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New Sheriff @ B93.9/Raleigh

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• iHeartMedia makes it official and upgrades MD/midday talent Carson Blackley to the PD chair at Country WNCB (B93.9)/Raleigh. The

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Roland Martin Joins iHeart’s BIN

July 14, 2020July 15, 2020 kevincarter BIN, iHeartMedia

• Journalist Roland Martin has joined iHeartMedia’s recently launched BIN: Black Information Network as a commentator. BIN is a 24/7

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Chromebooks Like Gold For Students

July 14, 2020 kevincarter COVID-19, iHeartMedia, Kiss 108

• iHeartMedia’s mighty WXKS (Kiss 108)/Boston and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents just launched “Kiss 108’s Chromebooks For Kids”

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WMIA/Miami Goes ’90s As ‘Totally 93.9’

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WMIA

• iHeartMedia Miami Hot AC WMIA/Miami has turned back the clock 30 years, morphing into “Totally 93.9, All ’90s, All

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iHeart Updating ‘Urban’ To ‘Hip-Hop/R&B’

July 6, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• In an update to a movement that began in earnest a month ago after “Blackout Tuesday,” a July 2

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Punjabi Named President of iHeart Charleston

July 6, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• iHeartMedia has named AJ Punjabi as Market President for its four-station Charleston, SC market, effective immediately. He will report

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KFMB-AM/San Diego Now KGB-AM

July 3, 2020July 6, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, KFMB

• iHeartMedia San Diego announced that the acquisition of KFMB-AM 760 from Local Media San Diego is now complete. As

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Hip Hop Gets Real In Youngstown

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WAKS

• iHeartMedia Youngstown, OH used the impending Independence Day weekend to perform a format flip on WAKZ (95.9 Kiss FM),

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iHeart Launches BIN: Black Information Network

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 kevincarter BIN, iHeartMedia

• UPDATED: iHeartMedia today launched BIN: Black Information Network, described as “the first and only 24/7 national and local all

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Detroit Upgrade Not Without Strife

June 26, 2020June 27, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia, WKQI

• After just over a year as APD/MD and afternoon delight at iHeartMedia Top 40 WZEE (Z104)/Madison, WI, Sean Strife