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• February 15, 2017

  Jeff Zito Returns To Ft. Myers As PD At WRXK (96 K-Rock)

  

  BEASLEY Active Rock WRXK (96 K-ROCK)/FT. MYERS reunites with former PD JEFF ZITO. Last SPRING (NET NEWS 5/10/16) ZITO transfered to sister WBRN (98.7 NO RULES ROCK)/TAMPA. That station imploded during the fight between then morning host BUBBA THE LOVE … more »

• February 8, 2017

  Bubba The Love Sponge Returning To Tampa Airwaves On WWBA

  

  BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE is getting back on the TAMPA airwaves, this time on GENESIS News-Talk WWBA-A (820 NEWS)/TAMPA, starting MONDAY (2/13). BUBBA has been off TAMPA radio since BEASLEY dropped the show from Rock WBRN (NO RULES RADIO) in DECEMBER in … more »

• February 2, 2017

  WBRN (The New b98.7)/Tampa Debuts 'Wake Up With Chadd & Kristi'

  

  BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP's recemtly launched AC WBRN (THE NEW b98.7)/TAMPA will debut its new morning show, starring top-rated, married on-air personalities “CHADD & KRISTI," starting MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, on weekdays from 5-10a (ET) Said … more »

• January 16, 2017

  Bubba The Love Sponge Responds To Nielsen Suit With Motion For Counterclaim, Third-Party Suit Vs. Cox, Mike Calta

  

  The suit by NIELSEN AUDIO against BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE over alleged ratings tampering has taken another turn with BUBBA CLEM filing a motion for leave to file a counterclaim and to bring COX MEDIA GROUP and his local TAMPA rival MIKE CALTA into the case … more »

• January 5, 2017

  WBRN/Tampa Flips To AC 'B98.7'

  

  After dropping its Rock format and morning host BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE for CHRISTMAS music (NET NEWS 12/12/16), BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP has launched a new Mainstream AC station on WBRN/TAMPA. The New B98.7 is launching with 10,000 songs in a row, featuring … more »

• December 28, 2016

  WBRN/Tampa Cashes In As Donald 98.7 FM

  

  BEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP station WBRN 98.7FM)/TAMPA, the former radio home for BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE, has rebranded itself in the TRUMP vein as DONALD 98.7FM with the promise to "Make Radio Great Again," according to a report on WTSP.COM.   … more »

• December 14, 2016

  Mentor Partners Names Erik Etchison OM For Big Rapids, MI, Cluster

  

  MENTOR PARTNERS has named ERIK ETCHISON OM for its three-station BIG RAPIDS, MI cluster, which includes Country WWBR (BIG COUNTRY), Hot AC WYBR (Y102), and News/Talk WBRN-A (NEWSRADIO 1460). The MICHIGAN native, who was most recently with SAGA in … more »

• December 12, 2016

  WBRN/Tampa Drops Bubba The Love Sponge, Goes All-Christmas In Advance Of Format Flip

  

  BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE is out at his flagship station, BEASLEY Rock WBRN (98.7 NO RULES ROCK)/TAMPA, which is "undergoing a format adjustment," the company said in a terse press release issued MONDAY morning (12/12). The release said, … more »

• October 31, 2016

  WYBR (Y-102)/Big Rapids, MI, Looking For OM/Morning Host

  

  After more than 10 years, MENTOR PARTNERS Hot AC WYBR (Y-102)/BIG RAPIDS, MI, OM/morning show host BRIAN GOODENOW is leaving the station to teach at a local tech school, leaving an opening to fill.  According to GM JEFF SCARPELLI, "BRIAN is the … more »

• October 19, 2016

  Beasley Media Group Names Voncile Anderson Director Of NTR Sales In Tampa Bay

  

  BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP/TAMPA has named VONCILE ANDERSON Dir./NTR Sales for the cluster, which includes Country WQYK, Top 40 WLLD, Rock WBRN, Classic Hits WRBQ, Spanish WYUU, and Talk WHFS-A. ANDERSON brings two decades of local radio experience to this … more »