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The Jesse Kelly Show Added to Daily Lineup at WFLF in Orlando

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The Jesse Kelly Show Added to Daily Lineup at WFLF in Orlando

iHeartMedia Orlando has announced the addition of The Jesse Kelly Show to its daily lineup at WFLF, known as Newsradio WFLA Orlando.

The nationally syndicated show from Premiere Networks will be heard from 7-10 PM ET in the Florida city. The Orlando market becomes the latest in the state to broadcast the program which was already heard in Tampa, Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Wald, and Port Charlotte, among others.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jesse Kelly to WFLA Orlando!” said Ken Holiday, Senior Vice President of Programming, iHeartMedia Orlando. “Starting Monday, July 15, Jesse will bring his unfiltered and unapologetic insights to our listeners. From history to politics to pizza, Jesse’s show has it all in a no-nonsense kind of way. Whether you’re a veteran like Jesse or just a good ol’ fashioned red-blooded American, the show has something for everyone.”

Currently, more than 200 stations broadcast The Jesse Kelly Show, which airs live from 6-9 PM ET. It is also available on the free iHeartRadio app.

1130 WISN’s Gregory Jon Gives Health Update After Cancer Surgery

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1130 WISN’s Gregory Jon Gives Health Update After Cancer Surgery

1130 WISN morning show co-host and producer Gregory Jon has given an update on social media after undergoing surgery related to his cancer diagnosis last week.

On X, Jon informed listeners and followers that he underwent surgery to remove his prostate Thursday morning. There was a positive update as he revealed that the cancer had not spread to his lymph nodes which were biopsied by his doctors.

“Cancer sucks. Just got back from surgery. I had my prostate removed yesterday morning by my rock star urologist Dr. Arman Cicic from Metropolitan Urology Group and says he got it all. He biopsied a couple of lymph nodes but feels confident it didn’t spread,” Jon wrote on the social media post.

Jon works alongside Jay Weber on the morning show on the iHeartMedia Milwaukee news/talk station.

Nielsen Audio 6+ PPM Market Ratings 11-20 June 2024

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Nielsen Audio 6+ PPM Market Ratings 11-20 June 2024

Nielsen Audio has released 6+ PPM ratings for markets 11-20.

Seattle/Tacoma

iHeartMedia’s Classic Rock KZOK holds the top position 8.0-7.7. It is the station’s first down month of 2024. Audacy’s Rocker KISW posts a 5.2-5.9 gain.

Three Country stations battle for audience, with Audacy’s KKWF (100.7 The Wolf) dropping 6.2-5.3. The two stations that joined the Country format within hours of each other, Hubbard’s KPNW (98.9 The Bull) is up 1.1-1.5 and Lotus’s KPLZ (101.5 Hank-FM) rising 2.1-2.5.

iHeart’s Top 40 KBKS (Hits 106.1) is off slightly at 4.2-4.1, and Hubbard’s KQMV (Movin 92.5) is off 4.0-3.7.

Hubbard AC (Warm 106.9) drops 3.9-3.4.

Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

Cox Media Group’s Urban WHQT remains in first place despite a 9.2-8.3 drop. Audacy’s AC WLYF (101.5 Lite FM) posts a nice 6.2-6.9 gain.

Cox Hip Hop WEDR (99Jamz) is up 3.1-3.7, while iHeart’s WMIB (103.5 The Beat) is down 3.6-3.1.

iHeart Top 40 WHYI (Y100) rises 2.7-3.0

Audacy’s Rhythmic Throwbacks WPOW (Power 96), which debuted Memorial Day weekend, has a nice gain 1.9-2.8.

Phoenix

iHeart’s AC KESZ (99.9 KEZ) continues to lead the way even after dropping 9.5-8.9.

Both of the market’s Country stations are up with Audacy’s KMLE up 3.2-3.8 and iHeart’s KNIX rising 3.1-3.4

Hubbard’s Classic Rock KSLX bounces back from a down month, coming back 5.9-7.4. iHeart’s Variety Hits KYOT (95.5 The Mountain) makes a nice gain of 5.7-6.6, while Hubbard Rock KUPD slides 4.6-4.3.

Both the market’s Top 40s trended down with Audacy’s KALV-FM (Live 101.5) going 2.7-2.3 and iHeart’s KZZP (104.7 KISS-FM) 2.5-2.0.

Detroit

AC leads the way in Detroit, with iHeart’s WNIC hanging on to the top spot even while slipping 8.3-8.1. Audacy’s Country WYCD trended upward 6.8-7.2.

