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The owner of the Global broadcast TV network and radio stations including Toronto's "Q107" and "The Edge" and Calgary's "QR" has moved forward with a "recapitalization transaction" that effectively concludes any involvement with the Shaw family — putting the fiscally challenged company in lenders' hands.

Until eight months ago, he served as the Chief Engineer for an FM radio station that today is the top-billing broadcast asset for publicly traded Townsquare Media. Now, he's fighting back with an age discrimination lawsuit being considered by a Mercer County, N.J. superior court.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty used her keynote address at the Media Institute’s Free Speech America Gala to outline how the agency can balance First Amendment protections with its oversight of modern communications, and why innovation is key to both free expression and public service.

He made an indelible mark on Michigan broadcasting. But, for some longtime Detroit media observers, it was for the wrong reasons. Warren Pierce, known for his time at WJR-AM and as a morning news anchor at WJBK, has died at the age of 82.  Despite a car loan controversy, Pierce remains a market icon.

As RBR+TVBR first hinted on Friday, there will be a new General Manager of Lotus Communications' media properties in Arizona's second-largest market at the start of 2026. We now know who will be succeeding Debbie Wagner, as the company also announced an operational move in Southern Nevada.

The increasingly bitter dispute between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has its trial date. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered an expedited bench trial to determine whether CPB unlawfully retaliated against the network.

Kim Komando, the 2021 Radio Hall of Fame Inductee, served Master of Ceremonies for the event, which saw 10 radio industry on-air and programming notables receive honors and accolades for their career achievements.

She has been in radio management for 42 years and today serves as General Manager of Lotus Communications' Tucson properties. At the end of 2025, she'll be retiring. Her successor and a new management team will be unveiled Monday.

Audio content creation and distribution company Cumulus Media quietly released its Q3 earnings report on Thursday, and for the casual media observer, the results appear bleak. Are poor comps due to 2024 political ads a factor? What about digital, which Madison & Wall's Brian Wieser calls a "bright spot"?

As Triton Digital sees it, the platform's launch "taps into the growing wave of AI-driven creative tools" designed to reshape how small and mid-sized businesses access digital audio advertising. "It’s a big step in making premium audio inventory more accessible and automated," the company says.

According to police reports, Pierre was found deceased in his home on Wednesday, October 29. The circumstances surrounding his passing are not yet known. No foul play is suspected.

NBCUniversal has extended an exclusive relationship with iHeartMedia tied to the Olympics by giving it the U.S. audio rights to the upcoming Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for February 6-22, 2026 in Italy.

He was widely known as the head of Birach Broadcasting Corp. and a collection of multicultural, ethnic radio stations found in a variety of markets. Now, many across the radio industry and the Serbian Orthodox community of greater Detroit are paying their respects to Sima Birach, who has died at the age of 86.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has formally asked a federal judge to deny NPR’s request for a preliminary injunction and summary judgment, claiming the public radio organization’s claims are “at sharp odds with the record.”

The new deal will allow Veritone to collaborate with Skyview’s sales leadership team on the VeriAds offering, which provides Veritone’s broadcast customers opportunities to generate new, incremental advertising revenue with reduced operational support.