Industry News Bits SAT 12-31-22
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According to Inside Radio’s latest Format Counts report for the United States Contemporary Christian is one of the top 3 formats currently experiencing the most growth among radio stations.
During the course of the year, the CCM format saw a significant increase, adding 15 stations to its total number of outlets. As a result, it now reaches 1,337 stations, representing one of the largest percentage gains (+1.13%) in the top ten formats. This growth can largely be attributed to EMF actively acquiring new stations and now has over 1,000 broadcast signals throughout the United States
Stan Parker, founder and executive director of MyBridge Radio, is running for mayor of Lincoln, NE
Parker sites high Crime rates, an extreme liberal social agenda, and an out of balance, aggressive “green” ideology as the main reasons he’s decided to run for office.
MyBridge Radio is based in Lincoln.
Christian station WTOF/Bay Minette/Mobile (1110 AM) is being sold by Dave Miniard’s UM Enterprise for $25,000. The buyer is Tri-City Radio who already owns Talk Radio 1000 WJNZ/Robertsdale, Al and Sports 1580 The Game WPMO/Pascagoula-Moss Point, MS.
Milestones:
Nancy Rosenblad 4 year at EMF
Corey Mann 14 years at WPHZ/South Bend
Michael Buckingham 27 years at RadioU/Columbus
LuAnn Schafer 14 years at WAWZ/New York
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