Replacing 34 years of familiarity isn’t something a radio station accomplishes by simply putting another name on the schedule. When Gayle Garton retired from Audacy’s 101.5 Lite FM WLYF after…
Yesterday, On The Dial asked one very simple question: Why? Why would Cumulus Media clear the programming and personality ranks at Power 105.1 KCJK, including experienced Kansas City broadcasters like…
There are talent announcements, and then there are moves that say something much larger about where radio could be headed. Zach Sang returning to terrestrial broadcasting on Connoisseur Media’s 99.7…
WTOP has spent decades mastering one of radio’s most demanding promises: give Washington the news it needs, quickly, accurately and repeatedly throughout the day. Now the Hubbard all-news powerhouse is…
Something significant is happening at 105.1 in Kansas City, and this one deserves considerably more examination than simply writing format change coming and moving along. Cumulus Media’s Hip Hop and…
San Francisco radio has lost enough legendary voices that another departure shouldn’t feel surprising anymore, but somehow this one still lands like a punch. Lamont Hollywood is out at Cumulus…
Something very different just rode onto the Mobile radio dial, and after spending a week deliberately making listeners wonder what in the world was happening on 92.5, Dot Com Plus…
There are radio careers measured in ratings books, contracts and airchecks, and then there are careers measured by history itself. Bernie Tafoya belongs in that second category. Later this year,…
Sometimes the most fascinating radio moves don’t require somebody packing a moving truck, changing cities or learning an entirely new market. Sometimes a familiar personality simply crosses the street, walks…
There are layoffs in radio that look like names disappearing from an organizational chart, and then there are days when it feels as though somebody walked into the building and…