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Cali 93.9 Debuts First Morning Show

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 11:22 AM PDT
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Meruelo Media Spanish Rhythmic Cali 93.9 KLLI Los Angeles has debuted its
new morning show featuring Carolina Marquez, Mando Fresko, and Jessica
Flores.

Fresko moves across the hall from overnights at Rhythmic CHR Power 106 KPWR
where he has been since 2007 in multiple dayparts.

Marquez joins KLLI after previously working at predecessor Regional Mexican
Radio Centro 93.9 KXOS and hosting mornings at SBS Latino 96.3 KXOL. She
has also worked as a producer and host for LaTV and MTV Tr3s.

Flores previously worked as a producer and host at KPWR and on-air at Radio
Disney. She is a singer/songwriter and social influencer and previously
served as Music and Entertainment Partnerships Manager for Latin America
for Musical.ly (now Tik Tok).

Cali 93.9 #1 for Reggaeton y mas, a Meruelo Media station, announced its
new Cali Mornings on-air talent roster on September 12, 2019.

The new Cali Mornings (5a-10a) line-up is led by Carolina “Caro� Marquez ,
Mando Fresko and, with sidekick Jessica Flores.

Carolina “Caro� Marquez will co-host the new Cali Morning show with Mando.
Speaking about her new role, Caro was enthusiastic about her passion and
future of Cali 93.9, “You inspire and awaken the hearts of others by doing
what you love. I’m incredibly happy to be doing just that with Cali
93.9.� Caro previously served as midday host on Radio Centro’s 93.9 Exitos
and Mega 96.3, both Los Angeles stations, as a producer at LATV, and a
reporter for MTV3. She is a Los Angeles native from Lincoln Heights and
has a 7 year old daughter.

Mando Fresko moves to Cali from a successful run as an on-air personality
with Cali’s sister station Power 106, also a Meruelo Media station. Fresko
said of the move the he is “beyond excited to join the Cali 93.9 family,
and I’m honored to continue being a part of Meruelo Medias elite team. I
cant wait to talk with our listeners every morning! Mando was recently
featured on Forbes’ “Get Paid to Be Yourself� where he discussed his
professional journey and founding his company, Hubwav Media. Mando is also
actively involved in the local community with the newly launched Fresko
Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on mentorship, personal
development, and creating opportunities for inner city youths.

Jessica Flores rounds out the Cali Mornings, as a sidekick, and will also
serve as a Cali 93.9 digital personality. Speaking about her role, Jessica
said. “I have been dreaming about an opportunity like this for years. Cali
93.9 will make a positive cultural impact for the Los Angeles community for
years to come!� Jessica started her radio career with Cali sister station
Power 106’s Liftoff show featuring Justin Credible, and also served as
talent for Radio Disney. She was involved in the development of media and
music campaigns with Musical.ly (now Tik Tok), focused on growing the Latin
music market with artists like Shakira, Daddy Yankee, Becky G, Karol G, J
Balvin and Luis Fonsi.

Cali Mornings launches September 12, 2019 with Mando Fresko and Caro, with
Flores joining on Monday, September 16, 2019.

DJ E-Man, Director of Programming, is “extremely proud of the new Cali
Mornings team. This is a station made by LA, for LA.�



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Sammy Cruise In; Robby Bridges Out At Townsquare Portsmouth NH

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 10:05 AM PDT
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After stepping down as Program Director of Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK West
Palm Beach in February but staying on as afternoon host, then being
promoted back up to APD/MD in August, Sammy Cruise is exiting to become
Operations Manager of Townsquare Medias Country 97.5 WOKQ Dover/Portsmouth
NH and Classic Hits 102.1/105.3 The Shark WSAK Hampton NH/WSHK Kittery ME.

Cruise had been with WIRK since 2009. He previously programmed WCTQ
Sarasota FL and served as MD of KWNR Las Vegas and APD/MD of KBQI
Albuquerque.

