Top 40 Panel Changes

[exile]

Apr 27, 2023 16:41:01 GMT -5 daniel1784 said:

Q107.5 RETURNS AS WHBQ-FM SHIFTS TO ADULT CHR

The dominoes created by the upcoming demise of Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM Memphis have begun as Flinn Broadcasting Classic Hits 107.5 WHBQ-FM Germantown TN has flipped to Adult leaning CHR under its former “Q107.5” branding.



The new brand is positioning as “The #1 Hit Music Station” and featuring music from the 90s through now. WHBQ-FM was previously CHR for sixteen years until flipping to Classic Hits in September 2020. The station had begun trending up in the ratings the past two months rising 1.0 – 1.8 – 2.2.



APD/MD Joe Mack continues as afternoon host and Syd Neighbors will continue to host middays. WHBQ-FM has dropped Rick Dees’ “Daily Dees” from mornings with the change.



Following WHBQ-FM’s dropping of CHR, Flinn relaunched the format on 1430 WOWW and translators most recently as “B97.7” which currently has a 0.5 share. The market also is served by iHeartMedia’s “101.9 Kiss-FM” KWNW, which had a 1.1 share in the March 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings.

I think this one switched to HAC.

[daniel1784]

May 2, 2023 23:03:11 GMT -5 exile said:

Apr 27, 2023 16:41:01 GMT -5 daniel1784 said:

Q107.5 RETURNS AS WHBQ-FM SHIFTS TO ADULT CHR

The dominoes created by the upcoming demise of Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM Memphis have begun as Flinn Broadcasting Classic Hits 107.5 WHBQ-FM Germantown TN has flipped to Adult leaning CHR under its former “Q107.5” branding.



The new brand is positioning as “The #1 Hit Music Station” and featuring music from the 90s through now. WHBQ-FM was previously CHR for sixteen years until flipping to Classic Hits in September 2020. The station had begun trending up in the ratings the past two months rising 1.0 – 1.8 – 2.2.



APD/MD Joe Mack continues as afternoon host and Syd Neighbors will continue to host middays. WHBQ-FM has dropped Rick Dees’ “Daily Dees” from mornings with the change.



Following WHBQ-FM’s dropping of CHR, Flinn relaunched the format on 1430 WOWW and translators most recently as “B97.7” which currently has a 0.5 share. The market also is served by iHeartMedia’s “101.9 Kiss-FM” KWNW, which had a 1.1 share in the March 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings.

I think this one switched to HAC.

correct.

[angleeyze]

Jan 10, 2023 19:17:05 GMT -5 ChartReporter said:

