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25 October 2023

Hot Mix Heats Up With a Dozen New Affiliates

LOS ANGELES, CA – October 25, 2023 — Benztown, a global leader in radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingles, announces that Hot Mix, America’s most trusted Mix show, has signed 12 new Hot Mix affiliates in Q3 and Q4.

Hot Mix has today’s hottest hit music mixed beat-to-beat and back-to-back and is the mix show of choice for Z-100/New York. The four-hour weekly show is professionally programmed and mixed and is completely customizable with local commercial and station ID breaks. The 12 new Hot Mix affiliates are:

• KHTH-FM (Hot 101.7), Santa Rosa, CA
• KHBC-FM and KHWI-FM (The Wave@92FM), Hilo, HI
• WUPM-FM (Mix 106.9), Ironwood, MI
• KRNG-FM (101.3), Reno, NV
• KRDQ-FM (100.3), Wichita-Hutchinson, KS
• KVOK-FM (Hot 101.1), Anchorage, AK
• WTOD-HD2 (Party 103.3), Toledo, OH
• WKZL-FM (107.5 KZL), Greensboro, NC
• WUHU-FM (All Hit 107.1), Bowling Green, KY
• WLOD-AM (1140), Knoxville, TN
• WAZO-FM (Z107.5), Wilmington, NC
• WBNQ-FM (101.5), Bloomington, IL

Darin Taoka, Program Director, Hot Mix, said: “I’m so excited to welcome our newest affiliates to the Hot Mix family!! I love what I do, and I couldn’t do it without our amazing stations. We are blessed with great partners to bring the hottest party in radio to the airwaves each week!”

Mark Wilson, Affiliate Sales Manager, Benztown, commented: “If you’re a station looking for mixes with an extremely high standard of production, customized to your brand identity, then Hot Mix is your obvious choice to ensure market localization.”

FOZ, Director of Programming, Sunrise Broadcasting’s WAZO-FM (Z107.5) in Wilmington, NC, remarked: “Z107.5 Wilmington is happy to announce the addition of Hot Mix to our weekend programming. This upbeat, energized Mix show fits in perfectly with Z107.5’s upbeat, energized weekends.”

Kirk Patrick, Operations Manager, WUHU-FM (All Hit 107.1) in Bowling Green, KY, noted: “WUHU 107 needed a Mix show that went the whole party! When you include Hot Mix: The Afterparty, the five-hour format is perfect for our needs and our market!”

Local air personalities can customize Hot Mix, host it from the studio, or create a weekly on-location program. Using MediaBase Monitoring and the hottest club tracks, the show’s music is on point, with artists such as: Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Halsey, Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers, Calvin Harris, and Taylor Swift (Hot Mix Mainstream), and Khalid, Drake, Travis Scott, Chris Brown, Cardi B, YG, Kendrick Lamar, and Tyga (Hot Mix Crossover), as well as NSYNC, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rhianna, Drake, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande (Hot Mix 2K To Today). Hot Mix: The Afterparty extends the party with the hottest beat-driven, hits, and club tracks that will keep listeners tuned in until the early morning hours.

For more information or to heat up your station’s programming with Hot Mix, please visit: https://www.benztown.com/programming/hot-mix, or contact Masa Patterson at Benztown at [email protected] or (818) 842-4600.