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AUDACY Sports WFAN-A-F/NEW YORK has made it official and is moving midday co-host TIKI BARBER into the afternoon co-host slot alongside EVAN ROBERTS being vacated by CRAIG CARTON and is moving late night host SAL LICATA into BARBERs present midday slot next to BRANDON TIERNEY. Afternoon producer CHRIS MCMONIGLE will take LICATAs place in the overnight slot, while CBS SPORTS RADIO "THE D.A. SHOW" producer SHAUN MORASH will join BARBER and ROBERTS as a producer and on-air ...

The TAMLA RECORDS imprint is back, this time as a "positive Hip-Hop and R&B" label relaunched by CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP and CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP.  TAMLA, once an imprint of MOTOWN RECORDS, will now be headed by CAPITOL CMG SVP/Marketing EJ GAINES. the new TAMLAs first partnership is with ENCOURAGEMENT MUSIC, a label headed by QUALITY CONTROL mix engineer THOMAS "TILLIE" MANN.GainesIn a press release announcing TAMLAs return, CAPITOL CMG Co-Presidents BRAD ...

TOWNSQUARE MEDIA has repurchased and retired 1.5 million of its shares held by MSG NATIONAL PROPERTIES, LLC at $9.70 per share ($14.5 million in the aggregate), an 8.5% discount from YESTERDAYs closing price. The repurchase gives the company 1,708,139 shares in itself.“We could not be more pleased to share that given our strong cash position, we were able to repurchase approximately 8.5% of our total shares outstanding (and nearly half of MSG’s ownership in TOWNSQUARE), capturing ...

The RECORDING ACADEMY has dropped the number of nominees in the four top GRAMMY AWARDS categories back from 10 to eight, reverting to the number of nominees the categories permitted in 2018-2021. The categories affected include Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.In addition, the Academy has set a standard that only human creators are eligible for the awards, and that any work devoid of human authorship is ineligible, although works containing elements .....

NPR has named veteran corporate financial executive DAPHNE KWON as CFO. starting JUNE 26th. KWON, most recently with FLIPSIDE CRYPTO, has served as Chief Strategy Officer at MEREDITH CORP., Dir./Business Development at DISNEY ABC TELEVISION GROUP, and as CFO at OXYGEN MEDIA and GWYNETH PALTROWs GOOP."My entire media career has drawn me to this opportunity at NPR. Journalism has never been more important," said KWON. "And the place that NPR and its Member stations occupy in the ...

The MUSEUM OF BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS has released the names of the 2023 nominees for the RADIO HALL OF FAME. Voting will run from JUNE 16th through JUNE 30th, with the top six vote getters being induction in the Class of 2923. Two additional inductees will be selected by the HALLs Nominating Committee. The induction will take place NOVEMBER 2nd in NEW YORK.The nominees:BERT WEISSBOB RIVERSCHARLES LAQUIDARADYANA WILLIAMSGERRY HOUSEJAIME JARRINJOHN & KENJOHN DEBELLAJOHNNY MAGICKEVIN ...

AUDACY has rebranded Classic Hits KLUV/DALLAS as "98.7 THE SPOT." The station has not changed format, but AUDACY VP/Programming VINCE RICHARDS will serve as OM and sister Adult Hits WJKK (100.3 JACK FM) Brand Mgr. JT SPRINGER will serve as THE SPOTs Assistant Brand Manager.“We’re thrilled to unveil the next chapter of KLUV’s history in the DFW and introduce 98.7 THE SPOT to our audience,” said AUDACY Regional President and Market Manager BRIAN PURDY. ...

Three new categories have been added to the GRAMMY AWARDS, Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording, while a pair of existing categories, Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical, are being moved to the General field so that all GRAMMYS voters can vote for those awards."The RECORDING ACADEMY is proud to announce these latest category changes to our awards process. These changes reflect our commitment to ...

A memo from SPOTIFY VP/Head of Podcast Business SAHAR ELHABASHI to the companys staff outlines another cut of a significant number of jobs from SPOTIFYs podcast division, around 200 employees let go, or 2% of the companys overall workforce. SPOTIFY is also merging its PARCAST, GIMLET, and SPOTIFY STUDIOS divisions, with THE RINGER remaining separate under BILL SIMMONS, who also continues as Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetization. VP/Head of Global Podcast Studios JULIE MCNAMARA will ...

DARRELL BROWN is retiring as President of BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, and the companys EVP/Content and Media Operations and SALT LAKE CITY SVP/GM TANYA VEA will become the companys new Pres./COO on AUGUST 1st. BROWN has been President of the company since DECEMBER 2013, after serving as President of MCGRAW-HILL BROADCASTING; he also serves as NAB LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION Board Chair. VEA joined BONNEVILLE in 2010.BROWN said, “I’ve loved my time at BONNEVILLE, and ...