March 2025 – Page 3 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Your 50th Annual Gracie Awards Winners

March 25, 2025March 26, 2025 kevincarter Gracie Awards

• The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) this morning unveiled the winners of the milestone 50th Annual Gracie

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CBI & BEA Forge Mile-High Alliance

March 25, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter BEA, College Broadcasters

• College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) are proud to announce a landmark partnership that will

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Four To Enter Florida Broadcasters HOF

March 24, 2025March 25, 2025 kevincarter Florida Assoc. Broadcasters

• The Florida Association Of Broadcasters will recognize four of the most impactful, inspirational, and influential broadcasting legends during the

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Jenn Ryan Retiring From B101/Philly

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter Audacy, WBEB

• Listeners in the Greater Philadelphia area who routinely set their alarms to wake up with Jenn & Bill on

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Alfredas Added To ‘Rickey Smiley Morning Show’

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter Rickey Smiley

• Urban One’s Reach Media and Radio One welcome veteran radio personality Alfredas as the newest member of The Rickey

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Royals Embrace Newfangled Frequency Modulation

March 24, 2025March 25, 2025 kevincarter Audacy, KFNZ

• Audacy and the Kansas City Royals this week announced a multi-year extension to their multiplatform partnership. KFNZ (96.5 The

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WGN To Air Final ‘Walter Jacobson’s Perspective’

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter WGN Radio

• WGN Radio/Chicago announced legendary news broadcaster and personality Walter Jacobson will air his final Walter Jacobson’s Perspective on Thursday,

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Concord Acquires Stem Distribution

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter Concord, Stem Distribution

• Concord, the world’s leading independent music company, has added Stem Distribution to its portfolio of subsidiaries. Stem, the platform

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‘New Standards’ Changes The Station

March 23, 2025 kevincarter WBGO, WNYC

• New York Public Radio’s WNYC/New York announced that New Standards, its weekly program devoted to the American Songbook, hosted

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Executive Restructuring

March 23, 2025March 25, 2025 kevincarter in2une Music, The Orchard

• Last week RAMP learned of several layoffs inside The Orchard. While those displaced pros have not yet gone public,