{"id":8782,"date":"2018-05-22T08:17:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/?p=8782"},"modified":"2018-05-22T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:17:39","slug":"floydian-slip-abandons-pursuit-of-iheartmedia-cumulus-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/2018\/05\/floydian-slip-abandons-pursuit-of-iheartmedia-cumulus-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Floydian Slip&#8221; abandons pursuit of iHeartMedia, Cumulus stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several years we&#8217;ve worked hard to bring <strong>&#8220;Floydian Slip&#8221;<\/strong> to more and more listeners by adding affiliate stations to our <strong>Random Precision Radio Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today we stopped pursuing new affiliates owned by <strong>iHeartMedia Inc.<\/strong> and <strong>Cumulus Media Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since self-syndicating in 2009, we&#8217;ve pitched more than 2,100 stations, and have managed to greatly increase our network to 105 affiliates in more than 40 states. But stations owned by iHeartMedia and Cumulus have been a bust.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve only managed to get on one iHeartMedia station: <strong>KKZX<\/strong> 98.9 FM, Spokane, Wash., carried the show from 2012-14. <strong>KQCL<\/strong> 95.9 FM, Faribault, Minn., carried the show in 2011 when it was owned by Cumulus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved the show when we were airing it and heard from quite a few listeners when we had to drop it,&#8221; then-KQCL Program Director <strong>Mike Eiler<\/strong> told us in 2012. &#8220;Unfortunately, Cumulus spent the last year shedding most of the barter programs and replacing them with shows that they produce or own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s most frustrating when we find local programmers who desperately want to add our show, but find it impossible to get sign-off from their corporate higher-ups.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll always be happy to add to our network any station that shows an interest in &#8220;Floydian Slip.&#8221; But, going forward, we&#8217;re focusing our efforts where there&#8217;s the most chance for success.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to all of our affiliate stations for signing on and shining on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, if you&#8217;re a regular listener to &#8220;Floydian Slip,&#8221; be sure to let your local affiliate station know you&#8217;re a fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several years we&#8217;ve worked hard to bring &#8220;Floydian Slip&#8221; to more and more listeners by adding affiliate stations to our Random Precision Radio Network. Today we stopped pursuing new affiliates owned by iHeartMedia Inc. and Cumulus Media Inc. Since self-syndicating in 2009, we&#8217;ve pitched more than 2,100 stations, and have managed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affiliates","category-radio-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8782"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8795,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782\/revisions\/8795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}