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Star Rises In Tuscaloosa As B101.7 Is Swatted Away

Posted: 18 Sep 2016 12:28 PM PDT
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Townsquare Media relaunched CHR B101.7 WBEI Reform/Tuscaloosa AL as Hot AC
Star 101.7 on Friday.

Positioned as 90s, 2000s and Today the station is promoting its wider
playlist as the reasoning behind the change. With the rebranding, which
follows last weeks exit of OM/Afternoon Host Greg Thomas for Cumulus
Montgomery, the station has dropped the syndicated Kidd Kraddick morning
show. Middayer Meg Summers and the syndicated Pop Crush Nights with Lisa
Paige remain in place.

WBEI dropped from a 3.7 share in the Spring 2015 Nielsen Audio ratings to a
2.1 in Spring 2016. iHeartMedias CHR competitor 94.1 WZBQ dropped from a
4.2 to 3.1 over the same period.



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FCC Report 9/18: What's iHeart Doing With Identical Cleveland Translators?

Posted: 18 Sep 2016 12:09 PM PDT
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iHeartMedia currently has two translators from the AM Revitalization Waiver
Period seeking identical facilities on 106.9 in Cleveland OH.

On August 1, iHeart applied to move what was originally 94.7 W234BW
Parkersburg WV to Cleveland rebroadcasting News/Talk 1100 WTAM with 195w
vertical/213m. Over the course of the two waiver periods, iHeart had seven
translators that it applied to move to different destinations in each.
W293CW was one of those where it was granted a Construction Permit to
relocate to Marion OH as 106.5 W293CW rebroadcasting 1490 WMRN. On top of
that the translator was given a six month extension of its CP to extend the
time it had to be built from expiring on March 15 to September 15.
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