Beasley Classic Rock WCSX is up 6.9-7.1, while iHeart’s Classic Rock WLLZ continues an upward trend of 2.4-3.1.

iHeart’s Top 40 WKQI (Channel 95.5) slides 7.2-6.3. Sister Adult R&B WMXD (Mix 92.3) is up 5.5-6.0, with Hip Hop WJLB up 3.3-3.5.

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Northwestern Media’s Christian AC KTIS-FM continues to set a strong pace 11.0-11.4. Hubbard’s AC KSTP (KS95) makes a substantial leap 6.8-8.0.

iHeart’s Top 40 KDWB logs its best showing since March 2019, 5.9-6.7.

Audacy Variety Hits KZJK (104.1 Jack-FM) is up 5.9-6.4. Cumulus Rocker KXXR (93X) drops 4.2-3.5.

iHeart’s Classic Hits KQQL (Kool 108) drops 7.3-6.5.

Tampa/St. Petersburg

It’s another AC format win with Cox Soft AC WDUV up a huge 10.8-12.1. Both the market’s Country stations had big months, with iHeart’s WFUS (US 103.5) moving 5.3-6.6, up from seventh to second overall. Beasley’s Country WQYK is up 5.5-6.2.

In the Top 40 battle, iHeart’s WFLZ is up 2.6-3.2, and Beasley Rhythmic Top 40 WLLD (Wild 94.9) moves 2.6-3.0.

Classic Rock is down with Cox’s WXBL (107.3 The Eagle) slipped 2.2-1.6, and Beasley’s Classic Hits WRBQ (Q105) falling 4.6-3.8.

iHeart’s AC WMTX (Mix 100.7) falls 6.3-5.7.

Denver/Boulder

Bonneville AC KOSI is up 6.4-7.3. Classic Rock and Classic Hits show strong, with iHeart’s KRFX (103.5 The Fox) up 6.1-7.0 and KSE Media’s KXKL (KOOL 105) holding steady at 6.3.

In the Country battle, Bonneville’s KYGO is off slightly, 5.8-5.7, while Audacy’s Classic Country KQKS-HS2 (103.1 Front Range Country) is up 1.5-1.7.

iHeart’s AAA KBCO is up 5.4-5.6, and Alternative sister KTCL (Channel 99.3) is off 5.9-5.0.

iHeart’s Top 40 KDTH (Hits 95.7) is up 2.8-3.4. Audacy Hip Hop KQKS (KS 107.5) falls 2.8-2.2.

Nielsen Audio PPM Top Ten Market Ratings June 2024 (5/19-6/23)

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Nielsen Audio PPM Top Ten Market Ratings June 2024 (5/19-6/23)

Nielsen Audio has released 6+ ratings for the top ten PPM Markets for June 2024

New York

Despite being down 8.9-8.2, iHeartMedia’s AC WLTW (106.7 Lite-FM) remains atop the monthly ratings. iHeart holds down the number two and three spots, with Classic Rock WAXQ (Q104.3) up 6.3-6.9 and Top 40 WHTZ (Z-100) 5.6-5.7.

Audacy’s Classic Hits WCBS-FM gains 5.2-5.6. Cluster mate Hot AC WNEW (New 102.7) gained 4.1-4.4.

Hip Hop had a strong month with iHeart’s WWPR (Power 105.1) up 1.6-2.0, MediaCO’s WQHT (Hot 97) gaining 2.0 -2.2, and Audacy’s WXBK (94.7 The Block) up 1.3-1.8

iHeart’s Hot AC WKTU (103.5 KTU) slipped 3.9-3.2  

Los Angeles

The top three stations all showed gains in the month. With Audacy’s Classic Hits KRTH (K-EARTH 101) up 5.7-6.4. iHeart’s AC KOST gaining 5.2-5.8, and sister Top 40 KIIS (KISS 102.7) up 4.6-5.1

iHeart’s Hot AC KBIG-FM (104.3 MY-FM) holds steady at 4.7.

Univision Spanish AC KSCA (LA 101.9) is up 3.3-3.5, with Spanish Broadcasting System’s Reginal Mexican KLAX-FM (97.9 La Raza) slipping 4.0-3.5. Audacy’s Urban KTWV-FM (94.7 The Wave) was off slightly 4.3-4.2.

Chicago

iHeart’s AC WLIT returns to the top, going 6.3-6.6. Cumulus Classic Hits WLS-FM rises 3.8-4.2. Audacy’s Country WUSN (US99) held steady at 5.1. Hubbard’s Hot AC WTMX (101.9 The Mix) is up 2.7-3.2.

