iHeart’s JAM’N Boston Changes Morning Show
More nationwide growth for The Breakfast Club. Hip Hop station JAM'N 94.5 in Boston will begin piping in the syndicated morning show beginning Thursday. iHeart says former morning team Frankie and Ashlee will remain with the company and more details on what they will be doing will be announced soon.
New Jersey Announces Hall Inductees
New Jersey Broadcasters Association President & CEO Paul S. Rotella, Esq., has announced the names of the newest inductees into the New Jersey Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame. The inductions will take place at the 69th Annual NJBA Convention and Gala in Atlantic City on June 22-23.
Moody’s Upgrades Entercom
It's been five years since Moody's last changed its rating on Entercom. The investors service has upgraded its rating on the company. Moody's said the upgrades "reflect Entercom's good, free cash-flow generation, allowing for further improvement in credit metrics and improved leverage since Moody's last rating action at the end of 2011." Moody's says Entercom's outlook is stable and expects the company to generate organic revenue growth in FY2016.
Man Spends Hours on KTLA Radio Tower
The L.A. Times has the details about 55-year old man who caused a stretch of Sunset Boulevard to close because he climbed the iconic 160-foot KTLA radio tower late Wednesday. He was eventually coaxed down after being promised a hug from a member of his church. Police took the man into custody for a mental evaluation. Picture courtesy L.A. Times
iHeart Louisville Rocker Moving To HD
Louisville Active Rocker "The Fox WTFX-FM" moves over to 95.7 WQMF HD 2. All the air-staff at WTFX will remain with the station. The Fox launched on 100.5 in 1991. It moved to moved to 93.1 in 2005. See the next story for the new format.
And The Reason The Rocker Gets Moved To HD…
Because iHeart launched"93.1 The Beat - The Ville’s Hip Hop and R&B" in Louisville to compete with Alpha's WGZB-FM (B96.5) which has been in the market for over 20 years. Alpha carries The Rickey Smiley Morning Show while iHeart plans to launch The Beat with 10,000 songs in a row, with mornings anchored by Premiere's The Breakfast Club, featuring DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. That show will launch June 13.
Forever Closes Sale of Two Towers
Broker Michael Bergner tells Radio Ink the company led by Kirby Confer and Donald Alt completed the sale of two towers, one in Murray, Kentucky, and one in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Vertical Bridge Holdings, for somewhere between $1 million and $2 million.
Compass Launches Lupica Podcast
The Mike Lupica Show, hosted by New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica, will be the first joint venture podcast between Compass Media Networks and Hiltzik Creative, the content arm of Hiltzik Strategies. The Mike Lupica Show, a weekly one-hour podcast, will premiere May 17, with Seinfeld creator Larry David as the first guest. Topics will include sports, politics, and pop culture. GO HERE to listen to a sample of the show
Piolín Moves Podcast From PodcastOne To reVOLVER
reVOLVER is an online destination for multicultural, on-demand audio, and it will now be the home for Radio Hall of Famer Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo. Daily episodes of his El Show de Piolín podcast will be available at www.revolverpodcasts.com, as well as iTunes and Google Play.
Someone Needs To Step Up And Speak For Radio
That's the advice from Community Broadcasters founder and operating partner Bruce Mittman as we continue our series focused on independent operators. Mittman runs the 10-year-old company with former Pilot Communications executive Jim Leven. Community Broadcasters now owns 44 signals, in Watertown, NY, Ogdensburg, NY, Elmira-Corning, NY, and Olean, NY. They're also in Florence, Sumter, and Orangeburg, South Carolina. Like our other independent operators, we asked Mittman what he believes the radio industry must improve upon in the coming months and years.
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