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At a time when the future of AM radio has received heightened awareness from key Capitol Hill legislators, a noted owner and operator of five radio stations on the kHz-based dial — each with FM translators — is being remembered across New England. Bob Bittner died on Friday at the age of 73.

He splits his time between Buffalo and the biggest city in the "Conch Republic," and as such it was a challenge to fully build out the advertising potential for his "Yacht Rock"-focused FM licensed through Radio One Key West LLC. That explains why he's formed a sales partnership giving the advertising responsibilities to the licensee of "Keys Talk" and "Party 105.7."

For 44 years and five months, WAMC — second only to WPYX in the January 2023 ratings, when looking merely at its primary FM signal — has been the home to an esteemed political science expert who is also a professor emeritus at SUNY Albany. Soon, there will be a leadership change, as Alan Chartock is retiring.

Traditional Hispanic radio stations play a huge role in keeping their communities engaged and informed. The upcoming political season brings new opportunities to Hispanic broadcasters and media professionals: Will you be ready for them? A Hispanic Radio Conference panel discussion is designed to help capture dollars and listeners.

Urban One's annual report for fiscal year 2022 hasn't been filed with the SEC as of yet. The company's Q1 2023 earnings report hasn't been submitted to the regulatory commission yet, either. Urban One has explained why, but that hasn't stopped the Nasdaq from issuing a noncompliance warning.

He most recently served as the Regional SVP of Sales for iHeartMedia in North Alabama, which includes Huntsville. Now, he's the Market President for the aerospace industry hub, in addition to Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.

If you happen to tune to the first episode of the fifth and final season of the FX series "Mayans M.C.," you may recognize the individual portraying a member of the rival Sons of Anarchy crew. If he doesn't look familiar, maybe he'll at least sound familiar. That's because this budding star of the small screen has a nationally distributed morning show to his fame.

Looking for a good media industry investment opportunity? Perhaps investing in Townsquare Media is a good idea. Shares are up, and it is still far from its 1-year target price. Meanwhile, shares are finally going ex-dividend — in late June.

A new partnership is bringing three new audio streams from The Weather Channel and sibling weather brand Pattrn to Audacy Inc.'s app-based and online audio content consumers. Details were revealed on Tuesday morning.

Sensing a threat to his organization's members, the President and CEO of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters is calling on Members of the Congressional Black Caucus to do what it can to keep AM free and available in an omnipresent way when on the road and a radio is needed.

Radio-focused mobile strategy and development firm jācapps, born by longtime Detroit-based broadcasting consultant Fred Jacobs, says it is moving "to make sure AM stations can easily get their streams on smartphones, tablets, and into cars." Only, it is not saying that direct accessibility of kHz-based signals in a vehicle is necessary.

When it comes to school supplies, one office-focused retailer is seeking to win over teachers who may already be thinking about summer school needs and those for the next academic year. To win these consumers over, along with others that would prefer to shop with the use of an app, the marketing team selected Spot Radio.

It's one of five stations associated with Southern Communications, and that's within West Virginia Broadcasting Inc.  For some reason, it is delinquent in paying its full regulatory fees to the FCC, and that tardiness dates back a decade. Now, the licensee must pay them all, or risk losing the Class B Country station serving Beckley, W. Va., and most of Charleston.

While Audacy Inc. is no longer trading on the NYSE, following the exchange's decision to suspend the company's stock for an "abnormally low" price, that doesn't mean the buying and selling of the audio content creation and distribution company's shares has ceased. Introducing "AUDA," trading as an Over-the-Counter stock.

The afternoon co-anchor at the top-billing radio station in the U.S. has shared a goodbye letter to colleagues and friends. Hillary Howard will be leaving Hubbard Broadcasting's WTOP News in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 2. And, she says it wasn't her decision.