Hubbard Classic Rock WDRV (97.1 The Drive) falls from last month’s record high of 7.1 to 6.1. Sister Millennial Hits WTBC (Throwback 100.3) continues to grow after its launch in May 1.4-1.6-2.2

Univision’s Regional Mexican WOJO (Que Buena 105.1) drops 4.2-3.7

San Francisco

Bonneville’s AC KOIT continues to hold down the top spot 6.8-7.7. iHeart’s AC KISQ (98.1 The Breeze) is up 5.1-5.4. Cumulus Classic Rock KSAN (107.7 The Bone) moves 3.3-3.6. iHeart’s Top 40 KYLD (Wild 94.9) gains 2.7-3.0.

iHeart’s Top 40 KYLD (Wild 94.9) moved 2.7-3.0, while Bonneville’s Top 40 KMVQ (99.7 NOW) slipped 4.6-4.2.

Dallas/Ft. Worth

Audacy’s Classic Hits KSPF (98.7 The Spot) grabs the top spot 4.6-6.0. Cluster mate Adults Hits KJKK (100.3 Jack-FM) moves 4.0-4.5.

iHeart’s Rock KEGL (97.1 The Eagle) gains 2.2-2.7

Univision Regional Mexican KLNO (Que Buena 94.1) drops 5.2-4.9.

Cumulus Country KPLK (99.5 The Wolf) slips 5.0-4.5.

iHeart’s Top 40 KHKS (106.1 Kiss FM) falls 4.6-3.9 while sister Hot AC KDGE (Star 102.1) drops 3.7-3.1

Houston/Galveston

Hope Media Group’s Christian AC KSBJ maintains the market lead despite slipping a whole point 9.6-8.6. iHeart’s AC KODA (Sunny 99.1) holds down second while sliding 6.1-5.8. Radio One’s Urban KMJQ (Magic 102.1) dropped 6.1-5.4.

Audacy’s Hot AC KHMX (Mix 96.5) gains 3.3-3.8, with sister Adult Hits KKHH (95.7 The Spot) gaining 4.9-5.0

iHeart’s Alternative KTBZ (94.5 The Buzz) fell 6.0-5.2. Radio One’s Classic Rock KGLK (Eagle 106.9 & 107.5) dropped 5.2-5.0.

Atlanta

Cox Media’s market leader, Classic Hits WSRV (97.1 The River), gained 7.9-8.2. Radio One’s Urban WAMJ (Magic 107.5 & 97.5) holds the second spot, posting a nice gain of 6.6-7.5. Audacy’s Urban WVEE (V-103) moves 4.7-4.9.

Both Atlanta Country stations showed gains, with iHeart’s WUBL (94.9 The Bull) gaining 2.6-3.1 and Cumulus’ WKHK (New Country 101.Five) up 3.0-3.2.

Cumulus Top 40 WWWQ (Q99.7) rises 2.9-3.1. Audacy’s Rhythmic AC (Star 94) moves 2.4-2.9

Salem Christian AC WFSH (104.7) The Fish is up 4.7-5.2. Radio One’s Gospel (Praise 102.5) gains 3.6-4.0.

The market’s two Hip Hop stations were each down, with iHeart’s WRDG (96.1 The Beat) falling 2.3-2.1 and Radio One’s WHAT (Hot 107.9) dropping 3.9-3.2.

Washington DC

Howard University’s Urban WHUR sits atop the music station ratings, trending 7.4-7.6. Audacy’s Classic Hits WIAD (94.7 The Drive) posts an entire share gain 4.1-5.1. Also, posting a gain is iHeart’s Country WMZQ rising 3.4-3.6.

iHeart’s Classic Rock WBIG (Big 100) gained 2.7-3.8, sister stations AC WASH dropped 5.5-4.4, and Alternative WWDC (DC101) went 4.3-4.2.

Radio One’s Urban WMMJ (Magic 102.3 & 92.7) slipped 4.9-4.7, while sister Hip Hop WKYS dropped 4.5-3.4.

Philadelphia

iHeart’s Urban WDAS (R&B & Throwbacks) stretches its market lead 8.1-9.0. Beasley’s Rock WMMR holds second despite sliding 7.9-7.6, and sister station Country WXTU (92.5 XTU) rises 4.4-4.8.

Radio One’s R&B Oldies WPPZ (Classix 107.9) jumps 2.9-3.8.

Audacy’s AC WBEB (B101) drops 5.7-5.5. Beasley Classic Rock WMGK slips 8.5-7.2.

