The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2013. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies.

Notable events

January Date Event1WEZQ/Bangor, Maine flips from AC to Sports as "92.9 The Ticket." The station will be an affiliate of ESPN Radio but will use live staffers throughout the day."WEZQ Punching Its Ticket For Sports" from Radio Insight (December 12, 2012)Service Broadcasting sells KKDA-AM/Dallas to SKR properties, who immediately take over the station under a LMA and flip it to Korean programming after 43 years as a R&B-focused outlet serving the African American community through its various incarnations."Soul 730 Dallas Sold; Drops Format" from Radio Insight (January 1, 2013)Clear Channel Communications flips two of their Fresno/Visalia, California properties, Fox Sports Radio affiliate KRZR and Adult Top 40 KALZ, to a Talk radio simulcast as "Power Talk 1400 & 96.7," using programming from co-owned Premiere Radio Networks."PowerTalk 96.7 Debuts In Fresno" from Radio Insight (January 1, 2013)2Just weeks after letting go most of its airstaff, WTKK/Boston ended its Talk format to begin a series of format stunts, which landed on Rhythmic AC as "Hot 96.9" on January 8. The station eventually took the call sign WBQT."Who’s Dropping A Beat Into Boston?" from Radio Insight (December 28, 2012)3Cumulus Media reached a deal with Arbitron to have its stations now included in Arbitron ratings and PPMs after a three-year absence, which also include sharing media and research content between the two companies."Cumulus Signs Multi-Year Contract With Arbitron" from All Access (January 3, 2013)Curtis Media flips Regional Mexican WYMY/Raleigh to Urban AC with the new calls WBZJ"Curtis Media Launches 96.9 WBZJ Raleigh" from Radio Insight (January 3, 2013)7WOKY/Milwaukee ends its 4-year run at Classic Country (following WZBK's departure from the same format in September 2012) to enter the market's Sports Talk battle with WSSP and WAUK, using programming from Fox Sports Radio and NBC Sports Radio as well as simulcasts of programs from sister station WTSO/Madison.WOKY-AM changes to all sports talk format from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 2, 20139CKNG/Edmonton drops Classic Hits for Adult Top 40 as "92.5 Fresh FM".Edmonton’s JOE FM flips to FRESH FM from Radio West / Canadian Radio News, January 9, 201310Crain Media makes a series of shuffles in Little Rock, with KKSP shifting to Sports and relocating its Talk format to 96.5, replacing Top 40/CHR KHTE.Fresh Talk 93.3 Little Rock To Move; Pave Way For More Sports from Radio Insight, January 7, 2013CBS Radio signs up with TuneIn to place their radio stations on TuneIn's platform. The move will not affect CBS's Radio.com platform, which will continue featuring the stations."TuneIn Expands Deal With CBS Radio To Stream Music Stations" from All Access (January 10, 2013)11WFME/Newark, New Jersey ends Family Radio programming as it comes under the control of Cumulus Media. After a week of stunting, the rechristened WRXP launches with a country music format on January 21, returning country to the New York City market after a 17-year absence, as well as making WRXP the first station to adopt Cumulus' "Nash FM" country music branding. (WRXP would swap its call sign for the WNSH calls from its Cambridge, Minnesota sister station on January 29.)"Cumulus Announces National "Nash" Brand For Country Entertainment," from FMQB, January 22, 201325In an effort to boost its ratings (as they continue to trail Rhythmic Top 40 WNVZ and Top 40/CHR WVHT in the Arbitrons after nine months), Top 40/CHR WVMA/Norfolk rebrands from "New 105.3" to "Now 105.3","New Is Now In Norfolk" from Radio Insight (January 25, 2013) eventually changing its call letters to WNOH.28WKTU/New York afternoon host and syndicated air personality Hollywood Hamilton signs a new deal with Premiere Networks that brings his syndicated countdown shows (The Mainstream and Rhythmic versions of Weekend Top 30 and Remix Top 30) into the Premiere syndication stable beginning February 1. In addition, his shows will also be featured on the iHeartRadio platform, which is owned by Premiere's parent company (and Hamilton's employer) Clear Channel Communications."Hollywood Hamilton Joins Premiere Networks National Lineup" from All Access (January 28, 2013)

