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30 June 2025
Summer Gets Hotter as Slow Jams™ Debuts Summer on 5 New Affiliates
U.S. Gets Even Hotter on Weekends as “Sunday Night Slow Jams”™ Debuts This Summer on Five New Affiliates in West Palm Beach, FL, Knoxville, TN, Nashville, TN, New Orleans, LA, and Tri-Cities, VA
LOS ANGELES, CA – June 30, 2025 – Benztown, a global leader in radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingles, announces that “Sunday Night Slow Jams”™, the #1 weekend radio show in America, has added five new affiliates to heat up Sunday nights for radio listeners in West Palm Beach, FL; Knoxville, TN; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; and Tri-Cities, VA.
The new “Sunday Night Slow Jams” affiliates are:
- Urban AC station X102.3/WMBX-FM in West Palm Beach, FL (Throwback Edition)
- 1990’s and 2000’s Throwback station 104.9 KVL/WKVL-FM in Knoxville, TN (Throwback Edition)
- AC station 105.1 WJZM-FM in Nashville, TN (Pop Edition)
- News/Talk station WBOK 1230AM in New Orleans, LA (Throwback Edition)
- Rhythmic Contemporary station 105.3 The Beat/WWTB-AM in Tri-Cities, VA (Rhythmic Edition).
The nationally syndicated program is now heard every week on well over 200 stations across the U.S. and internationally.
The show’s perfect music mix and host R Dub!’s personal connection with Slow Jams’ listeners, including the popular segment, “Oral Expressions,” make “Sunday Night Slow Jams” destination weekend listening for loyal listeners from coast to coast and abroad. The iconic program is currently heard in markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland, Denver, and Milwaukee.
Mark McCray, Program Director, WMBX-FM, West Palm Beach, FL, said: “This has been a long time coming. I have been a fan of R Dub! and have seen him grow his show over the years. Therefore, we are excited to have him join the lineup of amazing talent on our station. Sunday nights will never be the same!!”
R Dub!, Creator, Producer and Host of “Sunday Night Slow Jams”, commented: “Strangers call in—every age, every story—sharing dreams, regrets, love, heartbreak. We turn those emotions into sound and send them out into the night. This is what radio was meant to be—emotional, honest, and unfiltered. Big thanks to the affiliates who don’t treat Sunday like an afterthought. You’re not just filling a slot—you’re setting the stage and lining up the cume for the week ahead.”
Mark Wilson, Affiliate Sales, Benztown, noted: “Sunday Night Slow Jams is an unmatched programming tool that has the capability to service a multitude of station formats.”
R Dub!, Creator, Producer and Host, “Sunday Night Slow Jams”, first aired the show on July 17, 1994 – when he was just 16 years old – at a tiny AM station in the middle of the Tucson, AZ, desert. Today, Sunday Night Slow Jams is heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide and currently reaches over three million listeners per week. The program is also available in a weeknight version which airs Monday through Thursday. “Sunday Night Slow Jams” is available to a wide variety of formats in multiple versions for Top 40, Hot AC, Urban, Urban AC, Rhythmic/Hip-Hop, and Classic Hip-Hop stations.
For more information, visit https://benztown.com or contact Mark Wilson at mw@benztown.com or (818) 842-4600.
About Sunday Night Slow Jams
Sunday Night Slow Jams, the #1 weekend radio show in America, is available to a wide variety of formats through multiple versions including: POP, Rhythmic/Urban, and Classic Hip Hop/Urban AC. Sunday Night Slow Jams is heard on over 200 radio station affiliates worldwide and currently reaches over three million consumers per week. In addition to Sunday’s show in multiple formats, Host R Dub! produces a weeknight version of Slow Jams, which airs Monday through Thursday. For more information, visit: https://slowjams.com/. To get Sunday Night Slow Jams for your station, visit: https://benztown.com/program/