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• November 20, 2017

  WDRQ/Detroit Adds Jessica Tyler For APD/MD/Middays

  

  CUMULUS Country WDRQ (NASH FM 93.1)/DETROIT has added JESSICA TYLER as APD/MD/midday host, effective FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15th. TYLER joins from SUMMITMEDIA Country WQNU (Q103)/LOUISVILLE where she handled MD/morning co-host duties for the station for the … more »

• October 2, 2017

  Cumulus/Detroit Re-Signs Robby Bridges As Dir./FM Programming

  

  CUMULUS MEDIA/DETROIT has re-signed ROBBY BRIDGES as Dir./FM Programming, overseeing the company’s DETROIT radio station cluster -- which includes Country WDRQ, Hot AC WDVD, and Classic Country WDRQ-HD2. BRIDGES is also on CUMULUS Hot AC and … more »

• February 6, 2017

  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Pledges To Share Items On Meeting Agendas With Other Commissioners Before Press, Public

  

  FCC Chairman AJIT PAI issued another process statement TODAY (2/6), pledging to share porposed items for open meetings with other commissioners before the meeting takes place.  PAI and fellow Republican Commissioner MIKE O'RIELLY were vocal … more »

• January 23, 2017

  Official: Ajit Pai Named FCC Chairman

  

  The worst kept secret in WASHINGTON (NET NEWS 1/20) is now official, as President DONALD TRUMP has tapped FCC Commissioner AJIT PAI to serve as the new Chairman of the agency, replacing the departed TOM WHEELER.  PAI takes over a shorthanded panel … more »

• January 17, 2017

  Report: President-elect Trump Met With FCC's Ajit Pai On Monday

  

  BROADCASTING AND CABLE reports that President-elect DONALD TRUMP has met with FCC Commissioner AJIT PAI, who has been touted as the likely candidate for Interim Chairman of the Commission. TRUMP spokesman SEAN SPICER said that PAI was TRUMP's last … more »

• December 15, 2016

  Chairman Tom Wheeler To Exit FCC January 20th

  

  FCC Chairman TOM WHEELER announced that he is leaving the Commission effective JANUARY 20th.  WHEELER, a Democrat, has served as Chairman of the Commission for over three years; he will leave as the new TRUMP administration takes office. In a … more »

• September 15, 2016

  FCC Commissioners Face Criticism At Senate Commerce Committee Oversight Hearing

  

  The FCC Commissioners headed to Capitol Hill TODAY (9/15) for another Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing, and the panel opened with committee Chairman JOHN THUNE (R-SD) ripping Chairman TOM WHEELER for the partisan nature of proceedings before … more »

• August 25, 2016

  FCC Officially Releases Ownership Rules Order, With Not Much Changing And Some Commissioners Not Happy

  

  The FCC has officially released the mostly-unchanged ownership rules Second Report and Order, preserving the newspaper-broadcast and radio-television cross-ownership prohibitions and the attribution rules that mostly eliminated television joint sales … more »

• August 10, 2016

  Cumulus/Detroit Promotes Robby Bridges To Dir./FM Programming

  

  CUMULUS/DETROIT has promoted ROBBY BRIDGES to Dir./FM Programming effective immediately. BRIDGES will have oversight of CUMULUS Country WDRQ (NASH FM 93.1), Classic Country (NASH ICON 93.1 HD2), and Hot AC WDVD. He has been with the cluster since 2014 … more »

• July 12, 2016

  House, Senate Hold Hearings On FCC Issues Today

  

  The FCC was busy TODAY on CAPITOL HILL with hearings in both the House and Senate. Chairman TOM WHEELER and Commissioners MIGNON CLYBURN, JESSICA ROSENWORCEL, AJIT PAI, and MIKE O'RIELLY appeared at an FCC oversight hearing before the House … more »