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Delmarva Educational Association Acquires 104.7 KABQ-FM Albuquerque

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 10:17 AM PST
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After thirteen years in the Aloha Stations Trust to be divested,
iHeartMedia is finally parting ways with 80s Hits 104.7 KABQ-FM Bosque
Farms/Albuquerque.

Stuart Epperson, Jr. and Nancy Eppersons Delmarva Educational Association
will receive the station via a donation. Delmarva will pay $80,000 to
iHeart to reimburse costs in connection to maintenance of the trust and
divestiture of the station. Delmarva will also enter a sublease with iHeart
to continue operating at its current transmitter site. The station will be
required to take on new call letters at closing.

Delmarva Educational Association previously acquired 1430 WKOX
Everett/Boston MA via donation from iHearts Ocean States Trust in April
2020. Cumulus Medias Mainstay Station Trust sold Sports “106.5 The Ticket�
WTOD Delta/Toledo OH to Delmarva last month for $110,000. Run by the son
and wife of Salem Media Group co-founder Stuart Epperson, Delmarva
Educational Association owns non-commercial stations in Florida, Georgia,
and Virginia plus WKOX. The Eppersons also hold interest in multiple other
operators including Truth Broadcasting Company, Chesapeake-Portsmouth
Broadcasting, and Blue Ridge Radio.

The Aloha Stations Trust still has two AMs in the Huntington WV/Ashland KY
market and two FMs in Dayton OH to divest.



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25 Years of 103.5 WKTU: From First Listen Through Today

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST
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Looking at 103.5 WKTU New York over the years, particularly through its
music, you see two different through-lines. One is the state of Mainstream
Top 40. The other is the history of dance music on the radio over the last
25 years. Those two sagas are often intertwined. The boost that WKTU gave
dance/pop in the late ‘90s was a key part of CHRs resurgence. When Top 40
found new currency in the late ‘00s/early ‘10s, dance anthems were again
the driver, and WKTU saw a resurgence as well.

This article began as a First Listen to WKTU’s launch on Feb. 10, 1996, and
a Fresh Listen to the station today. But there are five other monitors from
the station throughout its history — three times longer than that of the
legendary “Disco 92â€� WKTU that it invoked — that tell the story as well.Â*

The New ‘KTU helped end one of CHR’s worst periods, but by launching as a
dance-pop outlet with a 70s disco component, some observers saw it as
further fragmenting the format. The weekend KTU signed on, much of the
industry was at the Gavin Report convention in Atlanta; the launch only
confirmed, for some panelists, that the format could never play “all the
hits� again. Those predictions resonate now, even if the backdrop — from
COVID-19 to competition from streaming — is more complex.
FEBRUARY 10, 1996

The first hour of WKTU followed a week of stunting that included simulcasts
of Evergreen Media’s other stations, including R&B KKBT (the Beat) Los
Angeles and Top 40 WXKS (Kiss 108) Boston, whose “dropping the beat from
the top of the Pru� liner became “ … from the top of the World� for ‘KTU,
swapping the Prudential Center for the World Trade Center.

When the new ‘KTU launched, disco was already becoming part of Adult
Contemporary radio at stations like WBMX (Mix 98.5) Boston and sister WYXR
(Star 104.5) Philadelphia, which had attempted a similar format a few years
earlier. Besides dance gold from the disco era, ‘KTU had every pop/dance
crossover from the last two years to draw on. As stations returned to the
CHR format, many would use the dance/pop stash in a similar way, blurring
the line between current and recurrent in a way that’s familiar now, but
was less typical in 1996.Â*

Here’s WKTU in its first hour on Feb. 10, 1996:

C & C Music Factory, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)�
Mariah Carey, “Fantasy�
Snap!, “Rhythm Is a Dancer�
Madonna, “Open Your Heart�
Real McCoy, “Run Away�
CeCe Peniston, “Finally�
Lina Santiago, “Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)�
Prince, “I Would Die 4 U�
KC & Sunshine Band, “Please Don’t Go�
Cynthia, “Change on Me�
TLC, “Diggin’ on You�
Diana Ross, “Upside Down�
Janet Jackson, “Escapade�
Haddaway, “What Is Love�
Salt & Pepa, “Whatta Man�
Whitney Houston, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)�
Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff�
Seal, “Kiss From a Rose�

