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Entercom Debuts ‘Reimagined’ Country, Alt

September 14, 2020September 15, 2020 kevincarter Entercom

• On the heels of last week’s sizeable personnel cuts inside Entercom, coupled with David Field‘s announcement that the company

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Taylor To Perform On ACM Awards

September 13, 2020 kevincarter ACM Awards, Taylor Swift

• Academy of Country Music®, dick clark productions and CBS announced that for the first time in seven years, Taylor

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Entercom ‘Reimagines’ Country & Alt, Makes Cuts

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 kevincarter Entercom

Entercom’s David Field delivered a bracing slice of “good news/bad news” Thursday in a lengthy company memo that outlined the

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Entercom Making Large-scale Cuts

September 10, 2020September 14, 2020 kevincarter Entercom

• UPDATING: RAMP continues to update the list of recent Entercom personnel cuts: Downsizing in the Phoenix market has adversely

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WKLB/Boston Programming Promotions

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 kevincarter Beasley Media Group, WKLB

• Beasley Media Group’s WKLB (Country 102.5)/Boston announced two significant programming department promotions: 1) MD/Marketing Director Dawn Santolucito has been promoted

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WLXX/Lexington Now WVLK (K92.9)

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 kevincarter Cumulus Media, WVLK

• Cumulus Country WLXX/Lexington, KY has undergone an ambitious Labor Day Weekend rebranding, dropping its longtime NASH handle, swapping call

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BIG 98/Nashville Welcomes Tay Hamilton

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WSIX

• iHeartMedia Country WSIX (The BIG 98)/Nashville welcomes Tay Hamilton as its new afternoon drive co-host /producer, effective immediately. She

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Get Well, Blanco Brown!

September 3, 2020 kevincarter BBR Music Group, Blanco Brown

• Music fans around the world are keeping positive thoughts for songwriter, producer and BBR recording artist Blanco Brown, best

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WEBG/Chicago Flips To ROCK 95 FIVE

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WEBG

• At the stroke of 5pm CT, and several hours of stunting, iHeartMedia made it official and formally pulled the

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‘B-Dub Radio’ Expands To Weeknights

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 kevincarter B-Dub Radio, Skyview Networks

• Congrats are in order for Bryan “B-Dub” Washington, whose popular weekend show, the recently rebranded B-Dub Radio Saturday Night,