Owner axes two prominent on-air personalities at WNTR, WXNT
A sports talk show host and drive-time disc jockey were among a dozen employees let go Tuesday as radio giant Cumulus prepared to take over the Entercom stations.
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Entercom replaces local radio market manager as ratings slide
After nine years, Jenny Skjodt is out as local market manager of Entercom Communication’s cluster of radio stations, which includes WZPL-FM.
Afternoons heating up in local sports-talk radio battle
WFNI’s JMV show had dominated the sports-talk radio airwaves during the afternoon drive time but was surpassed in February by WNDE’s Jake Query and Derek Schultz.
WNDE launching morning sports-talk show with Q95 personalities
“Flagrant Foul” will be the only live, local morning sports talk show in central Indiana.
Emmis adds third sports-talk radio station to its Indy arsenal
Emmis Communications Corp. has bought another radio station from Frankfort-based Kaspar Broadcasting and is set to simulcast all of its local shows on the FM dial. Most of its ESPN national content will be broadcast on a sister FM station, which will be re-branded.
WNDE sacks news-commentary morning show to stick with sports
As WNDE prepares to begin simulcasting on the FM dial, station executives decided to sideline one of its worst performing shows.
The Fan’s JMV leads afternoon sports-talk radio battle by wide margin
With March Madness in full swing and the Final Four headed to Indianapolis, plenty of people will be tuning in to sports talk radio. Indianapolis has three stations cranking out sports talk, and all three are trying to grab the lucrative afternoon drive-time audience.
Radio vet launches Indy’s third local afternoon sports show
Former Emmis program director who helped launch 1070 The Fan is hosting a show weekdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on WXNT-AM 1430. He faces stiff competition from JMV and Query and Schultz.
Talk-radio conservative Abdul slated for WIBC-FM lineup
The commentator has been without local show on commercial radio since 2011. He’ll find a home on WIBC, which also is preparing to fill its vacant position for news director.
Station that switched to sports-talk strikes out in first inning
WXNT-AM says the mass exodus of its news-talk listener base was to be expected during transition to CBS Sports radio content.
Indy gets its first FM sports/talk station
Emmis Communications has begun simulcasting The Fan on its newly acquired FM frequency, but with a couple interesting twists. A wider coverage area in a growing format could mean big bucks for Emmis.
Local sports radio market adds third player
On Jan. 2, WXNT-AM 1430 changed its format from news-talk to 24-hour sports, going head-to-head with WFNI-AM 1070 and WNDE-AM 1260. The last time this market had three sports-talk radio stations, one didn't survive.