Midwest Communications flipped WOZZ (Rock 94.7)/Wausau, WI, from Mainstream Rock to Adult Hits as 94.7 Jack FM, simulcast on 102.9 (W275AC), in September 2021. Now, the Rock format returns with the launch of 94.7 & 102.9 The Beast, bringing back the likes of AC/DC, Five Finger Death Punch, Linkin Park, Metallica, and all the rest to the Wausau airwaves.    Longtime Central Wisconsin air personality Terry Stevens will join The Beast for the afternoon drive.    This news comes via RAMP.     

Ross Ford from Colorado's Bahakel Active Rock Bahakel Active Rock 94.3 KILO/Colorado Springs, CO, shot me a note to pass along that the station is looking for a nighttime jock to take over for Joe B., who will leave soon for another (non-radio) opportunity.    Candidates across all skill sets are encouraged to apply, but having LIVE on-air experience is a huge plus. A love of rock music, live shows, and "the Colorado lifestyle" are a must.   Experience with MusicMaster, VoxPro, Adobe Audition, and WideOrbit is great but not required.   This is a full-time position with an insurance plan

Jerry Cantrell is back in the Active Rock Top 40 with "Villified." The first single from his forthcoming solo album, I Want Blood (due out October 18) is No. 39 on this week's Mediabase Active Rock chart. DOROTHY is new in the Top 40 as well, with "MUD" at No. 35. The Active Rock chart remains dominated by Falling In Reverse and Jelly Roll's "All My Life." The song also remains at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, which takes into account streaming, sales, and radio. Falling In Reverse was No. 1 on the first-ever Hot Hard

HARDY has more chart positions to make his team happy.  Quit!! did 24,000 in total activity this week, landing at No. 23 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Thirteen thousand of those units were album sales, including 3000 on vinyl. 13M audio and 540k video streams came to roughly 11,000 in streaming equivalent albums. Quit!! is No. 9 on the Album Sales chart, No. 5 on the Current Rock Albums, and No. 1 on the Current Hard Music Albums. 

My good friends Louis Posen, Ian Harrison, Erin Choi, and the rest of the team at Hopeless Records are celebrating the label's 30th anniversary this year. The Southern California-based label played a huge role in the careers of Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low, The Wonder Years, Waterparks, Fame On Fire, and more.  The traveling "Hopeless Museum" exhibit, boasting over one thousand label artifacts, will stop at the Rock Hall in Cleveland on August 24 and 25th. An additional Hopeless Records exhibit will open in the Rock Hall's main exhibit hall on August 24. The same day will feature performances by Awsten

Falling In Reverse & Jelly Roll remain atop the Active Rock chart this week with the country-tinged hard rock/metal tune "All My Life."  This week's Active Rock Top 40 chart:  Falling In Reverse / Jelly Roll “All My Life” (Epitaph) From Ashes To New “Barely Breathing” (Better Noise) Pearl Jam “Wreckage” (Republic) Sleep Theory “Fallout” (Epitaph) Daughtry “Pieces” (Big Machine Rock) Motley Crue “Dogs of War” (Big Machine Rock) Wage War “MAGNETIC” (Fearless/Concord) The Offspring “Make It All Right” (Concord) Bad Omes “V.A.N” ft. Poppy (Sumerian) Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne “Crack Cocaine” ft. Steve Stevens (TLG/Zoid/Epic-Virgin) Staind “Better Days”

David Wolter and Miles Beard are now co-heads of A&R at Republic Records, moving up from EVP of A&R titles.  The East Coast-based Wolter and West Coast-based Beard will report to label president and chief creative officer Wendy Goldstein. They will lead A&R alongside EVP Danielle Price Sanders, who oversees the R&B/hip-hop A&R team. “When it comes to A&R, Miles and David are two of the industry’s most savvy and visionary executives,” Goldstein said in a statement. “They could not be more different in terms of preferences, approach and even location of the two coasts, however they’re the perfect match

METALLICA’s 1991 self-titled set has now spent 750 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.    It’s the fourth album in history to hit the 750-week milestone.    Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 990 total weeks  Bob Marley Legend 843 total weeks  Journey Greatest Hits 813 total weeks  Metallica Metallica 750 total weeks    The Black Album, of course, features enduring hits "Enter Sandman," "Nothing Else Matters," "Sad But True," and "Wherever I May Roam," among others.    Photo: Metallica, 1991, Ross Halfin/Metallica.com