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Nearly fifty years ago, an upstart FM radio station with a huge promotional budget was sold to a Cleveland-headquartered operation co-owned by Norm Wain and Bob Weiss. In October 2020, Wain died at the age of 92. Now, Weiss has passed away, his son — newly retired from Urban One/Raleigh — confirms.

The distinctive radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida State Seminoles — a member of the inaugural 2024 class of the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame — is retiring from his role with the National Football League franchise's audio broadcasts. 

A federal judge has granted Cumulus Media a sweeping preliminary injunction against Nielsen’s contested radio ratings policies, sharply curtailing how the ratings provider can price and sell its national product while the antitrust case proceeds.

The publicly traded radio station ownership group founded by the late George Beasley is celebrating its upcoming 65th anniversary, while also seeking to address fiscal challenges associated with its collection of broadcast properties.

Travel south of the Oklahoma City area and you'll come across the small cities of Chickasha, Duncan and Lawton, Okla. Here, Mollman Media has owned and operated a collection of radio stations that it has decided to sell. Who's the buyer? It is a locally based operation.

Until a few weeks ago, a 1kw daytime/20 watt nighttime AM radio station in Goodland, Ks., served the small community with an Oldies format. Then a bad storm blew through, damaging the station's transmitter. What will the station's owner do? It is opting not to repair it, and shut down this "Gold" facility.

An Arkansas Christian institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees with a focus on faith is growing its stable of stations with an offer accepted to purchase "The Fort," a Rocker that's poised to fade to black, as "Jesus Is Just Alright."

For nearly a decade, a tastemaker NPR Member station known for decades as a hub for unique Adult Alternative-influenced music has served San Luis Obispo, Calif., with its "Eclectic 24" service. Soon, that will come to an end — but it depends on the FCC's OK of a local ownership rule waiver.

The convergence of video and audio content delivery took center stage in 2025, with a meshing of technology and consumer trends signaling a future that will see radio stations incorporate more of the elements long seen by TV industry productions. For MediaCo, the time has come to take an iconic audio brand and bring it to over-the-air TV.

A heritage Class D AM serving the Black community in Hartford has been using an FM translator with a signal covering the northern communities of Connecticut's state capital, including the towns surrounding Bradley International Airport. Now, the station's owner is agreeing to sell that mini-FM facility.

The Soohyung Kim-backed MediaCo is considering a reverse stock split to combat a sub-$1 share price that puts it out of compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid threshold, a matter that has resulted in a resolution warning.

For the first time, Streamline Publishing's annual opportunity to share ideas, discuss and debate challenges in a multi-platform world, and network in a unified setting is heading to the Valley of the Sun. The agenda is available for this May 2026 event, and registration is open, too!

Until January 2023, he ran Coastal Television Broadcasting Group's Anchorage-based television stations, serving three markets across Alaska. Now, after three years as Local Sales Manger for "25 News" in Waco, Texas, he's heading back to the 49th state in the union.

That's a question Gordon Borrell and his Borrell Associates advisory firm tackled in a 2026 forecast-filled webinar. What's the big takeaway for broadcast radio and television, as advertisers continue to see digital video solutions and their hypertargeting efforts as an affordable and effective choice?

An expansion of iHeartMedia's podcast platform offerings will see equal support for both audio and video distribution of on-demand shows, and this will bring creators full access to eyes and ears within both the app and web versions of the iHeartRadio content hub.