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A 50-watt facility at the right end of the FM dial, licensed to serve the western communities in the greater Austin area, is being sold. The result? Expanded coverage of a “Bollywood” presentation targeting South Asians is in play.

MediaCo Holding Inc., which has seen its stock trading below the $1 threshold since November 4, has notified the SEC that it will be late in filing its third quarter earnings report. That said, a preview of the results shows strong revenue growth — and a ballooning loss driven largely by accounting rules.

It's a scenario that's been commonly seen among various publicly traded media companies in recent years. Now the media entity founded by Cathy Hughes and run today by her son is moving ahead with a debt swap.

They are stations that Jeff Warshaw-led Connoisseur obtained in its purchase of Alpha Media. Now, he’s secured a deal to sell the stations in the southern San Joaquin Valley.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has settled with an individual determined to be the originator of an unlicensed radio station in a Massachusetts town, with the broadcast buccaneer agreeing to comply with the PIRATE Act by making a "voluntary" contribution to end the matter.

After an initial eleven-day extension last month, Beasley Media Group has given itself a bit more breathing room as it continues managing debt tied to its 2024 refinancing, securing amendments to its 2028 notes around liquidity and key compliance deadlines.

With Rob Babin and Sean Compton serving as co-chairs, the benefits to marketers and advertisers of “one-to-many media” played out across the entire day of panel discussions and executive leadership chatter.

Skyview Networks has finalized a new multi-year partnership with a key broadcast radio music scheduling service for network audio sales. The arrangement begins on January 1, 2026. 

Add Salem Media Group to the list of broadcasting companies that are experiencing a decline in their net broadcast revenue as they seek to find pathways to new digital riches. In Q3, digital media revenue was down by a mere $343,000. Broadcast revenue? That declined by 11.6%.

The big takeaway is that digital revenue is increasing for Beasley Media Group. But, when could it fully offset the bigger challenges facing Beasley and its peers? It could all depend on how the company is "aggressively retooling" its sales organizations as Caroline Beasley made it clear the Q3 results are dissastisfactory.

Townsquare Media, with more than half of its revenue across the first three quarter of 2025 coming from Digital sources, swung to a net loss in Q3. A non-cash impairment charge is reflected in these results. But is there something more the C-Suite team led by CEO Bill Wilson should take note of?

The collaboration combines Amazon’s data signals across shopping, streaming, and browsing activity with iHeartMedia’s digital listener base. The result offers marketers the ability to extend omnichannel campaigns to streaming music and live radio audiences across connected devices.

From South x Southwest to Austin City Limits, the capital of the Lone Star State has cemented itself as one of North America's key music festival hubs. Now, KUT Radio wants a piece of the action.

MediaCo Holding Inc.'s two iconic New York radio brands, acquired from Emmis, are getting some more national exposure — thanks to their placement on digital multicast signals aligned with FMs in two California markets, and in two Texas locales.

An industry-wide settlement with music licensing organizations ASCAP and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) resulted in a $2.1 million bump in expenses from January 2022 through the end of the third quarter, directly impacting the P&L for Saga Communications in Q3 as the company led by Chris Forgy swung to a net loss.