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Alfredas Added To ‘Rickey Smiley Morning Show’

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter Rickey Smiley

• Urban One’s Reach Media and Radio One welcome veteran radio personality Alfredas as the newest member of The Rickey

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Royals Embrace Newfangled Frequency Modulation

March 24, 2025March 25, 2025 kevincarter Audacy, KFNZ

• Audacy and the Kansas City Royals this week announced a multi-year extension to their multiplatform partnership. KFNZ (96.5 The

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WGN To Air Final ‘Walter Jacobson’s Perspective’

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter WGN Radio

• WGN Radio/Chicago announced legendary news broadcaster and personality Walter Jacobson will air his final Walter Jacobson’s Perspective on Thursday,

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Concord Acquires Stem Distribution

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 kevincarter Concord, Stem Distribution

• Concord, the world’s leading independent music company, has added Stem Distribution to its portfolio of subsidiaries. Stem, the platform

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‘New Standards’ Changes The Station

March 23, 2025 kevincarter WBGO, WNYC

• New York Public Radio’s WNYC/New York announced that New Standards, its weekly program devoted to the American Songbook, hosted

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Executive Restructuring

March 23, 2025March 25, 2025 kevincarter in2une Music, The Orchard

• Last week RAMP learned of several layoffs inside The Orchard. While those displaced pros have not yet gone public,

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Feel Better, Chaz Malibu!

March 21, 2025March 23, 2025 kevincarter American General Media, KABG

• Sending our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Chaz Malibu, popular longtime morning personality on American General Media

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WLUM Mornings, Now Minus Jonathan Adler

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 kevincarter WLUM

• Budget cuts inside Milwaukee Radio Alliance have unfortunately resulted in the unscheduled departure of Jonathan Adler, ending his two-decade

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Westwood One Dropping Seven 24/7 Formats

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 kevincarter Westwood One

• In Friday’s issue of RAMP we reported that Westwood One was in the process of dropping seven of its

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iHeart Launches Two Rick Dees Channels

March 20, 2025 kevincarter iHeartRadio, Rick Dees

• iHeartMedia announced the launch of two new iHeartRadio Original Streaming Stations in partnership with Rick Dees Entertainment — Rick