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December 18, 2020
Nashville Business Manager Kirke Martin Dies From Cancer
Veteran NASHVILLE-based business manager KIRKE MARTIN, founder of MARTIN, ALLBEE, MILLER, BRYAN & ASSOCIATES, died on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th from cancer at the age of 70. MARTIN founded the firm in 1981, and over the next 39 years worked with … more »
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September 22, 2020
Roy Head, 'Treat Her Right' Country/Soul Singer, Dies At 79
ROY HEAD, the HOUSTON singer whose biggest hit was "Treat Her Right" in 1965, passed away MONDAY morning (9/21) at the age of 79. He also charted 24 songs on the Country singles chart between 1974 and 1985. The HOUSTON CHRONICLE called … more »
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August 17, 2020
Launch Of WIOQ/Philly's '$102 Grand In The Sand' Lights Up 'City Of Brotherly Love' Skies
iHEARTMEDIA TOP 40 WIOQ (Q102)/PHILADELPHIA definitely knows how to launch a promotion in style. You may remember their epic promotion from 2019, where the station hid $102,000 worth of prizes in the sand in ATLANTIC CITY and invited listeners to dig … more »
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July 9, 2020
KYGO/Denver Celebrating 40 Years As A Country Station
BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. Country KYGO/DENVER is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the format this week. The station will mark the occasion with a day of special programming on SATURDAY, JULY 11th. From 7-11a (MDT), it will count down the top 40 … more »
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May 12, 2020
Research Director, Inc.: Exclusive April PPM Analysis For Houston-Galveston, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston
To quote the Queen Of Soul: “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” The answer is -- we all are. The APRIL ratings survey (which ran from 3/26 through 4/22) was completely infected and affected by the coronavirus. We are seeing huge cume drops … more »
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March 6, 2020
Garth Brooks Cleans Up In February RIAA Certifications
Among the 34 albums the RIAA certified in FEBRUARY, three were from GARTH BROOKS, and each was recognized for multi-Platinum sales. BROOKS' “NO FENCES” album was certified 18 times Platinum, for sales of 18 million units. His “Fresh … more »
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October 3, 2019
No New Station Sales In FCC Database Thursday Morning
No new station sale transactions appeared in the FCC database THURSDAY morning (10/3). In filings that made it to the database, GOW MEDIA, LLC has requested a Silent STA for KGOW-A/BELLAIRE, TX-HOUSTON due to flooding at the daytime transmitter site. … more »
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September 18, 2019
Sold: Colorado Springs AM, Translators In Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma
GABRIELLE BROADCASTING LICENSE II, LLC (JIM MROSS ENGINEERING LLC as receiver) is selling Religion KFCS-A/COLORADO SPRINGS to GREELEY BROADCASTING CORP. for $85,000. In other filings with the FCC, EDGEWATER BROADCASTING, INC. is selling K232EI/LAKE … more »
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July 31, 2019
Forever Media Buys Wilmington FM Translator
RITMO BROADCASTING, LLC is selling W245CI/WILMINGTON, DE to FOREVER MEDIA's FM RADIO LICENSES, LLC for $275,000. The translator will change its primary staton from the seller's Tropical WJBR-HD3 (RITMO 96.9 & 106.7 FM)/WILMINGTON, ending its … more »
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June 19, 2019
Steve Schweidel Joins Vector Management
STEVE SCHWEIDEL joins NASHVILLE-based VECTOR MANAGEMENT as a full-time manager, and brings longtime client NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND with him to the company’s roster. SCHWEIDEL founded CLEARVIEW ARTIST MANAGEMENT in 2008, and is shuttering that … more »