Radio News

A SEC filing made public on Friday morning details the October 7 signing of amended and restated employment agreements with the local digital and audio media company's CEO, Bill Wilson, and CFO Stu Rosenstein and COO Erik Hellum. We've got the details on how much each of these C-Suite executives will earn in 2022.

As the radio industry prepares to gather in New York at a reimagined NAB New York conference that, in many ways, is a successor to the Radio Show, longtime New England radio station broadcast advisor and licensee Clark Smidt offers a reminiscence — and fresh ideas — for Radio as its 2022-2023 programming and advertising season commences.

Saga Communications will release its Third Quarter 2022 results on Thursday, November 3. The conference call that morning will be different, as it is the first without Saga’s late founder.

Kristin Cantrell is growing 7 Mountains Media, thanks to a transaction filed late Wednesday with the FCC that will transfer some 46 stations from her father's Forever Media. No money will exchange hands. To meet FCC local ownership rules, a spin-off deal is in place. It involves COO Jim Loftus, and a licensee he independently controls.

The Spanish Broadcasting System Gotham leader is adding Windy City duties for the company founded by Raúl Alarcón Jr. and led on a day-to-day basis by President/COO Albert Rodriguez.

Since 2020, he's been the General Sales Manager for the Carl Parmer-led SummitMedia stations serving the Wichita market. Now, he's heading to the Bluegrass State.

Iconic Los Angeles radio personality Art Laboe died on Friday at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., at the age of 97. He was not retired, and continued to host his signature Sunday night syndicated request and dedication program.

Early this morning, "the Bay Area’s first Sports radio station focused on sports betting" formally arrived after nearly four days of stunting. But, is Cumulus Media making a risky wager? Two propositions on the California election ballot set for a November 8 statewide vote that would permit forms of sports wagering are both trailing in the polls.

A Class A FM that went silent in July will soon resume broadcasting, and from a new tower. It's thanks to a deal that saw Scott Fybush serve as the broker, and the market's main public broadcasting service provider emerge as the buyer.

From Waycross north to Hilton Head Island, S.C., "ESPN Coastal" can be heard across a series of four AM radio stations and their respective FM translators. One of those FM translators is getting a new licensee.

Beasley Media Group is trading an AM radio station and its FM translator to Audacy Corp. In return, it is getting a former CBS Radio property, which has an Alternative format. The morning team is staying put, Beasley confirms.

Here's some fresh research from the University of North Texas that confirms what many in Washington, D.C., have been saying for the last several years. "Radio stations partnering with libraries offer a unique solution for bringing STEM education to low-income rural areas."

In Spring 1985, Julian Lennon was following in the footsteps of his famed father, John Lennon, by scoring Top 40 hits such as "Too Late for Goodbyes" and "Valotte." Now, he's poised to speak to a generation of radio and music fans who may not even be familiar with his work, or his connection to one of the Fab Four.

In less than five years, four radio broadcasting companies that operated in the Corning-Elmira, N.Y., market have exited. Each of the licensees engineered deals with 7 Mountains Media. Now, one of its few remaining competitors has decided to slim down its assets in this portion of Western New York.

The entity founded by Clarence Barinowski, who operates through the fellowship Good News Network and its GNN Radio, plus the Spanish-language Radio Amistad, is growing again. The broadcast ministry has signed off on an asset purchase agreement giving it ownership of "The Carolinas Power FM," which could see a format adjustment.