Cruise succeeds Robby Bridges, who posted on Facebook last night that it
was his decision to exit to see whats behind door #3. Bridges joined
Townsquare in January after five years in Detroit programming Country 93.1
Nash-FM WDRQ and Hot AC 96.3 WDVD.


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Megan Rage Takes Afternoons At Fuego-FM Sacramento

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 08:25 AM PDT
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Entravision Bilingual CHR Fuego-FM 103.5 KHHM Sacramento/98.9 KCVR-FM
Columbia/Modesto has begun staffing up with the addition of Megan Rage for
afternoons.

The Sacramento native has spent her entire career in the market beginning
as an intern at Country 105.1 KNCI and hosting middays at Hot AC Now 100.5
KZZO and mornings and middays at Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM.

The station consists of a mix of music in Spanish and English but is
presented entirely in English.

Just got onto twitter to post about my cat (obvi) and realized I never made
my HUGE announcement here. I’m back. hear me afternoons in Sacramento,
Stockton & Modesto @fuego1035 M-F 3-7pm Megan Rage is BACK. #Rage
pic.twitter.com/d5BgzdjiZS

- Megan RAGE (@Megan_Rage) September 12, 2019




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Howard Hoffman Joins WOR As Creative Services Director

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 07:26 AM PDT
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Howard Hoffman has returned to New York as Creative Services Director of
iHeartMedia News/Talk 710 WOR and iHeartRadio Broadway

This marks a return to New York for Hoffman who spent much of his early
career at stations including 101.9 WPIX-FM, 770 WABC, and mornings at Hot
97 WQHT from 1989-1993. Hes also worked in Houston, Phoenix and KMEL and
KFRC San Francisco. From 1994-2011 he served as the Production Director for
790 KABC Los Angeles and established his own voice-over/production business.




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WJCT Launches Pop-Up Channel For Ken Burns Country Music Series

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 07:07 AM PDT
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WJCT Public Media is creating a limited run HD subchannel exploring the
history of Country Music tied to promote the new Ken Burns series debuting
this weekend.

Pop-Up Country will run on 89.9 WJCT-HD4 Jacksonville FL until the end of
November with Country, Folk, Bluegrass and Blues from artists including the
Carter family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash,
Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, BB King, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Merle
Haggard, Emmylou Harris, and Garth Brooks. The channel is a promotional
tie-in to the documentary series Country Music that will begin airing on
PBS stations including WJCT-TV this weekend.

WJCTs David Luckin, who is overseeing the sub-channel, told the Florida
Times-Union, With the power of pop-up opportunities through HD Radio and
Jacksonville’s passionate country following on our side, launching the
POP-UP Country Music on 89.9FM HD4 leading up to the release of Ken Burn’s
documentary ‘Country Music’ is a natural fit.�

INSTANT INSIGHT: This is the perfect use of HD Radio and streaming and as a
strategy should be used more often by stations. The fact that this is not
being offered via streaming severely hampers the curation to be heard in
the market beyond the national appeal something a short-run service like
this offers.


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Station Sales Week Of 9/13

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 04:30 AM PDT
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After DWS Inc. and parent company News-Gazette Inc. filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy last week, Champaign Multimedia Group has agreed to purchase the
company for $4.5 million. The stations included are News/Talk 1400
WDWS/93.9 W230CW Champaign, AC “Lite Rock 97.5� WHMS-FM Champaign, and
Classic Hits 107.9 WKIO Arcola as well as six newspapers in Illinois.

Casper Communications sells Variety Hits Wisconsin 106.1 WCWI Adams WI to
Marcus Jaegers Heart of Wisconsin Media for $350,000. The stations real
estate will be sold in a separate $175,000 deal to Jaeger. Seller Joseph
Deschler will remain on the payroll for thirteen months after closing for
$3,000 per month and be eligible for up to $7500 in bonuses over the next
three years if the station reaches certain sales goals.

Andala Enterprises donates 1470 WNWF Evergreen AL to Logic Educational
Network for no consideration. The seller retains Standards 1140 WPNS Destin
FL.


