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Q102/Philly Nights Fit For King

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WIOQ

• iHeartMedia Top 40 WIOQ (Q102)/Philadelphia has tapped format vet Eliott King to host Q102 Tonight with Eliott, weeknights from 7-midnight, effective

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Rashid Named SVP/Urban @ Columbia

August 19, 2019August 21, 2019 kevincarter Columbia Records

• Columbia Records has named Azim Rashid as Senior Vice President Urban Promotion. In this new position, Rashid will leading the

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WHUR Gains With Payne

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 kevincarter WHUR

• Al Payne has returned to our Nation’s Capital as the newly named Program Director of heritage Urban AC WHUR, the

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O’Brien Joins Mile High Radio Club

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 kevincarter Entercom, KQMT

• It’s great to see Dave O’Brien back behind a morning microphone again, as he has been hired to do mornings

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Apollo Kicking Tegna’s Tires?

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 kevincarter Apollo Global, Tegna

• That’s the word from The Wall Street Journal, which reports that private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC, which is

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Star 94.1/San Diego Launches Jesse & Tati

August 16, 2019August 19, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia, KMYI

• iHeartMedia Hot AC KMYI (Star 94.1)/San Diego announced the debut of Jesse and Tati in the Morning, effective Monday, August

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‘Gonna Buy Five Copies For My Mother…’

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 kevincarter Binky Philips, Rolling Stone

• As the old saying goes, “Good things come to those who wait…” And sometimes those folks have to wait

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Pros On The Loose

August 15, 2019 kevincarter Forever Media, Midwest Communications

• RAMP has learned that Brad Austin is exiting his position as Corporate Director of Programming for the Forever Media (former

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Indianapolis Welcomes 97.5 Kiss FM

August 15, 2019 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• At the stroke of 5pm on Thursday, iHeartMedia introduced a new Top 40 station to the Indianapolis market with

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Radio Faces Also Not Made For TV

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 kevincarter Hearst Television, WIYY

• Baltimore’s top-rated radio morning show Justin, Scott and Spiegel of Hearst Television Active Rock WIYY (98 Rock) has generously volunteered