Radio News

"The Fan" will no longer be the official radio home of the National Basketball Association club that calls the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul home. And, in a move that makes the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act's pending Senate vote ever more urgent, the team's new flagship is on the kHz band.

It's a Class D AM radio station with an FM translator serving the second-largest metropolitan area of Oregon, offering a Sports Talk format to local listeners. Pending regulatory approval, the facilities will become the property of a bulldog.

Effective immediately, KXL-FM's news muscle will get a vitamin boost courtesy of the Nexstar Media Group-owned CBS affiliate serving the Rose City. A new partnership is in effect that will see KOIN-6's journalists assist the Connoisseur Media station on delivery of key stories in a timely manner.

They're a winner in the NHL, with a legion of fans across the Silver State who have adopted the team as their own, gobbling up knowledge of a sport that arrived in Southern Nevada a decade ago. Now, the official radio partner of the Vegas Golden Knights is changing with the 2026-2027 season.

Five individuals central to the leadership of Leighton Radio Holdings have agreed to redeem their shares in the Leighton Enterprises subsidiary — a move that makes the parent company's employee stock ownership plan the sole shareholder of the radio station licensee.

The RAB autumn Board of Directors meeting concluded last Thursday with a new slate of officers and directors, unanimously approved at the Northeast Ohio-based affair. Serving as Chair: Cox Media Group's Radio head, Rob Babin.

A new white paper from Skyview Networks examines the practical alternative to satellite distribution as the C-band timeline advances, covering the technology, the security model, the revenue mechanics and the transition itself. Written for content providers, their sales and engineering teams, and the station managers who receive their feeds.

In October 2025, iHeartMedia supercharged its stations in the market by signing a partnership with the local National Basketball Association franchise. Now, the company and the Cleveland Cavaliers are expanding on that agreement with a fresh accord that keeps the pro basketball team on iHeartMedia's heritage News/Talk and Rock 'n' Roll radio stations.

In Southern California, some may recall Lawrence Tanter for his time in Radio. For many others around the world, he's known for his 43 years as the beloved public address announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers. Today, all are mourning the passing of Tanter, announced Wednesday evening by the team.

For the last several years, it has gained notoriety as the Chris Devine-led developer of technology decided to expand the reach of MHz-based signals and bring geo-targeted solutions to FM radio. Now, GeoBroadcast Solutions is no more — it has a new name.

From automotive brands such as Chrysler and Dodge to Jeep and Ram, all four are within the parent company known as Stellantis. Thanks to a just-signed deal, a globally distributed audio streaming app owned by a Canadian company with a radio broadcasting division will become an OEM offering in Stellantis vehicles.

Most C-band coverage explains the rule and stops there. This is the operational view. What the broadcaster provides, how cues and closures reach affiliate automation, how delayed play and failover work without satellite, and what the security model asks of an affiliate's IT staff, which is very little.

Call it a mobile device. Call it a "Handy." Whatever you call it, the smartphone has taken the wheel over AM/FM inside the car, at least among the youngest listeners. That's according to newly released Edison Research data showing Americans aged 13-34 now spend more in-car time on a streaming device than a radio receiver.

The trustee overseeing the Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation of a small-market radio station operator with a presence in rural New Mexico and Nevada has given his affirmative nod to the sale of the properties. Who the buyer is may turn heads, as it is none other than an individual linked to the fiscally crippled seller.

There is a real difference between choosing a transition and being handed one. IP distribution was not viable at scale a few years ago. Connectivity, bandwidth economics, latency improvement and cloud capacity have all changed that, which means broadcasters can now move on their own timeline rather than the auction calendar deadlines.