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In his new role, Jon Zellner will manage the programming, content and strategy for iHeartRadio’s digital channels and playlists while continuing to oversee iHeartMedia’s programming operations. The veteran radio programming executive has been with iHeartMedia since 2009 and has a rich history in FM.

Fasten your seatbelts. Salem Media Group has just become the fourth publicly traded radio broadcasting company that will deliver its Q3 2022 results on November 3.

Curious as to how the nation's leading audio content creator and distributor performed during the three-month period ending September 30? You'll get your answer on the first Thursday in November.

In this special guest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, veteran radio executives Jackson Weaver in Seattle and Keith Samuels in Los Angeles chat with Delilah in the first of a two-part podcast for their "Media Insultant" series about life as a radio station owner. Weaver is pleased to offer excerpts of their conversation with RBR+TVBR.  LISTEN HERE

On October 13, Beasley Media Group's publicly traded stock closed the day's trading session at $1. Since then, the company's shares have struggled to motor back to the upper-$1 range, where they sat some six months ago. With Monday's trading now complete, BBGI remains at a critical low for the audio content creation and distribution company.

Award-winning industry expert Jeff Smulyan, the founder and CEO of Emmis Communications, joins the five-star Forecast 2023 lineup to share insights from his 50-year media career and debut his new book, "Never Ride a Roller Coaster Upside Down."

The fight for program origination on a FM booster — key to the commercialization of "ZoneCasting" — has seen a multitude of industry leaders speak out against a FCC proposed rulemaking that would make it happen. The CEO of Connoisseur Media has been on the list of naysayers. Now, he's reiterating his company's opposition to the NPRM.

With new attention for its conservative Talk programming coming from the likes of The New York Times and two deals totaling $10 million poised to bring Spanish-language radio listeners in South Florida a new right-leaning audio hub, Salem Media Group executives are gearing up for an appearance at an investor conference scheduled for next week.

Urban One and Audacy Corp. are key radio industry companies, and the publicly traded entities have each decided when they will deliver their third quarter earnings results.

It's a Class B radio station at 1080 kHz with a mix of local and syndicated conservative talk programming serving the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. The facility also covers the San Jose market. Now, the licensee of this AM faces a potential fine for operating "at a variance from its authorized parameters."

Those being honored were feted at a dinner celebration held at the Javits Center as part of NAB Show New York, newly welcoming radio industry leaders for the first time after previously focusing on production and technology empowering radio and television — rather than talent or programming. That all changed at the Marconis ceremony, sponsored by Xperi.

A small village roughly an hour south of Akron, Ohio, neighboring the town of Uhrichsville, could be getting a brand-new radio station. Plans are in the works for a new Class A FM at 102.3 MHz. And, the Commission wants input on whether or not the addition to the Table of Allotments should be made.

Boise State Public Radio is expanding its broadcast reach in Idaho. Paperwork is being filed with the FCC that will seek its green light to allow it to purchase a station serving Lewiston from a college that decided to put the facility up for sale. At the same time, it will add an FM translator station serving eastern Idaho.

The Marketron NXT digital advertising platform has been upgraded to handle the needs of advertisers operating in industries facing restrictions. The new capabilities will aid advertisers of cannabis, CBD, gambling, alcohol, fireworks, politics and others.

According to Financial Times, there are five gadgets available in the U.K. marketplace that "will transform your audio experience." None of them are bargains. But, one of them is a radio. It's a pricy one, but is perhaps one of the most revolutionary with respect to service offerings in an easy-to-use box.