PROGRAMMING – Page 159 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Alpha Media Shrinkage Continues

• RAMP has learned that Alpha Media has implemented some significant downsizing in more of the company’s smaller markets —

• It’s moving day for Mike Aguilar, APD/midday talent on iHeartMedia Top 40 WSNX/Grand Rapids, MI, who is relinquishing his

• iHeartMedia AC KESZ (99.9 KEZ)/Phoenix promotes from within and formally elevates Andrew Babinski to Co-Host on the long-running Beth

• Podcast Radio, the innovative spoken word format, is collaborating with Alpha Media to bring a unique radio experience to

• Given all of the “radio is dying” rhetoric being carelessly tossed around by alarmists looking for clicks, it’s encouraging

• Matthew “DJ ECTO1” Hernandez, MD of Meruelo Media Classic Hip Hop 93.5 KDAY/Los Angeles has been promoted to Assistant

• RAMP has learned of several personnel cuts inside Alpha Media’s suburban Chicago group amidst rumors of an imminent format

• Cumulus Media is actively searching for an experienced Sports-Talk pro who can handle the dual challenges of Morning Show

• Ryman Hospitality Properties’ legendary WSM-AM 650/Nashville, radio flagship of the Grand Ole Opry, announces the addition of two new

• The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) just announced that it has filed a legal action against Spotify USA Inc.