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From Radio Insight: After over 20 years at SiriusXM, Jim Norton departed the morning show on “Faction Talk” (channel 103) he co-hosted with Sam Roberts after failing to come to terms on a new contract. An accomplished stand-up comedian, Norton began his radio career as an occasional third mic and later permanent co-host of the syndicated “Opie & Anthony Show” on 102.7 WNEW New York in 2000. He would join the duo when they made their move to XM in 2004 following a two year hiatus from the fallout of their “Sex For Sam” stunt through XM’s merger with Sirius and the show’s partial return to CBS Radio from 2006 to 2009. After Anthony Cumia’s firing in 2014, the show was renamed “Opie with Jim Norton” until the duo’s falling-out in 2016 that led to Opie moving to afternoons and then exiting the company while former producer Sam Roberts rose to co-host. Norton also has hosted solo shows on whatever channel the morning show was on at the time and some SiriusXM Rock stations. In making the announcement during the trailer for his new podcast “Jim Norton Can’t Save You”, Norton noted that he was expecting and received a low-ball offer during the holidays. The podcast will launch on Wednesday, January 8. Roberts continues in mornings from 8am to 12pm. more

From Radio Online: MAT Media Group is set to transform morning radio with its latest digital venture, "The Morning Juice with Stew," hosted by TikTok phenomenon Larry Stewart, known to his followers as Stew. Launching on January 13, the show will air live weekdays from 7am to noon on the Inferno Radio app, promising a blend of More...

From Radio Online: FOX Sports Radio's Two Pros and Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LaVar Arrington and Jonas Knox will broadcast live from Fort Lauderdale, FL this week as part of the network's coverage of the Orange Bowl featuring a matchup between Quinn's alma mater Notre Dame More...

From Radio Online: In a significant development for local journalism in Southern California, KPCC-FM (LAist)/Los Angeles and CBS/Los Angeles announced a new partnership today, aiming to enhance news coverage across Los Angeles and Orange County through shared resources and content. Under the terms More...

From Radio Online: Cumulus Media elevates Raj Sharan to Program Director for both Country KATC-FM (Cat Country 95.1) and Classic Rock KKFM-FM in Colorado Springs. Previously hosting afternoon shows on KATC under the moniker 'Roger', Sharan joined the station in February after a tenure as Program Director at Bonneville Sports More...

From Radio Online: In an expansion of its Randamp;B offerings, SiriusXM announced the launch of Grown Folk JAMZ, set to begin broadcasting on Wednesday, January 8 at 6am ET. The new station will be available on SiriusXM Channel 362, through the GrownFolkJAMZ.com website, the SiriusXM App and the More...

From Radio Online: In a recent blog post by NAB Senior Vice President of Communications Alex Siciliano, the enduring value of local radio and television stations was highlighted amidst growing concerns over misinformation online. The post responds to Meta's recent pivot away from third-party fact-checking, emphasizing the More...

From Radio Online: Bonneville/Phoenix names LaDona Harvey as the new co-host for Arizona's Morning News on News/Talk KTAR-FM, starting January 13. She's set to replace Jayme West, who recently retired. Harvey comes to Phoenix following a successful tenure at KOGO (Newsradio 600) in San Diego, where she hosted San Diego's More...

From Radio Insight: SummitMedia has flipped Classic Hits “Awesome 100.9” WJSR Lakeside/Richmond VA to Hip Hop “100.9 The Hip Hop Station“. The station becomes the third Hip Hop station in the market joining Audacy’s “106.5 The Beat” WBTJ and Radio One’s “iPower 92.1/104.1” WCDX. WBTJ is currently second in the market with a 5.7 share and WCDX is eleventh at a 3.2. WJSR’s Classic Hits format had a 2.7 share in the November 2024 Nielsen Audio ratings. WJSR will feature Premiere Networks’ Breakfast Club in mornings, Big Boy’s Neighborhood in middays, WBHJ Birmingham based Buck Wilde in afternoons, and Premiere’s Bootleg Kev Show at night. more

From Radio Online: John Beck has announced his resignation as the Market and Area President of iHeartMedia in St. Louis and Indianapolis. Beck, who has been at the helm for nearly four years, is set to leave his position to focus more on personal endeavors, including his family and his media consulting business. His career in More...

