Radio News

Another national brand has emerged for Bell Media in Canada, which is part of the iHeartRadio platform in use across the country. It follows the arrival in late December of "Move Radio" as an Adult Contemporary brand. This time, Bell is taking a cue from Toronto's "Boom" -- and the U.K.'s Absolute Radio, perhaps.

Nielsen and Bubba the Love Sponge will get more time to prepare for their trial.

There are two big takeaways from the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report. First, the home improvement retailer category continues to be one of the biggest for AM and FM radio stations. The second involves QSRs, and the use of spot radio by two big hamburger chains.

The FCC has moved ahead with the issuance of four forfeiture notices, placing steep financial penalties on parties found to be associated in some way with unlicensed FM radio broadcasters. The locales range from Waterbury, Conn., to Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio.

The President of the NAB Leadership Foundation, who also serves as the Chief Diversity Officer for the National Association of Broadcasters, has been named as the 2022 recipient of the MIW Frances Preston Trailblazer Award by the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio.

The Spanish Broadcasting System Gotham leader is adding Windy City duties for the company founded by Raúl Alarcón Jr. and led on a day-to-day basis by President/COO Albert Rodriguez.

In November, a group of radio stations and their respective FM translators ceased operations, due to financial troubles. Now, the bankruptcy trustee representing the two entities that jointly operated the stations has successfully secured an asset sale of the stations and FM translators.

With shares rising by 8.3% in Wednesday's trading, Cumulus Media stockholders are digesting three key topics of interest concerning the radio station owner and Westwood One parent. There's the refusal to consider a buyout offer from Jeff Warshaw. There's a multimillion-dollar share buyback plan. But, how did Cumulus do in the three months ending March 31?

Moody’s Investors Service likes the predictability of income that is the basis of performance rights organization SESAC’s business model, and believes that moves to...