Radio News

By this time next year, the nation's No. 2 licensee of FM radio stations is expected to be housed in its forthcoming Franklin, Tenn., headquarters, with its relocation from Rocklin, Calif., completed. Ahead of that shift, the parent of KLOVE and Air1 has made three appointments to its Executive Leadership Team.

Since 2005, Major League Baseball fans have ponied up the dollars to pay for a SiriusXM subscription, so they can enjoy audio coverage of their favorite team across the regular season and any post-season matchups. That relationship will be continuing.

As generative AI advances without guardrails and is used to spread misinformation, broadcasters are combatting online misinformation head-on by dedicating teams to factcheck viral stories and claims. That was the focal point of a discussion during a U.S. Senate "AI Insight Forum" held Wednesday that saw the President/CEO of the NAB as a participant.

Today, Ryan Seacrest is perhaps the most recognizable radio personality in the U.S. And, he's sticking around with iHeartMedia's L.A. Top 40 station, American Top 40 and every other endeavor he's involved with at the company.

Respected advertising revenue analyst Brian Wieser's new report indicating that Q3 ad revenue growth was better than expected detailed how Digital fueled the growth. National TV and Local TV were down. Where was Radio? We're not quite sure. The word "Radio" doesn't appear in Wieser's analysis.

Mayne’s career spanned more than five decades, starting as a country music performer before moving into radio. He launched Austin’s KASE and would also lead KZLA and KLAC in Los Angeles and KSCS and WBAP in Dallas.

To share more about the importance of the Broadcasters Foundation, which this year will award approximately $1.8 million, to broadcasters in need, foundation President Tim McCarthy joined RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson on the latest episode of the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE

Travel north on I-17 from the greater Phoenix area and you'll pass through Black Canyon City, Ariz.., home to Deep Canyon Ranch. Visitors here will undoubtedly see a tower array housing the transmitter for a Class B AM radio station originally designed to serve Phoenix. Now, just days after its 42nd birthday, the station's owner is euthanizing it.

Its NYSE-traded stock is at a year-to-date high, thanks in part to the efforts of financial analyst-turned-Chief Financial Officer John Janedis. For FuboTV Inc., 2023 has proven to be a successful transition year for a "sports first" vMVPD service positioning itself as a cable TV replacement.  Now, Fubo is venturing into Radio. Sort of.

With 3,000 watts and a signal contour allowing it to serve three Southern Illinois cities, a noncommercial FM has attracted an audience by being a true community radio offering. Recently, the need for an FM transmitter upgrade arose for the station's owner. It ultimately went with a product from a company based not far to the west, in Quincy, Ill.

On November 21, RBR+TVBR shared the news that, after much speculation, a New York-based investment firm confirmed its lead role in a shareholder group that seeks to acquire Broadcast Music, Inc., the music rights group known as “BMI.” What wasn't known until now is just how much the nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations will pocket from the deal,

With low temperatures in the mid-50s in the forecast, tomorrow and December 5 are shaping up to be beautiful Tuesdays in South Florida. For Townsquare Media, the hope is blue skies will yield greenbacks in the form of institutional investor commitments generated from a pair of key investor conferences company executives will appear at.

At 96.5 MHz, an FM translator has served the metropolitan Boston area as part of the network of signals associated with Adult Alternative radio brand "The River." Now, the company that operates The River, led by President Edward Flanagan, is agreeing to part ways with the facility.

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, a Class B AM serving Reading, Pa., on the brink of death was saved by Bob Lowe, whose Twilight Broadcasting agreed to purchase the facility from the Reading Eagle Company. Now, Lowe is parting ways with the station.

A 50,000-watt FM radio station offering "Tennessee's Best Country" to an area of the state due west of Music City USA is being sold.  To make the deal happen, the buyer signed off on a Personal Guaranty in the amount of $240,000.