MediaCo Weighing Options As Nasdaq Delisting Warning Arrives
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.
The Hispanic Radio Conference Heads To Phoenix
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!
A New Day For Connoisseur In 49th State
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.
Where Is Local Advertising Headed?
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?
Audio and Video Converge for iHeartMedia Podcasts
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.
Future Broadcast Journalists Wrap Up Another ‘Newsstudies’ Session
More than 100 Philadelphia-area high school students this autumn had the opportunity to learn inside one of Audacy Inc.'s flagship properties — a storied all-News station once a crown jewel in the Westinghouse family. On Dec. 13, a graduation ceremony was held at Temple University for the participants.
‘LRFA’ Achieves Bipartisan House Majority Support
Some 219 House Members are now co-sponsors of the important resolution that is a pledge to oppose “any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge” on local broadcast radio stations. How many are in support of the musicFIRST-backed "American Music Fairness Act?" A handful.
Two Division Presidents, Region President Named By iHeart
The nation's No. 1 of broadcast radio stations by AM and FM count has promoted from within to fill two Division President of Community Markets slots at the company. At the same time, iHeartMedia is promoting its President of the Portland, Ore., market, to Region President of the Pacific Northwest Area.
A Heritage AM in Milwaukee: Now A Civic Duty
It has served the African American community in Wisconsin's largest market since 1967. Pending FCC approval, it will become the latest property in the Civic Media stable — along with a 61-year-old newspaper serving the Black community of Milwaukee.
Dan Bongino To Exit FBI. Is A Radio Return Next?
RBR+TVBR has asked Cumulus Media representatives for comment. That’s because The Dan Bongino Show was a signature offering from Cumulus’ Westwood One national radio arm until earlier this year, when Bongino was appointed as the new Deputy Director of the FBI.
With 2022 Quadrennial Review Comments Due, The NAB Speaks Up
The NAB on the final day of comment submissions to the FCC as part of its 2022 Quadrennial Review argued for more deregulation and an FCC focus on the impact of competition on broadcast stations and their services, "rather than on needless formalities such as formulating a market definition."
John C. To FCC: Loosen Radio’s Ownership Caps
The deadline to files comment on the FCC’s Quadrennial Review of its ownership rules for broadcast radio and television is here. A flood of opinions are expected to arrive within the next several hours, and ahead of that, one radio station licensee has submitted his call for relaxing current restrictions.
Howard Stern Staying At SiriusXM Through 2028
It may be December 16, and a Tuesday, but that didn't stop Howard Stern from making it his last fresh show of the year. And, the more-than $100 million per-year self-proclaimed "King of all Media" isn't going anywhere, he has revealed. A new SiriusXM contract is in hand, and it has been signed.
It’s Official: Netflix, iHeartMedia Ink Video Podcast Pact
It has been discussed for weeks, with no official word coming from either company until today. The nation's No. 1 audio creation and distribution company is teaming up with global video streaming giant Netflix for an exclusive video podcasting partnership — one that could see the yanking of YouTube offerings by iHeartMedia.
From E to Zzz for Monte Spearman’s HPRN
The third time has proven not to be the charm for Monte Spearman and his High Plains Radio Network (HPRN), as a reengineered deal to sell a series of radio stations to E Radio Network LLC has failed to close, FCC documents reveal.