Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Christian FM Media Group Buys Salem Music Networks

The Fish has been swallowed by Educational Media Foundation. Now, Salem Media Group has transferred ownership of a pair of Christian-themed music networks to a content provider now offering a trio of non-secular formats to radio stations across the U.S.

BetQL Network Rebrands Thanks To New Sponsorship

In the RSN world, branded channel names are now in vogue, as the FanDuel Sports Network is the current name of what was previously Bally Sports via a licensing deal with Sinclair Inc. subsidiary Main Street Sports. Now, a radio company has struck a naming rights agreement of its own, and it sees the rebranding of its sports wagering audio entity.

Radio’s Revenue Forecast For 2025 Is … All About Digital

According to BIA Advisory Services, local advertising spending will increase by 5.5% for a total of $170.9 billion in 2025. This was the key takeaway shared by the firm's Nicole Ovadia during a Marketron-hosted webinar held on Thursday.
Rob Weaver

After Four Decades, Rob Weaver Sells In Indiana

For some 40 years or so, Rob Weaver has been the owner and operator of "J-Country 101" and AM sibling "PG14" in the small town of Portland, Ind. That's about to change, as a trio of asset sale agreements have been signed and submitted with the FCC for regulatory approval.

Bott Radio Network Grabs A Wyoming FM

The Bott family, which has long-operated noncommercial religious radio stations across the U.S., is adding to its stable by agreeing to acquire an FM in Cheyenne, Wyo., from a prolific operator of low-power radio properties.

Latino Media Network Names Three Regional GMs

Latino Media Network (LMN), the broadcast licensee formed through the sale of former TelevisaUnivision radio stations to an entity with majority ownership held by Soros Fund Management, is regionalizing its operations into three "strategic market groupings."

Markey, Cruz Take Another Stab At AM Radio Act

The 119th Congress is in session, and that means any bill that languished in the last legislative period is dead — short of it being brought back to life. For the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, its two main champions in the U.S. Senate have brought the proposed legislation back from the scrap heap.
David Ruleman

A ‘Founding Father’ At Salem Is Mourned

He joined the company today known as Salem Media Group with the launch of KPRZ-AM in San Diego at the end of 1984 before taking leadership of a property it assumed control of in Washington, D.C., on a snowy February morning in 1992. David Ruleman is now being remembered, as the veteran executive has died.

The InFOCUS Podcast: J Chapman, Woof Boom Radio

An Executive Order from Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has raised concerns among radio and TV broadcasters across the state, a stop to all Medicaid advertising was put into play. Has this impacted locally owned broadcasters? J Chapman, President and owner of Woof Boom Radio, shares his thoughts on this all-new InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

KMEL Secures ‘Shay’ For Programming Post

There's a new Program Director at iHeartMedia's R&B station serving the Oakland-San Francisco market. It's a Bay Area native who has been holding down the midday shift.

Highwater Fails To Complete Planned Colo. Radio Deal

In August 2024, RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of a group of radio stations in Colorado to a 50/50 partnership between Emily and Jake Rishavy for $1.75 million. On January 21, the FCC was told by the seller that the deal has failed to close.

Steel City Media Ignites Its Digital Assets

The owner of radio stations in Kansas City and Pittsburgh has agreed to a digital advertising partnership with publicly traded Townsquare Media. Details of the arrangement were distributed early Monday.

Radio Carried Ad-Supported Listening Across Generations in 2024

Radio continues to dominate ad-supported audio listening, whether at work, home, or in the car - even among Millennials and Gen Z. Edison Research's full Share of Ear results for 2024 show nearly 90% of ad-supported in-car audio listening belongs to AM/FM.

Sixty Years of News Gets A Philly Salute

A 50kw Class A AM radio that began broadcasting in Philadelphia on December 3, 1934, at 1020 kHz, is preparing to celebrate six days of informing the Delaware Valley without cessation through its all-news programming. And, it will see the celebration extend to an FM simulcast partner added in late November 2020.

A ‘FAST’ Break For DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Jess Hilarious

Fox Corporation’s free ad-supported streaming television "FAST" service has inked a deal with iHeartMedia that brings a popular nationally syndicated radio show targeting fans of hip-hop and R&B to viewers.