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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.

With a mere 99 watts from a broadcast tower used by Sinclair Broadcast Group for its ABC television affiliate, an FM translator reaches most of metropolitan St. Louis at 106.9 MHz. Until now, this mini-FM facility has simulcast a religious AM. That will soon change, as the FM translator has just been sold.

She first became known to Dayton, Ohio, radio listeners in 1978, when she joined the former Great Trails Broadcasting. Today, she's a household name across the Miami Valley thanks to her role at "Mix 107.7." Come July 16, retirement will come to this iconic air personality.

It's been a hallmark of iHeartRadio's app for both free and paid users. Now, Audacy is bringing "exclusive music stations" to its app, formerly known as Radio.com and acquired through the tax-fee CBS Radio merger.

The regional Mexican radio specialist headquartered in Ventura County, Calif., has secured an FM translator for an AM station it owns in the San Francisco Bay Area. There's just one catch, and it involves Audacy.

Add Cumulus Media to the list of audio content and distribution companies with radio at its roots that has all but recovered from the economic Slip-and-Slide brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic.