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Cumulus strikes deal for WLS-AM, Citadel

Everyone, it seems, has a price and Cumulus Media finally found Citadel Broadcasting’s.

Cumulus said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Citadel, parent of Chicago’s WLS-AM and FM, in a cash-and-stock transaction that values Citadel at between $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion.

Slutzkin new program director at WLS AM

WLS-AM 890 is promoting Tracy Slutzkin from assistant program director to program director, with Drew Hayes remaining the station’s operations director.

Eddie and Jobo join WLS-AM 890

Eddie Volkman and Joe “Jobo” Bohannon, once among Chicago’s radio elite, are dipping their toes back in the local market with a new two-hour Saturday-night show for WLS-AM 890.