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Spend Christmas Eve With Oedipus

December 21, 2020 kevincarter Oedipus, WGBH

• Legendary rock programmer Oedipus, best known for his lengthy stewardship of the late, great WBCN/Boston, is once again hosting

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Concord, UMG Renew Partnership

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 kevincarter Concord, Universal Music Group

• Concord has renewed its global distribution agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), continuing a successful partnership that has spanned

CLASSIC ROCK COUNTRY FRONT PAGE HOT AC NEWS/TALK/SPORTS PROGRAMMING TOP 40

Rivera To Run Townsquare Amarillo

December 21, 2020December 23, 2020 kevincarter Townsquare Media

• Townsquare Media, Amarillo, TX announces the hire of Michael Rivera as its new Director of Content, overseeing the programming

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Remembering Dick Kernan

December 18, 2020December 21, 2020 kevincarter Specs Howard

• Michigan radio legend Dick Kernan, who positively influenced several generations of broadcasters in his longtime role as Placement Director

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MacDonald Garber Ups Bridges To VP

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 kevincarter MacDonald Garber, WKHQ

• Veteran programmer and air talent Robby Bridges has been elevated to Vice President of Programming/South for MacDonald Garber Broadcasting.

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New Year, New Gig For Thomas

December 18, 2020 kevincarter Max Media Denver

• RAMP has learned that Rick Thomas is stepping down from his position as VP of Programming and Operations for Max

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Lite FM/NY Raises Over $1.2 Mil For Hassenfeld Children’s

December 17, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WLTW

• iHeartMedia AC WLTW (106.7 Lite FM)/New York just wrapped up its third annual Hope for the Holidays Radiothon and raised

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Emmis/Mediaco NY Makes Moves

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 kevincarter Emmis, Mediaco, WBLS

• Lots of pre-holiday changes happening inside the Emmis/Mediaco New York broadcast complex, starting with the announcement that, after nearly

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Ready To Drive Baltimore Home?

December 17, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WZFT

• iHeartMedia Top 40 WZFT (Z103.4)/Baltimore is offering an awesome early Christmas present to one lucky girl or boy —

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Alexander Named Orion’s Heir

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 kevincarter WGN Radio

• WGN Radio/Chicago reporter/anchor Steve Alexander will assume responsibilities from legendary agribusiness broadcaster Orion Samuelson beginning in January. As we