{"id":660146,"date":"2026-10-20T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/660146\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:56:17","slug":"audacy-debuts-country-us-96-5-in-philadelphia-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/660146\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacy Debuts Country \u201cUS 96.5\u201d In Philadelphia. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audacy debuts country \u201cUS 96.5\u201d WTDY Philadelphia, sacrificing hot AC \u201cNew 96.5\u201d to take on heritage country, Beasley Media Group\u2019s WXTU (92.5).<\/p>\n<p>The station launched at noon today with the first quarter hour of music that included Post Malone\/Morgan Wallen \u201cI Had Some Help,\u201d Ella Langley \u201cChoosin Texas,\u201d Florida Georgia Line \u201cRound Here,\u201d Parmalee, \u201cCowgirl\u201d and Carrie Underwood \u201cBlown Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCountry music has a special way of connecting people, and we are excited to bring a brand-new destination to this important market,\u201d said Tim Roberts, Country Format Vice President, Audacy. \u201cAdding US 96.5 in Philadelphia expands our footprint and brings even more world-class entertainment to our listeners \u2013 it\u2019s a terrific addition to Audacy\u2019s strong station lineup in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The station is running commercial free until Oct. 24 with an announced lineup of Audacy national talent including \u201cKatie and Company\u201d (10am-3pm), \u201cCoop,\u201d who hosts mornings at co-owned classic hits WOGL (98.1) and afternoons and weekends on Audacy country stations, will handle afternoons, \u201cRob and Holly\u201d follow from 7pm-12am, and \u201cMo and Styckman\u201d in overnights.<\/p>\n<p>A morning show will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The station is also pushing former listeners of \u201cNew 96.5\u201d to AC \u201cB101\u201d WBEB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS 96.5\u201d is attempting to pull audience from WXTU, which launched in 1984 and, until today, has been the markets sole country station. WXTU is home to \u201cThe Andie Summers Show,\u201d which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/free\/cma-reveals-its-2026-broadcast-awards-winners\/article_740e922a-9049-4e16-a0d8-95c7b10af777.html\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recently named<\/a> the 2026 CMA Major Market Broadcast Personality of the Year. The station was ranked seventh in the Nielsen September PPMs with a 4.7 share (6+). WTDY in its hot AC format had a 2.0 share in the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audacy debuts country \u201cUS 96.5\u201d WTDY Philadelphia, sacrificing hot AC \u201cNew 96.5\u201d to take on heritage country, Beasley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,710,61,60,278,43],"class_list":["post-660146","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\/660146","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=660146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}