DECEMBER 1, 1996

WKTU was phenomenally successful. Its lineup was now in place, including
Rupaul & Michelle Visage in mornings, “Broadway Bill Lee� in afternoons,
Hollywood Hamilton & Goumba Johnny at night. One key moment, as
RadioInsight publisher Lance Venta notes, wasÂ* the phenomenon of the
“Macarena� over the summer. “Macarena� was one of the first big hits that
really belonged to CHR as stations begin to filter back into the format
around the country. In the Northeast, ‘KTU had signature songs in
abundance, from its bringbacks to the emergence of Rockell as a local
hitmaker to other dance one-offs.

With the station giving away tickets to its Three Divas on Broadway station
show, starring Gloria Estefan, Donna Summer, and Chaka Khan, here’s ‘KTU on
Dec. 1, 1996, with Al Bandiero:Â*

Billie Ray Martin, “Your Loving Arms�
Gina G, “Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit�
A Taste of Honey, “Boogie Oogie Oogie�
Le Click, “Tonight Is the Night�
Debbie Deb, “When I Hear Music�
Donna Lewis, “I Love You Always Forever�
Love Tribe, “Stand Up�
En Vogue, “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)�
Bizarre Inc., “I’m Gonna Get You�
Stevie B., “Spring Love�
Amber, “This Is the Night�
Lime, “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight�
Celine Dion, “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now�
Culture Beat, “Mr. Vain�
Rockell, “I Fell in Love�
Taylor Dayne, “Tell It to My Heart�
No Mercy, “Where Do You Go�
Bad Yard Club f/Crystal Waters, “In de Ghetto:�
S.O.S. Band, “Take Your Time (Do It Right)�
Val Young, “If You Should Ever Be Lonely�
Blackout Allstars, “I Like It�
Snap!, “Rhythm Is a Dancer�
Pajama Party, “Over and Over�
Toni Braxton, “You’re Making Me High�
Madonna, “Burning Up�

MARCH 30, 1999

Z100 and Mainstream CHR were resurgent. After the fall 96 book, Z100s
return to the format had steadily started to erode WKTU, although it was
still a successful 4-share franchise around this time. Teen pop was getting
the attention, moving into a second wave with the arrival of ‘N Sync and
Britney Spears. But dance/pop was still a major part of the format,
especially as remixes proliferated. There’s also the surge in Latin
crossover artists. Ricky Martin was already on his third hit in New York
thanks to WKTU. Here’s the station with Diane Prior on March 30. (Every
song in this monitor is the uptempo mix, and Cher’s “Believe� is a
“mastermix,� an even higher-energy version than the familiar radio hit.)

Toni Braxton, “Unbreak My Heart�
Britney Spears, “Baby, One More Time�
Haddway, “What Is Love�
Razor & Guido, “Do It Again�
LaBouche, “Be My Lover�
Ricky Martin, “Livin’ la Vida Loca�
Montell Jordan, “This Is How We Do It�
Deborah Cox, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here�
TKA, “One Way Love�
Cher, “Believe�
Shania Twain, “You’re Still the One�
Miquel Brown, “So Many Men, So Little Time�
Veronica, “Release Me�

FEBRUARY 4, 2003

In the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, CHR was shaped by Clear Channel stations well
outside New York. The groups “Kiss-FM� stations in markets like Cincinnati
and Pittsburgh were heavy on crossover Hip-Hop, devastated their
competition, and pulled the charts away from dance/pop as well as Modern
AC. WKTU still supported pure dance product, but some of its biggest titles
had few places to go outside New York radio. In 2006, the hiring of Whoopi
Goldberg for mornings meant that the station would go more gold-based and
stop developing new dance titles for a number of years.

Here’s WKTU just before 10 a.m. on February 4, 2003, according to BDSRadio.

