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iHeartMedia Philadelphia CHR \u201cQ102\u201d WIOQ and modern\/alternative rock \u201cAlt 104.5\u201d WRFF are giving one couple the chance to get married at Pennhurst Asylum on Halloween night, Oct. 31, as part of the stations\u2019 \u201cTil Death Do Us Part\u201d promotion. Through Oct. 11, eligible couples can enter online by explaining why they want to exchange vows at the legendary haunted destination. The winning couple will receive a wedding experience that includes a ceremony, reception and private Pennhurst experience for themselves and 25 guests. \u201cQ102\u201d personality Nico will host the celebration and provide the music. iHeartMedia Philadelphia Senior Vice President of Programming Jeff Hurley said the promotion reflects the stations\u2019 efforts to create memorable experiences for listeners, calling the Halloween wedding an opportunity for an adventurous couple to celebrate their relationship at one of the region\u2019s best-known haunted attractions.Audacy has named Blake Whiten its newest country Launch artist, adding the 22-year-old singer-songwriter to its 2026 class alongside Zach John King, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Audrey Hobert. As part of the music discovery program, Whiten\u2019s song \u201cBet On That\u201d will receive increased exposure across Audacy\u2019s country stations through broadcast and digital airplay, on-air artist vignettes, and digital, editorial and social content. Whiten, who was raised in Six Mile, SC, has accumulated more than 400 million streams worldwide since his first public performance two years ago. He made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year and released his debut album, \u201cSomething To Say,\u201d in July. Following tour dates with Bailey Zimmerman and Morgan Wallen, Whiten will launch his headlining \u201cSomething to Say Tour\u201d this fall.
\n Beasley Media Group\u2019s New Jersey stations classic hits WJRZ-FM (100.1) and rock WRAT-FM (95.9) in the Monmouth-Ocean market earned three honors at the 58th Annual Jersey Awards, recognizing creative work in radio advertising. WJRZ and WRAT won first place for Best Radio Campaign for Punctual Pros NJ, along with second place for Best Radio Commercial for Precision Garage Doors and an Award of Excellence for Leaning Father\u2019s Brewing. The New Jersey Advertising Club competition recognizes creative work across the state\u2019s advertising, marketing and communications industries. The winning entries were created by Beasley\u2019s creative, production and on-air teams, including Mike Scecchitano, Jimmy Steal, Mark Schmidhauser and others. Winners were recognized during the Jersey Awards Exhibition and Ceremony Sept. 16 at The Grove in Cedar Grove, NJ.University of Florida news\/talk WUSF Tampa (89.7) won 20 journalism excellence awards, including 10 first-place honors, in the 2026 Sunshine State Awards competition hosted by the Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The awards recognized work produced in 2025 across categories including environment, education, general coverage, multimedia and podcasting. Jessica Meszaros and Steve Newborn won first place for Environment, Science & Technology Reporting for coverage of fertilizers\u2019 effects on Florida waterways, while Sky Lebron was named Broadcast Anchor of the Year for his work on \u201cThe Bay Blend\u201d podcast, \u201cMorning Edition,\u201d \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d and \u201cFlorida Matters Live & Local.\u201d Kerry Sheridan won for education reporting, and Nancy Guan received a first-place award for general coverage. WUSF.org<\/a> also won for best news website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Bites for Monday, September 21… iHeartMedia Philadelphia CHR \u201cQ102\u201d WIOQ and modern\/alternative rock \u201cAlt 104.5\u201d WRFF are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,710,61,60,278,43],"class_list":["post-631903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}