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At the start of 2024, he became Times-Shamrock Communications CEO. Before that, he served as COO of 7 Mountains Media; as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee; and in a previous tenure spent nine years as Times-Shamrock's COO. As of today, he is now retired.

More than four years after a big rebrand and substantial effort to draw audience and advertisers to its exclusive podcasts and streaming audio, Audacy Inc. is breaking the silo and has agreed to place its content on an app other than its own.

Six of the ten inductees were selected by a panel of more than 900 radio professionals who cast votes via a confidential ballot overseen by Miller Kaplan. The remaining four were chosen by the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee.

On June 30, 2020, iHeartMedia brought to life a 24/7 nationally distributed audio services "dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective." Today, BIN: Black Information Network continues to meet that objective for iHeartMedia.

It was founded nine years ago by Jenna Weiss-Berman and Max Linsky and was acquired in 2019 by the company formerly known as Entercom for $18 million. Today, that audio content creator and distributor is known as Audacy. And, it is officially ending operations at that podcast arm.

The last station owned by Don McCoy's Magic Broadcasting is being spun to a locally based owner, ensuring "Real Talk 93.3" remains the only station in Florida's capital city not owned by a national radio broadcasting group.

"Crafting Sound, Creating Experiences." That's the promise of a Coastal North Carolina limited liability company that has agreed to purchase a presently silent 50,000-watt FM reaching Nags Head and Kitty Hawk formerly known as "99.1 The Sound."

For a generation of broadcast radio enthusiasts, it served as the definitive online hub of classic AM and FM programs, both scoped and as-aired with full songs and commercials. Now, ReelRadio is back, and it is thanks to the North Carolina Broadcast History Museum and Beasley Media Group.

It's a group of radio stations that have served Bay County, Fla., and the one-time Spring Break hub of Panama City Beach for decades. Pending FCC regulatory approval, these four FMs will become the newest properties associated with a media company led and founded by President/CEO John Caracciolo.

The parent organization of the NPR Member stations serving Sacramento and much of Northern California, mired in a state of fiscal fragility, has confirmed that it is planning to end its operating agreements with stations serving Chico, Calif., and across Humboldt County — putting these operations in an unknown state come 2026.

After revamping its smartphone app experience in December, iHeartMedia is now putting live radio directly into a new kind of mobile platform: sunglasses. The company has rolled out an integration with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, becoming the first to give users hands-free access to radio and podcasts by simply speaking to their eyewear.

“Losing public media would erode that trust and leave many American communities in the dark,” is the opinion of the Attorneys General of 22 states and the District of Columbia, who have filed an amicus brief supporting NPR and PBS in their lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to strip federal funding from public broadcasters.

Wisconsin Public Radio has notified at least 15 staff members that they will be laid off as part of a broad restructuring driven by budget shortfalls and the looming threat of federal funding cuts. The station will also end three nationally syndicated programs.

The National Association of Broadcasters is expanding its Depend on AM campaign, adding some of the most recognizable names in Christian and Conservative Talk radio as it intensifies its push to preserve AM radio’s place in U.S. car dashboards with a call for support from National Religious Broadcasters.

The FCC is opening a critical comment period on its proposal to formally codify foreign ownership rules for U.S. broadcast and telecom licensees, a move that could reshape how international capital flows into American radio and television companies.