Radio News

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.

Beasley Media Group's headquarters is Naples, Fla., which was highly impacted by Hurricane Ian. Luckily, storm damage was minimal, as the company's stations on Monday launched a company-wide Radiothon in support of American Red Cross relief efforts in Southwest Florida.

A contributor to TheStreet, Stockhouse and Seeking Alpha currently part of a team that oversees an outside investment manager managing almost $30 billion has authored a report that puts a very big question in the face of Audacy Corp.'s leadership team.

He's known across Western New York as the owner of one of the most successful all-music AM radio stations in the world. In August, he expanded his radio holdings by agreeing to acquire an FM radio station in the city that's his second home. Now, Buddy Shula has closed on the property. A format change is already in the works.

In May 2006, she joined Cumulus Media’s Atlanta station group, eventually rising to VP of Adult Contemporary Programming and its Stratus Music operation. She exited Cumulus in April 2022, ending a 16-year run in the market ... or so we thought. Emily Boldon is heading back to Atlanta, this time to take a role at the company she joined just nine weeks ago.

On Tuesday, November 8, many will be glued to their television sets as election returns come in for a host of big races, including that for Florida's governor and a key U.S. Senate seat presently held by Marco Rubio. While those results may not come until well after 8am Eastern the following day, one set of results are certain to arrive — those for Townsquare Media's third quarter of 2022.

Look what OTT platform believes connecting with radio listeners is a smart way to raise the audience level for its slow-growth video-on-demand hub. It's none other than that of NBCUniversal.

KERA, the PBS and NPR source for consumers in North Texas, is in the process of acquiring the Denton-Record Chronicle. Plans are in the works to complete the acquisition in 2023. The move is similar to one in Chicago involving the Chicago Sun-Times and the local NPR member station.

The WideOrbit certified integration between vCreative's vPPO platform and the Electronic Material Instructions module for WO Traffic, WideOrbit's flagship ad sales and commercial operations platform, is designed to enable the end-to-end exchange of copy instructions.

It owns and operates 18 radio stations in the markets of Fort Wayne; Valparaiso; Las Cruces, N. Mexico; and Tallahassee, Fla. Now, the company led by CEO Ron Stone is being acquired by an entity controlled by shareholders that were investors in Adams Radio Group when the company was initially formed. The broker: Kalil & Co.