From Radio Online: Beasley Media Group has announced the upcoming retirement of Dan Finn, Senior Vice President and Regional Market Manager of its New Jersey cluster, effective at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Finn has been with the company since 2016 following its acquisition of Greater Media. He had been with Greater More...

From Radio Online: Compass Media Networks has announced its schedule for the 17th season of broadcasting men's college basketball, featuring 20 top-ranked, regular-season games. The network will also provide exclusive coverage of all 14 games of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, following the recent expansion of the Big More...

From Radio Insight: Bonneville News/Talk 92.3 KTAR-FM Glendale/Phoenix AZ has announced that LaDona Harvey will join the station as co-anchor of “Arizona’s Morning News” alongside Jim Sharpe. Harvey most recently anchored mornings at iHeartMedia’s 600 KOGO San Diego for a decade until stepping down in September. She had been with KOGO since 1998 serving as a news anchor until 2010 before hosting middays and then afternoons until moving to mornings in 2014. She commented, “I am thrilled to be back home in Arizona, joining the finest news team in the Valley at KTAR. I have the privilege of continuing to care for my ailing father and doing a job I am passionate about: telling Phoenix listeners the stories that affect their lives, and livelihoods.” Bonneville Phoenix SVP/Market Manager Ryan Hatch said, “We are excited to welcome LaDona to the talented Arizona’s Morning News team. She is a natural storyteller with an infectious personality and a passion for connecting with the community.” Harvey succeeds Jayme West, who recently retired. more

