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Hawaii's new official identification cards didn't pass muster with a pair of Pacific Media Group air personalities at one of its Honolulu radio stations. The result? More than 6,000 signatures have been placed on a Change.org petition they started begging for reconsideration. Honolulu's Mayor says no — so far.

With shares down from nearly $41 CDN per share in early March, stockholders may be pleased in knowing Rogers' Q2 earnings report surpassed the forecasts of Zacks. Still, Rogers Sports + Media continues to face Canadian criticism for its July 7 plug-pulling of every all-News radio station it operated outside of Toronto.

A Class A Radio station that aired a Classic Hits format and served as a "Big" choice for those in Norwich, Groton and New London, Conn., has become the latest station to adopt a Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) noncommercial radio format now found in nearly every market in the U.S. 

The proposed acquisition of two FM radio stations serving Lexington-Fayette, Ky., by Lynn Martin through L.M. Communications, would exceed local ownership subcap rules for the market, as L.M. already owns four FMs in the market. Martin is betting that a modernization-minded Commission will allow it.

The nation's largest creator and distributor of audio content will release its second quarter earnings results following the close of U.S. financial markets on the second Monday in August. What's the outlook for iHeartMedia as CFO Mike McGuinness puts the finishing touches on the company's fiscal report card?

It was once an Adult Standards station that over the years shifted to Hot Adult Contemporary programming and entered into a simulcast with a sibling FM serving the growing SanTan Valley of metropolitan Phoenix with a "Hot" brand. Soon, it will be bringing a bit of Good News for evangelical Christians.

Utilizing Proximic by Comscore’s transcript-level intelligence, advertisers are now able to activate "brand-safety solutions and AI-powered Predictive Audiences, bringing audio closer to the targeting precision on par with display, video, and Connected TV," Comscore notes.

In a startling move, Audacy has announced that it will begin simulcasting "SportsTalk 610" on its highest-rated radio station in Houston, starting in mid-August. The announcement comes 24 hours after the company signed a landmark distribution agreement for its spoken word properties with SiriusXM.

Through this partnership, SalemNOW will distribute a curated collection of Kappa Studios content, expanding its library of faith-based and conservative films, documentaries, specials, and original programming available to viewers across its streaming platforms.

In addition to live game broadcasts on WKIM-FM, which serves Western Tennessee, the partnership includes promotional support, weekly features, and opportunities for fans to connect with coaches, players and the program throughout the year.

In August 2025, the publicly traded parent company of Hispanic consumer-focused Estrella Media and of venerable New York radio brands WBLS and “HOT 97” named him Chief Revenue Officer, reporting to CEO Albert Rodriguez. Now, he's rising from CRO to President as the company's Chief Financial Officer departs.

Audacy and SiriusXM have scored a landmark partnership that will bring more than 40 of Audacy’s spoken word stations across 29 markets to SiriusXM listeners nationwide. The last time broadcast radio stations appeared on satellite radio, they involved key iHeartMedia Top 40 stations and BBC Radio 1.

Submissions are now being accepted for the industry’s most prestigious sales honors, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink. The ceremony is set for October 21, the first day of this year’s NAB Show New York, to be held at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.

It launched on May 23 to coincide with the demise of CBS News Radio. Now, Red Apple Media-owned Worldwide News Network (WWNN) has landed an agreement that truly makes it a globally distributed news brand. It involves a radio news and content syndicator serving Germany.

Forever Media has moved ahead with another radio station sale that sees Draper Media, the radio and TV station ownership group serving the Delmarva Peninsula and a swath of the I-95 corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore, end up as the new licensee.