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The radio broadcasting company headed by Jeff Warshaw that instantly mushroomed in size by acquiring Alpha Media has named a Regional Manager of National Sales for the West Coast, overseeing activities across five markets under the leadership of Tina Murley.

Year-over-year sales were flat. Subscriber rolls were down compared to the final three months of 2024. Earnings per share estimates were much more robust than the actual results. That latter win led investors to express pleasure with the Q4 2025 fiscal health report from Sirius XM.

The NAB is relocating the "TV and Radio HQ" from the West Hall to a "new, highly visible location." The other big news? the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum will take place on Sunday, April 19, "positioning it at the start of NAB Show when the full broadcast community is on site."

There's a new individual who has been tasked with overseeing radio stations in 30 markets across the South, Southwest and Texas for iHeartMedia. It's someone who served as Head of Sales Enablement and Business Development at the broadcast TV company that hopes to be acquired by Nexstar.

For those driving around on Super Bowl Sunday, listeners to KGMZ "95.7 The Game" in the San Francisco Bay Area will see something on their dashboard audio tuner never-before brought to fruition. It's thanks to a new partnership involving Audacy, GeoBroadcast Solutions and Lazer Spots.

It's long been branded as "Your Feel Good Island Music Station." But those who lead the operations at this Class C1 FM serving Hilo, Hawaii, may not be feeling so good today. That's because it is the recipient of a Notice of Violation from the FCC's Enforcement Bureau for a rule foul it has just been warned of.

Did the audio content creation and distribution company led by Mary Berner secretly share proprietary radio station ratings data with Eastlan Ratings, the lone alternative to Nielsen Audio in small and mid-sized markets? That's what the nation's dominant audience measurement and consumption data provider claims.

It's now owned by Stingray, the company providing all-music channels to MVPDs such as Hotwire Communications while operating such highly regarded radio properties as "Boom 97.3" in Toronto. And, Stingray is wasting no time reaching fresh OEM deals for its TuneIn brand with one major automotive company.

As of today, he will continue to support the organization that oversees the New York Tri-State area noncomms as Executive Chair, "driving efforts to build stability and strengthen collaboration across the public radio system following the recent elimination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."

The owner of a Raleigh-based LPFM using the beloved "WKRP" call letters — made famous by a classic CBS prime-time sitcom that aired between 1978-1982 — is conducting a fundraiser in support of needy LPFMs that will allow a full-power AM, full-power FM and a broadcast TV station to also use the call sign.

A newly forged partnership between SCMS and radioDNA will yield the creation of video automation systems designed expressly for radio broadcasters seeking to expand their digital and visual presence — minus the challenges of a traditional television infrastructure.

A January 29 gathering at Broadcast Depot served as a preview opportunity for top engineers in over-the-air media, with representatives from four companies on hand to share their wares. One product, in particular, caught RBR+TVBR's eye: a "studio in a box" courtesy of Tieline.

Since August 2019 he's held the role of Regional VP and General Manager at Salem Media Group's Atlanta stations. Now, Val Carolin is retiring, and Salem Media has revealed its succession plan.

Most recently, he served as President of iHeartSports. Before that, he held the role of West Coast Division President and Los Angeles Market President. Now, he's resurfaced at Beasley Media Group. And, as of today, he holds the title of Chief Business Officer.

For NPR listeners across the Sacramento market, the fiscal health and future of the stations offering Classical and spoken word programming are in a particularly dire fiscal situation. If the loss of federal dollars wasn't enough, CapRadio's ex-GM has been charged with embezzlement, grand theft and forgery.