MEDIABASE TOP 40 ACTIVAROR PANEL

90 Stations

Call Letters	Owner	Market
H985-ST	SongFeature	Streaming
HITS-TI	TuneIn Radio	Streaming
POPX-DR	Dash Radio	Streaming
HOT-FL	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Streaming
PCHA-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Streaming
PCHR-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Streaming
PHN2-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Streaming
PRCH-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Streaming
KAFX-FM	Townsquare Media	Lufkin, TX
KCCN-FM	Summit Media, LLC	Honolulu
KCLD-FM	Leighton Enterprises	St. Cloud, MN
KELI-FM	Townsquare Media	San Angelo, TX
KFFM-FM	Townsquare Media	Yakima, WA
KFRX-FM	Alpha Media	Lincoln, NE
KFTZ-FM	Riverbend	Idaho Falls, ID
KGOT-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Anchorage, AK
KHKN-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Little Rock
KHTH-FM	Sonoma Media Group	Santa Rosa, CA
KISN-FM	Townsquare Media	Bozeman, MT
KISR-FM	Baker Broadcasting	Ft. Smith, AR
KIXY-FM	Foster Communications	San Angelo, TX
KKBR-FM	Townsquare Media	Billings, MT
KKCT-FM	Townsquare Media	Bismarck, ND
KKLS-FM	Townsquare Media	Sioux Falls, SD
KKSW-FM	Great Plains Media	Topeka, KS
KKXL-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Grand Folks,ND
KLEN-FM	Townsquare Media	Cheyenne, WY
KLIF-FM	Cumulus	Dallas
KLYV-FM	Townsquare Media	Dubuque, IA
KMXF-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Fayetteville, AR
KNEX-FM	Leading Media Group Corp	Laredo,TX
KNDE-FM	Bryan Broadcasting	Bryan, TX
KNIN-FM	Townsquare Media	Wichita Falls, TX
KQID-FM	Cenla Broadcasting Inc	Alexandria, LA
KPWW-FM	Townsquare Media	Texarkana, AR
KROC-FM	Townsquare Media	Rochester, MN
KRYC-LP	Irshad Ali Foundation	Yuba City, CA
KSYN-FM	Zimmer Radio Group	Joplin, MO
KTRS-FM	Townsquare Media	Casper, WY
KTXY-FM	Zimmer Media	Columbia, MO
KVFX-FM	Cache Valley Media Group	Logan, UT
KVRW-FM	Townsquare Media	Lawton, OK
KVYB-FM	Cumulus	Oxnard-Ventura
KWQW-FM	Cumulus	Des Moines
KWNW-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Memphis
KWTX-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Waco, TX
KWWV-FM	Dimes Radio	San Luis Obispo, CA
KXRQ-FM	Uinta Broadcasting	Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT
KXSS-FM	Townsquare Media	Amarillo, TX
KZFN-FM	Inland Northwest Broadcasting	Spokane, WA
KZII-FM	Townsquare Media	Lubbock, TX
WAZO-FM	Sunrise Broadcasting	Wilmington, NC
WBEA-FM	LRS Radio	Amagansett, NY
WBHV-FM	Seven Mountains Media	State College
WBDR-FM	Community Broadcasters	Watertown, NY
WBNQ-FM	Cumulus	Bloomington, IL
WBZN-FM	Townsquare Media	Bangor, ME
WCGQ-FM	PMB Broadcasting	Columbus, GA
WDAY-FM	Midwest Communications	Fargo, ND
WDKS-FM	Townsquare Media	Evansville, IN
WFMF-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Baton Rouge
WHTF-FM	Adams Radio	Tallahassee, FL
WHYA-FM	Coxswain Communications	Cape Cod, MA
WIFC-FM	Midwest Communications	Wausau, WI
WILN-FM	Magic Broadcasting II	Bay County, FL
WJDQ-FM	Mississippi Broadcasters	Meridian, MS
WJYY-FM	Binnie Media	Concord, NH
WKFR-FM	Townsquare Media	Kalamazoo, MI
WKHQ-FM	MacDonald Garber Broadcasting	Petoskey, MI
WKLW-FM	Key Broadcasting	Charleston, WV
WKSW-FM	Great Plains Media	Cookeville, TN
WMME-FM	Townsquare Media	Augusta-Watervil
WNDV-FM	Artistic Media Partners	South Bend, IN
WNKI-FM	Seven Mountains Media	Elmira, NY
WOWW-AM	Flinn Broadcasting Corporation	Memphis
WPKF-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Poughkeepsie
WQLQ-FM	Mid-West Family Broadcast Group	South Bend, IN
WQNQ-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Asheville, NC
WRMF-F4	Hubbard Broadcasting Incorporated	West Palm
WRTS-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Erie, PA
WSKS-FM	Roser Communications	Utica-Rome, NY
WSTO-FM	Midwest Communications	Evansville, IN
WTBD-FM	Townsquare Media	Delhi, NY
WVBX-FM	Alpha Media USA	Fredericksburg,
WVSR-FM	Bristol Broadcasting	Charleston, WV
WWKZ-FM	iHeartMedia, Inc.	Tupelo
WWYL-FM	Townsquare Media	Binghamton, NY
WZNS-FM	Cumulus	Ft. Walton Beach, FL
WZOK-FM	Towns quare Media	Rockford, IL
X004-FM	SiriusXM	Streaming

HOT-FL, WTBD-FM, H985-ST & WHTZ-F2 Insuficient Data for Current Airplay
WXNR-FM Call Letters change 

[angleeyze]

Why did MB tell me they don't monitor online radio if they're monitoring streaming radio according to this panel?

