Radio News

Shows from such sources as APM, PRI, the BBC and the CBC could soon disappear from along Utah's Wasatch Front. An auction is being conducted that will likely award the noncommercial FM radio station serving Salt Lake City to the highest bidder. Greg Guy of Patrick Communications is overseeing the process.

In May 2020, RBR+TVBR reported on the acquisition in a court-sanctioned auction of WKEZ-FM 96.9 in Tavernier, Fla., by Michael Stapleford, and his Magnum Broadcasting of State College, Pa.  Now, an AM and an FM once owned to the company that owned WKEZ are poised to rejoin its former sibling, thanks to a fresh deal filed on Friday with the FCC for regulatory approval.

The entity that in July 2021 acquired KRBL-FM 105.7 in Idalou, Tex., in a bankruptcy auction is agreeing to transfer the property to a group that will convert the facility to non-commercial status. The buyer's roster of directors includes Brad Moran, the heir to Ramar Communications.

As 2020 began, RBR+TVBR shared the news that the North Carolina corporation led by President Jeff Andrulonis had completed its purchase of an FM radio station in Bolivia, N.C. The purchase brought the station into a group of properties comprised of two FMs and an AM in coastal South Carolina. Now, an Andrulonis family member is poised to gain ownership of that very station — again.

Once she takes the chair, what will Anna Gomez's arrival at the FCC mean, with respect to potential regulatory policy shifts for broadcast radio and TV? Veteran Washington, D.C., communications attorney Gregg Skall shares his thoughts in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Congress is back in session, and the NAB is wasting no time in bringing the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act back in the spotlight, as the industry's biggest advocate on Capitol Hill works hard on behalf of such members as iHeartMedia to ensure all on the road can maintain access to kHz-band broadcasts from Honolulu to San Juan. This week alone saw six new Senators sign on as act co-sponsors.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on June 30, a partnership between Skyview Networks and ABC Audio will be coming to an end at the end of 2023. It is now known what ABC Audio's plans are for 2024 and beyond, with respect to serving client broadcast radio stations.

The company may have its own audio streaming platform in LaMúsica.com, but that isn't stopping Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) from making its 13 broadcast radio stations available across other streaming platforms, widening its availability. As of today, the FMs the Miami-headquartered company owns in the mainland U.S. and in Puerto Rico can be accessed through the platform formerly known as Radio.com.

In May 2022, RBR+TVBR first reported that Hemisphere Media Group, owner of longtime local news leader WAPA-TV, would be obtaining ownership of TelevisaUnivision's radio stations serving the Puerto Rico market. That transaction has now closed, but TelevisaUnivision's presence is still very much in place and will remain so, per the terms of the transaction.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on September 2, the co-owner of one of the most active media brokerage firms in the U.S. has pled guilty to filing a false tax return. A possible three-year prison term awaits Susan Patrick, co-owner of Patrick Communications, who shared an apology for her actions when reached by Streamline Publishing over the Labor Day holiday.

The co-owner of one of the most active media brokerage firms in the U.S. has pled guilty to filing a false tax return. A possible three-year prison term awaits, along with a period of supervised release, monetary penalties, and restitution, to be determined by a federal district court judge once sentence guidelines and other statutory factors are reviewed.

The former head of KWMU-FM 90.7 in St. Louis; WQUB-FM 90.3 in Quincy, Ill.; and KMST-FM 88.5 in Rolla, Mo., has taken the stations' licensee, and the University of Missouri Board of Curators, to court. Tim Eby was dismissed from his role as General Manager in September 2020 after a group of multicultural producers and reports called him out for actions deemed racist.

"We create viral hit shows that keep people wanting more." That's the promise of Tenderfoot TV, known for series such as "Dear Alana," and "High Strange," hosted by Tenderfoot founder Payne Lindsey. There's also the "Radio Rental" horror-comedy podcast "Rattle & Shook." Now, Lindsey and Tenderfoot seek to rattle and shake the dollar coffers at Audacy Inc.

In July, two stations in Wisconsin were sold by a licensee led by the late Stephen A. Marks to Sage Weil's Civic Media. Now, RBR+TVBR has confirmed that the remainder of the stations within the Marks stable licensed to Michigan are being sold. Who's the buyer? It's not a non-secular entity.

As first reported by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, The McVey Entertainment Group "regrets to inform the public" that KRLC-AM 1350 and K226CT at 93.1 MHz will cease operations on Thursday night. A lease agreement for the AM's tower has ended, and getting a new tower site is proving to be challenging.