WKOS Flips From NASH to NASH Icon

4-24-15

Cumulus Media has announced that WKOS in Tri-Cities, TN (Johnson City/Bristol/Kingsport) has changed from the new-Country NASH to the classic-Country NASH Icon format. Although the station now has a new line-up, J.B. Stone remeains as WKOS Program Director.

Cumulus Corporate Program Director Greg Frey said: "NASH Icon continues to grow as an extension of our NASH Country music brand. We?re excited to bring this unique Country listening experience to the Tri-Cities on 104.9 NASH Icon."

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JVC Flips Orlando Country

12-18-14
As expected, JVC Media is flipping its recently purchased Orlando FM from Spanish AC to Country. Friday morning WHKQ 103.1 FM will air a music montage salute from all of the JVC stations in New York and Florida, and at 1:03 p.m., The WOLF (WOTW) will launch with 10,000 songs in a row.

JVC CEO John Caracciolo says, "I can't wait to turn on the WOLF and listen to it pump out the greatest country hits, and we really thought it was appropriate to start the day off with a sample of all the JVC formats. It's because of our entire group of radio stations and staff that we are standing here in one of the greatest radio markets in the world, so a very big thank you to our entire JVC family."

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WLIQ Flips To Classic Country

11-19-14

Townsquare Media Quincy-Hannibal General Manager Dave Greene announced today that 1530 AM (WLIQ) will now air Classic Country and be known as KICK-AM 1530.

"The number-one request we get on KICK-FM is to air more country hits from the past," said Greene. "Flipping 1530 to Classic Country gives us the opportunity to do just that, and we can now serve the entire country music audience between today's best hits on KICK-FM and 979kickfm.com, and the best country hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s on KICK-AM and on kickam1530.com."

"Whenever we take requests, we always hear from someone wanting to hear Willie (Nelson), Waylon (Jennings), Hank (Williams, Jr.), Dolly (Parton), or Alabama," said KICK Brand Manager and morning host Brian Myles. "Now, we can just let people know that if they want to hear the classics, they can flip over to 1530."

To promote the changeover, KICK-FM will be airing one classic country song per hour during the day to give listeners a feel for what they can hear on KICK AM.

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CBS Flips The Switch In Missouri

11-14-14

In St. Louis, CBS makes the move at KEZK (Fresh 102.5 FM) with wall-to-wall Christmas music through December 25. The Sounds of the Season can be heard on-air, online at http://www.fresh1025.com/, and with the Radio.com app. CBS Radio St. Louis Senior Vice President / Market Manager John Sheehan says, ?As the official Christmas music station, Fresh 102.5 is proud to once again provide the soundtrack for so many great St. Louis family holiday traditions.?

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Summit Louisville Flips To Christmas Format

10-30-14

SummitMedia Louisville's Lite 106.9 (WVEZ) morning man Jeff Ramsey, accompanied by a roomful of Santas, made the official transformation into "Louisville?s Original Christmas Music Station.? The station will now play modern and classic Christmas and holiday-themed songs through Christmas night. Operations Manager Shane Collins said, "With the weather getting colder, it seemed the perfect time to pull the switch. We just couldn't wait to continue our 15-year tradition of being Louisville's Christmastime authority. We are the first in the neighborhood to put up our tree and we are proud of it!"

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Cumulus Flips A Michigan Station To NASH Icon

9-30-14

WMIM in Monroe, Michigan becomes 98.3 Nash Icon on Friday. NASH Icon is a new format playing the best country hits from country artists from 1980 through today. The station will feature artists from Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, and the Dixie Chicks, to Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, and Kenny Chesney. 98.3 Nash Icon will feature local on-air personalities including Chris King and Mark Benson and will be operated by current WMIM staff, with no personnel changes anticipated.

Andy Stuart, regional vice president for Cumulus said: ?We spent a great deal of time analyzing what is the best format for Monroe, and it became quite clear that Nash Icon is ideally suited for the market. I really appreciate the time and effort that John Dickey, Mike McVay, Bob Raleigh, and Charlie Cook have all provided and appreciate having this format available in the Cumulus family to bring to the Monroe community.?

Chris King, program director for WMIM/98.3 Nash Icon said: "Nash Icon is an exciting new format and the perfect fit for Monroe and Monroe County. This station will proudly serve Monroe, Monroe County, and Southeastern Michigan with the music that listeners love and our continued commitment to the community. I am very happy to be a part of this new chapter in Monroe radio."

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Cumulus Flips Albuquerque Country to NASH

5-30-14

KRST in Albuquerque is the latest Cumulus station to adopt the national NASH brand, which puts the total over 60 stations nationwide. The station is now known at NASH FM 92.3 KRST. PD Kris Abrams said ?Integrating the multi-media star power of NASH into a heritage station like KRST just makes sense. Pairing Blair Garner and his AMS team, Kix Brooks, and Shawn Parr with 20 year Albuquerque personality Juan Velasco made it natural to put a little more Nashville in our name.?

