Radio News

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.

With Emmis Corporation earning "overwhelming support" from shareholders to amend its articles of incorporation, the company is moving ahead with a three-year privatization plan allowing it to reinvent itself and invest in new endeavours outside of radio station ownership. Now, "the programming genius" behind some of its former hallmark radio stations has announced his retirement — sort of.

A $655,000 investment in WECK-AM and its first FM translator by Buddy Shula in November 2016 has paid off. Today, a total of three FM translators rebroadcast WECK, a consistent Top 10 finisher in the Buffalo radio ratings. Now, that success is poised to be extended to local broadcast television.

Tune to 1590 kHz anywhere between Kenosha, Wisc., and Gary, Ind., and you'll come across one of the more unique AM radio stations serving one of America's largest cities. Its programming is a virtual cornucopia of niche spoken word programming, and its overnight offering is "Ambiente Clásico," targeting Spanish speakers. The individual associated with that program is now buying this Class B facility.

The FCC has announced the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023. The update comes with several new features and stipulations that affect commercial AM and FM radio stations, FM translators, and FM boosters. 

Forget the Golden Arches or the place where the royal treatment is having it "your way." The QSR leader, by a mile, on the latest Spot Ten Radio report from Media Monitors is the hamburger chain founded by Dave Thomas.

The Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference is one of the nation's biggest financial events for institutional investors. And, the nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations and producer of audio content will have a presence there.

In July 2023, RBR+TVBR confirmed that Hope Media Group would be acquiring WVIP-FM 93.5 from the broadcasting company formed by the late Bill O'Shaughnessy. That left a Class D AM licensed to the Westchester County city of New Rochelle. Whitney Media has now decided to donate that station.