February

Date Event7Journal Communications Top 40/CHR KSPW/Springfield fired PD/afternoon host Simon Nytes after learning that he lied about having served in the military. This comes after an Army veteran had visited the studios on February 5 and questioned Nytes' claim after an employee at the studio told him about Nytes' Army background, which he would later post the same day on YouTube.KSPW's Simon Nytes Fired After Faking Being In Military from All Access (February 7, 2013)8Premiere Networks' The Bobby Bones Show airs its last morning program for Top 40/CHR stations, as it makes the transition to a syndicated morning program for Country stations beginning February 18.Bobby Bones Moves From CHR To Country from Radio Insight (February 4, 2013)iHeartRadio expands the EDM-formatted "Evolution" platform to Los Angeles, where it replaces the in-house Dance/Club Hits-formatted "Club KIIS" platform on the HD2 subchannel of Top 40/CHR KIIS-FM."CCM+E Brings EDM 'Evolution' To KIIS HD2" from All Access (February 8, 2013)9WMVY/Tisbury, Massachusetts moves its adult album alternative format exclusively to Internet radio, after Aritaur Communications sells the station's 92.7 FM facility to Boston University, which relaunches it as WBUA, a satellite of WBUR-FM/Boston. The Internet-only version of WMVY is operated by a nonprofit group, Friends of mvyradio, which is separate from Aritaur and unrelated to WBUR."After WBUR Purchase, Martha’s Vineyard Station WMVY May Move Online", WBUR website12Cox Communications spins off their radio properties to different companies as part of their plan to consolidate their combined TV and radio clusters in Cox's portfolio and sell off TV and radio clusters that are not paired up in, with the stations in Southern Connecticut going to Connoisseur Media and its Richmond, Greeenville, Honolulu, Birmingham and Louisville clusters going to Summit Media.Cox Media Sells 6 Market Clusters To Two Radio Groups from All Access (February 12, 2013)14KNST-FM/Tucson flips from a simulcast of its News/Talk AM sister station to Country as "Wild Country 97.1."KNST Flips To Country As ‘Wild Country 97.1,’ Bones For Mornings from All Access (February 14, 2013)22After six months as a Rhythmic, KRPT/San Antonio flips to Classic Country as "K-BUC 92.5." The Rhythmic format continues on its translator at 105.7."92.5 K-BUC Debuts In San Antonio" from Radio Insight (February 22, 2013)25CBS Radio sells Urban AC WUUB/West Palm Beach to Good Karma Broadcasting, who in turn immediately flip the station to a simulcast of ESPN Radio affiliate WEFL."Good Karma Acquires & Flips WUUB West Palm Beach" from Radio Insight (February 25, 2013)26Citing a decade of financial losses they had with an African-American talk radio format, WMCS/Milwaukee dropped the format and starts stunting, adopting an adult standards format at the end of the week."WMCS Milwaukee Abandons Black Talk" from Radio Insight (February 26, 2013)

March Date Event1African-American talk outlet KCOH/Houston relocates from its longtime home at 1430 to 1230, displacing Regional Mexican KQUE under a leasing agreement between KCOH's new owner Jeese Dunn and KQUE's licensee Liberman Broadcasting. The new occupant and owner of the 1430 frequency, La Promesa Foundation, launched a Catholic programming format the same day."KCOH Houston Relocates" From Radio Insight (March 1, 2013)WOLT/Greenville exits the part-time Dance Top 40/part-time brokered programming format to pick up the Oldies format from AM sister WOLI/W289BS, who in turn takes the brokered programming with Adult Standards filling in most of the other dayparts."Earth Is Moving In Greenville/Spartanburg" from Radio Insight (March 1, 2013)After 5 months in the format, Florence, South Carolina Rhythmic oldies trio WOLH/WHYM & W255BD flipped to ESPN Radio, bringing that Sports Talk network back after former affiliate WWFN-FM switched to CBS Sports Radio in January."ESPN Radio Returns To Florence" from Radio Insight (March 1, 2013)The FCC accepts a proposal that would see a signal upgrade for WSOS/Jacksonville from Class C3 to C2. If approved, it would require two Class C stations in Savannah, WQBT and WIXV, to switch their signals."FCC Report 3/1: Jacksonville Upgrade Could Lead To Savannah Shuffle" from Radio Insight (March 1, 2013)Classic rock/classic hits 92.3 Fred FM CFRK-FM in Fredericton abruptly makes its exit as it flips to Top 40/CHR as Hot 92.33KNOE-FM/Monroe, Louisiana drops Top 40/CHR for Urban AC as "Mix 101.9"."Star 101.9 Monroe Flips To Urban AC" from Radio Insight (March 3, 2013)4After seeing their first proposal turned down by the CRTC in October 2012, Canada's Bell Media and Astral Media are given a greenlight by the country's Competition Bureau, paving the way for the two companies to resume their merger, but on the condition that agree to spin-off and swap several radio and TV properties, as well as allowing other broadcasters to have partial stakes in their other media properties."Bell/Astral Merger Take 2; Two Ottawa Stations Sold" from Radio Insight (March 4, 2013) The CRTC approves the deal on June 27, and Bell formally acquires Astral on July 5."CRTC approves Bell-Astral merger, from CBC News, June 27, 2013WNRS/Herkimer, New York switches from its variety sports/business talk format to The True Oldies Channel.Maughton, Peter (March 8, 2013). True Oldies Channel replaces Fox Sports & Bloomberg Biz on WNRS. CNYRadio.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.11Miami once again has a Dance outlet, as Clear Channel expands the "Evolution" brand to its translator at 93.5, W228BY. The launch coincides with the Winter Music Conference and the Ultra Music Festival, whose events take place every March during this time."Miami Reaches An Evolutionary State" from Radio Insight (March 12, 2013)14Sirius XM Radio removes Playboy Radio from its lineup, with the station continuing as an independent online website.Message from Playboy Radio on SiriusXM (March 14, 2013)26Smooth Jazz WAUN-FM and their translators bring the Regional Mexican format to the Green Bay, Wisconsin radio market for the first time.Smooth Bays Shifts To Regional Mexican from Radio Insight (March 26, 2013)WUIL/Champaign flips from Active Rock to Classic Hits and brings back the call letters of WKIO, which has heritage in the market from 1978 to 2005 at 92.5.URock Champaign-Urbana Shifts To Classic Hits from Radio Insight (March 26, 2013)28Clear Channel flips Atlanta stations WWVA-FM and WWLG from Rhythmic Top 40 to Alternative Rock.Alternative Returns To Atlanta from Radio Insight (March 28, 2013)

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