RadioInsight for Thursday 10 January 2013
 

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KUPL Portland Gets Bullish

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:13 PM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...d-gets-bullish

Alpha Broadcasting Country 98.7 KUPL Portland will rebrand as 98.7 The Bull
at 12am on Thursday. Keeping its position as a younger skewing Country
outlet, the station will play 10,000 songs commercial free. With the
relaunch comes a staff overhaul. Morning hosts Scott Simon and Jolynn
Winter and midday host Lola are out and night [...]

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Bull Revamp Coming To Houston?

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 01:54 PM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...ing-to-houston

With the bull logoed Houston Texans still alive in the NFL playoffs and the
big Rodeo Houston on its way next month, CBS Country 100.3 KILT-FM looks to
be adopting a new brand in the near future. Anonymous domain registrations
were made on January 7th for 1003TheBull.com, TheBull1003.com, and
TheBullHouston.com. KILT is currently lagging behind [...]

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Edmonton's Joe Gets Fresh

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 01:15 PM PST
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...joe-gets-fresh

Variety Hits is out and Hot AC is in as Corus 92.5 Joe-FM CKNG Edmonton
revamped today as 92.5 Fresh-FM. Candadian Radio News reports the change
took place at 12pm today. The move places CKNG in a more direct competition
with Rawlco Radio Adult CHR 102.3 Now CKNO and AC Up 99.3 CIUP. CKNO leads
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