[bizzle613]

So is Memphis without a CHR?

[exile]

May 4, 2023 21:54:16 GMT -5 bizzle613 said:

So is Memphis without a CHR?

KWNW-FM still is in the market.

[tomgsinger]

May 5, 2023 7:06:08 GMT -5 exile said:

May 4, 2023 21:54:16 GMT -5 bizzle613 said:

So is Memphis without a CHR?

KWNW-FM still is in the market.

KWNW is hot AC now.

[bizzle613]

I would argue that WHBQ FM is CHR and not Hot A/C.

[tomgsinger]

May 5, 2023 19:27:14 GMT -5 bizzle613 said:

I would argue that WHBQ FM is CHR and not Hot A/C.

No it’s not. Their powers rotate roughly 60x a week, they played 6 golds in their sample hour (which was in the morning daypart) and their top 10 includes Trustfall, Take my Name and the Dean Lewis song that is currently #5 on HAC yet nowhere to be found on CHR. They do play Montero and Industry Baby, but the inclusion of those two songs alone isn’t enough to justify it being called a CHR imo.

[ChartReporter]

No updates at MB Panles for this week .. KWNW-FM is add on TOP 40 Activator Panel and WHBQ add Hot AC Panel

[exile]

WTDY-FM RELAUNCHES AS THE NEW 96.5

After stunting for four days with nonstop Taylor Swift, Audacy CHR “96.5 TDY” WTDY-FM Philadelphia has relaunched as Hot AC “The New 96.5“.

The new brand moves WTDY-FM closer to sister AC “B101” WBEB and away from iHeartMedia CHR “Q102” WIOQ.



The station’s lineup will continue to feature Michael Bennett in mornings. Bennett has been with 96.5 through its multiple iterations since 2013. V Hale, midday host at “Alice 97.3” KLLC San Francisco, will add those duties at WTDY-FM. Mike Adam, afternoon host at Hot AC “New 102.7” WNEW New York, adds afternoons. Adam previously worked at 96.5 when it was CHR “96.5 Amp Radio” WZMP in 2015-16 and at WIOQ from 2012-14 under the air name ‘Prolifik’. Bru remains in nights.



WTDY-FM had been trending up in the past four months 1.2 – 1.7 – 2.1 – 2.2, but still trailed WIOQ and its 2.8 share in the March 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings.


radioinsight.com/headlines/252084/wtdy-fm-relaunches-as-the-new-96-5/

[ChartReporter]

UPDATE PANELS

PUBLSIHED 173
ACTIVATOR 87

[daniel1784]

POWER 96 MOVES TO RHYTHMIC GOLD FOCUS

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Right after Audacy CHR “B96” WBBM-FM Chicago moved to a gold based Rhythmic focus last month, it was also joined by another one of the company’s stations.

“Power 96” WPOW-FM Miami also adopted a gold heavy presentation with only 4 currents and recurrents per hour. The station’s top current spins per week have dropped from the high 90s to the 60s. WPOW-FM is still positioning as “Miami’s Party
Station” with music stretching from the 1990s to now.

The 2pm hour on Thursday, May 18 featured:
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Metro Boomin ft. The Weekend & 21 Savage – Creepin’
Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me One
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – Stay
Usher – U Got It Bad
Coi Leray – Players
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
The Weeknd – Heartless
Chris Brown – With You
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Sean Paul – We Be Burning
Mariah Carey – We Belong Together
Dr. Dre – Still D-R-E
The Weeknd – Die For You
Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne – Down
Dua Lipa – Levitating

WPOW-FM rose from a 2.2 to 2.6 share in the April 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings, which took place mostly before the changes. That placed it behind iHeartMedia CHR “Y100” WHYI’s 3.3 to 3.5 gain and Cox Media Group’s Rhythmic Hot AC “Hits 97.3” WFLC and its 2.3 to 2.8 rise. While the move pushes WPOW-FM away from WHYI and WFLC, Power’s presentation is more Hip-Hop oriented musically, and WFLC is centered on Rhythmic Pop.