NASH FM 92.3 KRST will add ?America?s Morning Show? with Blair Garner, Terri Clark and Chuck Wicks to its current lineup of NASH programming, which already includes ?NASH Nights Live? with Shawn Parr and Elaina Smith and ?Kickin? It with Kix? with Kix Brooks and Suzanne Alexander. These shows orginate from the Nashville NASH campus, the nation?s only multimedia facility devoted solely to producing and distributing content based on the Country music lifestyle, including radio programming, TV/videos, magazines and events.

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Cox San Antonio Flips AM to Sports

1-31-14

CMG San Antonio has flipped KONO-AM to CBS Sports Radio. For more than 20 years, KONO-AM 860 has been a simulcast of CMG?s greatest hits station KONO 101.1 FM. Market Manager Dan Lawrie said, ?We?re excited to bring this level of quality sports programming to San Antonio. Additionally, South Texas sports fans should be glad to welcome the return of The Jim Rome Show after a two-year absence in the market.?

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Cox Flips To Top 40 In Miami

1-17-14

Cox Media Group in Miami Radio has launched a new Top 40 station in South Florida called HITS 97-3 (WFLC-FM). The format was a longtime AC station prior to the flip. Market Manager Rob Babin said, ?When we developed Hits 97-3, we asked women in South Florida what they want in a radio station. This feedback inspired our team to design a radio station that plays today?s best hit music and provides an engaged listener experience with live and local personalities.?

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Cumulus Flips Rocker To NASH In New Orleans

1-7-13

Cumulus announces the launch of NASH FM 92.3 yesterday, marking Cumulus?s Country entrance into New Orleans. The station was formerly rock-formatted WRKN. Cumulus will eventually have more than 60 owned-and-operated Country stations operating under the NASH brand. Cumulus is looking for an experienced Country PD for the station and on-air talent. Apply to mike.mcvay@cumulus.com

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WNFZ Knoxville Flips to Talk

10-31-13

The station was an Active Rock format under an LMA with Southcentral Media, which recently ended. 94.3/WNFZ-FM will join 850/WKVL-AM to create Knoxville's only FM/AM Talk Radio Combo. The lineup will include Dave Ramsey, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Herman Cain, Alex Jones, George Noory's "Coast to Coast" and several local shows

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Clear Channel Flips To MY-FM In Chicago

6-17-13

This morning, Clear Channel announced the flip to 93.9 MY FM on WLIT-FM. Ryan Seacrest introduced the new station to listeners. The music format will be a variety of hits from the 1980s through today. Artists will include
Pink, Bon Jovi, and Kelly Clarkson. A new programming line-up with local on-air personalities will be announced later this month. The format was tweaked from an AC to a Hot AC.

"We received feedback from thousands of listeners who want a station that is as diverse as Chicago, with commercial free commutes so their drives are full of music," said Tommy Austin, Vice President of Programming for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Chicago. "93.9 MY FM will play the best songs from the 80s until now with all different styles and textures, reflecting what our listeners want to hear. MY 93.9 will also continue the Holiday music tradition later in the year."

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Cumulus Flips To Sports In Minneapolis

4-1-13

The sports format just got a bit more crowded in theTwin Cities. The CBS Sports Network will now be heard on 105.1, 105.3, and 105.7. Cumulus is calling the station "Sports Radio105 The Ticket" and will carry the full network lineup from CBS Sports Radio, hoping to compete with Clear Channel's KFAN-FM and Hubbard's ESPN affiliate KSTP-AM, in that market.

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Clear Channel Flips to Alternative in Atlanta

3-29-13

It was a rhythmic CHR but now 105.7 in Atlanta is Alternative. Clear Channel announced the flip yesterday, saying the station will now be called "Radio 105.7." Market Manager Matt Scarano said, ?Our goal is to offer Atlanta listeners a different genre of music while providing the best programming and listening experience available. The area is home to Talk, Hip Hop, Country, Top 40 and Classic Hits formats, but Radio 105.7 will bring fresh alternative music back to Atlanta ? which is something our listeners are currently missing.?

The new format will include Foo Fighters, Muse, Mumford & Sons, Green Day, Dave Matthews, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Linkin Park, The Lumineers, Coldplay, Weezer and more.

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Lincoln Flips From Oldies To Comedy In Denver

10-19-2012

On Thursday, Lincoln Financial Media in Denver launched "Denver's Comedy 103.1-FM." General Manager Bob Call says, ?Denver needs a laugh and the New Comedy 103.1 will deliver. Stand-up comedy 24/7 will make it the ultimate feel-good radio station. Building on the success of Comedy 102.7 in Austin and Funny 102.5 in Kansas City, we look forward to Denver's New Comedy 103.1 becoming a favorite destination for laughs.?

