Legacy

As of today, iHeartMedia's LMA with a station that had been simulcasting WONK-FM on Wednesday has shifted to Sports — with a VSiN partnership in place. WONK-FM is now gone.

Quu Inc. CEO Steve Newberry chats about CES 2023 and what Radio has to gain from the technology expo and conference in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. He also offers listeners the details on how to score VIP entry into a special radio industry executive cocktail reception scheduled for January 5 at the Bellagio.  LISTEN HERE

Standard General, the investment house led by Soohyung Kim has made good on its word not to hike retransmission consent rates of TEGNA stations to those negotiated for Cox Media Group properties.

When RBR+TVBR first reported on the purchase by Kensington Digital Media of an AM serving Nashville that is presently silent under an STA, what the company would do with the property was perhaps the biggest unanswered question. It is now known what the company's plans are, now that it has closed on the acquisition.

Wright started his radio career in 1958 as a teenage disk jockey at his family owned station in Wausau, Wisc., WRIG-AM. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he returned to manage WRIG and its FM companion, which he put on the air in 1964. ​​From those beginnings came a radio broadcasting career of over 40 years, during which he built a Midwest broadcasting empire.

"There was no press release. The information being reported on was based on an interview with Ad Age." That's the official comment from Nielsen regarding substantial leadership changes that include the exit of Nielsen Audio Managing Director Brad Kelly. They are victims of a reduction-in-force initiative that has resulted in a promotion for Karthik Rao.

All 19 Bally Sports RSNs will begin appearing "in the coming weeks" on FuboTV, the financially challenged operation with John Janedis as CFO that just suffered a cyberattack during a pivotal 2022 FIFA World Cup match.

In 2000, veteran radio industry researcher and RAIN founder Kurt Hanson launched AccuRadio with a mission to encourage broadcasters to embrace the variety and personalization made possible by Internet delivery of radio. Today, AccuRadio is the home to some 1,400 personalizable music channels that are presently home to no less than 105 different Christmas and holiday-themed music channels — with more to come.

Legendary radio personality and programmer Scott Shannon and co-host Patty Steele hosted their final show for Audacy Corp.'s Classic Hits WCBS-FM in New York on Friday, concluding an 8 1/2 year run that came after Shannon's first "retirement," from former Hot Adult Contemporary WPLJ. The focus was on fundraising and supporting a children's hospital, and not on their exit.

From the early 1980s through 2014, it was a Westchester County, N.Y.-focused Adult Contemporary FM. Since then, it had a tenure as an FM targeting African-American listeners in key New York DMA ZIP codes and today is a simulcast partner of an all-digital AM Talker. Soon, this FM will convert to noncommercial status and shift to Christian Talk & Teaching programming.

Getting the "American Music Fairness Act," which would impose new royalty fees on radio airplay of recorded music, this far is an achievement. But, getting it passed in the House is a whole other matter. Even with a new push that sees 40+ "prominent music artists and creators" seek Congressional approval of the proposed law, the likelihood of that happening is slim.

He previously led ARK Multicasting. Today, Vern Fotheringham has decided to partner up with Greg Herman by forging a 60/40 partnership that involves a transfer of control of several LPTVs to a new licensee.

Westwood One, today owned by Cumulus Media, was the brainchild of Norm Pattiz. He would go on to enjoy a lengthy career in radio and in podcasting, which included the short-lived but widely remembered launch of "Pirate Radio" in 1989. Pattiz died on December 4 at the age of 79.

Adweek on Monday shared details of groupM's "This Year Next Year" global end-of-year forecast, just hours after MAGNA released its December 2022 update to its 2023 global prognostications. What's the key takeaway? The U.S. outpaced the rest of planet Earth in 2022. But, the totals groupM came up with were lower than what it projected six months ago.

Having a digital UHF channel in 2023 is much more beneficial than having a digital VHF channel, thanks to today's technology. In one Southwestern U.S. city, shifting a VHF facility to a digital UHF channel is exactly what Gray Television wants regulatory approval of.