Panthers, WQAM Extend Agreement
The NHL's Florida Panthers have reached a multi-year contract extension with WQAM-AM in Miami to continue to broadcast all Panthers regular season and playoff games. Play-by-play announcer Doug Plagens and analyst Bill Lindsay will return to call all the action.
710 WOR Mets And More Now On FM HD
New York’s 710 WOR programming can now also be heard on FM station 104.3 HD 2 (WAXQ-FM), by anyone who owns an HD radio. The station covers all New York Mets games.
104.9 The Wolf Sitting To Save “Seats for Soldiers”
104.9 The Wolf/WXCL (Peoria) Program Director Dr. Chris Michaels and Afternoon Host, Joe Greenwood will be saving “Seats for Soldiers” at Dozer Park July 21-22. In an ambitious move, the station will be trying to save every seat in the Peoria Chiefs’ baseball park for a soldier, while raising money for Hope For The Warriors.
Justin Riley Heads To Seattle
He'll join iHeartMedia to become PD for Power 93.3 KISS-FM. Riley previously worked as PD for iHeart's Z100 and JAM’N 107.5 in Portland, OR. He's also held PD gigs at KKOB-FM and KMGA-FM in Albuquerque and KSII-FM in El Paso. Riley replaces Rich Davis.
Garcia Promoted By CMG In Tulsa
Cox Media Group Tulsa has named Mary Garcia Digital Sales Manager. Garcia joined CMG Tulsa Radio in March 2015 as a Digital Sales Specialist. Prior to joining CMG, she worked for one of Ad Age’s top advertising agencies, Sq1.
Steve Mann Returns To WGRR Cincinnati
Mann is back at his former digs, 103.5 WGRR in Cincinnati. He'll host the 7 p.m.-12 midnight shift and take on APD duties. Mann was on the air at WGRR from 2006 to 2009. He's hosted PM drive on WREW in Cincinnati for the past seven years.
Padden’s Cumulus Duties Expanded In Allentown Region
Cumulus Media announced Wednesday that veteran radio man Jerry Padden has been appointed to the position of Program Director of 100.7 LEV/WLEV-FM. The new role is added to Padden’s duties as Cumulus Media Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Operations Manager and PD of sister station CAT Country 96/WCTO-FM.
Futuri Media Snares Ace Executive Jill Manuel
Manuel will join the company as Director, TopicPulse Partnership Development. A Peabody Award-winning broadcast news executive, Manuel comes to Futuri after two years as Assistant News Director at WFLD in Chicago. Prior to that, she spent nearly six years in Cleveland as the News Director at WEWS.
Just How Big Will Beasley Become?
If this deal did go through as is (Beasley plans to divest stations in Charlotte to get FCC approval) with Beasley keeping all 21 Greater Media stations, Beasley would grow from a company with $106 million in revenue to a company with $247 million.
So What Is Beasley Getting For $240 Million?
The 21 stations Greater Media owns are in Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. No doubt part of the reason this deal made sense to the Beasley family was the fact that Greater Media owned stations in two markets Beasley also had clusters in (Philadelphia and Charlotte). This would give them the opportunity to grow those clusters. Let's take a closer look at the markets...
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