Radio News

At a company gathering on Sunday, RBR+TVBR saw for the first time a portable HD Radio. Who even knew it existed? The bigger, perhaps more depressing question, is this: Who cares? There's a reason why we ask, and it is one the radio industry's leadership may wish to read at their leisure today.

Until recently, it has been a Spanish Adult Hits station serving Spanish-speaking consumers in Houston under the branding "La Suavecita." It has also been an affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio. That's about to change, with a different multicultural group the new target audience for this Class B AM.

From "96X" in the 1970s to "Z92" today, a generation of Miami radio listeners have listened to Leo Vela in either English, or Spanish. Now, the Hispanic radio industry is mourning the loss of Vela, who passed away on Wednesday.

The FCC late Thursday released its Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the "Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2021," and there's cause for cheer among radio broadcasters.

Is broadcast television's retransmission consent revenue growth trend, when compared to long-term advertising forecasts, a concern when it comes to station valuations, should a transaction be in the future? Station valuation and appraisal specialist David Schutz shares his thoughts in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

A facility exchange agreement is in the works that sets the stage for a move of a Tropical-formatted Spanish-language operation branded as "La Calle." It involves Daij Media, and two religious broadcasting licensees.

On the evening of November 15, 2020, outdoors enthusiast turned radio station owner Jamie McKibbin died in a boating accident near Tippecanoe, Ohio. Now, the properties associated with his McKibbin Media Group are being transferred from his estate to his widow.

Earlier this month, the SXM-8 satellite completed in-orbit testing and was handed over to SiriusXM. It's the ninth high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar Technologies for SiriusXM. A 11th one is on the way.

A Class B AM licensed to Horseheads, N.Y., that serves the Corning-Elmira market and reaches nearby Ithaca is being spun. It's a facility that was owned in recent years by Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman's Community Broadcasters and later spun by Seven Mountains Media, the dominant radio operator in the market today, to a non-commercial religious entity.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has unveiled the names of eight new inductees, as well as a new class of 33 Legacy inductees, into the Chicago-based Radio Hall of Fame for 2021. The 2021 inductees will be honored at an in-person 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, October 28 at Wintrust Grand Banking Hall. 

From the current incarnation of "93KHJ" in American Samoa to his properties in the Deep South, Larry Fuss has gained national attention as one of the last radio owner/entrepreneurs. Now, Fuss is in the news for what amounts to a reversal of his 2011 sale of a 1,000-watt AM and its FM translator serving a small city in Mississippi.

Streamline Publishing's annual event devoted to Hispanic audio opportunities for marketers, programmers and broadcast media ownership groups is moving forward with a hybrid format amid continued concerns over the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus.

Right now the iHeartMedia national audio news network, presenting news with a Black voice and perspective is heard in 32 affiliate markets. The expansion plans have resulted in the promotion of three staff members.

For nearly three decades the best sellers and managers in the business have been honored with Radio Wayne Awards. Here are the Radio Ink 2021 Radio Wayne Award finalists!

What should media buyers and planners know about locales including Midland and Odessa, Texas? How does local compare to national in a region of the country not widely known for its affluence? West Texas Radio Group's John Moesch joins the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to share with the world the opportunities in his market. LISTEN HERE