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QueenB Launches Kootenai FM In Coeur D'Alene
Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:47 AM PST
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Morgan Murphy Medias QueenB Radio has made a pair of changes to its Spokane
WA cluster. 1080 KVNI Coeur DAlene ID dropped its simulcast of Sports 700
ESPN KXLX Spokane and is now being paired with 92.5 K223AN Coeur DAlene as
Kootenai FM. Launching with Christmas music through the holiday season,
InlandNWBusiness.com reports that the station will then flip to an AC
format hyper-serving the Kootenai County region of Northern Idaho. The
station will also carry local high school and University of Idaho sports.
The cluster also has switched 100.3 K262AG Spokane from a simulcast of
Country 99.9 KXLY-FM Spokane
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Station Sales Week Of 11/20: Rejoice Moves In Richmond
Posted: 20 Nov 2015 08:27 AM PST
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Station Sales Davidson Media continues its sell-off as 990 WLEE Richmond VA
is sold to General Manager Jim Jacobs Richmond Radio LLC for $10,000.
Concurrent with the sale, Jacobs replaced the Conservative Talk programming
of WLEE with the Gospel format heard on 1540 WREJ as that station goes
Silent. Following Leslie Rudds purchase of News/Talk 1360 WCHL/97.9 W250BP
Chapel Hill NC out of bankruptcy, four partners are joining the newly
renamed Chapel Hill Media Group as equal 20% owners. Chris Ehrenfeld, James
Kitchen, Mark Vitali and Aaron Wright will each pay $150,000 for their
stakes in the company. After divesting
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Detroit Lions to Move To Cumulus' WJR
Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:53 AM PST
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After twelve years on CBS Sports 97.1 The Ticket WXYT-FM, the Detroit Lions
are jumping to Cumulus News/Talk 760 WJR starting with the 2016 season. The
deal with WJR, which served has the Lions flagship from 1948 through 1988,
is for five years. WJR will serve as the originating station for all of the
franchises network programming including the game broadcasts, pre- and
postgame shows, weekly in-season show and additional offseason content.
Game broadcasters Dan Miller and Jim Brandstatte are expected to remain in
place. The Detroit Lions and Cumulus Media announced today a five-year
broadcast partnership making News/Talk 760
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iHeart Makes A Christmas Adjustment in St. Louis
Posted: 19 Nov 2015 05:59 PM PST
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In recent years a crosstown Christmas music battle would break out between
CBS AC 102.5 KEZK and iHeartMedia Classic Hits 103.3 KLOU St. Louis. This
year iHeart is trying a new strategy. Instead of dropping Classic Hits on
the market leading KLOU, the company disposed of Rock Louie 103.7 W279AQ
Mascoutah IL/KLOU-HD2 and launched all-Christmas there. The new Christmas
103.7 is promoting that it will operate commercial-free through the
holidays. The prior Louie format was positioned to cut into Emmis duo of
Rock 94.7 KSHE and Alternative 105.7 The Point KPNT. Expect a new format on
103.7 in the new
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