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Triton Digital, acquired nearly five years ago by iHeartMedia from The E.W. Scripps Co., has signed a partnership extension with conservative Talk and Christian spoken word specialist Salem Media, extending a relationship that began over a decade ago.

How serious is the threat to Nielsen Audio's "Nationwide" ratings services from Cumulus Media's lawsuit against the nation's dominant audience measurement source? Nielsen Audio Managing Director Rich Tunkel told the U.S. District Court considering the case in a supporting declaration that a Cumulus win would end that service.

Conservative politically focused spoken word star and radio personality Dan Bongino has made it official: he will return to a daily program in early February with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One. While that was known as of Friday morning, it is now clear that it does not involve a syndicated radio offering.

From the Arkansas cities of Darnandelle and Russellville to Danville and Ora, Bobby Caldwell has become known by local businesses for his ownership of a group of radio stations serving the region. Now, Caldwell's EAB Media is selling the stations to a broadcasting operation led by Greg Horne.

It's a radio station that officially no longer exists. However, the last licensee for this home of a blend of music best-described as “Mellow Gold,” Hometown Communications, has struck a deal to bring the unique Class C AM radio station back from the dead.

The Syracuse-based company that owns radio stations in Central New York founded by President/CEO Ed Levine has moved ahead with a series of internal leadership promotions. Among the moves is the elevation of its Chief Revenue Officer to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Many former listeners and radio industry brethren are remembering the accomplishments of Jerry Cesak, who unexpectedly passed away on January 4. As one-half of the "Jeff & Jer Showgram," the man also known as "Jerry St. James" was heard in San Diego for many years, following stints in Chicago and Detroit.

An independent omni-channel advertising measurement platform used to "verify, attribute and optimize" audio, streaming and video campaigns is now being used by the radio broadcasting company with majority control held by Soros Fund Management.

Just one month after his brother, Tom Hicks, passed away, Steve Hicks has died, Streamline Publishing has confirmed. Hicks served as CEO of Capstar Broadcasting, one of the foundational units of what is today iHeartMedia. He also led a pioneering interactive digital radio service.

The Copyright Royalty Judges have confirmed that they've started three proceedings that will eventually determine "reasonable rates and terms" for the use of sound recordings — including how much satellite radio service provider Sirius XM and public broadcasting entities will be asked to fork over between 2028 and 2032.

FM Broadcast Auction 109 is now complete, and as a result the Table of FM Allotments maintained by the FCC needed an edit. That's just transpired, with a Commission Order amending the table to remove vacant FM frequencies auctioned off. 

She's been associated with Beasley Media Group in a key revenue-focused C-Suite role. Now, she's working alongside Connoisseur Media head Jeff Warshaw as a Senior Vice President for the Western Region, taking a particular focus on the privately held company's Northern California broadcast assets.

Nearly fifty years ago, an upstart FM radio station with a huge promotional budget was sold to a Cleveland-headquartered operation co-owned by Norm Wain and Bob Weiss. In October 2020, Wain died at the age of 92. Now, Weiss has passed away, his son — newly retired from Urban One/Raleigh — confirms.

The distinctive radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida State Seminoles — a member of the inaugural 2024 class of the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame — is retiring from his role with the National Football League franchise's audio broadcasts. 

A federal judge has granted Cumulus Media a sweeping preliminary injunction against Nielsen’s contested radio ratings policies, sharply curtailing how the ratings provider can price and sell its national product while the antitrust case proceeds.