From Radio Insight: There are years where I have to begin the Songs That Made a Difference column by reminding readers that I?m talking about songs that weren?t just the year?s biggest hits but represented a larger trend at our current-based radio formats. In some years, when there?s not much to talk about, I might default to a song that wasn?t necessarily unprecedented but proved that listeners still responded to mainstream uptempo pop when they heard it. In 2024, almost every hit was tied to a larger trend. Sabrina Carpenter?s ?Espresso? was the bops-still-matter song, but it was set up in part by her ?Feather,? an example of how radio can still develop artists, rather than leaving it all to streaming. Carpenter followed ?Espresso? with the much less frothy ?Please Please Please,? and became part of a new assertive female pop that CHR/Hot AC could own, not merely share with Country. Even ?Texas Hold ?Em? by Beyonc? turned out not to be a category of one, helping to shape the year even without becoming more than an event record. ?Texas? put Country in the spotlight in February, but it didn?t linger even at those formats where it got further up the charts. Instead Beyonc?introduced radio to Shaboozey, allowing ?A Bar Song (Tipsy)? to become the Country/Hip-Hop hybrid smash that previously had eluded, say, Breland or Blanco Brown.* In Ross on Radio, ?A Bar Song (Tipsy)? was readers? Song of Summer 2024. In Billboard, it had to ?settle? for 19 weeks at No. 1. At CHR, where listeners pine for the variety of the old days, and usually mean Hip-Hop/R&B, Pop, and Country together, it allowed the format to get there with just one song. By last year?s wrap-up, Top 40 PDs were already a little self-conscious about Country crossovers. 2024 began and ended with pop-flavored Morgan Wallen hits that many PDs still resisted. They were happier about ?I Had Some Help? by Post Malone, with Wallen as the feature. Or records like ?A Bar Song? or Dasha?s ?Austin,? which, like a lot of hits this year, radiated from streaming to multiple formats. (At Country, ?Austin? represented another trend: more artist signings from beyond labels? Nashville divisions.) When I wrote about Noah Kahan?s ?Dial Drunk? in the 2023 wrap-up, it was very much an outlier, but a song with the potential to reopen the Triple-A-to-Alternative-to-Hot AC-to-CHR pipeline. After Kahan?s ?Stick Season,? even neo-Mumford & Sons bluegrass-flavored pop wasn?t a category of one either, as Myles Smith?s ?Stargazing? finally pulled ahead of Mark Ambor?s ?Belong Together.? (Triple-A?s own surprise of the year was taking a neo-bluegrass song, Billy Strings? ?Gild the Lily,? to No. 1.) CHR?s new acoustics were evident even by April. As ?Lose Control? by Teddy Swims and ?Beautiful Things? by Benson Boone dominated, and ?Too Sweet? by Hozier became a surprise hit, there were echoes of the mid-?90s Modern AC moment. It was significant that Hozier, who arrived with a format-breaking ballad a decade earlier, wanted to fill the uptempo pop void. By year-end, there were other songs by longtime Triple-A acts ? Father John Misty?s ?She Cleans Up,? Michigander?s ?Giving Up? ? that won?t likely make it to Hot AC/CHR but were uncharacteristically uptempo and immediate. In June, Hozier, Carpenter, Shaboozy, Swims, and Malone/Wallen had all helped bring us what radio veteran Gene Baxter termed ?the best Billboard Top 10 in ages.? At that moment, the biggest streaming songs, if not the rest of the Hot 100, were also radio hits. Kendrick Lamar?s?Not Like Us? and Tommy Richman?s ?Million Dollar Baby? started as the sort of streaming-driven outliers that radio grapples with initially, but became a valuable part of that ?best of everything? moment, particularly because there was a pop center. * One sign of current music?s strength was that there wasn?t the proliferation of older titles suddenly propelled back to radio by TikTok and other streaming stories. It is Alternative radio, still looking for a center, that is currently acknowledging the resurgence of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? ?Maps.? It?s also telling that Alternative also needed Royel Otis?s ?Murder on the Dance Floor? more than Top 40 needed Sophie Ellis-Bextor?sbriefly resurgentoriginal. Much of that was because pop radio had the summer combo of Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish?s ?Birds of a Feather.? Roan stunned the music world this spring as the act who was already a star to your daughter and all her friends, but Eilish helped define that category five years ago. Roan?s ?Good Luck, Babe!? was reminiscent of a lot of similarly cutting, but not quite as accessible music heard at Alternative and Triple-A in recent years. One reader commented on the success of the Last Dinner Party?s ?Nothing Matters? at those formats. After Roan, they wouldn?t be a stretch at pop. Because Roan was already a star, she almost pulled off the song-of-the-summer without needing radio?s critical mass. Catching one person singing along to a hit in public is anecdotal evidence. Radioinsight?sLance Venta heard 35,000 Angels fans who knew the words to ?Hot to Go!? before it had a single spin on Southern California radio. Radio?s only flex was that the songs it embraced immediately became even bigger summer hits. In early summer, Top 40 had not just great variety, but emerging stars, and also a range of strong female viewpoints. At year?s end, that moment feels long gone. Six months of radio/streaming alignment in the top 10 gave way first to Lamar?s GNX, then to the deluge of Christmas streams. The dominant female voice of the moment is Mariah Carey. ?Too Sweet? now represents not a stylistic departure, but, like ?Blinding Lights? or ?As It Was? or ?Flowers,? the hit that wouldn?t leave, in part because there was seemingly nothing to replace it. And yet, there are still records that shape radio. ?That?s So True? by Gracie Abrams is the poppiest of the potential female breakthroughs, but it brings forth another artist who was already selling out concerts. ROS? & Bruno Mars? ?APT? is our most-exciting radio record. (If radio could get past having three Blackpink-related solo hits, Jennie?s ?Mantra? and Lisa?s ?Moonlit Floor? sound great on the radio, too.) In part because of its iHeart CHR showcase, K-Pop is a factor many years after programmers were ready to dismiss it. Country ended the year with Ella Langley & Riley Green?s ?You Look Like You Love Me? and Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph?s?High Road.? As hits, they were both very 2024 ? new artists broken by streaming and quickly propelled up an often-glacial chart. But they also recalled the fast-breaking reaction records that I grew up with.* That a more traditionally developed mainstream hit, George Birge?s ?Cowboy Songs,? went to No. 1 in between those duets is telling of Country?s balance (and more sustained ratings improvement) at the moment. In Canada, Sacha?s ?Hey Mom I Made It? was very mainstream Country (with, perhaps, a little Zach Bryan-like introspection) that became the first top 5 hit for a solo black female artist. It?s interesting that when I asked Facebook friends for the songs they considered most influential, some Country PDs mentioned not only this year?s ?Pink Skies,? but last year?s ?I Remember Everything (w/Kacey Musgraves),? even though the format never quite embraced Bryan. (Neither did CHR, but ?Pink Skies? was still in power last month at WXLK Roanoke, Va., while ?I Remember Everything? is still in power at WAEZ Johnson City, Tenn.) In his wrap-up of 2024, syndicated LiveLine host Mason Kelter points to the number of established acts that are due for new projects in 2025. Returning superstars are good when they follow the music in new directions, less so when they release not-as-fresh second iterations of their previous hits. Part of whatever gratification music provided in 2024 was its surprise factor. Top 40 still needs that to happen in a positive way going forward. And what are your thoughts on the Songs That Made a Difference last year? more

