KROQ/Los Angeles Announces Almost Acoustic Christmas Returns On December 14
Audacy Alternative KROQ/Los Angeles has set the lineup for its 33rd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas for Saturday, December 14th at the Kia Forum. Klein. Ally. Show. made the announcement this morning. The lineup is The Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, 311, Sublime, Jimmy Eat World, Franz Ferdinand, Royel Otis, AWOLNATION, The Linda Lindas, and bby. Ticket sales from KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas benefits two local organizations dedicated to supporting local youth education – Para Los Niños and Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center. "KROQ'S Almost Acoustic Christmas is a SoCal holiday tradition, and we're thrilled to announce the 33rd anniversary with this
Radio Rendezvous Set To Debut December 4th
Joel Denver of All Access Enterprises and Seth Resler of Community Marketing Revolution partner for Radio Rendezvous, a free bi-monthly virtual one hour event where you can connect live with radio broadcasting professionals in all formats from around the country and collaborate in real-time. Each Radio Rendezvous begins with five questions. Radio Rendezvous debuts on Wednesday, December 4th at 10am (PT)/1p (ET) and feature special guests WKSC (103.5 Kiss FM)/Chicago morning star Fred and iHeartMedia/Chicago SVP/Programming James Howard. Beginning in January 2025 there will be a Radio Rendezvous on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month. Register for Radio
Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative Artist Discovery Of The Week is The Linda Lindas. "In our band, we all sing and we take turns with lead vocals, so my sister is the drummer as well as a singer," says Lucia. "People might be surprised that me and my sister are actually two different singers. Our voices sound pretty similar but we write different types of songs, and it’s funny how people that have really tried to learn about the band often get me and my sister confused when it comes to our singing." Thanks to Edie Lundeen from Epitaph Records
The Linda Lindas
The Linda Lindas VIP Access. Let's meet the band. Lucia, Eloise, Mila, Bella ARTIST The Linda Lindas SONG "All In My Head" LABEL Epitaph Records ORIGIN Los Angeles I'm Lucia. We’re an LA band that started out playing covers about six years ago. We never would have imagined ending up where we are now, but now we’ve released our second album No Obligation and we can’t believe it! Our music definitely isn’t really one thing in particular. We like to try new things with different influences from punk, rock, indie,
Mike Kaplan Exits WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia
iHeartMedia Alternative WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia PD Mike Kaplan has exited as part of companywide downsizing. Earlier this year, Kaplan added PD duties of sister Top 40 WIOQ (Q102). Kaplan joined WRFF in September 2023. He previously spent four years at Audacy as Alternative Format VP, based at KROQ/Los Angeles. Prior to Audacy, Kaplan spent five years as PD at iHeartMedia Alternative KYSR (ALT 98.7)/Los Angeles. He also previously programmed then-Entercom Alternative KNDD (107.7 The End)/Seattle and KRBZ (96.5 The Buzz)/Kansas City. Reach out to Kaplan at mikeseankaplan@gmail.com.
Longtime KTBZ (94.5 The Buzz)/Houston Night Personality Karah Leigh Exits
iHeartMedia Alternative KTBZ (94.5 The Buzz)/Houston longtime nighttime on-air personality Karah Leigh (a.k.a. Kara McIntyre) has exited after almost 20 years with The Buzz as part of the iHeart RIF. Reach out to her at Kara.L.McIntyre@gmail.com.
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Megan Holiday from KROQ/Los Angeles sharing her Famous Firsts. Fun stuff! Bishop Briggs “My Serotonin” is buzzing at Alternative! It’s this week’s #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks. Jack White “That’s How I’m Feeling” is your new #1 song this week on the Mediabase Alternative chart knocking off Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”, which logged 6 weeks at #1. Congrats to Matt Pollack & the Jack White team, who are feeling pretty good on a Monday morning. KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas debuts new on-air lineup today with Ian Camfield,
Week of 11/5
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Thirty Tigers SVP/Promotion And Artist Development Mike DePippa (11/5), WBNH-LP (105-1)/Bedford-Manchester, NH PD Harry Kozlowski (11/7), Concord GM Jill Weindorf (11/10), WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison APD Miranda Daniels (11/10), Record Promo Vet John Di Maio (11/10).
Suki Waterhouse Releases 4-Song Collection Via Amazon Music City Sessions
Suki Waterhouse, in collaboration with Amazon Music, has announced that her City Sessions 4-song EP, drawn from her Amazon Music live-stream last month, is available exclusively on Amazon Music. Her performance features 3 tracks from her new album Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin, and 1 track from her 2022 Milk Teeth EP. Tracklisting: 1.“OMG - City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)” 2. “Supersad - City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)” 3. “Good Looking - City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)” 4. “Model Actress Whatever - City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)” Check it out HERE. You can also watch her performance of “Model, Actress, Whatever
