Radio News

Until now, four full-powered radio stations and an FM translator have been operated by Milestone Radio through an agreement with a trust. Now, Dennis Carpenter is taking on ownership through a newly created entity.

On May 24, José Villafañe attracted attention as his Costa Media Boston LLC filed paperwork with the FCC for their approval of an $800,000 acquisition of an AM serving Washington, D.C., and its FM translator in Northern Virginia. Now, Villafañe is back in the news, as his "Latinx" operation serving Boston's far northern suburbs has gained a little more oomph, if you will.

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend approaching, one big home improvement retailer stepped it up with their use of Spot Radio for the week ending May 29, 2022. According to Media Monitors, The Home Depot greatly increased its spot activity at AM and FM radio.

A Lone Star State licensee that sought to place a new Class A FM on a frequency originally intended for Roy Henderson but not acted upon has successfully won the Commission's approval to construct a new Class A on a different FM frequency, and move one of its other facilities to that disputed Texas FM signal. Here's the details on the long hoped-for shift.

Audacy Corp. was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but its fundamental picture is finally improving. That's the assessment of Daniel Jones, author of "Crude Value Insights" distributed by Seeking Alpha. This is good, Jones says. Alas, he believes it's not good enough.

MoffettNathanson has totaled the dollars seen across Q1 2022 for Radio and reaffirms what the industry is bragging about — the rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic's worst ad impacts is here.

This week The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation presented its 47th Annual Gracie Awards in Beverly Hills. The awards recognize exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment. Here are all the 2022 honorees.

As tragedy struck Uvalde, Tex., on May 24, the Sales Manager for South Texas Radio's three FMs in the town — the only broadcast media properties around — sprung into action. He's not only the host of a morning show on one of those stations, but the chief of the local volunteer fire department. He's also the parent of a student at the elementary school where 19 students were killed by a gunman.

Less than four months ago, a “Secret Millionaire” featured in a March 2011 episode of the now-concluded ABC reality television series re-entered radio ownership by agreeing to take Beasley Media Group‘s remaining properties in this upscale South Palm Beach County city. Now, he's selling them.

At 1490 on the AM dial, it possess a 1kw signal from 1 tower that allows it to cover much of the nation's third-largest market. For its Polish-speaking audience, that's proven to be a plus. Now, WPNA-AM is poised to welcome a new owner. What does that mean for the station's programming?

By the end of 2021, a student-run radio station would go silent under a STA. The student body didn't want to pay for it, with fee reduction more important. Now, the former radio station is seeing its studios converted from live broadcast to podcast recording facilities.

In this episode of the InFOCUS Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson, Jack Hobbs shares how he learned about the power of Audio, and how reVOLVER Podcasts was really ahead of the curve when seeking to connect consumers with on-demand content — the hottest desire across the U.S. today, regardless of language. LISTEN HERE

Call her a trailblazer at the company founded in 1983 with the purchase of an AM radio station in Secaucus, N.J. by Raúl Alarcón Jr. Elissa Torres has become the first female executive to hold a Chief position at Spanish Broadcasting System.

Chris Young, the CFO and Treasurer for the U.S.-based media company that's quickly becoming a digitally focused entity with a global imprint but with roots in Hispanic radio and television, will be participating in a trio of events designed to impress institutions wishing to invest.

Audacy Corp. is taking a moment to recognize the 100th birthday of a Kansas radio brand. Why "brand" and not "station"? It swapped frequencies with a sibling on August 30, 2004, and it's that station — not KFH — that's technically entering its second century.