From Radio Insight: Beasley Media Group New Jersey SVP/Market Manager Dan Finn will retire from the company at the end of the first quarter. After working in sales for WYNY and WPAT AM/FM New York, Finn joined New Jersey Broadcasting Inc. at its formation in 1996 as General Manager to launch Rock “95.9 The Rat” WRAT Point Pleasant NJ. As that company expanded in the state, Finn was promoted to President/COO in 1999 until its acquisition by Greater Media in 2001. He would become Vice President of Greater Media New Jersey overseeing WRAT and what is now Classic Hits 100.1 WJRZ Manahawkin in the Monmouth/Ocean market, AC “Magic 98.3” WMGQ and “Fox Sports 93.5” 1450 WCTC New Brunswick in the Middlesex/Somerset/Union market, and Rock 105.5 WDHA Dover and Oldies 1250 WMTR Morristown in the Morristown market. Greater Media would promote him to SVP/Regional General Manager in 2007 and he would hold that role when Beasley acquired Greater Media in 2016. Beasley Media CEO Caroline Beasley stated, ?Dan Finn has been an integral part of our Beasley family and a trailblazer in the broadcasting industry. His strategic vision, steadfast leadership, and ability to foster meaningful relationships have made a profound impact on our company and the industry at large. We are deeply grateful for his dedication and wish him the very best as he begins this exciting new chapter in his life.? more

From Radio Insight: The developer of the first “AI” radio personality is returning to the industry after thirteen years away. Dominique Garcia is joining Townsquare Media as its new Director of Content overseeing their stations in Midland/Odessa TX. Garcia is best known for adapting an early “Virtual Assistant” program to on-air personality “Denise” in 2011. That attempt got national attention and in many ways, despite years of iterations is not that much different than the “AI” personalities used on-air now in terms of how it worked. Garcia has also worked on-air at KTFM and KXXM San Antonio, XHTO El Paso, and KNDA Corpus Christi, was a writer for the San Antonio Express-News, and has held many digital and social media management positions. He shared on Facebook, “This happened BY ACCIDENT. I was NOT trying to get back in radio and somehow, here I am. They also told me I will also be contributing on air as well so, there’s that. I never thought I’d ever be in radio again, let alone on the radio. I have been keeping this pretty much a secret from almost everyone for many weeks. I am going to kill this opportunity. I have so many creative ideas its crazy. My entire life has changed as of now and I couldn’t be anymore excited.” Garcia takes the role most recently held by Kris Moore. Moore exited in October after just ten months in the position. Townsquare Media operates Country “Lonestar 92.3” KNFM, Hip Hop “B93” KZBT, Hot AC “Mix 97.9” KODM, Classic Rock 99.9 KBAT, and “Fox Sports 1510/95.5” KMND/K258AO in the Midland/Odessa market. more

