“Why did you become a disc jockey?” It is a question most jocks have been asked. For many in the past, the answer was, “Because I get to play the songs I like on the air.” Of course, these days, ...

FM, according to former WNEW-FM deejay/program director Richard Neer, was a golden age, "before the days of trashy, hedonistic dumbspeak and disposable three-minute ditties." Neer's book is for all ...

Local radio station KFMB-FM has a new name and a new format. The station that was better known as Jack FM is now “100.7 KFM-BFM San Diego,” and the music has changed from adult-contemporary pop to ...

Former radio executive Randy Michaels with DJ-turned-county auditor Dusty Rhodes at the "Remembering Rock Radio Rivalries" at the downtown public library Sunday. Confessions from the "Remembering ...

When the radio station at 101.9FM in New York went from rock/alternative to sports talk last fall, it was yet another blow to the New York rock radio market. Like the demise of KROCK before it, the ...

Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on ...

This is the station logo for Classic Rock 94.9 FM, which Clear Channel Birmingham launched on Aug. 15, 2014. BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Fans of the old Rock 99 FM have a new classic rock radio station to ...

A new low-power FM station that has been testing its signal at 101.7 from Cypress is the return of free-form rock radio in Houston. It also means the return of some long-time Houston radio ...

Alt-metal band Breaking Benjamin's 'So Cold' is on the playlist of ROCK 96.3, a New Orleans rock radio station that rolled out its new format on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The absence of contemporary rock ...

The Orioles have partnered with Hearst’s 98 Rock FM and WBAL NewsRadio AM/FM as the team’s new flagship radio stations, the club announced Wednesday morning. The six-year agreement will feature ...