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Bean Battling COVID-19

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 kevincarter COVID-19

• We are sending our most positive thoughts to Radio Hall Of Famer Gene “Bean” Baxter, who this past weekend revealed

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91X To Honor Market Legend Steve West

May 14, 2020 kevincarter 91X

• This Sunday morning from 6-10am, Local Media San Diego Alternative XTRA (91X)/San Diego will pay tribute to market icon Steve

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KROQ/Los Angeles Launches ‘Alternalido’

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 kevincarter KROQ

• Entercom’s World Famous KROQ/Los Angeles is launching a new Latin Alternative specialty show this weekend — Alternalido, expertly curated and hosted

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Remembering Steve West

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 kevincarter KBZT

• We were saddened to hear the news that Steve West, long considered San Diego’s “Patriarch of Classic Alternative music,”

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New Wave Breaks In Oahu

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 kevincarter Pacific Media Group

• After nearly six years as an Alternative station, Pacific Media Group made the decision to pull the plug on

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The Gathering 2020 Postponed

April 29, 2020 kevincarter The Gathering

• Yesterday it became official: the 5th annual Alternative conference, The Gathering, will not be taking place in Louisville on

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iHeart ATL Expands Spanish Hits

April 20, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• iHeartMedia Atlanta is giving Spanish Contemporary WBZY (Z105.3), “Tu Estación Para Super Hits,” a larger platform, moving the format

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New Day Dawns At KROQ/Los Angeles

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 kevincarter Entercom, KROQ

• Entercom Alternative KROQ/Los Angeles has made a major change in morning drive — current afternoon drive co-hosts Stryker and Kevin Klein are

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KROQ Fires Kevin Ryder, Morning Crew

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 kevincarter Kevin and Bean, KROQ

• UPDATED: RAMP has learned that Entercom’s World Famous KROQ/Los Angeles has parted ways with 30-year morning personality Kevin Ryder and everyone on the