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Shown here are my takeaways from all 48 PPM-measured markets, based on Nielsen Audio’s 6+ total week stats from the July 2026 ratings period. Round One New York Eradicating June’s loss of four-tenths in its entirety (7.9 – 7.5 – 7.9, 6+), iHeartMedia Adult Contemporary WLTW “106.7 Lite FM” is #1 the fifth month in […]
PAMS Series 31 — Music Explosion — wasn’t just another jingle package when it arrived in 1966. It was a detonation. A sonic identity so bold, so rhythmically charged, and so explosively modern that it reshaped the sound of American Top 40 radio. Created in Dallas at the height of radio’s most competitive era, Series […]
Doug Thompson may not be the voice most listeners remember coming out of their radios, but for more than six decades he has been one of the people behind the voices—producing, writing and directing programs heard by millions across Canada and the United States. From Toronto’s legendary 1050 CHUM to network specials for ABC and […]
KCAL‑FM’s Great Silence — A USARM Editorial Summary In the heart of Redlands, KCAL‑FM once stood as a beacon of rock, community, and California radio identity. Today, we revisit that legacy through a sepia‑gold lens — a quiet, atmospheric tribute to a station whose signal shaped generations across the Inland Empire. Our editorial, “KCAL‑FM’s Great […]
Today the USA Radio Museum Celebrates Jay Butler’s Extraordinary 62‑Year Radio Legacy One week ago, Sunday, August 2, 2026, Jay Butler signed off from WDET for the final time. It was a transitional ending to a monumental chapter — the close of a broadcasting career that spanned more than six decades and helped shape the […]
INTRODUCTION — THE EVE OF A FALLING PRESIDENCY On the evening of August 8, 1974, the United States stood suspended between rumor and revelation. Washington, D.C. — a city accustomed to crisis, intrigue, and political theater — found itself confronting a moment without precedent in American history. The Watergate scandal, a slow‑moving avalanche gathering force […]
From Jazz to FM Freedom: The Voice That Redefined American Radio In the long sweep of American radio history, certain voices do more than entertain — they redirect the medium itself. B. Mitchell Reed was one of those rare figures. A broadcaster whose velocity, curiosity, and creative restlessness reshaped both coasts, both formats, and ultimately […]
A Daily Ritual that Once Awakened America at Dawn and Gently Closed its Eyes at Night There was a time — not so long ago, yet already drifting into the soft haze of memory — when radio stations began and ended their broadcast day with ceremony. Before 24‑hour programming, before automation, before satellite feeds and […]
A Year of Upheaval, and a Song of Healing 1968 was a year when the world seemed to tilt on its axis. Across the United States, grief lingered in the air following the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The Vietnam War raged on television screens. Cities strained under […]
How a Small Atlanta Station Sparked a Southern Radio Revolution WAKE 1340 didn’t simply broadcast music — it ignited a cultural awakening across Atlanta. In the early 1960s, before the rise of powerhouse Top 40 giants and before the Drake‑Chenault revolution swept the nation, WAKE stood as one of the first Southern stations to experiment with […]