Bonnie Pointer, “Heaven Must Have Sent You�
Wide Life, “I Don’t Want You�
Cover Girls, “Inside Outside�
Neja, “Back 4 the Morning�
Amber, “Anyway (Men Are From Mars)�
Donna Summer, “Last Dance�
C & C Music Factory, “Robi-Rob’s Boriqua Anthem�
Reina, “No One’s Gonna Change You�
Force M.D.’s, “Tender Love�
Anastacia, “One Day in Your Life�
Freeez, “I.O.U.�
JC Chasez, “Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love)�
Soul II Soul, “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)�
Deborah Cox, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here�
Jennifer Lopez f/LL Cool J, “All I Have�
Tavares, “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel�
Luther Vandross, “I’d Rather�
Modjo, “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)�

JUNE 20, 2009

Top 40 radio was in a four-year up cycle. American Idol was one of the
drivers of a pop resurgence. So was the arrival of PPM measurement, which
spurred a boom in second CHR stations in many markets, including WXRK (92.3
Now FM), which arrived in March 2009. Stations such as Now FM were
positioned tightly between Mainstream Top 40 and Hip-Hop/R&B stations, and
particularly tied to the emergence of EDM-driven “turbo-pop,� the more
aggressive sound taken by acts from Britney Spears to the Black Eyed Peas
to Lady Gaga to even some former teen-punk acts.

A few months after Now FM attacked Z100, WKTU’s Rhythmic Hot AC format
segued back toward Top 40 as a way of preempting Now FM, which struggled
for nearly a decade to gain traction. At that moment, Top 40 product was
strong enough that broadcasters were confident having two, even three CHRs
in a market. And just a few days after I covered WKTU’s change in an early
edition of Ross On Radio with this music monitor, another event that would
affect WKTU took place — the death of Michael Jackson.

Here’s WKTU at 4 p.m., June 20, 2009

Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam, “Can You Feel the Beat�
Kristinia DeBarge, “Goodbye�
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face�
Pitbull f/Lil Jon, “The Anthem�
Pussycat Dolls, “Hush Hush Hush Hush�
Kardinal Offishall, “Dangerous�
Natasha Bedingfield, “Unwritten�
Nina Sky, “Move Ya Body�
Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You�
Rihanna f/Jay-Z, “Umbrella�
George Lamond, “Where Does That Leave Love?�
Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow�
Gwen Stefani, “Hollaback Girl�
Notorious B.I.G., “Hypnotize�

AUGUST 8, 2012

When Jackson died on June 25, 2009, WKTU was one of the first stations that
aggressively brought his music back to the radio. Within a few years, WKTU
had settled into a unique position — recurrent, rhythmic-leaning CHR (but
not exclusively dance) with a gold library heavily reliant on Jackson. It
worked so well that many of the first Classic Hip-Hop stations that emerged
a few years later made a similar exemption for Jackson. I wrote about them
just a few days after WKTU had gone to No. 1 25-54 in PPM. (The stations
6-plus peak was a 5.6 in September 11, according to ratings historian Chris
Huff.)

I wrote at the time that while WKTU had moved to Top 40 a few years
earlier, Top 40 had also moved toward WKTU. In 2012, dance music was pop
music. For a few years, superstar DJ/producers had been supporting the
major acts as they ventured into a bold new sound. Soon, EDM acts were
going to be packing arenas and putting their name first on their own
hits.Â*Soon EDM/pop would become more aggressive, followed by aggressive and
slower. Instead of “dropping the beat,� the beats per minute were dropping.

But at the format’s apex, here’s WKTU at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 8, 2012
courtesy of Nielsen BDSRadio:

Alexandra Stan, Mr. Saxobeat
Kardinal Offishall, Dangerous
Afrojack f/Eva Simons, Take Over Control
Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal
LMFAO, Party Rock Anthem
Pitbull f/T-Pain, Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)
Beyonce, Naughty Girl
Katy Perry, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Kevin Rudolph, Let It Rock
Santana, Maria Maria
Black Eyed Peas, Just Cant Get Enough

JANUARY 29, 2021

Top 40 radio, seemingly extinct before its 1996-97 rebound, has been
through two more doldrums and has rebounded from one. Dance radios cycles
have been more complex. In 1996-97, a few KTU-like stations emerged in
other markets, particularly WDRQ Detroit, but mostly dance/pop fueled the
mainstream CHR rebound that many had thought impossible. In the early-00s,
party rock anthems dominated the format, but there wasnt room for dance
radio, because CHR was dance radio.

