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RBR+TVBR has confirmed that the Chief Executive Officer of Gemini XIII, a former Chief Executive Officer of radio network Dial Global, has agreed to acquire the radio network co-founded by Nick Verbitsky and the late Dick Clark.

The home improvement retailer remains one of the most resilient when it comes to broadcast media advertising. And, for the week ending July 2, that couldn't have been clearer. Two of the top four slots, by spot play count, are taken by the category's twin towers.

Attorneys general from 16 states have written to the Electric Drive Transportation Association and the Zero Emission Transportation Association expressing "great concern regarding the decision of many of your members to eliminate AM radios in electric cars."

It's the end of an era in Westchester County, N.Y., as the descendants of the late Bill O'Shaughnessy, who died in May 2022 at the age of 84, have agreed to sell the Class A FM licensed to New Rochelle that's served as a home for diverse, multicultural programming.

A Class D daytime-only AM radio station serving a South Carolina city between Spartanburg and Gastonia, N.C., could see its license revoked. Why? It hasn't paid its full FCC regulatory fees for more than a decade.

An FM translator licensed to Seaford, De., like all other FM translators, is limited in its total watts of power. But that didn't stop the licensee from cranking up the wattage. Now, the FCC has stepped in with a warning to cease ... or pay up.

As July 1 began, a media broker presently in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the summer shared the news that Educational Media Foundation is growing again. Where? In the Sunshine State, where this veteran broker is based when the weather in the Adirondacks gets cooler.

On Friday, the radio ownership group led by Roger Bouldin agreed to purchase an AM/FM combo in Virginia’s Appalachia region. It turns out that was one of two deals finalized last week by Bouldin.

After more than 48 years on the air, the man who brought the "Morning Zoo" to the Delaware Valley and who has been ensconced at Beasley Media Group-owned WMGK-FM 102.9 for the past 21 years said his final goodbyes to his morning show audience on Friday. With that farewell, John DeBella entered retirement, with Beasley Chief Executive Officer Caroline Beasley present to congratulate him on his career.

She dedicated 25 years to a career as a television news anchor and reporter, with a decade spent at Bonneville's KSL-5 in Salt Lake City. Additionally, she's been an instructor of broadcast journalism at Brigham Young University and a member of the LDS Church media team. Meet the new EVP/Chief Content Officer for Bonneville.

A partnership between Skyview Networks and ABC Audio will be coming to an end at the end of 2023, the Phoenix-based radio syndication and national ad sales firm has confirmed.

He began his career in broadcasting at age 16 working Sunday mornings at a daytime AM station near his hometown in Alabama. Today, Roger Bouldin serves at Corporate General Manager for Bristol Broadcasting Company and as the founder of his own Bouldin Radio. That entity has just agreed to purchase an AM/FM combo in Virginia's Appalachia region.

Steve Shine, a Partner in the Indiana general practice law firm Shine & Hardin, sits with Adam R Jacobson on the latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to discuss the importance of local radio in Fort Wayne, where he's been for decades. LISTEN HERE

The company needed to adjust its financial statements due to a reevaluation of its investment interest in the MGM National Harbor casino resort, which Urban One sold on April 21. We now know when the long-awaited FY '22 fiscal report will be released by the company led by Alfred Liggins III.

Instead of annual bonuses, the audio content creation and distribution company will be giving cash-based retention bonus awards of varying amounts to its five leaders in the C-Suite and on the market level. For the CEO, it means $1 million in his pocket.