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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. 

In the U.K., streaming commercial radio stations over smart devices is just as easily accomplished as it is in the USA. But, protecting that connectivity is a paramount concern among legislators, and they're doing something about it.

In April, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued warnings to sixteen landowners in the NYC/NJ area for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property as part of sweeps under the recently passed PIRATE Act. Now those sweeps have come to The Magic City.

After a long career of championing many causes deemed in this public interest, and now consumer activist Ralph Nader has turned his gaze to a slightly less pressing issue than seatbelts - radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball.

On Thursday, Sirius XM Holdings Inc. experienced a notable surge in stock value, rising more than 42% to $7.72 on significantly higher-than-average volume. But as Sir Isaac Newton would say: what goes up, must come down.

Townsquare Media made positive hints at its Q2 status by its actions in late June, but we'll get the full picture soon. On Thursday, the company announced its release date for its financial results for the second quarter of 2023.

In another settlement that underscores the serious nature of maintaining a proper public inspection file, Mount Vernon Broadcasting’s WJXO-AM "way down yonder" in Chattahoochie, FL has entered into a Consent Decree with the Federal Communications Commission.

He's an iconic figure in Hispanic radio, and after selling all of his radio stations decided to get back into radio ownership. Today, Amador Bustos and his Bustos Media owns stations in such markets as Portland, Ore. Now, Bustos is growing its stable of radio properties in Oregon by acquiring a property it has been leasing for "La Pantera."

Educational Media Foundation, the parent company of the Christian Contemporary Music KLOVE noncomm and its Worship Music Air1 sibling, has engineered a trade of FM translators involving a licensee led by Vic Michael Jr.

A portion of the land on which the WGN-AM in Chicago tower sits is being sold, a move that comes with the annexation of the land on which it sits by Elk Grove Village, Ill. Six public pickleball courts will be built on part of the parcel. Meanwhile, the current tower is being torn down and replaced.

Salem Media Group has moved forward with management structure changes "in a limited number of markets" that, the publicly traded company says, "provide some cost savings and will allow Salem's most seasoned leaders to expand their impact on the performance of the company."