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On October 14, 2022, "The Eighties Channel" arrived on a 250-watt transmitter with a signal blanketing New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque. Now, Don Davis is ensuring that the syndicated format courtesy of consultant K.M. Richards stays on the facility.  How so? His group is buying it, and shifting from a lease. Meanwhile, in Santa Fe, the same seller is ready to say goodbye to an FM translator in that municipality.

The 2023 Consumer Electronics Show is officially gearing up for the annual event's biggest days, and with the thousands of people expected to walk through the Las Vegas Convention Center over the next two days, iHeartMedia seeks to gain attention by launching a new series of voice assistant and automotive integrations for its iHeartRadio app and desktop streaming service.

From 1976 through 1989, Walter Ulloa held a variety of roles at what is today's TelevisaUnivision's West Coast flagship broadcast TV station. In 1996, he co-founded Entravision through a series of noteworthy deals. Today, that legacy is recalled, following Ulloa's untimely passing of a heart attack on the final day of 2022.

Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley believes attendance at CES is important for any broadcast media chief executive. She shares her thoughts on the new opportunities that await for Radio in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM and hosted by Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson. LISTEN HERE

LiveOne said it intends to spin out PodcastOne by January 16, with the expectation that the separate company be publicly traded on a major stock exchange. PodcastOne was created in 2013 by the late Norm Pattiz and was sold to LiveXLive in 2020.

On April 27, 2022, Robert Pritts, who owned an AM radio station with an FM translator serving Uniontown, Pa., passed away. This placed his 50% ownership of the company in an estate, which his wife was to oversee as Executrix. That is now in the process of being changed, as one of Pritts' sons says that scenario is no longer possible.

The company formerly known as Entercom isn't commenting, but the app formerly known as Radio.com is ready to say goodbye to the last remaining component of what it was once. That's because GoDaddy has started an auction of the Radio.com domain name on behalf of Audacy.

A Class A FM and its Class B AM sibling serve a tourist destination known for its water sports, due east of the Columbia River and not far from Wenatchee, Washington. Soon, they'll be in the hands of a new owner.

Quu Inc. CEO Steve Newberry chats about CES 2023 and what Radio has to gain from the technology expo and conference in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. He also offers listeners the details on how to score VIP entry into a special radio industry executive cocktail reception scheduled for January 5 at the Bellagio.  LISTEN HERE

That's a question financial blog Simply Wall St. sought the answer to. What's its conclusion? Stronger cash flows will likely feed into a higher share value, thus making it a strong investment opportunity.

In recent years, WEGO-AM has enjoyed the use of an FM translator to help bring "Memories" to cities such as Kannapolis and Concord, N.C. As of today, that FM "revitalization" tool is now in the hands of the second-largest licensee of FM radio stations in the U.S.

As RBR+TVBR first reported, Midwest Communications President/CEO Duey E. ‘Duke‘ Wright Jr. died on Thursday at the age of 83. It is now known that a funeral service honoring Wright will be held on Thursday, Dec. 29.

With autonomous vehicles in the public consciousness, expansion of HD Radio and the evolution of the user interface in the cars is one topic of conversation Joe D'Angelo, the Sr. Vice President of Broadcast and Digital Audio at Xperi Corp., shares with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE

With severe winter weather and bitterly cold temperatures invading the Southern U.S. and Texas, COVID-19 prevention remains vitally important in locales across the U.S. As such, commercials tied to the novel coronavirus dominate the Spot Ten Radio report from Media Monitors.

The addition of a seventh board member at Townsquare Media is to take place on Jan. 1, 2023. Who is the new board member for the "local first" digital services company that owns radio stations in mid-sized and small U.S. markets?