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Kristin Cantrell is growing 7 Mountains Media, thanks to a transaction filed late Wednesday with the FCC that will transfer some 46 stations from her father's Forever Media. No money will exchange hands. To meet FCC local ownership rules, a spin-off deal is in place. It involves COO Jim Loftus, and a licensee he independently controls.

Jeff Kimmel has shifted from an Israeli company's executive sales team to head up North American sales efforts for a Dutch entity providing integrated business and revenue management solutions for media companies.

Developed by former CEO of Sun Broadcast Group, Jason Bailey, ARC allows networks, producers and other service providers to quickly research, negotiate, digitally sign and maintain affiliate relationships with any station in North America.

On November 10, 2022, RBR+TVBR confirmed the sale of an Adult Alternative FM owned by Steve Kingston, the longtime radio industry figure. He'd struck a deal to sell WRNR-FM 103.1 in Annapolis, Md., to the owner of a Christian-themed broadcasting network dedicated to “sharing God’s love in the Baltimore and Washington area.” They'll officially assume control of the station at 12:01am Saturday.

Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink has released its most popular issue of the year. With six executives bumped off the rankings, there are new faces that made the list. Who's on top?

It is now known when the former media broker will need to report to serve her prison term, and where she will be.

From airline travel to operations at multiple broadcast TV stations and radio group Audacy Inc., normal business activities came to a screeching halt early Friday due to cloud-based software outages linked to a CrowdStrike software glitch. As such, all systems using Microsoft 365 apps were impacted.

All Entries in NYF’s 2024 Radio Awards will be judged by the NYF Grand Jury of 100+ producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Entries are judged on production values, creativity, content presentation, direction, writing, achievement of purpose, and audience suitability.

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar weren't the only media companies to experience sharp declines in share value on Wednesday. In fact, only Entravision, iHeartMedia, and Tribune Media saw gains as general indices sailed southward.

With the exception of Urban One, which enjoyed a nine-cent gain to $1.20, and Emmis Communications, up a penny to $2.01, radio and TV companies were swept up in a general sell-off on Wall Street. The kickoff of the second quarter of 2020 was full of declines, as the Dow Industrials slid 4.4%.

Well-known journalist, attorney, and best-selling author Megyn Kelly was just one of the highlights for the concluding day of Radio's Financial Summit: FORECAST 2021 LIVE, as Kelly participated in an engaging conversation sponsored by Spanish Broadcasting System with Juliet Huddy, co-host of Curtis & Juliet on Red Apple Media's WABC-AM in New York.

The man who has served as SVP/Sales for iHeartMedia's Washington, D.C. stations is heading up I-95 to take the company's top job in Charm City. Effective immediately, a 19-year media veteran who began his career with Clear Channel in New York's Capitaland region is now Market President of iHeartMedia's Baltimore station group. 

The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted the Director of Sales for its NBC affiliate serving Colorado Springs to the role of VP/GM.

With the Association of National Advertisers (ANA)'s "Masters of Marketing" conference scheduled for the first days of October in Orlando, now is the time for broadcast media's leaders to make themselves known. Who knew inspiration could come from Down Under?

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has created an internal task force designed to continue the Commission’s work in support of the restoration of communications services in the Texas Gulf Coast, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — areas severely impacted by three strong hurricanes. Communications remains severely impaired in the U.S. Caribbean territories. Jessica Rosenworcel said, "You're Welcome." A Democratic House Member wants more.