PROGRAMMING – Page 308 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Rare Midday Opening: KJUG/Visalia

• Momentum Broadcasting’s heritage Central California Country radio station KJUG/Visalia has its first midday opening in 10 years, as MD/midday

• Veteran programmer Jon Reilly is joining Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications in Wausau, WI as Operations Manager of Top 40

• Beyoncé leads the field of nominees for the 65th Grammy Awards with nine (including Record, Song and Album of

• BMG announced the acquisition of the rights to the critically-acclaimed songbook of the late Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.

• Cox Media Group announced new leadership for its radio groups in Houston and Orlando — Stephanie Callihan is upped

• Despite nearly a decade of battling a brutal and particularly relentless form of cancer, Myxoid Liposarcoma, John “JT” Thomas

• As was recently reported in RAMP and other fine publications, The Frank Ski Show with Nina Brown, which currently

• Cumulus Media’s 890 WLS-AM/Chicago has signed a three-year deal with the Motor Racing Network (MRN), the voice of NASCAR,

• Benztown has appointed Leon McWhorter as Head Writer. McWhorter is the newest addition to Benztown and client partner Yamanair

• Cox Media Group San Antonio announced a pair of significant programming moves — Rob Roberts has been promoted to