Tom Taylor at Radio-Info is reporting this morning that Kidd Kraddick has been picked by Citadel Media to be the morning show for it’s Hot AC syndicated radio format. Kraddick is based in Dallas (as is Citadel) at Clear Channel’s KHKS, but does his own syndication. The rest of the “Hot AC” daytime lineup will include Teresa Brown, mid-days, and Race Taylor (WPLJ New York) in afternoons. The Citadel restructuring continues at their Classic Hits format as well with air personalities Jay Fox, Mike Preston and Ron Foster …

Citadel Media‘s Top 40 Gravity format, created specifically for American Forces Radio Network, will launch on October 5th with the syndicated radio morning show “Kidd Kraddick In the Morning.” The show will be carried live via AFRN to the military and their families in more than 175 countries and on all U.S. ships at sea. “Kidd Kraddick and his team are proven morning show performers and the demo they attract is exactly what we’ve been looking for,” American Forces Radio Network Dir. Jef Reilly said. “All of us at AFN, …

Yea Network and Clear Channel Radio announced that Kidd Kraddick in the Morning is now part of the lineup on Clear Channel’s iheartradio mobile streaming application. The Kraddick show is now available 24/7 to iPhone and BlackBerry users via iheartradio, which has been downloaded for the iPhone more than 2 million times.

News out of the Clear Channel management meetings in Dallas has the company unveiling two new programming initiatives including what it calls “a multi-point plan to raise the bar for radio programming across all dayparts and platforms, including online and mobile.”  The plan includes the expected introduction of national and regional programming in a program called “Premium Choice” that the company says makes proven programming  and popular on-air talent readily available  to local PDs in all markets for all dayparts. Among the Premium Choice offerings are  Ryan Secreast and Steve Harvey, based on …

Longtime Kidd Kraddick associate and current Yea Network CEO Brenda Adriance has announced her resignation. Yea is the parent company of the syndicated Kidd Kraddick In The Morning show. “Kidd and I have always been on the same page that I would only stay long enough to get the company started and put it on the road to success,” Adriance said. “Thanks to a great staff and Kidd’s amazing morning show, we have arrived at that position.” “This is the third time I’ve had to say goodbye to Brenda,” Kraddick …