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The audio media company's shares have enjoyed a slow, steady rebound since sinking to $3.35 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic some 11 months ago. Now, Cumulus Media will reveal its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 results in exactly two weeks.

In an arrangement that dates to the now-defunct Classical South Florida, the NPR Member station in Miami has offered West Palm Beach listeners a unique feed via an FM translator originating from a HD4 signal tied to the local KLOVE affiliate. Soon, that'll change: the station is buying the translator, and the feed will now be housed on an iHeartMedia FM's HD2 signal.

The streaming audio pioneer, "Shark Tank" star, and Dallas Mavericks owner says he will be investing in a brand-new podcast platform, named "Fireside." How he describes the service sounds a lot like a talk radio program with caller interaction. Should News/Talk/Sports radio station owners be concerned?

A request has been approved by the FCC that paves the way for the experimental construction and operation of a pair of new co-located, on-channel boosters -- placed at two discrete locations for one expressed purpose. That would be to garner additional data using GeoBroadcast Solutions' ZoneCasting FM booster system.

Radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingle producer Benztown has entered into an agreement with Cipolla Analytics to market and provide sales representation for the company’s two advanced programming intelligence software programs.

With much of the company's executive leadership team still mourning the January 27 death of legendary radio programming pro Bill Tanner, SummitMedia has entered into a fresh -- and bigger -- agreement for ratings and audience measurement services from the nation's dominant provider of consumption data.

The nation's largest Hispanic-owned media company superserving Latino audiences through radio, TV and digital properties has launched a senior secured notes offering. The offering is designed expressly to repay its 12% senior secured notes ... due four years ago.

They're just preliminary numbers, but they are certainly worth a gander. Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) on Friday offered a sneak peak of its Q4 2020 results. What does the company led by Raúl Alarcón Jr. have to say?

With suspended or smaller quarterly dividends and double-digit ad revenue declines still being seen across the radio broadcasting industry's big publicly traded players, one may mistakenly believe that all is not well with the oldest form of social media in the world. The Radio Advertising Bureau has released new data that thwarts such chat.

On February 12, 2020, a Seattle FM will officially kickoff a yearlong celebration of its 50 years serving the Pacific Northwest's biggest metropolis with rock 'n' roll music — and a little talk, too.

Tru Optik has struck a new partnership with WideOrbit, the sell-side processor of premium digital and linear advertising. To learn how this can benefit Radio as it grows its podcasting and streaming audio delivery business, RBR+TVBR spoke exclusively with WideOrbit's John Morris in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE

He's had a 46-year career in radio that included roles as CBS Radio/San Francisco SVP/Market Manager from 2005 through late 2017. He was also VP/National PD for the former EZ Communications. In May 2018, he was lured to lead Cumulus Media's Bay Area stations. Now, Doug Harvill is ready to conclude his career in radio broadcasting.

Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, "radio hosts on FM still matter." Imagine that. It simply took NuVoodoo Media Services to confirm it in a recent "Ratings Prospects Study."

In the early part of the 2010s, it was part of Davidson Media Group's assets targeting Spanish-language consumers. Today, this Virginia AM retains its branding from those days. But, it is now under new ownership -- an entity formed by two of the station's veteran air personalities.

In this Media Information Bureau column, veteran programming consultant Clark Smidt writes about "Smooth transitions, new styles, new challenges, adjustments, attitude, cooperation and teamwork." It could prove to be a catalyst for positive growth at your radio or TV stations.