Radio News

A Mendocino County, Calif., FM radio station with a Class B signal capable of reaching Laytonville, to the north, and northern portions of Santa Rosa and St. Helena to the south is being spun by Bicoastal Media.  The buyer in this deal brokered by Kalil & Co.? It's the giant of Christian Contemporary Music.

Alan Gottlieb has moved forward with the sale of an AM radio station that's presently silent under special temporary authority with the FCC. It is now poised to return to life under new ownership, thanks to a deal signed off by Keith Shipman.

It enjoys a 56kw Class C FM signal serving Whitefish, Mont., and many of its small surrounding communities. Soon, it will no longer be tied to a Forgotten Umbrella — the name of the licensee spinning this facility.

In June 2025, a 50/50 partnership between longtime communications law pro Arthur Belendiuk and John J. Fuller came to an end. Then, in April 2026, Fuller moved forward with the sale of a Class C3 Country station serving the Burlington, Vt. market. That transaction brokered by Richard A. Foreman Associates has now closed.

After just three months and two months at Red Apple Media, the parent of WABC Radio and the recently launched Worldwide News Network, Sr. VP of News & Programming Lee Harris has exited the operation. According to a company spokesperson, Harris was asked to depart the operation over differences linked to his leadership style.

Salem Media, on its way to becoming a privately held licensee of Christian-themed and conservative secular spoken word audio brands, has released with little fanfare its second quarter 2026 earnings results. How did the company perform? A much lower net loss was seen, largely due to a decrease in Salem's non-cash impairment charge.

In an environment where some of Canada's largest radio broadcasting companies are shutting down AM radio stations, one publicly traded station that tried — and was stopped by the CRTC — to simulcast its big spoken word AM on FM is giving its heritage kHz-band brand in Calgary a slap shot. 

A courtroom win for Cumulus Media has not yet translated into relief on the ground. Even after the Second Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Nielsen in the companies’ antitrust dispute, enforcement is being held up, sending both sides back before the judge who granted it.

Originally born as a digital sanctuary, Urban One's "ONE Yard" is stepping outside of the screen and hitting the ground to deliver immersive, live on-campus experiences celebrating the culture, community, and legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at various venues across the U.S.

The Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Central New York radio station owner Galaxy Media plans to retire later this year after 36 years leading the broadcaster he built into a regional player.

It was a fiscal Q1 of 2027 full of milestones, including a"20/20 True Crime" channel on its TuneIn audio streaming app in partnership with ABC News; and the July 27 closing of its purchase of Adult Hits CHUP "UP 97.7" in Calgary. Of those positives for Stingray Group Inc., the purchase of TuneIn may be its strongest.

Hey, Jonas Brothers fans — the iHeartMedia podcast is one of six titles that will soon be distributed on Disney+ and Hulu, thanks to a freshly inked deal between the Walt Disney Co. and the nation's largest audio content creator and distributor.

Connoisseur Media has won FCC approval to maintain up to 100% indirect foreign ownership of its broadcast radio licenses in a structure that would place majority equity in the hands of Cayman Islands-registered entities while CEO Jeff Warshaw retains full voting control.

He spent 31 years leading influential R&B radio station KBLX-FM in San Francisco, championing the "Quiet Storm" sound that paved the way for softer, jazzier sounds on U.S. radio across the 1980s and 1990s. Now, many in Radio are mourning the loss of Harvey Stone.

How did the company's Radio stations perform, as CEO Bill Wilson has stated it is Townsquare Media's digital revenue streams that are its growth engines? Radio is now the No. 2 dollar generator for Townsquare, which swung to a net loss due to a large non-cash impairment charge it opted to take against its broadcast properties.