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Non-commercial radio entities in San Francisco ran afoul of the rules, but have agreed to a deal with the FCC that will resolve the...

A Virginia Class B AM is trading hands, as is the FM translator assigned to this heritage facility. But, no changes are expected, keeping WYTI in the family following the November 2020 passing of its longtime owner, Bill Jefferson.

The Media Rating Council has granted the ratings company five additional PPM Audio markets, bringing Nielsen's total to 30 PPM audio markets out of 48 that are accredited by the MRC for Nielsen Audio’s monthly Average Quarter Hour Ratings.

The CCME Corporate PD and WLW-AM Cincinnati Saturday talker served as PD for WLW from 1999 through 2010. He just penned a blog that takes issue—major issue—with the FCC’s recent ideas on revitalizing the AM band:

Longtime CBS Radio and Palm Beach Broadcasting OM/PD John O’Connell is out at Palm Beach Broadcasting in West Palm Beach. We had reported in...

Jacobs Media’s 2018 Techsurvey is out and contains some interesting results. The survey was conducted earlier this year and involved more than 560 radio stations and 64,000 respondents. Here are the key findings.

On October 28, RBR+TVBR first reported that the company founded and led by Jeff Smulyan had earmarked as much as $5.2 million to invest in a long-awaited stock repurchase initiative — one intended to take up to two million Class A Emmis Communications shares out of public hands. The stock buyback effort fell short of that goal.

And it’s no April Fools prank: The joint venture between NBC Sports Group and Dial Global went live 4/1 with a full slate of...

The nation's satellite radio provider has extended its relationship with the Korean automaker for five more years. This means those buying a Hyundai or Genesis will continue to get a three-month introductory SiriusXM All Access subscription, which includes access to the SiriusXM mobile app. 

National Public Radio and three of its Colorado member stations have filed a sweeping federal lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ceasing federal funding for the organization and PBS, calling it an unprecedented attack on press freedom and an illegal effort to dismantle public broadcasting.

The 119th Congress is in session, and that means any bill that languished in the last legislative period is dead — short of it being brought back to life. For the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, its two main champions in the U.S. Senate have brought the proposed legislation back from the scrap heap.

At the Closing Bell on Monday, Emmis Communications shares were up nearly 20%, finishing at their highest value in more than four years. That's thanks to the creation of a newly formed company that sees Soo Kim's Standard General take 76% ownership.