[bizzle613]

May 8, 2023 12:38:17 GMT -5 ChartReporter said:

No updates at MB Panles for this week .. KWNW-FM is add on TOP 40 Activator Panel and WHBQ add Hot AC Panel

what is the activator panel?

[ChartReporter]

It is the rest of the CHR Stations that MB monitors but are not part of the Published Chart

It's a way of measuring the music that hasn't impacted mainstream radio yet or if a song comes back from "recurrentland" or for example when a song makes its "revival" like Bllody Mary, Sure thing did .. at least this is where they start the trends that the TOP 40 Official Stations adopt afterwards

This is something I've seen over time, how MB uses this panel. If I'm wrong, someone who knows more about MB Panels could explain more in depth..

[Au$tin]

Yeah, they're just the other stations Mediabase monitors, but do not contribute to the published chart. It's all smaller markets.

[daniel1784]

HOT 106.7 NASHVILLE FLIPS TO CLASSIC COUNTRY “Y’ALL 106.7”



Midwest Communications CHR “Hot 106.7” WNFN Franklin/Nashville TN has flipped to 90s based Classic Country “Y’all 106.7“.



The flip followed an hour long loop of 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready For This” before debuting with Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen”, Shania Twain “No One Needs To Know”, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Fishin’ In The Dark”. Travis was in studio to kick off the launch (pictured below).



Ron Allen, Brand Manager for Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK, adds Brand Manager duties for WNFN. Allen also served as Format Captain for Midwest’s “Duke-FM” Classic Country stations across the company.



The new format targets Cumulus Media’s “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM, which rose lost month from a 7.2 share to 8.8 ranking third overall, but just behind Midwest’s market leading AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA and WCJK.



WNFN has dropped over the past four months from a 3.2 share in January down to a 1.6 in April. The January monthly was the only time since its 2009 flip to CHR that the station beat iHeartMedia’s “107.5 The River” WRVW, which registered a 3.1 share in April.

[ChartReporter]

WKFS MOVES TO 2000S GOLD HEAVY PLAYLIST


iHeartMedia’s “Kiss 107.1” WKFS Milford/Cincinnati OH has joined the growing number of CHR stations shifting to a gold-heavy presentation.



WKFS is still playing 3-4 currents per hour, but has removed all of its recurrents and recent golds replacing them with golds mostly from 2000 to 2010. Imaging makes references to “The Kiss You Love Is Back” and positioning has shifted from “Cincinnati’s #1 Hit Music Station” to “Your Summer Party Station”.



WKFS rose from a 1.9 to a 2.1 share in the May 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings placing it fifteenth overall in the Cincinnati market, but way behind Hubbard CHR “Q102” 101.9 WKRQ, which placed fifth after a 6.6 to 5.9 drop last month.



The 8:00am hour on Wednesday, July 5 on “Kiss 107.1” featured:



Chris Brown – Forever

50 Cent – In Da Club

Miley Cyrus – Flowers

Ciara ft. Ludacris – Oh

Jason Derulo – In My Head

The Weeknd – Die For You

Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone

Miguel – Sure Thing

Petey deleted – Freek-A-Leek

JoJo – Leave (Get Out)

Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down

Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me


FLINN FLIPS TWO IN MEMPHIS WITH LMA

wo changes took place in Memphis on Tuesday, July 4.



Power Media Solutions began operating Flinn Broadcasting’s 87.7 WPGF-LD Memphis as R&B Oldies “Right On Radio“. The station describes itself as playing music from the 1950s through the early 2000s. Power Media Solutions also began operating Flinn’s Classic Hip Hop “Bumpin 96.3” W242CF Memphis/107.5 WHBQ-HD2 Germantown earlier this year. The local marketing company is led by longtime Memphis radio and television personality Tina Tilton. Christie Taylor is serving as Operations Manager. Taylor also worked on-air at multiple stations in Memphis including middays on 103.5 WRBO from 2015-19.