Boston

Audacy’s Hot AC WWBX (Mix 104.9) scores a big month, rising 5.6-6.9. Beasley’s Classic Hits WROR gains 5.7-6.3 with sister Country WKLB (Country 102.5) up 3.3-3.9. iHeart’s Top 40 WXKS (Kiss 108) is up 4.6-5.0

iHeart’s Classic Rock WZLX goes 3.8-3.7. Audacy’s Adult Hits WBGB (Big 103 Boston) drops 3.8-3.7

K95.5 Tulsa Adds B-Dub Radio For Evenings

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K95.5 Tulsa Adds B-Dub Radio For Evenings

Cox Media Groups Country KWEN (K95.5)/Tulsa has added Skyview Networks B-Dub Radio to its evening lineup.

ACM Radio Award winner Bryan “B-Dub” Washington hosts B-Dub Radio, which is heard on nearly 100 affiliates.

B-Dub said on his Facebook, “I am so pumped for this.”

He joins a lineup with “The Cait & Bradley” morning show, Chase Thompson in middays, and Jenny Law in the afternoon.

Amber Miller Joins WXPN For Nights and Weekends

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Amber Miller Joins WXPN For Nights and Weekends

Amber Miller has joined WXPN, the University of Pennsylvania’s listener-supported public radio station. Miller will work nights and weekends, joining the station on July 18th.

A Michigan native, Miller was the Program Director of WRFF/Philadelphia until earlier this year. Other stops included National Record Promotion for Caroline Distribution and time spent at 102.7 WEQX-FM in Albany, NY, G105 (WDGC) in Raleigh, NC and Q98 (WQSM) in Fayetteville, NC.

Miller said, “This Philly gal couldn’t be more enthused and honored to join the revered team of world-class radio professionals at XPN. I can’t wait to work alongside each of them, all in the name of celebrating amazing music, community, and connection.”

WXPN Associate General Manager for Programming Bruce Warren added, “We’re super excited to welcome Amber to the on-air host and programming team at XPN. Her long-standing passion for music, combined with her extensive experience in both on-air and behind-the-scenes roles, makes her a highly valuable addition to our team.

In addition to Philadelphia, WXPN serves Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Worton, Lehigh Valley, and northwestern New Jersey.

Listen here.

Podtrac Issues June 2024 Rankings For Podcasters

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Podtrac Issues June 2024 Rankings For Podcasters

Podtrac has published the list of top podcasts for June 2024. US Unique Monthly Audience (US UMA) was up for two ranking participants, PodcastOne and Lemonada. In addition, Lemonada was also up on US downloads month over month.

iHeart Audience Network remained number one by a two-to-one margin in US UMA. iHeartPodcasts held steady at number two.

Other notables included NPR at sixth, Fox Audio Network at ten, Barstool Sports at 13th, and CNN and Blaze Media at 15th and 16th, respectively.

Two Top Global Networks, Libsyn and Sonoro, had higher Global Downloads, Streams, and views in May than in April.

Chris ‘Mac’ McClain Celebrates 20 Years at WFNZ

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Chris ‘Mac’ McClain Celebrates 20 Years at WFNZ

Congratulations go out to WFNZ host Chris ‘Mac’ McClain who is celebrating his 20th anniversary with the radio station. McClain and co-host Travis “T-Bone” Hancock handle the morning shift for the sports station in Charlotte and have done so for 15 of those 20 years.

“I would’ve forgotten,” McClain said at the start of their show as Hancock started to get into what would happen on the show in his honor which included special call-ins, stop-ins and even a song that was made.

“It is something to behold that in this day and age, someone can, in a market that’s growing, and a lot of changes happen all the time, that you have [stood] the test of time. Your career is longer than 20 [years], I want to let people know you are at what 26 or 27 overall?

“There was another early career that we don’t even know exactly what was going on with ‘Jacksonville Mac’ and ‘Sirius Mac,’ but 20 years here and I think the building and the listeners are excited. In this building the last seven years, we have not celebrated a whole lot. We have lost two bosses unexpectedly…there hasn’t been a whole lot of ‘hey, let’s have a day and honor someone doing something that needs to be honored.’ It’s all about you. I think it’s also about the fact that we as an audience, we as your co-workers we just kind of want to celebrate something awesome.”

McClain then shared, “I started on this day, July 12th in 2004 and I never would’ve thought, Bone, that I would be here in 20 years. That wasn’t the way radio worked. I worked at a Baltimore station when I was in college…then I went to CBS Sportsline…then Jacksonville…SiriusXM…my first 8 years, I worked at three different places.”