Throughout WKTU’s history, there have been certain signature songs that
endure from monitor to monitor, another one of the stations through-lines.
It’s worth noting that just after I stopped monitoring the station earlier
this week, they then played Snap!, “Rhythm Is A Dancer,� one of the songs
heard in the stations first hour, and also one of the songs that made
dance/pop seem like a potential salve for Top 40 in its 1992-95 period of
near-total collapse.

In the time leading up to WKTU, there was a lot of discussion about whether
the Euro-dance one-offs from Snap!, Real McCoy, LaBouche, and others were
really the beginning of a CHR resurgence, or merely songs that dance fans,
unwilling to acknowledge the mid-‘90s strength of Hip-Hop, just wanted to
be hits. It’s a discussion that resonates now as CHR tries to triage
between TikTok crossovers and the retro-disco-flavored hits of Dua Lipa,
Doja Cat, etc. As in 1995 or 2003, dance hits are part of why CHR sounds
more vital in Europe now, but they pile up waiting for 1-2 slots at
Mainstream CHR in America. It may not be an either/or question. By 1997, it
had turned out that CHR got its groove back by acknowledging dance pop,
teen pop, and finally playing Hip-Hop again.

Presentationally, todays WKTU deserves its own forthcoming Fresh Listen. I
was listening here more with an ear to the evolution of its dual formats,
particularly as we wait to see how and if CHR can rebound yet again,
although I enjoyed the continuity of hearingÂ*Hamilton in afternoons. There
is generally not a presence of new/developing dance music on the station
(with one recent exception), but there is certainly a yesterday-and-today
rhythmic through-line. And the through-line gives me encouragement for both
pop radio and dance music. Here’s the station just before 3 p.m.

Bell Biv Devoe, “Poison�
Ariana Grande, “Positions�
Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk�
Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, “On the Floor�
Camila Cabello f/Da Baby, “My Oh My�
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights�
Backstreet Boys, “All I Have to Give�
24kGoldn f/Iann Dior, “Mood�
Calvin Harris f/Rhianna, “This Is What You Came For�
Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar�
Dua Lipa, “Break My Heart�




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Seven Mountains Media To Acquire Sound Communications; Divest Five To
Family Life Ministries

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 08:00 AM PST
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...fe-ministries/



A multi-company deal involving three companies and multiple markets in
upstate New York and Pennsylvania has been agreed to.

The bulk of the deal will see Seven Mountains Media acquire Sound
Communications ten stations in the Elmira and Olean markets. In order to
prevent issues with the ownership cap in those markets, five stations will
be swapped to Family Life Ministries in exchange for 107.7 WCIG
Dallas/Scranton PA.

This will be the third Elmira NY cluster acquired by Seven Mountains Media
in the past two years. The company bought Community Broadcasters seven
stations in Elmira and Olean for $3.9 million in January 2019. They added
three stations and twelve translators in a $2 million deal with George
Hawras and Kevin Fitzgerald in December 2019. That led a simultaneous five
station format flip last July.

As part of the deal, Seven Mountains Media will add Country Kickin Country
105.3 WKPQ Hornell, Classic Hits Gem 98.7 WGMM Corning, AC Magic 92.7/97.7
92.7 WENI-FM South Waverly PA, Conservative Talk The Patriot 1230
WENY/106.9 W295BY Elmira and 1450 WENI/103.3 W277DG Corning in the Elmira
market.

In Olean, Seven Mountains will acquire Country 101.9 The Ride 1360
WOEN/96.3 W242CT Olean, Rock 98 Rocks 98.3 WQRS Salamanca, Hot AC Mix 101.5
WMXO Olean, and 100.5 W263CZ Olean.

Moving to Family Life will be Sounds 97.7 WENY-FM Big Flats/Corning
(currently simulcasting 92.7 WENI-FM), Conservative Talk The Patriot 1590
WGGO Salamanca, and 101.9 WZKZ Alfred (currently part of The Ride). Seven
Mountains will also send their Classic Hits Cool 104.9 WPHD Montour
Falls/Elmira, Classic Rock 101 The Met 100.9 WMTT-FM Horseheads and
recently acquired Silent 96.7 WUDE Portville NY. Family Life intends to
relocate 100.9 WMTT-FM to 101.1 in Enfield NY where it will serve the
Ithaca market and 96.7 WUDE down to Bradford PA. The group will replace the
107.7 signal in Scranton with 103.9 W280CV Scranton (which it is purchasing
as part of a multi-station deal announced in January with Family Radio).

