Jay Towers is back on the air in Philadelphia, this time as midday host on Clear Channel Rhythmic AC WISX (My106.1). Towers will be reunited with an old friend, fitness expert Donna Storm, for the highly-rated "12noon Workout." The two originally co-hosted the feature on sister Top 40 WIOQ nearly 11 years ago when Towers served as Q102's APD/MD/midday host. Towers starts on Tuesday, February 9. 

Effective today, Rhythmic AC WDTW/Detroit welcomes back Motor City radio veterans Lisa Lisa for middays and Billy The Kidd for nights

Night host Wingnut adds APD duties at CHR WBVD/Melbourne.

Mark Abuzzahab, most recently MD at KBCO/Denver-Boulder will be joining KGSR/Austin as MD and afternoon host. More details will be coming soon.

Promotion In Motion: It's a gold medal award winning video viral sensation and it's produced by the Epic Records promotion staff. The video promotes the new single by Matisyahu featuring Akon titled "One Day." The song is the official song of the NBC Winter Olympics TV Campaign but this video stars some very special people who you may know!


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At Sirius/XM Hits 1, Mikey Piff is awarded the night shift and can be heard from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. ET. 

iBiquity Digital Corporation announces its 2010 pricing program for station licensing. The new plan includes reduced license fees and expanded payment options which will simplify radio broadcasters’ migration to digital. "HD Radio Technology has enjoyed tremendous broadcaster support and seen breakthrough progress in receiver sales, automotive adoption and product expansion over the past year," said Bob Struble, iBiquity President/CEO. "Based on this success and heightened broadcaster enthusiasm, we have created flexible, cost-effective licensing options to make upgrading easier. Radio is now the last entertainment medium to convert from analog to digital, and we want to do all we can to help broadcasters upgrade and deliver the highest quality listening experience to their listeners and generate incremental revenue from new digital offerings."
     The new pricing model offers broadcasters three different options. Stations pay a one-time license fee to broadcast digitally on their main channel and can a.) Enclose payment in full with signed contract: $10,500 b.) Invoice next business month standard net 30 terms: $11,000 or c.) 12 automatic electronic payments: $12,500 ($1,042/month).
 
Chuck Geiger, President/Programming of New Generation Programming, announces the launch of Mainstream Country (on 2/8) and Top 40 (on 2/22) Programming to service the needs of those economically challenged small/medium market radio stations. New Generation has mid-March slated for Classic Rock, Classic Hits, AC and Hot AC, with Triple A, Alternative and Urban AC scheduled for later in the year.

Former radio and TV owner Cecil Heftel has passed away at the age of 85. Heftel was one of Honolulu's most successful broadcasting owners in the '60s and '70s with his Heftel Broadcasting, and later became a Hawaiian Congressman. In the '50s, Heftel managed stations in Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Arizona, before becoming an owner in Hawaii of both KGMB's radio and TV stations.