With WPGF-LD’s flip, AAA “The Pig” has moved to 1430 WOWW Germantown/97.7 W249BN Memphis. Those signals were most recently CHR “B97.7” until 107.5 WHBQ-FM flipped from Classic Hits to Hot AC in late April. The “Pig” brand previously had been utilized by Flinn multiple times over the past two decades with stints on 107.5 from 2002-04, 96.1 from 2004-10, 87.7 from 2010-11 and again earlier this year, and as an online brand. The new incarnation of the Pig is one of the few commercially operated stations


- This stations still on Mediabase Top 40 panels the changes probably begins this weekend.

[mrsomerton]

1: All Access seems to have stopped updating their panel list. KAMP is still on ther despite being dead for a while.

2: Holy (expletive deleted), this format seems to be heading downhill. That must be 7 or 8 stations dropped this year. That is not a good sign for radio.

[ChartReporter]

101.5 THE VIBE DEBUTS IN TAMPA
WPOI Flips Adult R&B

As first tipped back on our August 15 Domain Insight, Cox Media Group flipped CHR “Hot 101.5” WPOI St. Petersburg/Tampa FL to Adult R&B “101.5 The Vibe” WTBV at noon today.

The new brand is positioning as “Tampa Bay’s Only R&B” as it fills a niche not normally done in the market. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “95.7 The Beat” WBTP had previously dayparted some Adult R&B, while NIA Broadcasting’s 1150 WTMP and its translators emphasize R&B Oldies. The station debuted with Mark Morrison “Return of The Mack”, Patrice Rushen “Forget Me Nots” and Aaliyah “Rock The Boat” and is promoting $1000 giveaways starting Monday, September 11.

WTBV will feature Reach Media’s Rickey Smiley Morning Show as does Cox’s Adult R&B stations in Miami, Jacksonville, and Orlando.

The launch of “101.5 The Vibe” follows a 24 hour loop of Mary J Blige’s “Just Fine” preceded by “Hot 101.5” ending with N’Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye” and LMFAO “Party Rock Anthem”, the latter of which was its first song when it debuted its CHR identity in July 2011.

INSTANT INSIGHT: The flip brings to an end the twelve year run of the station that was arguably the most successful of the second CHR’s to launch in many markets in the late 2000s/early 2010s. On the backs of morning shows hosted by Jayde Donovan and later Miguel Fuller & Holly O’Connor, WPOI would regularly beat iHeartMedia’s entrenched 93.3 WFLZ. For the past two years though, WPOI was rudderless. Following the early 2022 departures of Miguel and Holly to iHeart’s “Hits 96.1” WHQC Charlotte and May 2022 departure of Program Director Will Calder, the company never moved to fill their positions with a few prominent programmers telling us Cox “ghosted them” after posting the position, but deciding in the fall of 2022 to not fill it while other talents were moved to sister stations or leaving the company.

With Cox launching “The Vibe” in Tampa and last week moving their Adult R&B “Hot” brand from a translator to full-powered signal in Jacksonville, the company is putting an increased emphasis on Adult R&B right now. Is there a greater reason behind these moves?

Original Report 9/5: After becoming one of the biggest success stories of the last CHR boom period in the early 2010s, the end appears near for Cox Media Group’s “Hot 101.5” WPOI St. Petersburg FL.

As we first reported in our August 15 Domain Insight, Cox registered a number of domains for the station pointing towards a format change at the station. Today, the company applied to change the call letters of the station to WTBV to take effect on Monday, September 11.

Launching in July 2011 at the peak of the early 2010s CHR boom, “Hot 101.5” would enter a bitter format battle with iHeartMedia’s 93.3 WFLZ. Since WPOI has dropped in the ratings as it registered a 2.2 share in the July 2023 Nielsen Audio survey, behind WFLZ’s 3.3 share.

Via: RadioInsight.com

[daniel1784]

A few months ago, on July 16th, Cumulus Media flipped Classic Hip Hop WBBF 98.9 The Vibe in Buffalo, NY to a CHR format "Hot (98.9)"

Mediabase hasn't tracked this yet, as it's not on AllAccess, but I wonder when this WBBF station will be tracked, so we can go back up to 172 stations.