The new acquisitions for Seven Mountains Media will join the remaining
holdings.

In Elmira the company will retain:

The Bigfoot Country trimulcast heard on 94.7 WQBF Tioga PA, 96.1 WCBF
Elmira, 97.1 WOBF Canaseraga/Hornell and 95.1 W236AK Corning.
Classic Rock 101 The Met on 820 WMTT/101.3 W267CJ Horseheads/93.1 W226AP
Hornell/95.7 W239BK Bath NY/97.9 W250BI Mansfield PA.
The additional Cool frequencies of 95.1 W236CP Hornell, 103.3 W277DW Elmira
and 107.9 W300DH Corning
Rock Wingz 93 on 1490 WNGZ Watkins Glen (formerly Classic Country WRCE),
93.1 W226BA Elmira, and 93.5 W228DN Corning.
Classic Hip Hop Jamz 101.7 W269BK Horseheads/WCBF-HD3.
CHR Wink 106 WNKI Corning, 95.7 W239BQ Elmira NY and 107.9 W300BX Wellsboro
PA.


In Olean the company owns:

Country 95.7 The Big Pig WPIG-FM Olean
Classic Hits 107.1 Big Oly 1450 WOLY/107.1 W296DB Olean
It also has translators 98.7 W254BQ Olean, 99.1 W256BS Olean and 104.9
W285ES Olean NY that it acquired as part of its purchase of WUDE in October


The Sound Communications stations were to be included in parent Waypoint
Medias sale to Standard Media. The deal had been announced in November
2019, but never closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The is potentially additional divestitures coming to keep Seven Mountains
under the ownership cap in Elmira and Olean. For more on what this deal
will mean in each market see Scott Fybushs Northeast Radio Watch report.

Seven Mountains Media has agreed to acquire the Sound Communications radio
stations in Elmira, Corning, Hornell, and Olean , in New York’s Twin tiers
region. This multi-market three-way transaction includes a divestiture/swap
with Family Life Ministries for stations in Elmira, Corning and Olean and
welcomes Seven Mountains Media into the Wilkes-Barre /Scranton market.

Acquiring from Sound Communications are WKPQ-FM / Hornell NY, WENI- AM /
Corning NY, WENY-FM/ South Waverly PA, WENY-AM/ Elmira NY, WGMM-FM/ Corning
NY, WMXO-FM/ Olean NY , WQRS-FM / Salamanca NY, and WOEN-AM/ Olean.

Divesting to Family Life Ministries are WGGO-AM/Salamanca NY, WZKZ-FM/
Alfred NY, WENY-FM/ Big Flats NY, WMTT-FM/ Horseheads NY, WMTT-AM
Horseheads NY, WPHD-FM/ Montoursville Falls NY and WUDE-FM / Portville NY.

In this transaction, 7MM will acquire WCIG-FM 107.7/ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
from Family Life Ministries. Seven Mountains Media is owned by CEO Kristin
Cantrell.The exclusive broker in this transaction was Michael J Bergner of
Bergner Co.



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Station Sales Week Of 2/5

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 04:30 AM PST
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Waco Entertainment Group sells Variety Hits 101.7 The Raider KTJK
Hawley/Abilene TX to WesTex Telco for $200,000. The buyer operates local
cable television/internet and cell phone services in the region.

First State Bank of the Southeast has won a court order to sell Choice
Radio Corporations four Kentucky stations in order to regain the funds the
company defaulted on from a 2016 loan. FSB has agreed to sell the stations
to Roy Jaynes Broadcasting for $100,000. Included in the sale are 950
WYWY/93.3 W227CD Barbourville, Mix 96.1 WKKQ Barbourville, 1450 WWXL
Manchester, and Country K105.7 WTBK-FM Manchester and 104.5 W283AI Mount
Vernon. The bank is also contesting Choice transfer of WTBK back to
Manchester Communications for forgiveness of the $191,637.21 plus 12%
interest owed on the promissory note that they defaulted on in 2017.
Manchester filed to then sell sell WTBK to Karen Moses’ Strategic Impact
Marketing Consulting for $138,541.71, but First State Bank states that
their injunction should take precedence plus Moses holds 49% of the loan
defaulted despite their claim that they misrepresented her stake on FCC
ownership reports to show 51% holder Jonathan Smith as sole stakeholder.

