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*[[WWIZ]] [[West Middlesex, Pennsylvania]]/[[Youngstown, Ohio]] (dropped Oldies on October 25, 2019)<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/181315/christmas-music-season-starts-in-youngstown/ Christmas Music Season Starts In Youngstown] ''Radio Insight'', October 25, 2019</ref>
*[[WNWV]] [[Elyria, Ohio|Elyria]]/[[Cleveland, Ohio|Clevland]] (dropped its nine-year run with [[Smooth Jazz]] on November 15, 2019; its second tenure with the format, the first from 1987 to 2009, followed by a surprise announcement that the air staff was let go on December 6, effectively ending what was the last major market commercial outlet in the United States to offer a Smooth Jazz format)<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/182188/has-107-3-the-wave-cleveland-crested/ "Has 107.3 The Wave Cleveland Crested?"] from Radio Insight (December 4, 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2019/12/03/a-format-change-for-1073-the-wave-could-be-on-the-horizon?fbclid=IwAR3D5djc0j6NM4n6tocy1h2-VZUrjd2oIHF355R_9IEySxoMU6xYysFnEJ8 "A Format Change for 107.3 The Wave Could Be On the Horizon"] from Cleveland Scene (December 3, 2019)</ref>
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|[[Entercom]]'s [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]] outlets, Country [[WDAF-FM]] and Sports sister [[KCSP]], will officially become the new home and flagship station for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], ending a 30-year run at [[Cumulus Media]] Classic Rocker [[KCFX]]. Under the new deal WDAF-FM will carry all Chiefs games broadcasts with play-by-play voice [[Mitch Holthus]] remaining in place, while KCSP will carry weekly press conferences, a Monday night ''Chiefs Kingdom Radio Show'' hosted by Holthus with interviews with players and coaches, live broadcasts from training camp, and appearances by Chiefs players and staffers on station programming. With the [[AFC West]] franchise joining the lineup, it also gives KCSP a monopoly on Kansas City's top two professional sports teams that also includes the rights to [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Kansas City Royals]].<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/182224/entercoms-wdaf-fm-kcsp-spears-the-kansas-city-chiefs/ "Entercom’s WDAF-FM/KCSP Spears The Kansas City Chiefs"] from Radio Insight (December 5, 2019)</ref>
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