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Streaming and podcast product provider StreamGuys is headed to Las Vegas, and it will bring its latest contribution to the media and entertainment industry to NAB Show 2023 — this time with a focus on simplifying live contribution and production workflows.

In this special edition of the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson chats with new Radio Ink Online Editor Cameron Coats to share their thoughts on what readers of each publication can look forward to, based on their respective observations and insight while in Las Vegas. LISTEN HERE

An integrated commercial sales team that will represent the linear and digital radio and television assets of its own and partner companies has just been launched by Estrella Media. But, Chief Revenue and Local Media Officer Steve Mandala is quick to say it isn't an in-house rep firm.

Sun & Fun Media has partnered with the promotional products distributor founded by Jimmy Vineyard to invigorate its branded merchandise product and service offerings for AM and FM radio.

That's the message many in the radio industry are crowing about, as the Internet Advertising Bureau, in partnership with pwc, on Wednesday released the Internet Advertising Revenue Report for the full year of 2022.

Local media companies doubled their growth rate for digital ad revenue in 2022, clawing back $13.3 billion from the big pure-play companies. That's just a sample of the fresh data that appears in a newly released report from Borrell Associates.

Just in time for the 2023 NAB Show, which begins Sunday, broadcast media inventory and revenue workflow management software provider WideOrbit has updated its WO Automation for Radio platform by enabling a "fully integrated" cloud environment for the product — a move that eliminates the amount of on-premises equipment needed for an AM or FM station.

Nielsen has moved forward with introducing market-wide Total Line Reporting to its Nielsen Audio measurement services. It's a move the dominant audience measurement company in the U.S. says will enable clients in Portable People Meter locales to see a market-wide view of streaming audio consumption.

Amazon has rolled out for general availability an Alexa Radio Skills Kit (RSK) console for radio broadcasters. What does this mean?

A Statesville, N.C., AM and two FM translators are being traded by Iredell Broadcasting in a transaction that sees Brooks Pierce attorney Patrick Cross serve as the seller's legal counsel.

On March 15, rumors first surfaced that two FMs transferred by Audacy Corp. into a divestment portfolio would either be sold or traded. The potential buyer: Educational Media Foundation, which would land a marquee facility for its KLOVE Christian Contemporary Music format in Buffalo. A sale has been finalized.

Urban One has confirmed it has received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market warning them of noncompliance for its stock. But, it is something few need to worry about?

On the morning of August 18, 2022, fire swept through the offices and studios of an AM radio station licensed for 500 watts of daytime power. It was a blazed deemed accidental, and due to failed electrical wiring in the structure's attic. Now, the license to the station, which has yet to return to the air, has been sold.

On February 1, 2022, KPCQ-AM in Chubbock, Idaho, celebrated its fourth birthday under the ownership of its current licensee. But, future birthdays were placed in doubt after a Hearing Designation Order was sent to owner Ted Austin regarding long periods of silence for the station. Now, the FCC's ALJ has agreed to a license renewal, but under conditions.

It's a 1,000-watt AM radio station with 1 tower serving tiny Livingston, Montana. Previous owners include Clear Channel, Marathon Media, and GAPWEST Broadcasting, a predecessor to its current owner, Townsquare Media. Pending FCC approval, Townsquare will become a former owner.