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The FCC has adopted new sponsorship identification requirements to require broadcasters to disclose when foreign governments or their representatives lease time on their airwaves. The Order "increases transparency, ensuring audiences are aware when a foreign government, or its representatives, uses the airwaves to persuade the American public."

He was most recently the head of programming for Cumulus Media's Country WDRQ-FM and Hot Adult Contemporary WDVD-FM in Detroit, a role recently given to David Corey. Now, he's the Program Director for a pair of similarly formatted FM radio stations in the home market for SummitMedia.

Across the Southeast's biggest emerging Hispanic markets, perhaps no company has invested more in reaching this Spanish-language audio content consumer of late than Norsan Media. Now, it is grabbing what will become its third radio brand in the largest city in the U.S. by square miles.

Say goodbye to the Westwood One Podcast Network. Starting May 6, it will have a new name — one that reflects WWO's parent company.

Tune to 1230 kHz in Westchester County, and you'll hear a Cumulus Media Sports Talker using a facility licensed for 1,000 watts from 1 tower located between the Sprain Brook Parkway and Interstate 87. Come May 24, it will become the third AM station in the nation to abandon its analog signal.

On April 9, the media company known for more than 50 years as Entercom Communications officially changed its ticker symbol to "AUD" to reflect its new corporate identity, Audacy. On Tuesday, trading in AUD hit a fresh post-rebranding low, bringing it to its lowest price since the first day of March.

Created by the experts at Podcast Business Journal, Radio Ink, and the Radio + Television Business Report, the "How to Make Real Money Podcasting" three-day virtual summit will feature discussions with real people making real money. It's scheduled for July 13-15, and we've got all of the details by clicking here.

It's known for such stations as CHBM "Boom 97.3" in Canada's largest market. Now, Stingray Radio is moving forward with a podcast strategy. And, it has selected the Omny Studio platform from iHeartMedia-owned Triton Digital to support it.

He's enjoyed a 53-year career in radio that saw him break through the sales management ranks by taking the General Manager role for a heritage Class A AM in Des Moines and its FM sibling. In 2004, he joined Salem Media Group, and today oversees its AM/FM combo in Houston. On April 30, Chuck Jewell will bid farewell to Salem, and to the radio industry.

Vertical Radio, the first Christian radio station serving the region, was born to serve listeners across the southern Rockies in Colorado and New Mexico. Now, the station's Navajo operators are yielding the 40-year old facility to the fastest-growing non-secular broadcaster on the continent.

Due south of Shreveport is the city of Mansfield, La. It's home to a Class A station licensed to Leon Hunt and his Hunt Broadcasting. Soon, it will be licensed to a new owner.

What's the typical day behind the scenes at Beasley Media Group? CEO Caroline Beasley on Friday morning offered listeners a live Radio Ink interview on the Clubhouse app an inside peek at life at the audio media and eSports company.

On the final day of July 2018, Alpha Media's founder stepped down as Chairman of the Board. Much chatter emerged that he was forced out of the company. Now, Wilson is dishing all and did so in a 191-page document submitted to the FCC that offers a bevy of accusations. Could this slow down, or halt, Alpha Media's emergence from bankruptcy protection?

Former Alpha Media CEO and its founder, Larry Wilson, through attorneys at Brooks Pierce, wants the Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau to deny the license renewal of four stations due to actions made over several years without -- according to Wilson -- full board approval. Alpha Media responded to his accusations early Friday.

Spanish Broadcasting System EVP/Programming Jesus Salas shares how the company's radio stations gained audience across the COVID-19 pandemic and has kept it, while also giving a preview as to what else SBS has in store for the rest of the year in this episode of the RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE