Radio News

For a generation of Boston radio listeners, the call letters are very familiar. Today, WMEX is associated with a Class D AM at 1510 kHz licensed to Quincy, Mass. Now, this incarnation of WMEX is about to be sold. Who's the buyer?

The company formerly known as Entercom is moving forward with taking its news brands further into the digital realm. To do so, it's committing to journalists in 8 newsrooms across the U.S. to help shepherd a "multiplatform transformation" for Audacy.

RBR+TVBR's recent coverage of FM station sales by colleges and universities led retired attorney Peter Tannenwald to write a Letter to the Editor addressing a reference of the August 2017 decision by the entity that controlled the former WBRU-FM in Providence to sell the station. As he explains, the vote to sell WBRU came from the students themselves.

It may be licensed for just 10 watts of power, but its signal can reach South Austin once this FM translator is up and running. For Charles Crawford, that's a large enough potential audience to invest in the silent property in Texas' capital city.

In November 2017, he ended his business partnership with John Caracciolo. This led Vic Latino -- legally known as Victor Canales -- to create his own media company with a Palm Beach County-based AM as its foundation. Now, Canales is selling that AM, along with one of the two FM translators his company uses to serve the market.

It's the home of "Michigan's Positive Hits," and today can be heard on 21 radio frequencies across the Mitten State. Soon, a 22nd signal will be added to the mix, filling a hole that allows Smile FM to serve Huron County and the neighboring towns of Cagetown and Cass City.

Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media is expanding. And, it's thanks to Purdue University's decision to sell its radio stations -- becoming the latest in an increasingly lengthy list of schools opting to part ways with their audio broadcast properties.

Corus is one of Canada’s biggest media companies and owns 39 radio stations and 15 broadcast television stations. Its stock price has seen a healthy 52-week rebound, with its June 30 closing price its best since May 2019. With a 1-year price target poised to put Corus at its best stock price since the start of 2018, is the share gain "well earned"?

A Pew Research Center analysis of MEDIA Access Pro and BIA Advisory Services data confirm that average radio revenue dropped "fairly sharply" in 2020. And, for the all-news format, the dip in revenue was no different. Or, are the numbers skewed?

Until today, Townsquare Media had separate digital content and radio content teams. Now, it is combining both units. As a result, a new Chief Content Officer has been named. At the same time, additional responsibilities beyond his current programming duties are being given to Kurt Johnson, making him the company's chief music industry liaison.

In November 2019, Jeff Andrulonis-led Colonial Media + Entertainment agreed to the $90,000 sale of a Class A FM with a booster allowing it to better serve the small city of Bradford, Pa., within the Buffalo DMA. Now, the company that bought this station is selling it. And, it is making a small profit.

The future of a noncommercial voice of the African American community across a three-county region of Florida that enjoys a simulcast partner in the important agricultural communities of Belle Glade and Clewiston is now in question, thanks to an agreement  reached last week that sees the FMs heading to a new owner.

It's a family owned company operating 12 radio stations and a digital agency in the Indiana cities of South Bend and Fort Wayne. Among the stations it owns is famed WOWO-AM 1190, once heard across the Eastern Seaboard after dark. Now, Federated Media has put a stamp on its future by finalizing its digital audio delivery strategy.

Chevrolet has alerted consumers that certain model year 2021 and 2022 pickup trucks will not come with Xperi's HD Radio. And, the automotive company says, it is due to a chip shortage.

Adams Radio Group, the Minnesota-based company led by Ron Stone, is selling two of its stations serving the Eastern Shore of Maryland and lower Delaware. Stone hinted at the sale of the remaining stations owned by Adams in the region.  Now, another station has been sold -- this time a Class A Country station licensed to Seaford, Del.