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Is Cumulus Planning A National Country Brand?

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:21 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...-country-brand

Cumulus appears on the way towards establishing a new national Country
brand. Domain registrations have been made over the past few months for
every commercial FM frequency ending in NashFM.com and .net (Example
921NashFM.com) as well as NashCountry.com and NashRadio.net.
CountryAircheck recently reported that Cumulus will move all record label
meetings in the Country format [...]

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Lost In The Shuffle: WICL Hagerstown Is Now The Big Dawg

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:47 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...w-the-big-dawg

Back in July, Prettyman Broadcastings Classic Hits Oldies 95.9 WICL
Williamsport/Hagerstown MD relaunched as 95.9 The Greatest Hits. That
revamp was short-lived as the station flipped to Classic Country on
September 25 as 95.9 The Big Dawg. The flip brought Classic Country back to
FM in the market following Verstandigs flip of Country Legends 92.1 [...]

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Great Eastern Continues Northern New England Shuffle

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:26 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...ngland-shuffle

Great Eastern Radio continues the realignment of its Vermont and New
Hampshire properties as it prepares to close on the acquisition of its
share of the Nassau Broadcasting divestiture. Rock Maxx 93.9 WMXR Woodstock
VT dropped its format this morning for Classic Hits Kool 93.9/96.3. The
96.3 refers to WFYX Walpole NH. That station will [...]

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104.3 The Bay Panama City Goes Dark

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 02:09 PM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...city-goes-dark

Citing financial difficulties, Horizon Broadcastings 104.3 The Bay WBYW
Lynn Haven/Panama City FL ceased operations on Friday, November 16. The
station signed on in August 2011 with an Adult Rock format stretching from
the 1970s through 2000s. The Horizon Broadcasting that owns WBYW is
unrelated to the Horizon Broadcasting Group that operates stations in
Oregon. [...]