Legacy

Travel between the city of Sarasota, in the heart of Florida's Suncoast region, south to Venice, and you'll find a rarity — a noncommercial radio station that in the 3pm hour today doubled up on classic Diana Ross tunes. It's home base is a Class D AM with a pair of translators. Now, WSRQ is set to expand its coverage area.

With layoffs seen by Radio across 2020, even before the pandemic forced lockdowns in communities across the U.S., how can those in the C-Suite keep their current teams motivated? What is the revenue outlook for one major audio media company? A first-ever session on Clubhouse featuring two radio industry leaders tackled those questions and more.

Add the nonprofit owner of the fast-growing KLOVE and Air1 Christian music networks to the host of companies that have left the Golden State in recent years. In all fairness to California, however, the move makes sense: It's packing up and moving to the epicenter of the CCM world.

Quicklink, a provider of hardware and software solutions for video and audio contributions, has completed its professional contribution workflow with the launch of an all-in-one hybrid switcher: an end-to-end broadcast-grade solution which combines the power of the cloud and the effectiveness of a single hardware unit.

KHOL-FM, “Jackson Hole Community Radio,” is fiercely independent – and reliant on listeners and underwriters. It's a unique station in a unique market, but its success is one that any fan of live and local radio -- and its future -- is a story worth hearing. This new InFOCUS Podcast presented by DOT.FM shares that tale. LISTEN HERE

Do you have something to say to the FCC about Gray Television's proposed acquisition of all of Quincy Media, Inc.'s TV stations? Here's your chance to voice your opinion, before it is too late.

Gray Television has reached a deal with a media company that until early 2019 was an active buyer of low-power TV stations. With a CEO change less than a year ago, this company is now looking to sell some of its assets. Thus explains the deal with Gray that awaits FCC approval.

A bill to repeal outdated regulations of the 1992 Cable Act has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by two influential leaders in a bipartisan move that could potentially erase current retransmission consent legislation. The bill would also rewrite the rules on the compulsory copyright license.

A pair of Spanish-language television stations owned and operated by Hispanavisión Televisión will now have the benefit of local TV measurement services provided by the nation's dominant ratings and audience consumption data provider.

A 1kw Class C AM serving Sylvania, Ga., is presently dark under a STA. It's been dark for a while. In fact, it's been silent for so long that the station has been designated for a license renewal hearing by the FCC. As such, Tampa-based owner Neal Ardman has a potential battle on his hands to save the station.

Legions of former listeners are joining members of the radio industry across the U.S. in remembering the life of the man known as "Kane," as he has died "after a long illness" at the age of 43. "The Kane Show" aired on iHeartMedia-owned "Hot 99.5" in Washington, D.C., and on WFLZ in Tampa, in addition to Premiere Networks affiliates, until its April 2020 cancellation.

The Media Bureau is reminding all low power television and TV translator stations that the digital transition date — when stations must terminate all analog television operations — is fast approaching.

The powerful artists and publishers’ rights organization that's tangled with the RMLC for five years is taking a page straight out of the Mafia film "Goodfellas" by handing Radio a "pay up, or else" approach to its new licensing agreements set to commence April 1.

Heading into last night’s ViacomCBS’ Streaming Investor Day, MoffettNathanson's clients had two basic questions. "At least now we have some clarity around the first question," Senior Analyst Michael Nathanson and Analyst Robert Fishman noted Thursday, following a three-hour affair that offered a detailed look at the newly rebranded Paramount+ offering.

With iHeartMedia offering "The Best of Rush" for the foreseeable future, is there an opportunity for other radio broadcasting companies -- including Entercom -- to snag some of Rush Limbaugh's listening audience? CFO Rich Schmaeling and CEO David Field answered this question, presented by a top analyst, on Entercom's Q4 earnings call.