[ChartReporter]

WBBF-AM Don't be a part of panels from MB ...

Mediabase don't hasnt changes this summer for new additions for Published Panel

Maybe this fall or after the frozen weeks for dec. they make changes on their panels for all formats

[ChartReporter]

KANSAS CITY’S VIBE ON THE MOVE


The next piece of Cumulus Media’s Kansas City moves will take place at midnight when CHR “95.7 The Vibe” KCHZ Ottawa KS becomes “107.3 The Vibe” on KMJK North Kansas City.

The move to 107.3 will come with a number of lineup changes. The Vibe will drop the syndicated Bert Show from mornings and Elliot at night. Midday host Tyler Fry will move up to anchor “The Morning Vibe” from 6-10am. Frye joined the Vibe in December 2021 after seven years in nights at sister CHR 104.1 KRBE Houston. Frye also has hosted nights at “G105” WDCG Raleigh and “Hot 107.1” KDHT Denver. He began his career as a fill-in host at 93.3 WFLZ Tampa.

The person he succeeded in middays, “103.3 The Edge” WEDG Buffalo morning host Cassaday Proctor will return to the daypart remotely from 10am-3pm. She previously hosted middays at KCHZ from 2019 until her November 2021 move to Buffalo. She has also afternoon host at “105.1 The X” KCJK and part of morning shows at “Mix 94.7” KAMX Austin, “Kiss 95.1” WNKS Charlotte, “Star 94.1” WSTR Atlanta, and Variety Hits “106.5 The Arch” WARH St. Louis.

Program Director Jagger remains in afternoons. Moving to nights will be Dallace Jade. Jade, based in Colorado Springs, is heard in middays of Cumulus CHRs there and Albuquerque, afternoons in Salt Lake City and weekends on Bonneville’s KZZO Sacramento.

Cumulus has not revealed whether the station will continue to simulcast on 95.7 or whether a new format will debut there. The move to 107.3 follows last week’s move of its Hip Hop/R&B format to 105.1 KCJK Garden City and relaunch as “Power 105.1“.

The move to 107.3 will give the station better coverage on the Missouri side of the market as its transmitter is east of Kansas City. 95.7 is halfway between Kansas City and Lawrence KS, and also covers the Topeka KS market. In the just released September 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings, KCHZ rose 1.6 to 1.8 placing it well behind Steel City Media’s “Mix 93.3” KMXV’s 3.9 to 4.5 gain.

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that in a follow-up move to last week’s launch of Kansas City’s Hip Hop and R&B station, Power 105.1/KCJK-FM, it has launched its popular station brand The Vibe today on the 107.3 frequency. The station becomes All The Hits 107.3 The Vibe/KMJK-FM replacing station All The Hits 95.7 The Vibe/KCHZ-FM, a Kansas City staple for 20 years. 107.3 The Vibe concurrently launched its new website today at: 1073thevibe.com/.



107.3 The Vibe moves to its new home with a new weekday lineup of local personalities, including:



Tyler Frye, 6:00am-10:00am

Cassiday 10:00am-3:00pm

Jagger, 3:00pm-7:00pm

Dallace Jade, 7:00pm-Midnight



“Weekends with Roula,” “Carson Daly Download,” and “DJ Kirby Dance Party” will each continue to be heard on the new 107.3 The Vibe.



Donna Baker, Regional Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Kansas City, said: “Adjusting the alignment of these beloved station brands delivers the highest potential audience to reach the entire KC community. The right stations, the right formats, on the right signals with the best local personalities creates even more value for our listeners and advertising partners.”



Jagger, Program Director and On-Air Personality, Afternoons, 107.3 The Vibe, commented: “Excited to move The Vibe to our new home at 107.3 and to help take it to a new level with our great local team! We will continue to be THE hit music station, playing 10 Songs In A Row every hour with the biggest hits, biggest contests and the most winners! We are kicking off our new Era, hooking up our listeners with a private screening of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie! All The Hits just got the upgrade, so move with us to 107.3 The Vibe!”