He then added, “And there couldn’t be a better place to live for 20 years. I love this freakin’ city.”

Hancock, who joined the station about a year later than McClain as an intern, then wondered, “Where would I be if our partnership didn’t hit?”

When BSM profiled the show in 2022, McClain said about working with Hancock, “Somehow Bone’s still dealing with me. We went through so many interns. He’s one of my best friends, to think we spend all this time together, to think that he ends up elevating to being the co-host of the show. He’s improved so much, grown up so much since we started.”

Spotify Adds Comments In All-New Mobile App

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Spotify Adds Comments In All-New Mobile App

Spotify has rolled out a new way for content creators to engage their fans with Comments, now available on the all-new Spotify mobile app. The newly designed app provides insights and flexibility while allowing users to engage fans anytime and anywhere.

The new comments feature keeps Q&A and polls. Features that were rolled out in 2021. Spotify said Comments had been a long-requested feature. It will provide ways to manage the entire show, including listener feedback, regardless of where their episode is hosted.

Maya Prohovnik, VP of Podcast Product at Spotify, told “For The Record,” “We’ve kept our promise to manage and update your show on the go, but we rebuilt the Spotify for Podcasters mobile app to work for all podcasters, regardless of where their show is hosted. We’ve also added helpful new notifications, so you’ll know right away if you make it onto a Spotify chart if you get feedback from your listeners, or when your show hits an exciting new milestone.

Discover and take a tour of the all-news Spotify Podcasters app here.

Gregg Giannotti: Either Brendan Burke or Rickie Ricardo Have to Call Yankees Playoff Games

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Gregg Giannotti: Either Brendan Burke or Rickie Ricardo Have to Call Yankees Playoff Games

The New York Yankees and WFAN have a big decision to make before the start of the next baseball season. The question, of course, is who they will choose to be the full-time replacement for John Sterling as the Yankees radio play-by-play announcer. That topic came up today for a bit of a different reason during Boomer & Gio on WFAN with Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti.

“I was thinking,” Giannotti started out. “Let’s just assume for a second that the Yankees do end up in the postseason and they don’t completely fall off the face of the earth. Next time I see Ryan Hurley and ‘The Architect’ (Chris Oliviero) I am going to ask them, ‘How are you going to determine who is calling these playoff games? Who is the person that gets the playoff games?’ I don’t think you can alternate during the playoffs.”

“Probably the cheapest guy,” said Esiason, which was followed by discussion about which one that might be and if Ricardo might be getting additional pay when he fills in on the English broadcasts.

“This is the playoffs and yes, we know that frugality rules in media these days,” said Giannotti. “I still think that if they’re in the playoffs, they gotta go with the guy that they think is best, regardless of the money situation. Especially because it could be just a handful of games. Now it could be a run to the World Series, or it could be a handful of games.”

“There also could be memorable calls and you’re going to want the guy on there that you feel is going to give you the best call possible,” said Esiason.

All of the conversation led to Giannotti to give his full opinion on the matter.

“Alright, so this is my take,” he said. “You got two young guys [Justin Shackil and Emmanuel Berbari] who are working their asses off and there’s no two ways about it and they’re doing a nice job, and I am rooting for them…However, when you get into the playoffs, you could have potentially one of the moments that will be in the memories of Yankees fans forever. Could happen in the playoffs…You have to have either Brendan Burke or Rickie Ricardo making that call, that’s what I think. Because I think those guys, they are just more seasoned at this point, and I believe in a playoff scenario you gotta count on them.”

He would later add, “If I had to choose between one or the other, I would have, this postseason, it would be Ricki Ricardo. Now, going forward and full-time, I would look into Brendan Burke and his availability.”

Esiason said, “I do know how important the Spanish broadcast is for the Yankees, and [Ricardo] is the lead guy and all year long, with the exception of a handful of games, he has been the lead voice on that part of the broadcast. I think you’re doing a disservice to your Spanish listening audience by removing the voice of Spanish Yankees radio.

“If you start off next year and you decide Ricki is your guy, then Ricki is your guy. But this year, I feel like he is so important to that audience. You’re asking me my opinion, so I would not consider him for the English broadcast because of how important that broadcast is and how good he is on that broadcast.

“I will say that if they do decide to go with either Emmanuel or Justin, it’s a big moment for them and it may solidify their future if you think about it that way.”

“I know Ricki and Brendan Burke in those situations would deliver, I don’t know if the other guys would,” replied Giannotti.

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