In this week’s issue… Seven Mountains rearranges State College – Pamal makes big WHUD cuts – Elmira’s 94 Rock moves – New midday show at WIP – Remembering Osterlund
By SCOTT FYBUSH
*Our first big story of 2023 is one we began anticipating late in 2022. When Seven Mountains struck its $17 million deal to buy 34 stations from Forever, it set the stage for the near-complete rearrangement of the commercial radio dial in State College, PENNSYLVANIA that will kick off this morning.
Here’s what we know so far: because Seven Mountains already had its own cluster of stations in State College, it had to divest its own four signals in order to pick up Forever’s four FMs and two AMs.
Only two of Forever’s existing brands will remain intact as Seven Mountains moves over to the former Forever studios: country “Big Froggy 101.1” (WFGE) and classic rock “99.5 the Bus” (WBUS).
(Read on for all the details in our subscriber-only section…)
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In this week’s issue… After NAB, hope and confusion - WZLX, WBEB relaunch morning shows - WJTO, WLAM stay alive for now - MBC takes over Bell stations - Remembering Mimi Griswold, Herb Squire By SCOTT FYBUSH Jump to: ME...
In this week’s issue… Fear and Uncertainty in Las Vegas - Memory Stations to sign off - WNED, WBFO rebrand - Najman out at WDEV - Zoomer expands in Ontario By SCOTT FYBUSH Jump to: ME - NH - VT...
A visit to many of the sites in Pennsylvania's Poconos, plus Bold Gold's stations in Scranton
In this week’s issue… Remembering Pittsburgh's Quinn - Seven Mountains enters Harrisburg - My launches new brands - Ryan out at B101 - More cuts at Radio Vermont - Another AM deleted
