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He first petitioned the FCC in February and in June submitted an amended petition that would amend FM broadcast spacing rules for the U.S. Now, the Media Bureau is seeking comment on what Charles M. Anderson is seeking.

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio and the NAB Leadership Foundation have extended the application deadline for the 2026 LAUNCH Mentorship Program through November 13. The year-long program supports women pursuing careers in broadcast engineering, audio production, and technical operations.

Some FM stations say they can’t run their HD Radio signals as strongly as they were built to, and a rule about one power limit is the reason. NAB and Xperi told FCC staff the agency’s reading of that rule changed in 2025, and they want it fixed.

The Crystal Radio Awards entry deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, giving NAB radio member stations an extra week to showcase their outstanding community service. 50 finalists and 10 winners will be chosen and then honored in Washington, DC, during the NAB State Leadership Conference.

Select Beantown listeners could soon hear something different on 104.5 XLO (WXLO). Cumulus Media plans to bring ZoneCasting to the station in the first quarter of 2027. In partnership with Aktira, Cumulus says the approach lets the station serve specific parts of Greater Boston

A law firm that worked on iHeartMedia’s 2018 bankruptcy is preparing to shut down after 95 years. Weil, Gotshal & Manges has recommended an orderly wind-down, with a partner vote expected within days, following failed merger talks and a string of high-profile partner departures.

Cumulus has prevailed in two federal courts, and Nielsen wants the US Supreme Court to take another look. A November date at the high court is now attached to that request, though that mark on the calendar only decides when the justices look.

Audacy’s local sports stations have been on SiriusXM for less than two months, and the satellite company is already pointing to the results. That comes as profit, cash flow, and the full-year forecast all moved up in Q3, while some other areas of the company slipped, causing some new concerns for the remaining two months of 2026.

Is an AI-generated voice that sounds like a radio host a use of that host’s identity? A California court isn’t saying yes, but it isn’t saying no either. Former NPR host David Greene’s suit against Google over NotebookLM now moves ahead, with the facts still to be fought out.

In broadcasting, term sheets are a key scoreboard, and private equity, strategic buyers, and lenders are all keeping a watchful eye on which companies have the scale, discipline, and positioning to win the next cycle and which will become someone else’s asset. By this time next year, many questions will have answers. At Forecast 2027, you'll be one step ahead.

Pete Schartel in the early part of this decade gained national attention for his decision to air a few hours of programming from Sputnik on a Kansas City AM and its accompanying FM translator. Now, he has reached a deal to sell that MHz-band facility. The buyer will be using it to spread the word of Jesus Christ. 

Canada’s national broadcast association is the latest to join a global coalition that now counts more than 40 members representing over 10,000 stations, fighting for radio’s place in the dashboard as car screens grow more digital and turn toward subscription media.

It's an innovative take on Hispanic radio and is very much a work in progress, as it earned just a 0.2 rating in September according to Nielsen Audio. Now, Entravision is continuing its heavy promoted launch of "Reyna 103.1" in the Los Angeles market by rolling out what it calls the "first-ever live mobile morning broadcast."

After 25 years with Townsquare Media and its predecessor operations, the company's Chief Growth Officer, named to the position at the start of this year, will be exiting the company on October 30. His planned departure was shared internally in September; now it's become publicly known, thanks to social media.

For eight years he's been a President at North Carolina-based Dick Broadcasting Co., overseeing its radio stations in markets ranging from Greenville-New Bern to Savannah, Ga. Now, he's heading to Nebraska and neighboring Iowa to head up SummitMedia's stations there for Carl Parmer.