cloud-based artificial intelligence media analytics and cognitive solutions, has signed agreements with Cumulus' New York, L.A. and Chicago markets to license Veritone’s Cognitive Media Platform to provide near real-time audio capture, indexing and analytics.
News Media Alliance Urges Trump to Change Regs
In a White Paper to the Trump transition team the nonprofit representing 2,000 news organizations says the digital age has vastly changed the way we disseminate and receive information and it urged the Trump team to change several laws governing the news media.
Gadea To Program iHeart’s La Preciosa Network
iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Jose Gadea has been named PD for La Preciosa Network, which includes affiliates in Sioux City, Salinas/Monterey, Bakersfield, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Antonio.
Local Advertisers Warming Up To Social Media
While radio is still trying to figure out how to monetize its social media accounts without alienating listeners, local advertisers are continuing to migrate to social media to build their companies. That's according to a new report from Borrell and Associates.















