Will continue to appear on KSHE St. Louis Veteran Chicago radio personality Tim Virgin is returning to town as the new afternoon host of Hubbard Broadcasting’s The Drive, aka WDRV-FM, starting today where he will host weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. “A few months away was long enough to remind me exactly where I belong – on a legendary […]
Comes after a fifteen-day blackout The long national nightmare is over. After fifteen days of back-and-forth and allegations, Google’s YouTube TV and The Walt Disney Company finally reached a deal Friday night, restoring nearly twenty channels to the virtual provider, including ABC, ESPN, Freeform, and National Geographic. This comes after Disney pulled its channels from YouTubeTV on October 31 in […]
Social media platform adds radio broadcaster [Editor’s Note: This post was updated on November 19.] Radio broadcaster iHeartMedia announced a new partnership with popular social media platform TikTok on Monday, launching a podcast network featuring up to 25 creators. iHeartMedia plans to build new state-of-the-art podcast studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. The studios will feature advanced audio […]
Ryan Seacrest-hosted show adds Windy City After years of substandard New Year’s Eve celebrations, Chicago has finally landed the biggest one of the planet. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest will host a Central Time Zone countdown in Chicago for the first time this year, as Dick Clark’s Productions is working with ABC-owned WLS-TV (ABC 7 Chicago) […]
CBS gives up domestic syndication rights, but not until 2028 The year-long feud between CBS and Sony Pictures Television over the distribution rights and profits of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy has come to an end as the two parties announced a settlement of their lawsuit on Friday. Sony, who sought to take over distribution rights to both long-running game […]
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Sister station 103.5 KissFM remains on top in demos As iHeartMedia’s AC 93.9 The Lite (WLIT) kicked off its 25th annual Christmas Music format Tuesday, the station has already perched itself on top of the overall PPM ratings for October and won’t be budging from that position anytime soon. WLIT topped all comers with a 4.9 rating, and for the third […]
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