University of Minnesota-Duluth sells AAA 103.3 KUMD-FM Duluth MN to
Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation for $175,000.
Excluded from the deal are the rights to the call letters and as part of
the deal the buyer agrees to keep KUMD-FM as a non-comm for at least two
years, wont sell to a commercial operator for two years, and air two 10
second announcements for the university daily for one year air after
closing.

Seehafer Broadcasting sells AC Y105.5 WLJY Nekoosa and News/Talk 1320
WFHR/97.5 W248DE Wisconsin Rapids WI to Marcus Jaeger’s Heart of Wisconsin
Media for $260,000. The deal will create a cluster with the buyers Classic
Hits “Wisconsin 106� 106.1 WCWI Adams.

Goddard College Corporation donates Community 91.1 WGDR Plainfield and 91.7
WGDH Hardwick VT to Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation for no
consideration.

Oralia Cowan will transfer her OMI Oilfield Investments Regional Mexican
“El Patron 99.5� KBIJ Guymon OK to her son Mike Castanon for no
consideration in a deal dated October 2017 but not filed with the FCC until
this week.

Ultimate Caps Inc. sells Talk/Farm 1450 KBFS Belle Fourche SD/103.1 KYDT
Pine Haven WY to Ogden Driskills Tri State Communications for $80,242.82.
Translator Sales

Edgewater Broadcasting sells three Georgia translators to Georgia Radio
Alliance in exchange for a ten year engineering maintenance and tower lease
agreement with Radio By Grace. The group will acquire 94.7 W234CQ Macon,
99.5 W258AP Macon and 95.5 W238CG Warner-Robins.



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Chadd & Kristi Join Mix 94.5 Eugene

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 02:22 PM PST
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McKenzie River Broadcasting AC Mix 94.5 KMGE Eugene OR have announced the
addition of Chadd and Kristi Thomas for mornings starting March 1.

Chadd Thomas will also serve as Assistant Program Director of KMGE, while
Kristi Thomas will be Social Media Director for the company. The duo most
recently hosted mornings at Entercom Soft AC 98.7 The Breeze WDZH Detroit
until its flip to Alternative in November. Chadd Kristi also have hosted
mornings at Beasley Media AC “B98.7� WPBB Tampa from 2017-2018 and sixteen
years in mornings at Cox Media Group’s “Magic 94.9� WWRM Tampa.

With the addition of Chadd and Kristi, Liz Kelly will move from mornings to
middays, while Mary Reilly departs the station to focus on her real estate
business.

McKenzie River Broadcasting is introducing a new husband and wife duo to
host their Mix 94.5 morning show. Most recently with WDZH-FM (The Breeze)
Detroit, Chadd and Kristi join McKenzie River Broadcasting’s AC station-
KMGE-FM (94.5 Mix FM) for mornings.

The duo will replace Liz and Reilly. Liz (Kelly) will move to middays while
(Mary) Reilly is exiting the radio business to concentrate full-time on her
real estate career. The start date for Chadd and Kristi is March 1.

“I’m excited to bring Chadd and Kristi to the McKenzie River Broadcasting
family in Eugene. Not only is it a great husband-wife show with a proven
record in Detroit and Tampa, but these are two great people,� comments Jeff
Baird, Director of Programming/Operations. “It’s a bold investment in local
programming especially in this time when radio stations around the country
are moving away from live and local shows as a move to manage their costs.
We look forward to the impact that Chadd and Kristi will have on the
Eugene-Springfield media market and creating the next chapter for KMGE.�

Chadd ads “We are beyond excited to be able to continue our morning show in
the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We can’t wait to get the opportunity to
soak up the culture and beauty of Oregon and get to know all of the great
listeners in the Eugene area.�

“Chadd and Kristi� will be on-air weekday mornings from 5:30am to 10am on
94.5 MIX FM. Along with their morning show, Chadd assumes the APD role for
KMGE and Kristi becomes the Social Media Director for the group.