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After yesterday’s news that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has moved the AM For Every Vehicle Act to the full Senate floor for a vote, there is reason for a certain amount of measured celebration, notes RBR+TVBR President/Publisher Deborah Parenti. But, she emphasizes the word "measured" in this column.

Has Black-owned media has benefited to the same extent as total market broadcast television and radio companies that may not be Black-owned, but actually capture the most significant portion of the multicultural advertising pie? That's just one of many questions RBR+TVBR's Editor-in-Chief asked AURN's Chief Revenue Officer in this new InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

For listeners in rural Lompoc, Calif., Classic Country tunes have been the appeal of KTNK. Now, this AM with an FM translator has been sold to a veteran Country PD. 

On April 20, a trust created to handle spinoffs tied to Urban One's purchase of Cox Media Group's Houston radio stations agreed to sell KROI to Spanish Broadcasting System for $7.5 million. Now, a buyer has emerged for KTHT, and it may not be a surprise for many industry observers.

A U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California has said no to a request from Bonneville International Corp. to dismiss a bias suit filed against the owner of KHTK-AM in Sacramento by longtime sports talk host Grant Napear, setting the stage for an August 1 hearing.

OpenAI LLC has responded to a lawsuit filed in a Georgia Superior Court on June 5 by the host of a Salem Radio Network Sunday night syndicated talk show and podcast focused on Second Amendment rights, asking the judge to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.

It's SiriusXM's "most advanced" in-dash audio entertainment option, and it is making its Volvo automobile line debut in two new fully electric vehicles — cars that are the focal point of a heated effort by the NAB and Congress to ensure they keep AM radio accessible to drivers and passengers.

As of today, a 99-watt FM translator licensed to a Jacksonville suburb serves as the simulcast partner of iHeartMedia's Spanish-language News/Talk "Acción 930." Pending FCC approval, that will soon change.

Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio. Winners will be announced on October 25 at the Marconi Radio Awards Dinner during NAB Show New York.

The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations is following Townsquare Media's lead by deciding to release its Q2 2023 results at a very early hour, with an 8am Eastern earnings call now scheduled for the second Tuesday in August.

With network revenue and digital gains making the first quarter one in which CEO Caroline Beasley was "thrilled" with the "significant success and growth" seen at Beasley Media Group, what can investors and analysts expect to hear from Beasley regarding the Q2 results?

The Chairman of a group of radio stations linked to the former Buckley Broadcasting — a woman who happens to be the daughter of that entity's founder — is being mourned. Martha Buckley Fahnoe died unexpectedly on Friday; funeral arrangements are pending.

Since its launch in 2011, it has served as a simulcast partner of an Adult Hits FM serving Bowling Green, Ky., to the south. Now, Steve Newberry, the accomplished CEO of Quu Inc. known for his prior role as NAB EVP/Industry Affairs and Strategic Planning is selling this home of "SAM FM" in the Bluegrass State.

As July began, SIRI began to surge. Last week, Sirius XM saw some seriously big gains, jumping from $4.94 last Monday to $7.81 on Thursday. The reason? As RBR+TVBR reported, it was a "short squeeze." Now, Sirius XM stock is in retreat, as a prominent analyst has downgraded the company's stock.

The Connected Car has been a subject of conversation — and, for some, concern — for years. Now, there's evidence that broadcast radio could perhaps benefit from something few prognosticators would have ever predicted even in the most recent past: consumers are becoming more dissatisfied with their in-vehicle in-dash entertainment systems.