From Radio Insight: After four years with iHeartMedia first as St. Louis Market President and later Area President for St. Louis and Indianapolis, John Beck has departed. Beck joined iHeartMedia in February 2021 after serving a Managing Partner in Stone Canyon Media Group’s Flagstaff AZ cluster. He began his career at WFFM Pittsburgh, CBS Radio Detroit, and KKCI Kansas City before joining 94.7 KSHE St. Louis as General Manager in 1984. He would stay through multiple acquisitions rising to Market President until Emmis split their cluster between Entercom and Hubbard in 2018. He attempted to purchase a St. Louis area translator in 2020 but the deal never closed. Beck commented, “I want to sincerely thank all of my colleagues, St. Louis and Indy leaders, and iHeart corporate leadership for giving me a chance to make a difference in St. Louis and Indianapolis. It has been an amazing four years full of accomplishments. I will truly miss working with my iHeart family. I will now have more time to devote to my own family, consulting business, legislative advocacy and the various charities civic organizations that mean so much to me.” He will also remain a trustee of the National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (NABPAC), Legislative Chair of the Missouri Broadcasters Association, along with other charitable and civic involvements. iHeartMedia Division President John Karpinski said, “We are deeply grateful for John?s remarkable contributions to iHeartMedia. His leadership has boosted ratings, enhanced our culture and improved revenue in both St. Louis and Indianapolis. He has also been a fierce advocate for the entire radio industry, championing our cause in state capitols and Washington, D.C. We appreciate all he has done for us and his communities.” more

From Radio Online: AdLarge has introduced "We Didn't Turn Out OK with Jennie Monness" to its fwd. network, broadening the platform's focus on influential female voices in media. The podcast, hosted by Jennie Monness, a noted expert in parenting and child development, aims to offer a genuine and supportive forum for parents More...

From Radio Online: Houston natives Tucker "Frito" Young and Katy Dempsey will be the new morning hosts on Audacy Country KILT-FM (100.3 The Bull). "Frito andamp; Katy" is set to air on weekdays from 6-10am, starting January 10. Both Young and Dempsey have garnered significant recognition in the More...

From Radio Online: Cumulus AC WTCB-FM (B106.7) in Columbia, SC debuts "The Midlands Morning Show, starting Tuesday, January 7. Broadcasting live from 6-11am on weekdays, this marks the station's first live local morning broadcast in seven years. The new show pairs two veteran personalities, Kaylin More...

From Radio Online: Talk Media Network has announced the syndication of "Into The Parabnormal," a program that delves into the mysterious realms of the paranormal and abnormal. Set to air on stations across the U.S., the show will broadcast weeknights from 7-9pm PT and 10pm-12am ET starting this More...

From Radio Online: Podtrac has issued the Top U.S. and Global Publishers andamp; Networks and Top U.S. Podcast rankings for November. Highlights of the November 2024 rankings include U.S. UMA was up for just one ("This American Life") of the U.S. ranking participants in December over November. Two of the U.S. ranking participants More...

From Radio Online: Premiere Networks and media exec Buzz Knight are collaborating to bring the podcast "Music Saved Me" to the iHeartPodcasts network, starting January 8. The program, hosted by Lynn Hoffman and produced by Buzz Knight Media, explores the therapeutic impact of music on mental health, featuring stories from More...

