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Former CMG Market Manager Stephanie Callihan Joins CSS

Stephanie Callihan has joined The Center for Sales Strategy as a Senior Business Development Lead. She brings her more than 35 years of media experience to CSS' LeadG2, Up Your Culture, and the recently acquired Robertson Lowstuter. Throughout her career, Callihan has served as a Market Manager for iHeart, Entercom, and Cox Media Group.
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Audacy Gives First Look At A Hopeful Financial Future For 2024

Following court approval of its pre-packaged Plan of Reorganization on February 20, Audacy is sharing a look into its financial status, including an upturn to kick off the new year. The broadcaster had been tight-lipped about recent performance, foregoing earnings calls since Q1 with only required SEC disclosures.
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Cumulus Reopens Early Debt Swap Deadline Window

On February 27, Cumulus Media announced a strategic move alongside its Q4 2023 earnings report, seeking to optimize the company's capital structure. Through its subsidiary Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc., the broadcaster launched an initiative to extend its debt maturity by three years while increasing the interest rate by two percentage points. Now the first wave of that Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will see an extension, one day after closing.
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Super Hi-Fi Unveils Hyper-Targeted Streaming With Audacy Debut

Song skipping and hyper-personalized content delivery are coming to Audacy's live broadcast streams, courtesy of Super Hi-Fi. The AI-centric radio management company has announced the launch of a new streaming technology tailored specifically for the radio industry, HLS+.
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Audacy Turns In Licenses For Two Silent Las Vegas AMs

Audacy has filed for the cancellation of the FCC license for KDWN-AM, known at the end of its life as “The Talk of Las Vegas.” The longtime talk station is better known as the original signal where Art Bell started West Coast AM, which would become Coast to Coast AM. Alongside the end of KDWN, comes the cancellation of Audacy’s KXST-AM license as well.
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Broadcasters Foundation To Honor RAB’s Farber In Vegas

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has revealed its 2024 Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award winner, as well as this year's recipients of its esteemed Leadership Awards. The Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award, which annually celebrates a broadcaster whose work stands out for innovation, community service, advocacy, and entrepreneurship, will honor Erica Farber, the outgoing President & CEO of the RAB.
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Year-Round Daylight Saving Could Damage AM, Says NRB

The "Spring Forward" to Daylight Saving Time may have led to a groggy Monday for many, but the world's largest association of Christian communicators is using the opportunity to again tell legislators to wake up on a proposed law to make DST permanent, saying it would have harmful implications for AM radio.

User Data Shows Radio Holds A Central Future In The Connected Car

As traditional radio works on securing its position in the dashboard, new data shows audio remains a cornerstone of the in-car experience, outpacing other digital amenities in modern vehicles. Audacy has unveiled findings from a series of four surveys conducted between 2021 and 2023 focusing on user engagement in the connected car.
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SiriusXM Springboards Off Oscars To Get ‘Closer’ to Subscribers

In November, SiriusXM announced Uncommon Creative Studio as its creative agency of record for the satellite broadcaster's massive rebrand. Now the duo has debuted a new national brand campaign titled "Closer," using the Academy Awards as its launchpad. SiriusXM aims to attract new audiences while continuing to cater to existing subscribers by underscoring the emotional aspects of the company's audio offerings.
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Judy Lakin Tapped As GSM For Audacy Houston

Audacy has appointed Judy Lakin as the new General Sales Manager for its Houston operations. With more than three decades in broadcast leadership, Lakin's notable accomplishments include her tenure as President of Vista14 Advertising Agency along with roles at Cox Media Group and Clear Channel Radio.

NBCUniversal Pushed Pre-Oscar Streaming Through AM/FM

Ahead of the 2024 Oscars, a major video streamer took advantage of radio's audience reach. NBCUniversal's Peacock, the streaming home of Best Picture winner Oppenheimer and nominee The Holdovers, leaped onto Media Monitors' list of radio's top national advertisers.

AM/FM Front and Center on International Women’s Day

Radio stations large and small — including an iHeartMedia Adult Contemporary FM launched under RBR+TVBR and Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti — celebrated International Women’s Day with special programming.

KDFC Poised For East Bay Boost

A Classical radio network today owned by the University of Southern California serving the Bay Area is about to grow again. KDFC is positioning itself to bring a signal to the eastern portion of the market.

SCPR To Join America Amplified Election 2024 Initiative

South Carolina Public Radio is deepening its engagement with communities across the Palmetto State this year by partnering with other public radio stations across the country in the America Amplified Election 2024 initiative hosted by the leading NPR Member station in Indiana.
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The InFOCUS Podcast: Joe D’Angelo

With strong momentum out of the CES conference and ahead to the 2024 NAB Show, Xperi is poised to have a breakout year. In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, the company's Joe D'Angelo shares the latest — including the hot growth forecast for the DTS AutoStage product.