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River Country Debuts In Paducah

Posted: 22 Mar 2016 05:26 AM PDT
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Stratemeyer Media launched Country River Country 97.5 750 WRIK Brookport
IL/97.5 W248CP Paducah KY. Featuring a mix of current and classic Country
artists, the new format positions WRIK between Bristol Broadcastings 93.3
WKYQ and Willie 102.1 WLLE. The new 250w/141m signal of W248CP was made
possible by the AM Revitalization translator waiver which brought the
former 100.3 W262BA Spencer IN to Paducah. Locally owned radio family,
Stratemeyer Media, has launched the areas newest radio station, River
Country 97.5. Officially coming on the air Saturday, March 19, 2016 River
Country 97.5 will give the Paducah area a country station that they can
call their own. River Country 97.5 will simulcast with WRIK-AM, 750, with
country music that is programmed in the Stratemeyer Media offices inside
Kentucky Oaks Mall. Mid-day host and Program Director, Reed Phillips said,
We hope to give the river region a country station that they deserve, and
will suite the tastes of the area. Were proud to call Paducah home and we
know that decisions made in other parts of the world dont necessarily make
sense in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Our plan is to have an
open dialogue with our listeners on which songs and artists they enjoy and
which ones they dont. If anyone wants to stop in, youre more than welcome
to. Were pretty easy to find in the mall and we love to talk music.
Listeners of River Country 97.5 can expect to hear the voices and songs
they know from Tim, Kenny, Toby, Reba, Dolly and George. Along with newer
artists such as Zac Brown Band, Maddie Tae, Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, and
Cassadee Pope.

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Rich Moore Named New iHeart Seattle VP/Programming

Posted: 22 Mar 2016 05:25 AM PDT
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Following yesterdays announcement that Rich Davis will relocate back to
Minneapolis, iHeartMedia has promoted Rich Moore to Senior VP/Programming
for its Seattle operations. Moore will continue to serve as PD of Sports
950 KJR, while Kevin Shockey is promoted to Assistant Program Director.
iHeartMedia appoints Rich Moore as Senior VP/Programming for its Seattle
market, effective immediately. Moore will continue as Program Director of
Sports/Talk KJR-AM, which through his leadership was named a Marconi
finalist in 2015. Moore has been with iHeartMedia/Seattle since 1993.
Concurrently, Kevin Shockey is named Assistant Program Director for KJR-AM.
Rich has had a long and successful tenure at iHeartMedia Seattle. He is a
brilliant, creative and innovative leader that understands how to create
deep relationships with listeners and we look forward to tapping into those
skills across all our Seattle brands, said Market President Kent Haehl. I
couldnt be more excited and grateful for the opportunity to lead this great
programming team in Seattle, added Moore. Its an exciting time here at
iHeartMedia-the talent and brands are poised for great success. Im very
much looking forward to being a part of it.

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WSEN & WZUN Syracuse Combine Programming

Posted: 21 Mar 2016 02:48 PM PDT
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With the sale of Classic Hits 92.1 WSEN-FM Baldwinsville/Syracuse to Family
Life Ministries about to close, Galaxy Communications has purchased to
intellectual property of the station and merged it into their own Classic
Hits Sunny 102.1 WZUN Phoenix NY. The stations began simulcasting at 3pm
today as WSENs three remaining personalities were introduced by WZUN
afternoon host Rick Gary. WSEN morning host Gary Dunes will join the
existing Big Mike Cindy morning show, Cindy Humble will then host solo
from 10am-12pm, Diane Wade moves from WSEN middays to 12-3pm, John Carucci
will co-host with Rick Gary in afternoons from now. We had reported on the
likelihood of this simulcast in a Domain Insight report last month.
Syracuse.com reports that the simulcast will last for a week before Family
Life begins programming 92.1 next monday.