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Jay Hicks Named PD of WPGC/DC

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 kevincarter Entercom, Townsquare Media, WBLK, WPGC

• As first reported by RAMP on Tuesday, Entercom has formally announced that Jay Hicks is the new PD of Rhythmic WPGC/Washington.

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Kennedy Retires From Retirement

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 kevincarter Entercom, KZPT, WDAF

• Entercom has managed to coax Kansas City radio icon Mike Kennedy out of “retirement,” hiring him as the new OM/PD

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Radio Show Presents Berner, Field & Pittman

September 3, 2019 kevincarter NAB, RAB, Radio Show

• The Chief Executive Officers from the three largest radio broadcast groups — iHeartMedia, Entercom and Cumulus Media — will

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Dorian Crawling Toward The Coast

September 2, 2019September 3, 2019 kevincarter Hurricane Dorian

• As of yesterday, Hurricane Dorian was responsible for the deaths of at least five people in the Bahamas, weakening

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Tucker Named OM Of Cenla Alexandria

September 2, 2019 kevincarter Cenla Broadcasting

• Veteran programmer Tod Tucker is packing for a move to Louisiana as the newly named Operations Manager of Cenla Broadcasting’s cluster

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Albuquerque Esta En Fuego

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 kevincarter American General Media

• At noon on Friday, after an hour of stunting with Bad Bunny‘s “Fuego Fuego — Faya Faya” on repeat,

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Quad Cities Rock Four Times Harder

August 30, 2019September 2, 2019 kevincarter Townsquare Media

• Townsquare Media used the occasion of Labor Day weekend to launch a new Active Rock station for the Quad

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Double J Has Something Cooking

August 29, 2019 kevincarter KPHW, SummitMedia

• RAMP has confirmed that Double J has resigned his position as APD and morning co-host on SummitMedia Rhythmic KPHW (Power 104.3)/Honolulu and will

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Sileo Takes Afternoons @ FOX Sports Phoenix

August 29, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, KGME

• Yesterday we told you iHeartMedia Sports-Talk KGME-AM (FOX Sports 910)/Phoenix was moving The Drive with Jody Oehler from afternoons to mornings, beginning

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Edge & Dumas Exit iHeart Raleigh

August 29, 2019September 2, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WDCG

• At press time RAMP confirmed two major departures from iHeartMedia’s Raleigh cluster — Chris Edge (left), Area SVP of Programming