Reassurance on Radio One stock sales

Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins is trying to reassure shareholders that recent stock sales by the company’s two top executives shouldn’t be a reason...

WLDR FM first station in N. Michigan to broadcast in HD

Broadcast Electronics-equipped WLDR 101.9 FM announced in a press conference it is the first radio station in northern Michigan to broadcast in HD Radio. ...

As Expected, Entercom Gets The Mets

For many seasons, The New York Mets Baseball Network called trailblazing Sports Talker WFAN-AM in New York its flagship station. That relationship ended with the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, when WFAN -- then-owned by CBS Radio -- shifted to iHeartRadio's Talk WOR-AM.  That five-year relationship is now coming to an end, as the company led by David Field has just inked an Amazin' deal.

Mami 92.7 flips to Univision America

Univision Radio has flipped its Spanish Tropical Oldies “Mami 92.7” WQBU-FM Garden City/New York
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.

Beasley is Acquiring Greater Media

Beasley Broadcast Group makes a huge acquisition.

What’s The Deal for Radio With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto?

Fred Jacobs teases out the real and “existential” threat to broadcast radio.

A ‘Big Radio’ Deal Goes Down In Wisconsin

An AM-FM combo serving a region between Madison, Wisc., and Rockford, Ill., is being sold to a father/son operation that presently runs eight radio stations in the region. Here's how Big Radio, founded in 1996, is growing thanks to a deal brokered by Kalil & Co.
Tom Stoner, shown in September 2022

From Station Ownership To Broadcast Towers, Tom Stoner Made His Mark

Stoner was 88 years old and passed away of pulmonary fibrosis on October 19. In addition to his ownership of radio stations, Mr. Stoner played a key role in the creation of American Radio Systems and, later, American Tower Corp. 
Lincoln Financial Group

Clear Channel unable to derail WPB-to-Miami station move

CBS sold its West Palm Beach radio cluster to Palm Beach Radio, but what is now 104.3 MHz WAXY-FM wasn’t formally part of the...
Chris Forgy

Saga Sets Its Sights On Big Digital Dollars

At present, it has such local news and information portals as Clarksville Now, intricately linked to broadcast radio stations including "Q108," a regional leader. By 2030, nearly every Saga Communications market could emulate what Fort Campbell, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. have seen monetarily. 

Radio backers want seat at PRA talks

Gene Green (D-TX) and Mike Conaway (R-TX), sponsors of the anti-PRA Local Radio Freedom Act, have respectfully asked for an invite to the

How To Grow Talent, And Revenue … With Women

Looking for new ways to grow your talent pool, as well as your vault of cash? The 2017 Radio Show, set for Sept. 5-8 in Austin, Tex., promises to deliver some solid answers, and they'll all be given by a collection of the radio industry's top women.
iHeart Radio

NPR Stations Can Join iHeartRadio

iHeartRadio and NPR reach a deal to give NPR affiliates the opportunity to join iHeartRadio.

Bloomberg, ESPN NYC strike content deal

Bloomberg Radio’s all news/business station WBBR-AM in NYC has partnered with ESPN New York 1050 (WEPN-AM) to provide the network’s morning sports programming. ESPN...

Teen convicted of George Weber murder

A New York jury has convicted John Katehis of the 2009 murder of WABC-AM newsman George Weber. Katehis now faces 25 years to life...