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In 1995, a silent AM radio station that today is a Class B facility operated by Holy Family Communications was acquired for $50,000. It marked Alexander Langer's first activity as a licensee in the greater Boston area. Today, Langer is being remembered for his efforts seen over the next 25 years in New England, as the entrepreneur passed away earlier this month.

It's official. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada has signed off on an order selecting a trustee who will gain control of three FM radio stations licensed to LLCs affiliated with Royce International Broadcasting, owned by embattled owner Ed Stolz.

CBS News' World News Roundup is preparing to mark its 85th anniversary, with special programming across Monday to celebrate the longest-running news broadcast in the U.S.

In July 2019, a bail bondsman and business consultant who switched political parties to become a Republican in a failed 2014 Congressional bid agreed to purchase a pair of AMs and their respective FM translators. That deal never closed, and a new buyer has emerged for the AMs.

What is Joe D'Angelo, Xperi Corp.'s SVP of Broadcast, looking forward to sharing and learning at the NAB Show? And, what is his viewpoint on the hot topic of AM radio preservation in a vehicle's in-dash audio entertainment system? He shares this thoughts in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Even with added expenses associated with several payments to the estate of company founder Ed Christian following his untimely death in August 2022, Saga Communications enjoyed a strong end to the year as both net revenue and earnings increased year-over-year.

Americano Media is growing, with agreements in place to bring its brand of conservative Spanish-language spoken word programming to three other Florida markets.

In December, the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, a longtime proponent of broadcast radio, sent a letter urging automakers to maintain access to free broadcast AM radio, including in electric vehicles, for sake of public safety. Responses were released on Wednesday by the legislator.

While technically tied to the vast Los Angeles DMA, the High Desert community of Ridgecrest, Calif., and nearby China Lake are some 150 miles from the Sunset Strip. Yet, there's been one dominant local broadcaster, and it is being handed to the widow of its deceased sole owner.

How has Main Street changed since 2019 and how will it change local advertising? Corey Elliott, Borrell Associates' Executive Vice President for Local Market Intelligence, took a stab at that question in a highly engaging Borrell Miami 2023 conference presentation on Tuesday.

Add Connoisseur Media, Townsquare Media, Mid-West Family Broadcasting, Midwest Communications, Frandsen Family Stations, Forever Media, Neuhoff Communications, Eagle Communications and the licensee controlled by media broker Susan Patrick to the list of entities who have chimed in on the FCC's 2022 Quadrennial Review of its media ownership rules.

In July 2022, chatter on RadioDiscussions.com noted the future arrival of a 100kw radio station licensed to a town adjacent to Corpus Christi, Tex., on the Gulf of Mexico. Now, this yet-to-debut FM is being sold.

A memo distributed on Monday by the CEO of Sirius XM has shed light on a large round of layoffs the nation's subscription-based satellite radio company has decided to undertake. The job cuts come as Sirius XM's stock flirts with prices last seen in October 2016.

William J. Schwab II, a.k.a. Don Elliot, had an opportunity to build a new AM at 1500 kHz in Southern California, with Culver City as its home. That hasn't happened yet, and the FCC says it never will, based on time running out. Elliot protested, and presented an argument explaining how that wasn't fair. Now that fight has reached its conclusion.

Salem Media Group has acquired a series of investment newsletters focused squarely on the subject of technology. They are authored by a man Salem describes as "an established investor, writer and economist with an uncanny ability to foresee how new breakthroughs will play out, years in advance."