From Radio Insight: One day after exiting Cox Media Group Country “Y100” KCYY San Antonio, Tucker ‘Frito’ Young and Katy Dempsey have joined Audacy Country “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM Houston as morning hosts starting Friday, January 10. Frito and Katy spent exactly three years in San Antonio after joining KCYY from from Bryan Broadcasting CHR ?Candy 95? KNDE College Station TX where they hosted mornings, while Young was cluster Operations Manager and Dempsey was PD. Frito originally joined Bryan Broadcasting as a news reporter in 2003 before rising to Promotions Director in 2005 and OM/PD in 2008. After leaving in 2017 for a position outside radio, he returned five months later as Director of Operations and returning to mornings. Dempsey joined KNDE as a weekend host in 2011 before quickly moving up to middays. She moved to mornings alongside Young and added Promotions Director duties in 2013 and rose to Program Director following his first departure in 2017. A Houston native, Dempsey began her career at Cox Media Houston. The show won the 2024 CMA Award for Best Major Market Personality and they previously won a 2021 Marconi Award, several Crystal awards and the Bonner McLane Award for Community Service from the Texas Association of Broadcasters while at KNDE. Dempsey commented, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d wind up back in my hometown to do radio with the station I grew up listening to. We are beyond excited to work with Sarah Frazier, Melissa Chase and all the pros at Audacy. We can’t wait to start serving the great listeners of 100.3 The Bull and the city of Houston!” Audacy Houston SVP/Market Manager Sarah Frazier commented, “The duo?s passion for relentlessly serving the local community as well as their focus on local content on-air is perfect for Houston. We can?t wait for our audience to start their days with this award-winning show.? Frito & Katy take the KILT-FM morning slot that had been held by “The Morning Bullpen” of George Lindsey, Monica ?Mo? Lundsford, and Erik Scott Smith until their exits before Christmas. more

From Radio Online: Hope Media Group has expanded its Spanish-language network, Vida Unida, to the West Palm Beach metro area. Vida Unida programming, which features contemporary Christian music and faith-based content, will be broadcast on 90.3 FM in West Palm Beach and 96.7 FM in Martin County. More...

From Radio Insight: Hope Media Group has launched its Spanish Christian “Vida Unida” brand on a pair of additional signals in South Florida. The network is now heard on 90.3 W212CG West Palm Beach and 96.7 W244BD Stuart fed by 88.1 WAYF-HD2 West Palm Beach joining 90.9 WLFE Cutler Bay/Miami. Hope Media Group CEO Joe Paulo said, “What a great way to kick off 2025 with the expansion of the Vida Unida network into the West Palm Beach, FL market. This means over 200,000 more Spanish-speaking people can benefit from contemporary Christian music and encouragement in their own heart language. Most importantly, this expansion translates into more people loving Jesus, serving others, and spreading Hope.? more

From Radio Insight: Cumulus Media Country “Cat Country 95.1” KATC and Classic Rock 98.1 KKFM Colorado Springs has promoted Raj Sharan to Program Director. Sharan, who hosts afternoons on KATC as ‘Roger’, joined the cluster last February after previously programming Bonneville Sports ?104.3 The Fan? KKFN-FM Denver from February 2019 until November 2023. He also spent five years at Front Range Sports Network in Denver with stints as a producer, update anchor, traffic reporter, beat reporter, host, and finally Assistant Program Director. He takes the PD role that had been held by Mason Stanfield until his exit as part of Cumulus’ deep staff cuts in early December. KATC also added Westwood One’s Kincaid and Dallas in December for mornings following Stanfield’s exit. more

From Radio Insight: Mike Lee & Eric MichaelsHall Communications Variety Hits “Max 98.3” WWRZ Fort Meade/Lakeland FL has cut ties with PD/morning host Eric Michaels and co-host Mike Lee. Michaels has been with the station and its predecessor AC “98.3 The Rose” since 1998 and rose to Program Director in January 2020. Lee had been teamed with him in mornings since 2010. Both shared their exits on Facebook. Michaels explained that the reason for their exits were financial stating, “Any business person will tell you, if something isn?t making money then changes have to be made and sometimes that means letting people go. While writing this, I feel as if I?m writing a eulogy but I don?t want you to be sad. We will pick ourselves up and move forward. On behalf of Mike and myself, thank you for everything.” Lee stated he will focus on his comedy club in Winter Haven and dog walking businesses, “I have no ill will for Hall Communications. They have been so good to me and they are truly a family oriented company. When my father fell ill in 2020 they let me go home to him. When he passed in 2021 they sent me home again. And just last year when my mother fell ill they did it again. No questions asked, no vacation days garnered. They just knew I needed to be with family. For that and so many other things, I thank them and I will always support whatever they have planned and whatever the future brings for them.” WWRZ is now jockless all-day. more

