In this week’s issue… Mega, Hola grow in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – New morning show at WATR – Seven Mountains backtracks in Johnstown – New digs for Bell in Kitchener
By SCOTT FYBUSH
*Friday the 13th turned out to be a very lucky day for two Spanish-language broadcasters in northeast PENNSYLVANIA, and maybe not so lucky for fans of classic hits in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market.
After weeks of rumors, Audacy pulled the plug on its “Max 102.3” classic hits format at WMQX (102.3 Pittston) on Friday morning. Instead, it’s using WMQX and WODS (1300 West Hazleton, soon to be WLMZ) as the new home of “La Mega,” the Spanish tropical format that had been LMA’ing the HD2 of Audacy’s WGGY (101.3) to feed Kevin Fitzgerald’s translator signals on 94.9 in Scranton and 95.3 in Wilkes-Barre.
Jonathan Alcantara, whose JDJ Media had been leasing the HD2s and translators, is now working for Audacy as its PD and afternoon host on “La Mega 102.3.”
On the AM side, the flip at 1300 takes away the Hazleton simulcast of Audacy’s WILK news-talk network, but listeners there can hear WILK on its Wilkes-Barre AM 980 signal, too.
The lineup on La Mega includes the syndicated Enrique Santos show in mornings, James El Bandido in middays and Alcantara in afternoons.
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In this week’s issue… Ed Levine to retire - Family Life adds in Pittsburgh - Cumulus layoffs hit PA, Scripps makes news cuts - Penn State officlally sells WPSU - Remembering Canada's Lloyd Robertson
In this week’s double issue… Audacy, SXM join forces - Bell swaps Kitchener signals - Ford to DC, Baltimore - ESPN cuts hit NYC's 880 - Philly hall of famers named - Tynan out at WPVI
In this week’s issue… Bills extend new radio network - New leader at NYSBA - RI morning team plans retirement - WSUC alumni gather - Cuts at Corus in Canada
In this week’s issue… After Kitchener and Halifax, what will Rogers eliminate next? - Family Life makes a bigger PA buy - Saga vs. LPFM - More NY AMs fade away
