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Boston Loves Karen Blake

April 16, 2019July 3, 2019 kevincarter Entercom, WMJX

• We are thrilled for longtime Boston radio pro Karen Blake, who has been hired to do afternoon drive on

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J Cruz Leaves Power For REAL

April 15, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, Meruelo Media

• As if there wasn’t already enough drama in the radio hallways of Los Angeles, iHeartMedia Urban KRRL (REAL 92.3)/Los

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Meruelo Media Buying KLOS/Los Angeles

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 kevincarter Connoisseur Media, Cumulus Media, Meruelo Media

• As first reported by RAMP last Friday, Meruelo Group officially announced that its media division, Meruelo Media, has entered into

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Connolly Named OM Of Cumulus Youngstown

April 15, 2019 kevincarter Cumulus Media, Youngstown

• Cumulus Media has appointed veteran programmer Charley Connolly as Operations Manager of the company’s eight-station complex in Youngstown, OH, and

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Wichita Pros On The Loose

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, Wichita

• RAMP has confirmed three major departures from iHeartMedia AC KRBB (B98)/Wichita — PD/midday personality Dave Wilson and morning hosts Adam “Lukas” Cox and

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O’Brien On The Loose

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 kevincarter Emmis, Indianapolis

• Dave O’Brien, longtime morning personality at Emmis Country WLHK (97.1 Hank FM)/Indianapolis left the building last Thursday. The Indianapolis Star printed a

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JJ Kincaid: Free Agent

April 12, 2019April 14, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• UPDATED: For the first time in his long radio career, major market vet JJ Kincaid finds himself on the beach

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Science Proves Steele Can Bounce

April 12, 2019April 14, 2019 kevincarter Beasley Media Group

• Beasley Media Group has hired Jonathan“J.” Steele to do afternoon drive at Rhythmic WMGC (105.1 The Bounce)/Detroit, with a start

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Cumulus Selling KLOS/Los Angeles?

April 12, 2019April 14, 2019 kevincarter Cumulus Media, KLOS, Meruelo Media

• As dawn breaks this morning over Los Angeles, no one is yet confirming — or denying — the Thursday evening

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Williams Livin’ On Tulsa Time

April 11, 2019 kevincarter Griffin Communications

• Griffin Communications’ Country 98.5 KVOO/Tulsa has hired Brooks Williams as its new midday personality. Williams spent the past nine years (as “Cash