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Educational Media Foundation has scooped up yet another station, as it solidifies its ranking as the No. 2 licensee of radio stations in the U.S. behind iHeartMedia. It's grabbing an Indiana FM, bringing the cities of Normal and Bloomington into EMF's expanding universe of Christian Contemporary Music networks.

Thanks to exceptional growth in its digital segment, Entravision Communications Corp. stock has enjoyed a six-month surge. Entering Christmas Eve 2020, shares were priced at $2.70. As of midday trading on Tuesday (6/15), EVC is up 104% since then. That has Zacks Equity Research asking if it is time for investors to cash out.

Until now, it's been mainly known for its conservative Talk radio stations, Christian-themed radio programming including music-oriented "The Fish," and a publishing arm that finished 2020 strong. Now, Salem Media Group's sales division has formed an entity focused on "connecting brands with the fans of leading Christian social media influencers."

Paperwork filed with the FCC offers new details on the recently announced sale of Sinclair Broadcast Group's lone radio stations, inherited from its acquisition of Fisher Communications. It is now known that a pending call-letter change is in the works for KOMO-AM & FM. There's also new information on just how much cash Lotus will pay Sinclair.

Know someone worthy of being honored with a prestigious Medallas de Cortez award for excellence in U.S. Hispanic radio? Now's your time to make your nomination for a 2021 honor.

Fueled by stronger than anticipated digital advertising results, respected Wall Street financial analysts at MoffettNathanson are raising its 2021 overall U.S. ad growth estimate. This will be partially offset by lower than expected broadcast and cable advertising. But, what do the radio advertising trends look like?

On September 19, 1921, one of America's oldest radio stations will celebrate its 100th anniversary. On June 11, the 100 day countdown to a century of serving New England began for a station currently offering an all-News format, owned today by iHeartMedia.

A former Urban One executive is moving into the C-Suite at MediaCo — the New York partnership between Emmis Communications and Soohyung Kim-led Standard General. At the same time, Mediaco is naming a President and Chief Operating Officer.

That's how a self-described "a lapsed economist based in Canada" turned financial blogger describes the audio media company formerly known as Entercom.

The nation's biggest AM and FM licensee argues that the FCC can only consider its views in determining what level of advance approval a foreign entity may be granted. That's incorrect, the financial backer of one of the U.K.'s biggest audio media companies now says. It signals iHeartMedia's unwillingness to allow U.K.-based Global to take nearly half of its ownership.

In Panama City Beach, Fla., the licensee of an AM with an FM translator was so negatively impacted by the pandemic that it pressed the Stop button on "PLAY-FM." Now, a new owner is ready to resurrect the facilities. Only, it has different plans for what will air on the temporarily dormant station.

Whether on Zoom or in person, it is easy to lean on filler words or word whiskers, as they are often known. They become verbal crutches that we use either consciously or unconsciously when we are nervous, get rattled or are not sure about what we are saying. PR pro Rosemary Ravinal offers some steps on how to eliminate these pesky word whiskers.

All of Cox Media Group's radio and TV properties have fallen victim to an apparent ransomware attack — a cyber nightmare that began late last week. It's just the latest in a string of incidents involving radio broadcasting companies. What would you do if your operation is next?

Even with dominant ratings, CFTR-AM is tweaking its branding. The announcement comes 28 years to the day the Rogers Sports & Media AM dropped twenty years of Top 40 programming. Four other Rogers all-News stations will be changing their names in a move that aligns them with a Rogers cable TV operation.

At 12:26am Eastern on June 6, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral. It was a successful launch, carrying a SiriusXM satellite into space. While that was successful, Sirius XM Radio has a whole other kind of launch ready for takeoff — and this one is on Wall Street.