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Kelly is a media measurement leader whose work dates back to Arbitron. His exit from Nielsen Audio is reportedly tied to a larger reduction-in-force effort.

For more than 13 years, he served as SVP/West Coast Sales for Premiere Networks. Prior to that, he was National Advertising Director for the Los Angeles Times Media Group, where he was also General Manager for the L.A. Times’ BrandX offering. Now, this media ad sales pro is taking a post at Key Networks. 

With a delisting notice all but imminent short a reverse stock split, Audacy Corp. shares on Monday slumped to their lowest closing price yet, on heavier-than-usual trading volume. It puts further pressure on President/CEO David Field and CFO Rich Schmaeling to bring a NYSE solution to the company.

Dan Bongino was vaccinated. But, he had deep reservations about his employer's forced vaccination policy, and was very vocal about it. In fact, there was much industry chatter that he would exit Cumulus Media as a result of their vaccination enforcement. While all of that chatter fizzled, it has now surfaced that Bongino isn't planning to stick around Cumulus much longer.

Following an extremely successful first year, the Radio Masters Sales Summit is set to return in 2023 — in an exciting new location. The in-person conference, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink in partnership with The Center for Sales Strategy, returns September 13-14, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The individual presently serving as General Manager for Salem Media Group's radio properties serving Arkansas' state capital will soon be taking on similar responsibilities for the company's stations in the nation's third-largest market.

It's been a difficult week for long-term investors, with big dips on Wall Street seen on Thursday and through mid-afternoon Friday. Among the media companies getting battered by the market downturn is the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations.

The FCC has upheld a $20,000 fine levied against a Talk station serving Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz for operating “at a variance from its authorized parameters.” The station has evidently been doing so for more than a quarter century. What does this mean for KSCO?

From December 2016 through April 2020, independently owned Adult Alternative "The Point" operated an AM radio station with an FM translator serving Middlebury, Vt. Dark since then, these facilities will soon come back to life. The resurrection will be led by a religious broadcast ministry that is buying them.

Expansion to Kaua'i, "the Garden Isle," came to Pacific Media Group in October 2018 with the acquisition of three FMs and a Country-formatted AM with an FM translator. Now, PMG is adding a fourth FM to its Kaua'i operations.

A native New Yorker has been chosen by Audacy Corp. to fill two big shares of shoes, as he will be succeeding both Jim Ryan and the retiring Scott Shannon come Monday at the company's WCBS-FM. It marks a return to New York City from Houston, where he's been a Country programming leader.

When it comes to talk radio personalities, there's perhaps no bigger singular host in the Pacific Northwest today than Lars Larson. That said, Larson in 2023 will be celebrating 20 years of national syndication. That relationship has just been extended, thanks to a new multi-year agreement.

Users of the TuneIn live streaming audio platform won't be losing their access to business news and financial reporting courtesy of the service founded by a former New York Mayor and former Democratic presidential candidate.

From mirrorless cameras from Canon to noise-canceling true wireless headphones, B&H has served New York Tri-State Area customers for nearly 50 years. Now, it has gotten its hand slapped by FCC for selling something it shouldn't have — FM transmitters either using unauthorized frequencies or simply lacking Commission certification.

Since the second half of 2018, Beasley Media Group stock has been largely on the decline. Now, the company led by Caroline Beasley has a new frustration on its hands: the company's stock value has not closed above $1 in one week, putting BBGI at its lowest value since the height of the "Great Recession."