Comedians will include Dane Cook, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock, Jeff Foxworthy, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Kathy Griffin, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Jimmy Fallon, George Lopez, Ray Romano, and many more.

Comedy 103.1 FM is on translator K276FK powered by KYGO HD-2. More information is available at comedy1031.com. The KRWZ Oldies format that had been simulcast on 103.1 FM and 950 AM will still be heard on its AM frequency and via online stream at cruisinoldies950.com.

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WEEI-AM Officially Flips to ESPN

10-8-2012

Entercom Boston and ESPN Radio recently announced that WEEI will split its AM/FM simulcast and begin broadcasting ESPN Radio on 850 AM. ?ESPN on WEEI? will air ESPN?s entire national lineup, including the entire upcoming Major League Baseball postseason schedule, the NBA, and college football and college basketball. ESPN Radio on 850 AM debuted Friday "Mike and Mike in the Morning,? who broadcast live from Foxboro?s Gillette Stadium. 

 Prior to the broadcast debut, ?Mike and Mike? joined Entercom Boston VP and Market Manager, Jeff Brown, and ESPN Audio Senior VP, Mo Davenport, for a launch party at Davio?s Northern Italian Steakhouse at Patriot Place. Mo Davenport - Senior Vice President, ESPN Audio, Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Jeff Brown - VP and Market Manager, Entercom Boston

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Clear Channel Flips WXKS-AM to All Comedy

8-13-2012
After losing Rush Limbaugh to WRKO last week, Clear Channel follows up by officially flipping its AM talker in Boston to all-comedy today. It becomes the first Boston radio station to feature comedy all day long. Matt Siegel of KISS 108?s ?Matty in the Morning? will anchor the station. ?Matty?s Comedy 1200? will launched at 8:30 this morning.

Clear Channel Market Manager Mary Menna said, ?Comedy has a longstanding tradition in Boston and now we are giving it a radio home. Matty has been making listeners laugh for more than 30 years on KISS 108 and he is the perfect choice to anchor our new comedy station.  ?Matty?s Comedy 1200? will be a natural extension of his iconic brand.?

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Blackberry Flips On Radio Switch

1-10-2012

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan, a huge proponent for the FM Chips told Radio Ink yesterday, "obviously I am thrilled they are activating the chip that is in the phones" and the NAB released a statement as well, ?The BlackBerry announcement is wonderful news for Radio. It?s critically important that our stations be on as many mobile devices and platforms as possible, and we?re hopeful that more of these types of announcements will be forthcoming.?

From the RIM (Research in Motion) press release at CES yesterday. "Customers with a BlackBerry Curve 9360 or 9380 smartphone will find a nice surprise with the BlackBerry 7.1 OS update in the form of an FM radio. The FM radio circuitry is already built in to the Curve 9360 and 9380 models and BlackBerry 7.1 provides users with a new app that allows them to tune in and enjoy local FM radio stations. Listening to the FM radio does not require a data plan or use data services."

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Greater Media Flips Detroit's MAGIC to Christmas

It's that time of the year when holiday music thrives on the radio. On Friday Greater Media flipped Magic 105.1 to Christmas 105.1, Detroit?s Christmas Station. Afternoon host, Chris Edmonds, kicked it all off with "It?s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? by Andy Williams.

Christmas 105.1 will also be awarding trips to Iberostar Paradiso del Mar in Riviera Maya, Mexico, just in time for Christmas. Listeners are being directed to sign up at www.Christmas1051.com. If they hear their name weekdays at 8:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. and call back within 10 minutes at (313) 298-1051, they qualify for an all-inclusive trip for 2 to the Riviera Maya, Mexico ? plus $500 spending cash! Listeners will join mid-day host, Mitzi Miles, on March 3rd, 2011.

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Cox Flips Birmingham To Sports Talk Today

The new station will be called "The Zone," and carried on 97.3 FM. It will include a morning show co-hosted by Alabama radio play-by-play announcer Eli Gold and Auburn color analyst and former Auburn Tigers quarterback Stan White. Additionally, long-time sports radio fixture Matt Coulter, who previously worked at WJOX, will be on air noon to 3 p.m. The station will also carry Tim Brando's syndicated show and The Rick and Bubba Show every afternoon.

CMG Birmingham?s VP and General Manager David DuBose says ?We?re excited to give Central Alabama a great new choice for sports talk. College football is the leading topic all year in Alabama, and we?re giving sports fans a station with the biggest names in college football."

The Zone will also be home to the Atlanta Falcons, now the home team for former Alabama players Mike Johnson, Julio Jones and John Parker Wilson; select Thursday night college football games; NFL games every Sunday and on several Monday and Thursday nights; high school Football Fridays, including a live game of the week beginning at 6:30p.m.; Saturday and Sunday fishing, hunting and golf programs; weekend health and fitness shows; and weekend car shows.

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