by Shawn Alexander
shawn@happens.vip
#HAPPENS Alternative Post-Holiday Update
Hope you had an amazin’ 4th Of July Holiday Weekend. Here’s a quick rundown on what’s happening at Alternative after the holiday weekend.
Myles Smith “Nice To Meet You” is #1 on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week. Congrats to RCA’s Gary Gorman & the Myles Smith team. It’s the second straight #1 single for the UK new artist Myles Smith, following his debut #1 single “Stargazing.”
Foo Fighters made a surprise return last Wednesday (7/2) marking the 30th Anniversary of the band’s 1995 debut. The band’s new single “Today’s Song” debuts at 25* on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week. The All-American Rejects “Easy Come, Easy Go” is the only other chart debut at 40*.
Eric “E.” White is the new PD at WEND (106.5 The End)/Charlotte. Get the 411 in Alternative News.
Ratings Love! WAQX (95X)/Syracuse had some great ratings news heading into the holiday weekend. In the latest Nielsen June ‘25 Ratings, WAQX leaped 2.7-4.4 12+
WAQX PD Joe D. says, “It was a really good month for us. We finished Top 5 with P18-49 and 25-54 and #2 with Men in both demos. That’s an increase of 40% month to month and 65% year over year.”
In case you missed it last week, check out King Falcon on #HAPPENS Alternative Artist Discovery and Carrie Danger from WNWV 107.3 Alternative Cleveland on Famous Firsts.
KIWR (89-7 The River)/Omaha, NE celebrates its 30th Anniversary this Saturday, July 12th with 311, Sublime, Blue October, The Urge, Sick Puppies, and Anchondo at River’s Edge. Huge congrats to Sophia John and The River team!
| ARTIST | White Reaper |
|---|---|
| SONG | “Honestly” |
| LABEL | Blue Grape |
“Honestly” is the first single from White Reaper fifth album, Only Slightly Empty, due on September 26th. White Reaper’s Tony Esposito says, “‘Honestly’ was one of the first few ideas I had scribbled out for the start of this record. It was kind of the first one that really stuck with me and kicked me into gear to realize the bigger picture of how the album should feel and how it should sound.”
ALTERNATIVE BIRTHDAYS
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to KRXP (X1039)/Colorado Springs Middayer/Promotions Director Aubrey Bishop (7/9), Swan Promotion’s Ronnie Raphael (7/9), WAPL/Appleton morning co-host Laura Lee (7/10), Concord SVP/Promotion Angelo Scrobe (7/13), Jacobs Media Consultant Mike Stern (7/13).
