Radio News

A 70-year old owner of a Pennsylvania radio station in November was placed on a three-year “restricted probation” for a series of criminal sexual acts at a sentencing hearing that could save him from a FCC license revocation hearing. This included wearing an electronic monitor for a four-month period. Now, he's back behind the mic in his longtime morning shift.

Roberts Radio Broadcasting is ready to demonstrate how a much-debated new technology the FCC could soon authorize for voluntary use by an FM radio station can aid a minority or women-owned station. A ZoneCasting demonstration is on track for "The Beat of the Capitol."

The nation's No. 1 audio media company, iHeartMedia, has made another notable move in the podcasting arena. Three new shows will shine a light on the “curious tales, historical oddities and stranger-than-fiction true stories that are often left out of history books.”

KHOL-FM, “Jackson Hole Community Radio,” is fiercely independent – and reliant on listeners and underwriters. It's a unique station in a unique market, but its success is one that any fan of live and local radio -- and its future -- is a story worth hearing. This new InFOCUS Podcast presented by DOT.FM shares that tale. LISTEN HERE

The Media Bureau has extended a temporary freeze, originally announced on March 20, 2020, on the acceptance of any AM minor change application that conflicts with the most recently licensed facilities of four now-deleted AM radio stations in the St. Louis market.

The U.K.-based media company that boasts such brands as Heart, Capital, Radio X, LBC, Gold and Classic FM wants a greater stake in iHeartMedia. And, its Washington-based counsel has written to the FCC to advance regulatory approval for the purchase.

One of the nation's biggest Spanish-language media companies has secured a long-term agreement for services from the nation's dominant source of radio industry ratings and audience listening estimates.

Paperwork filed Monday with the FCC confirms that VCY America, the buyer of the three Royce International FMs put into receivership by a California Federal District Judge, has assumed control of the stations. An LMA was executed Monday between VCY and the authorized seller of the FM stations — noted media broker Larry Patrick.

In the past 14 months, William Langer Gokey arranged a series of transactions that would ultimately lead to his departure as a radio station licensee in the Michigan market of Petoskey. Now, Gokey has moved forward with the last of these six deals.

Thanks to technology developed by GeoBroadcast Solutions, the company behind Maxxcasting — which brings "fringe" FM signals a city-grade contour — has developed a scheme that splits, if you will, an FM station by zones. Opponents voiced their opinions to the FCC on the proposal, as did the company behind the plan.

Saga Communications, the owner of radio stations in mid-sized and small markets across the U.S., can't be included in the list of fourth-quarter media industry fiscal success stories. Net Revenue and Net Income both declined, despite lower station operating expenses. Free Cash Flow was also down year-over-year.

Add Entravision Communications to the roster of media companies lighting it up in the final three months of 2020. The owner of Hispanic-targeted radio and TV properties, which has a heavy digital presence, saw its revenue and net income surge on a year-over-year basis.

Entercom, which this week amended its October 2016 credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, has priced $540 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.750% senior secured second-lien notes due  in eight years. It also quietly disclosed to the SEC on Wednesday that one of its board members will not stand for reelection.

As 2018 came to a close, three radio industry veterans came together to purchase four FMs in Northern Arizona. Of late, two of those three radio pros held equity interest in the quartet. Now, paperwork has been filed with the FCC that gives full equity interest in Stone Canyon Radio and Marketing to Dana Withers.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will present Howard University's commercially licensed Adult R&B station serving the Nation's Capital with the Crystal Heritage Award as it salutes all of the finalists for the 34th annual Crystal Radio Awards. The celebration, which this year will be a virtual affair, is scheduled for April 13.