From Radio Insight: John and Anne Fredericks? Disruptor Radio LLC has flipped all of the stations it is purchasing from LHTC Media in northern West Virginia to Conservative Talk “The Torch“. With significant overlap, especially in Morgantown and Fairmont, the stations will all carry the same programming with the exception of West Virginia University sports not being available on two of the signals. “The Torch” originally launched on 920 WMMN Fairmont/95.7 W239CM Morgantown, 102.7 WGYE Mannington/Fairmont, and 105.7 WHTI Salem/Clarksburg in February 2024 via LMA from LHTC Media. The company agreed to purchase those stations and the now-former Classic Rock ?94 Rock? 94.3 WRLF Fairmont, Oldies ?Buzz 98.3? 1490 WBKE Fairmont/98.3 W252EF Morgantown, and Variety Hits ?100.9 Jack-FM? WZST Westover in November for $650,000 and began operating the remaining three stations via LMA on Monday, January 6. Seven of the nine signals place city-grade coverage over parts of Morgantown. Fredericks, who also owns Conservative Talk stations heard in Richmond, Lynchburg, and Norfolk VA, Atlanta GA, Nashville TN, and Philadelphia and Latrobe PA, hosts a syndicated morning show heard on all the stations in his portfolio. The remainder of the “Torch” lineup features Michael Patrick Leahy from 10am-12pm, Rob Carson 12-3pm, Del Walmsley 3-5pm, Cats and Cosby from 5-6pm, Mark Levin 6-9pm, Wendy Bell 9-10pm, Rita Cosby 10pm-12am, Dominic Carter 12-1am, and Red Eye Radio overnights. The stations will also carry Pittsburgh Steelers football, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, while West Virginia University Mountaineers football, men?s basketball, women?s basketball, and baseball will air on all of the stations except WGYE and WHTI. Fredericks commented, “This West Virginia opportunity is key to our growth plan, as it dovetails nicely with our Pittsburgh footprint and reaches a very pro-populist, pro America First and pro-Trump area of America. West Virginian?s voted overwhelmingly -over 70 percent- for President Trump, who also carried Morgantown and the county. We are excited about offering listeners in West Virginia a choice from the stale, woke and warmed over pablum served up every day by the corporatists and conservative Inc. bunch that regurgitate FOX and RINO RNC talking points of the day? Disruptor Radio CEO Anne Fredericks stated, “We?ve built a burgeoning national legion of devout and dedicated listeners across the country who yearn for the truth and a common sense approach. We don?t rely on click bait for ad revenue and this approach has forged an unshakable bond with our audience. As a result, we are singularly focused on advertiser ROI, over-serving our customers, and a commitment to their economic success and enduring engagement. We outwork our competition. Our unparalleled commitment to quality content, including big-time local and national sports programming are keys to our path forward. We are very excited about operating as West Virginia University?s Flagship radio network, as we have deep ties to the University and their sports teams.? more

From Radio Insight: Following Banyan Software’s purchase of PromoSuite last year to merge it with its vCreative, founder Chris Bungo has stepped down from his position as Technology Consultant. Bungo agreed to stay on for 2024 as a consultant following last February’s acquisition. He said, ?It has been a pleasure working with vCreative?s Senior VP of Technology David Singleton and his tech and development team. Under the leadership of CEO Mary DelGrande, Senior VP Product Operations Wendy Pershing and Singleton, the merged vCreative/PromoSuite is well-positioned to continue to maintain their client?s success.? Bungo and co-founder Rocco Macri built the radio industry?s first ?workflow software? tool in 1992 and oversaw its success for 32 years. Bungo will now focus his passion-project ChrisBungoStudios.com that has become the world’s largest catalog of ?then and now? filming locations with sites dating back to 1915. He commented, “?Over the past ten years, I?ve created close to 150 filming location documentary videos and assembled around 2,000 ?then and now? filming location photo comparisons. Everything from early Charlie Chaplin films and The Little Rascals, to The Twilight Zone, Madonna music videos and even The Sopranos locations. It?s a fascinating way to time-travel, and while it?s been a hobby until now, I?m looking forward to devoting my attention to it full-time. more