Radio News

A trio of radio brands formerly owned by Fisher Broadcasting and sold to Lotus Seattle Corporation by Sinclair Inc. has a new General Manager. At the same time, the Lotus Communications arm has selected a new Director of Operations & Brand Management.

The HeartMedia-owned Spanish-language radio station serving Boston has reached a play-by-play agreement with the region's Major League Soccer team. Coverage begins Sunday (3/15) and will continue across the 2026 season for the New England Revolution.

Lenders taking control of Cumulus will ultimately decide whether and how aggressively to pursue the case once the stay lifts, a decision that will fall to an entirely new board. Every current Cumulus director is deemed to have resigned upon the plan’s effective date, as the broadcaster goes private.

On Wednesday, RBR+TVBR first reported on the sale of two Southern New England radio brands by Hall Communications to a new subsidiary of Connecticut-based radio station owner Red Wolf Broadcasting Corp. Today, details regarding the transaction, including the price, became known.

The nation’s largest media company superserving African Americans saw its net revenue shrink by nearly $20 million during the final three months of 2024, as its net loss widened due to across-the-board revenue dips — including a 7.4% decline in digital advertising.

Three months ago, it was dropped by Sirius XM ahead of a shift to iHeartMedia. Now, the nation's top audio content creation and distribution platform is rolling out its incarnation of TikTokRadio with digital and HD multicast access across the U.S.

How did Salem Media, the company focused on conservative secular and Christian-themed spoken word content, perform during the fourth quarter of 2025? That's not exactly clear, as the company opted to release its full-year 2025 fiscal health analysis on Wednesday, which doesn't include any Q4 breakout data.

The Commission has given its regulatory approval to an agreement announced in November 2025 that will see four stations owned by Alpha Media and obtained by Connoisseur Media through its merger with the former Portland, Ore.-headquartered radio broadcasting company.

A cloud-based management, traffic, billing, sales, and AI-powered production platform designed specifically for broadcasters co-founded by Fletcher Ford has been acquired by a provider of 24/7 music formats for broadcast radio.

MediaCo's Sigma Audio Networks has launched a bilingual audio network created to celebrate and connect with the modern multicultural woman. Built around the tagline “Where Her Voice Leads,” the Hispanic-focused network blends contemporary music, lifestyle programming, and cultural conversation.

Broadcasting’s biggest personalities mixed with television stars and media celebrities on Monday evening as the Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) transformed The Plaza in New York into a who’s who of the industry at its annual gala, drawing nearly 300 leaders from radio and television.

There's a new individual in charge of the five FM radio stations owned and operated by Beasley Media Group serving Southern Nevada. Getting the post is a woman who exited in October 2025 as an iHeartMedia Region President in Dallas, rising from a Regional Sr. VP of Sales role.

The station known as "680 NewsRadio Toronto" was found to have breached Article 4.0 of the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s Code of Journalistic Ethics when it failed to disclose in a report about a Toronto Blue Jays World Series ticket giveaway that Rogers owns both the team and CFTR-AM.

On Thursday afternoon, with nary a word of the moves stated in its Q4 2025 earnings call, Entravision Communications shared in a separate press release its new leaders for its U.S. media business. Taking the Chief Revenue Officer role is a veteran sales leader in the U.S. Hispanic media sphere.

A progressive Talk station, owned by Chad Larson since 2013, has served as a hub for liberal viewpoints from longtime hosts including Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann. Soon, a new owner will be assuming control. But, don't fret — there's likely no change in programming on the way, based on the buyer.