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iHeartRadio Launches Sports Portal

Posted: 13 Sep 2019 03:30 AM PDT
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Following Entercoms introduction of Radio.com Sports earlier this year,
iHeartMedia is following suit with iHeartRadio Sports.

At launch, the portal features streaming links to Fox Sports Radio and
iHeartMedias 570 KLAC Los Angeles, 100.3 KFAN KFXN Minneapolis, and The
Gambler 1480 WDAS Philadelphia and podcasts including The Herd with Colin
Cowherd, Sports Wars, 3 and Out with John MiddleKauff, and Outkick the
Coverage with Clay Travis.

iHeartMedia, the leading audio company in America which also has a greater
reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet and the No. 1 podcast
publisher globally according to Podtrac, today announced the launch of
“iHeartRadio Sports,� a new website that lets listeners find the leading
broadcast Sports radio stations, top Sports podcasts and latest Sports news
in one place.

Through “iHeartRadio Sports,� sports fans can choose from more than 195
live broadcast and digital stations including FOX Sports Radio; AM 570 LA
Sports, Home of Dodgers Radio Los Angeles Sports; FOX Sports The Gambler
in Philadelphia; KFAN FM 100.3 – Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Sports Leader;
and others. In addition, they can listen to episodes from more than 25,000
sports podcasts including The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 3 and Out with John
MiddleKauff, Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis, Sports Wars and more.

“iHeartRadio has long been a destination for the biggest sports fans and
now provides the premier destination where they can find all their favorite
teams, podcasts, personalities and stations all in one place,� said Darren
Davis, President of iHeartRadio and iHeartMedia Networks Group. “Sports
listeners are incredibly passionate and this new destination utilizes the
power and reach of iHeartMedia and its programming to create an
encompassing all-things-sports experience like no other, for those
enthusiastic fanatics everywhere whether it’s getting outstanding
play-by-play of the latest Dodgers game to sports betting podcasts for
expert picks and analysis.�

FOX Sports Radio, a division of Premiere Networks in partnership with FOX
Sports, reaches more than 15 million monthly listeners on more than 500
affiliates. It has the biggest hosts in sports and entertainment, including
Colin Cowherd, Dan Patrick, Clay Travis, Doug Gottlieb, Rich Eisen, Chris
Broussard, Rob Parker and R.J. Bell. In August, FOX Sports Radio’s podcasts
reached 10.3 million total monthly listens, marking back-to-back months
that the network has surpassed the 10 million milestone.

The iHeartRadio digital streaming service features 196 broadcast and
digital Sports radio stations across the U.S. and more than 25,000 Sports
podcasts. In addition, iHeartMedia’s radio brands feature top local Sports
on-air talent and programming including insider access, interviews, live
reports and play-by-play broadcast agreements with top teams in major
sports on both the professional and college level, including the Dodgers,
Clippers, Kings, Chargers and UCLA in Los Angeles; the Vikings, Wild and
Gofers in Minnesota; the Reds, Bengals and University of Cincinnati
Football and Basketball in Cincinnati; the Broncos, Rockies and University
of Colorado Football in Colorado; the Indians and Cavaliers in Cleveland;
the Miami Marlins and Florida Gators in Florida; and more. In June, the
company launched iHeartRadio Sports Daily – a newsletter featuring top
sports stories and videos that are sent out daily to sports fans.



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The Fat One Returns To Michigan

Posted: 12 Sep 2019 04:41 PM PDT
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Eleven and a half years after Midwest Communications flipped 96.5 WFAT
Portage/Kalamazoo MI to Country, the company has resurrected the call
letters and heritage The Fat One brand in neighboring Battle Creek.

930 WTOU/102.7 W274AQ Battle Creek have dropped its simulcast of RB The
Touch 1560 WNWN/95.5 W238AL to flip to Classic Hits under the WFAT calls.
The calls were utilized on 96.5 from 1992 until 2008 under multiple formats
including CHR, AC and Classic Rock but the Fat One moniker is associated
with its CHR era in the 1990s. With the change the WTOU calls move over to
1560 WNWN.


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