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WMVN Syracuse Flips To Rhythmic CHR The Beat

Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:11 PM PST
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Wolf Radio flipped Rhythmic AC Movin 100.3/96.5 WMVN Sylvan Beach/W243AB
Westvale/Syracuse NY to Rhythmic CHR 96.5 The Beat at 4pm today.

The new station is branding itself as The New Beat Of Syracuse and
attacking the two incumbent CHRs: Cumulus Medias 93Q 93.1 WNTQ and
iHeartMedias Hot 107.9 WWHT.

The first three songs on 96.5 The Beat we

Chance The Rapper ft. Little Wayne 2 Chainz No Problem

The Game ft. Jeremih All Eyez

Rhianna ft. Drake Work

Original Report 11/9 11am: Wolf Radio Rhythmic AC Movin 100.3/96.5 WMVN
Sylvan Beach/W243AB Westvale/Syracuse NY is promoting a format change for
4pm today.

Sweepers running every few songs on the station state, Votes are in,
results have been calculated. A big announcement at 4pm. The stations
website is down with the words Something cool is happening really soon!
behind a blue brick wall background.

WMVN held a 1.1 share in the Summer 2016 Nielsen Audio ratings.



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K-Santa Arrives In Columbia MO As 98.3 Comes Back To Life

Posted: 09 Nov 2016 11:27 AM PST
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Fifteen years after Michael Rices Contemporary Media lost his license for
98.3 KFMZ Columbia MO, the full-power allocation has finally returned to
the market.

Iris Medias 98.3 KDVC Columbia launched today with Christmas Music as 98.3
K-Santa with a permanent format to come after the holidays. The KSanta.com
domain is owned by Zimmer Radio and as we reported when Iris won the FCC
auction for the station in 2015, owner Joseph Uzoaru is based in the same
city as Zimmer. 983KDVC.com and 983KSanta.com were registered by employees
of Zimmer as well.

Educational Media Foundations K-Love translator 98.3 K252FE Columbia has
relocated to 106.5 with the sign-on of KDVC.



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92.1 The Mic Madison Drops Liberal Talk For Christmas Music

Posted: 09 Nov 2016 09:33 AM PST
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iHeartMedia Liberal Talk 92.1 The Mic WXXM Sun Prairie/Madison WI dropped
its format at 11am this morning and has flipped to Christmas Music as 92.1
Best-FM.

As reported yesterday in our Daily Domains report, the move will lead to a
new format for the station under the Best-FM branding after the holidays. A
format change had been expected since the stations brokered afternoon show
was told in late October that WXXM was cancelling their show.

92.1 The Mic goes out with a 2.1 share in the Summer 2016 Nielsen Audio
ratings, by far the highest for any station in the format registered by
Nielsen.

INSTANT INSIGHT: WXXM was the longest lasting and most successful of the
Liberal Talk stations to launch in the mid 2000s. While the timing of the
format change following the election of Donald Trump last night will elicit
a strong backlash from the stations previous core audience, from a billing
perspective theres no way the station was making money. Its audience skewed
just as old as Conservative Talk without a flagship program to sell to
national advertisers.

The format may very well see a rebound under the Trump administration, but
it will need an owner that is invested in the format and willing to find a
way to find that flagship national program.

iHeartMedia Madison announced today the debut of Madison’s Home for the
Holidays 92.1 BEST FM, a new holiday music station for listeners in the
Madison community. 92.1 BEST FM will broadcast around-the-clock festive
music leading into the holiday season. Fans can listen to 92.1 BEST FM on
the station’s website, www.921bestfm.com, as well as on iHeartRadio.com.

Beginning today, November 9, 2016 at 11 a.m.

“We’re excited to spread cheer throughout the community with popular
holiday music on WXXM. Madison’s Home for the Holidays 92.1 BEST FM is a
great way for our listeners to get into the holiday spirit!� said Keith
Bratel, Market President for iHeartMedia Madison.




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Scripps CEO Rich Boehne To Retire In 2017; Adam Symson Named COO

Posted: 09 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PST
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E.W. Scripps CRO Rich Boehne will retire during the second half of 2017.

Scripps has concurrently promoted Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson to
Chief Operating Officer with the expectation he will rise to CEO upon
Boehnes retirement. Boehne has been President/CEO of Scripps since 2008 and
added Chairman duties in 2013.

Symson has been with Scripps since 2002 and overseen the companys digital
operations since 2011 through its merger and newspaper spin-off with
Journal Communications and acquisitions of podcast network Midroll, comedy
site Cracked, and Newsy.

Rich Boehne will retire from his role as president and CEO of The E.W.
Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) during the second half of 2017, and the company
has appointed Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson to the new position of
chief operating officer.

As COO, Symson will report to Boehne and oversee day-to-day operations of
the companys broadcast TV, digital media and radio divisions. He is
expected to move into the chief executive role when Boehne retires.

Boehne, 60, has been president and CEO since 2008 and was elected chairman
of the board in 2013. The board anticipates Boehne will continue as its
chairman following the transition later next year.

Symson, 41, joined the Scripps TV division in 2002 and has held a variety
of roles before taking over the companys digital operations in 2011. In
that role, he has run Scripps local digital businesses in 27 markets as
well as national digital content companies Midroll, Newsy and Cracked.
Scripps digital portfolio includes web, mobile and over-the-top businesses,
and Symson has led the strategy and execution of product development,
content, revenue and marketing for that portfolio. He also has led the
companys efforts to develop new businesses in emerging media through
investment and acquisition.

Adam has demonstrated the leadership and entrepreneurial skills critical
for the continued long-term success of the Scripps enterprise, Boehne said.
In this media environment, where opportunities and challenges develop at an
ever-accelerating pace, he has shown his ability to build successful media
brands.

Having spent more than half of his career in broadcast television,
including as an investigative journalist and a news strategist for Scripps,
Adam is driven by our companys mission and our vision of creating a
better-informed world. His deep experience as a broadcaster, a builder of
digital media brands, and a discerning leader will serve our employees, our
customers and our owners exceptionally well.

Prior to 2011, Symson ran operations, content and revenue for the TV
divisions interactive businesses. He also spent a year as director of
content and marketing for the Scripps Interactive media division, which was
spun off into Scripps Networks Interactive in 2008. He has served as
director of investigations and special projects and director of news
strategy and operations for the Scripps corporate television group. He
joined Scripps as executive producer of investigations and special projects
for Scripps affiliate KNXV in Phoenix in 2002. He also has worked for CBS
stations WBBM in Chicago and KCBS in Los Angeles and as an independent
producer for CBS News and NBC News.

Symson has a bachelors in communication from the University of California,
Los Angeles. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Cincinnati and
serves on the boards of Cincinnati Public Radio, Adath Israel Congregation
and Scripps Howard Foundation.