COMPASS MEDIA NETWORKS today announced the launch of six new syndicated weekend shows, comprising 10 new hours of unique programming each, and available immediately for affiliates.
The six new shows are weekend versions of the successful weeknight shows produced by Townsquare Media that are already represented by Compass Media Networks and air on a collective 381 affiliate radio stations around the country: PopCrush Nights (CHR Version), PopCrush Nights (Hot AC Version), Loudwire Nights, Ultimate Classic Rock, XXL Higher Level Radio, and Taste of Country Nights.
Townsquare’s syndicated shows represent the radio arms of their best-in-class and hugely influential music brands www.PopCrush.com, www.Loudwire.com, www.UltimateClassicRock.com, www.XXLmag.com, and www.TasteOfCountry.com, which together reach over 50 Million unique visitors each month on their websites and influence over 40 Million fans and followers on social media.
The new weekend shows will deliver exceptional content and expertly curated music every hour, and be fully interactive via the brand’s mobile app, on which listeners can chat with the host, submit requests, and upload audio to be incorporated into the on-air show.
Each show will have two five-hour episodes, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, and each show has a distinct personality and vibe, with a vibrant and dynamic host: PopCrush Weekends (CHR Version) will feature the PopCrush Top 25 Countdown to kick off the show, counting down the biggest pop songs of the week and voted on by listeners using the PopCrush mobile app.
The countdown will be hosted by multimedia star Donny Meacham, who has been a writer for OK! Magazine, a TV host for Reelz TV, a podcaster for iHeartMedia, and a radio personality for SiriusXM and Press Communications. Los Angeles-based but Louisiana-born Donny is a Southern boy living in a Hollywood world, with a passion for telling people’s stories with humor, heart and a little sass.
He is a “dating expert” who uses a little tough love to help people love themselves and others. On Saturday nights, the show amps up after the countdown with a Three Hour Hit Mix from DJ Digital, host of the Morning Buzz on Hot 107.9 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and an official DJ of the New Orleans Saints.
On Sunday nights, the countdown is followed by three more hours of the hottest songs in pop and Donny’s signature commentary on celebrity news and pop culture trends. PopCrush Weekends (Hot AC Version) offers 5 hours of today’s top hits and the best throwbacks from the ‘00s, combined with fun and irreverent insights on pop culture and lifestyle from trendsetting Nashville personality Lauryn Snapp, formerly of ‘CMT Radio Live’ and ‘After Midnite with Cody Alan.’
