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Human Toll Of Urban One/Emmis Sale

August 14, 2022 kevincarter

• As Urban One’s $25 million purchase of the Emmis Indianapolis stations grows closer, some personnel fallout has begun —

• Veteran programmer & air talent Steve McKay has exited the PD post at Cumulus AC WTCB (B106.7) and Classic Hits

• RAMP has confirmed that the Miles In The Morning show (Jeff Miles and co-host Rebekah Black) has exited Audacy Classic

• Well, this sucks… RAMP has learned that Upstate New York programming pro Nik Rivers has exited Townsquare Media’s WBUF

• RAMP has learned that Eddie Haskell has exited as VP of Operations and Programming for Max Media of Hampton Roads,

• After a seven-year run as Content Director and afternoon drive personality on Hubbard Urban AC WMBX (X102.3)/West Palm Beach,

• Jay Gilbert, who spent nearly half a century on Cincinnati radio, 32 of those years on WEBN, has exited

• Jane Matenaer, who has been a daily fixture on Milwaukee morning radio for the better part of four decades,

• Longtime Chicago mix-master extraordinaire, Julian “Jumpin” Perez, whose four-decade Windy City radio career has taken him to WGCI, WVAZ

• Several months ago, Cox Media Group sold WPYO (Power 95.3)/Orlando and WSUN/Tampa to Spanish Broadcasting System. The sale and