As a result of the format change at Active Rock WKLS/Atlanta to CHR as Power 96.1, the following staffers have exited: APD/midday host Aly Young and night talent Jordin Silver. Young can reached at alyssa.young@hotmail.com and Silver can be found at jordinsilver@gmail.com
Peter Z exits the PD post at Classic Hits KLUV/Dallas.
Classic Rock KXFM/Santa Monica will debut it's new morning show via the Benztown Radio Networks as the syndicated The Todd N Tyler Radio Empire launches on September 4.
Ryan Seacrest Productions and his investment partners are out of the running in the bid to acquire DickClark Productions. According to the Wall Street Journal, investment firm Guggenheim Partners has becoming the leading bidder. Guggenheim co-owns Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. Sources told the WSJ that Seacrest, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital have officially pulled out of the bidding.