Cumulus station trade round up April 2019

[TheBigA]

WPLJ and WYAY has been mentioned to get a format flip on May 31st as EMF takes over those stations from Cumulus.

DCRTV.com reports that WRQX in Washington DC will flip on June 1.

So it's likely the sale of all stations sold a few months ago will become official at the end of next week.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/...105-9-the-rebel-syracuse-will-live-on-the-web

Turns out its the Cumulus stations being sold to EMF thats going to flip on May 31st from KFFG, WPLJ, WYAY.

CUMULUS Hot AC WPLJ/NEW YORK, Hot AC WRQX (MIX 107.3)/WASHINGTON, D.C., WYAY (TALK 106.7)/ATLANTA, KFFG/SAN JOSE, Classic Rock WXTL (105.9 THE REBEL)/SYRACUSE and Hot AC WZAT (102.1 THE SOUND)/SAVANNAH, GA by the end of this month, a number of folks are looking for what's next in their careers.

One person not wasting time is CUMULUS Rocker WXTL (105.9 THE REBEL)/SYRACUSE PD DAVE FRISINA, who posted to his FACEBOOK page that "REBEL RADIO will evolve into a fully dedicated 24 hours of music, streaming station through our website, therebelrocks.com."

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...for-cumulus-aloha-acquisitions-wrqx-moves-to/

EMF will retain the call letters of 95.5 WPLJ New York and 105.9 WXTL Syracuse from the Cumulus deal and 102.3 WEKL Augusta GA from the iHeart/Aloha deal. The remainder of the new call letters applied for are:

97.7 KFFG Los Altos/San Jose CA -> KJLV
106.7 WYAY Gainesville/Atlanta GA -> WAKL
102.1 WZAT Savannah GA -> WKZV
107.1 WLRX Ironton OH/Huntington WV -> WAWT
101.7 WSNZ Lynchburg VA -> WAWX
106.1 WSFF Vinton/Roanoke VA -> WLRX
Two of EMF’s current holdings will also change call letters in the process as 88.9 WAKL Flint MI gives up its call letters to Atlanta and will become WKMF and 105.3 KJLV Hoxie AR trades its to San Jose and will become KLFJ.

Some of the EMF stations will change call letters due to Cumulus/EMF deal.