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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

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Daena Kramer Now A Free Agent

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 kevincarter Entercom, KITS

• RAMP has learned that Daena Kramer has exited as morning host on Entercom Alternative KITS (ALT 105.3)/San Francisco. “I truly enjoyed

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Brad Steiner Joins Cumulus New Orleans

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 kevincarter Cumulus Media

• Cumulus Media New Orleans has appointed Brad Steiner as Program Director for Alternative WZRH (ALT 92.3), Country WRKN (NASH Icon

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Nights Open At WLUM/Milwaukee

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 kevincarter Milwaukee Radio Alliance, WLUM

• Come work in a city that Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Airbnb have called one

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Barstow Annexes Austin City Limits Radio

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 kevincarter KGSR, KROX, Waterloo Media

• In a move that surprised pretty much no one, Austin-based Waterloo Media keeps it in the family and taps

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Changes At Townsquare Hudson Valley

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 kevincarter Townsquare Media

• Townsquare Media of the Hudson Valley, NY just completed some significant programming and personnel moves that began last month

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Weatherly Leaves Entercom; L.A. Programming Moves

February 27, 2020February 28, 2020 kevincarter Entercom, KAMP, KROQ

• RAMP has learned that Kevin Weatherly (left), the longest-serving PD of The World Famous KROQ/Los Angeles, has resigned his position