Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! Welcome to May! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is StrateJacket. The Bay Area 3-piece are on Edgeout Records and managed by In De Goot. Today you get VIP Access to StateJacket lead singer Jackson Roemers to get to know the band and their lead single “Bad Start” that is starting to pick up adds. For the second week in a row, Pearl Jam “Wreckage” picks up #1 Most Added at Alternative. Congrats to Republic’s Amanda Dobbins & team! Bummed to hear that Audacy Director Of Imaging And Sound Design Jake Kaplan got caught up
Richard Blade Among Radio Hall Of Fame 2024 Nominees
Radio Hall Of Fame 2024 nominees were announced today by The Museum Of Broadcast Communications. The 24 nominees, chosen by the Radio Hall Of Fame Nominating Committee, include longtime KROQ/Los Angeles on-air personality Richard Blade, who spent 18 years at the station from 1982-2000. Voting for inductees runs from May 20-June 3. More than 900 industry members will receive a ballot on Monday, May 20th, to cast votes for up to six nominated individuals. The top six vote recipients will gain induction as part of the 2024 Radio Hall of Fame Induction class. The two additional inductees that will make
StrateJacket
StrateJacket VIP Access with StrateJacket Let's meet the band. Jackson Roemers - Guitar / Lead Vox Fabian Angel - Bass / Vox Nate Mangold - Drums / Vox ARTIST StrateJacket SONG "Bad Start" LABEL Edgeout Records / Universal ORIGIN Bay Area California Hi, I’m Jackson Roemers & I sing, and play guitar in StrateJacket. I started the band after asking Fabian Angel to join back in 2019 but by every definition we were a pandemic band. During 2020 with no job and nowhere to play shows, I decided to really
Jake Kaplan Exits Audacy
Audacy Director Of Imaging And Sound Design Jake Kaplan got caught up in the company layoffs last week. Kaplan spent over 20 years with the company. He started at WHFS/Wasington, DC before moving to L.A. to image KCBS (Jack FM), KAMP (AMP Radio), and help the Alt imaging team. For the last two years, Kaplan was in the newly created position at Audacy as Director Of Imaging And Sound Design at Audacy. Kaplan said, "I’ll continue to voice KNDD for Audacy. Also I voice other Alt stations like KFRR in Fresno… Definitely open for voice over on any Alt stations
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! It’s Tamo Time! We kickoff the first day of the week with Tamo from WWDC (DC101)/Washington sharing her Famous Firsts. RIP WWCD 8-21-1990 / 4-28-2024 Sad news! We lost the legendary WWCD/Columbus, OH yesterday. The station ended its online streaming. More from Randy Malloy in The Latest Alternative News. Alternative programmers are still buzzing about Pearl Jam “Wreckage.” It’s the #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks again this week. The second single from Pearl Jam debuts Top 30 this week on the Alternative chart. There’s a new
Billie Eilish Announces Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour
Following the news of her highly anticipated third studio album Hit Me Hard And Soft, set for release on May 17, Billie Eilish has announced arena dates, produced by Live Nation, for her Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour. Starting in September 2024, Eilish will embark on her North American leg of the tour which runs through to the end of December 2024. The tour will continue in Australia starting February 2025 ahead of her European, U.K., and Ireland arena dates from April until late July. Tickets for Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour will be
WWCD Radio Signs Off
Sad to report that WWCD/Columbus, OH signed off yesterday (4/28). The station shifted online on February 1st and had a full weekday on-air lineup that included Brian Phillips (mornings), Laura Lee (middays), Tom Butler (afternoons), and DJ Nate (nights). Station owner Randy Malloy issued the following announcement: Radio friends, It has been a great adventure serving our beloved community, but the time has come that we must announce with heavy hearts that WWCD Radio has played its last song. It has been an incredible journey, one that legend can be told of with memories and cherished moments shared with you