Tyler Frye, new Morning Host, 107.3 The Vibe, added: “Is this real life? I get to wake up KC on our brand-new home, 107.3 The Vibe! I’m excited to kick off The Morning Vibe with Tyler Frye as we give our AMAZING listeners a chance to see Taylor Swift on the big screen for a private screening of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie. Taylor has been spending a lot of time in KC lately… maybe she’ll show up? A Swiftie can dream! Move with us as we kick off our best Era, All The Hits 107.3 The Vibe!”

[mrsomerton]

Venus 303 seems to have been moved back to Rhythmic, I can’t access the playlist.

[ChartReporter]

VENUS 303 still into the Published panl but IDKW Mediabase don't have detections for this station

[70jack90]

Mediabase updated its Top 40 Pop panel, but I'm not sure how many stations were added or deleted from the panel?

[ChartReporter]

WHBQ, WPYA & WVBX Adds to Published Panel
WNVZ & WPOW Move to Rhythmic CHR 

[ChartReporter]

iHeartMedia CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQC Shelby/Charlotte NC is the most recent station to move into a more gold-based direction.



The move, which began the day before Thanksgiving, comes with the station repositioning as “Charlotte’s Party Station”. Top rotations of currents have dropped from around 130 spins-per-week to the high 70s. The move matches similar music and positioning changes iHeartMedia has made at WZFT Baltimore and WKFS Cincinnati in recent months.



WHQC had a 2.0 share in the October 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings trailing Beasley Media’s “Kiss 95.1” WNKS’s 3.3 share.



The 4pm hour on Wednesday, November 29 featured:



Adele – Rolling In The Deep

Doechii – What It Is (Block Boy)

Nelly ft. City Spud – Ride Wit Me

Rihanna ft. Jay Z – Rude Boy

Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer

Akon ft. Snoop Dog – I Wanna Love You

Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down

Justin Bieber – Sorry

Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
iHeartMedia CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQC Shelby/Charlotte NC is the most recent station to move into a more gold-based direction.

The move, which began the day before Thanksgiving, comes with the station repositioning as “Charlotte’s Party Station”. Top rotations of currents have dropped from around 130 spins-per-week to the high 70s. The move matches similar music and positioning changes iHeartMedia has made at WZFT Baltimore and WKFS Cincinnati in recent months.

WHQC had a 2.0 share in the October 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings trailing Beasley Media’s “Kiss 95.1” WNKS’s 3.3 share.

The 4pm hour on Wednesday, November 29 featured:

Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Doechii – What It Is (Block Boy)
Nelly ft. City Spud – Ride Wit Me
Rihanna ft. Jay Z – Rude Boy
Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
Akon ft. Snoop Dog – I Wanna Love You
Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

[exile]

Cumulus Media has shifted CHR “Hot 106.7” WWKL Hershey/Harrisburg PA to Rhythmic CHR.



The change took place last week as the station pivots to move its playlist closer to iHeartMedia Hip Hop “Real 99.3” WHKF Harrisburg. Positioning as “The New Sound of Hot 106.7”, WWKL is emphasizing “The Most Music In The Morning” as the station goes to a jockless music-intensive presentation in place of Westwood One’s Bert Show and a 106 minute block of music at 7pm in-place of Westwood One’s Elliot. It has also added a 12pm hour “Throwback Lunch”.

radioinsight.com/headlines/267248/hot-106-7-harrisburg-goes-rhythmic/

[exile]

Seven Mountains Media Conservative Talk 1230 WVNT/103.5 W278CQ Parkersburg WV has begun stunting with a loop of *NSYNC’s “Pop” as it prepares to flip to CHR “Pop 103.5” on Friday, June 28 at 10:00am.

WVNT becomes the latest of Seven Mountains’ Talk stations to flip to CHR following similar moves last year in Altoona, Johnstown, State College, and Franklin/Meadville PA. WVNT will change call letters to WPKB ahead of the flip.


radioinsight.com/headlines/273281/wvnt-about-to-pop/