Radio News

Entercom Communications has entered into an agreement to amend the financial covenants and other provisions under its credit agreement, "solely for the benefit of its revolver lenders," the audio media company announced following Monday's Closing Bell on Wall Street.

While general market indices were slightly higher on Monday, Beasley Broadcast Group shares were off sharply. Why?

The Market Manager for a quartet of radio stations serving the Eugene, Ore., market, will be celebrating his final day on the job come Friday, July 31. That's because he's retiring from the Bicoastal Media stations. And, his successor has been named.

Babble is one thing. But, for Radio, messages full of Babbel are very much welcomed. The do-it-yourself language instruction brand loves over-the-air radio -- so much that it was the top brand by play count for the week ending July 19.

An AM station on New York's Long Island saw its license expire, and then reinstated. This paved the way for its sale to a New Jersey-based broadcast ministry led by Erick Salgado. A competitor that moved to buy the station's tower site, creating an uneasy situation, sought to overturn the FCC's reinstatement decision. Al Shuldiner has offered his ruling on the matter.

With a popular syndicated morning show from Univision Radio and a mix of local hosts, a 5kw Class B AM and its FM translator have served Denver's Hispanic community as "Qué Bueno." Use of the translator came thanks to an arrangement with Vic Michael Jr. Now, that arrangement is ending, in favor of the Spanish-language station.

There's always a way to make something that doesn't look so great look downright peachy when one focuses on the positives. And, that seems to be what some in radio industry have done with new research from The Infinite Dial study from Edison Research and Triton Digital. In this RBR+TVBR Observation, we ask why radio lost the discovery battle to ... YouTube?!

With 3,200 watts from 2 towers during daylight hours and 290 watts from 3 towers after dark, WVKO-AM in Columbus, Ohio, enjoys market-wide coverage for its Black Gospel format, branded as "1580 The Praise." Now, the station and its silent FM translator at 92.9 MHz are heading to a new owner.

A Hart-Scott-Rodino filing made by Liberty Media to allow it to convert its iHeartMedia Class B shares into voting shares and to acquire more has received the blessing of Department of Justice officials. Investors cheered the news, with iHeart up 15.8% on Thursday.

On April 1, radio stations located in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee were required to file applications for license renewal for terms expiring on August 1. Unfortunately, five full-power FMs and eight LPFM or FM translator facilities failed to do so.

The Entercom FM devoted to San Diego sports has "substantially improved" its Class B 50kw signal from the Emerald Hills section of the city by deploying a MaxxCasting system from the company looking for FCC approval of a plan that would bring Radio one step closer to addressable advertising.

It's eyes on the hosts for Entercom: The audio media company, which has a heavy exposure to local sports and spoken word programming, has inked a strategic partnership with a top live, interactive streaming service for gaming, sports, entertainment, music and other video needs.

The NAB is counting down the 100 days to the centennial anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast, which took place on November 2, 1920. As part of the online and on-air #Radio100 campaign, the industry's top lobbying group in Washington released a #Radio100 toolkit  to help stations celebrate this milestone.

With the recent format change to a '90s-focused pop hits format at iHeartMedia-owned WMIA-FM in Miami, the radio industry is now abuzz with talk of more "Totally"-branded format shifts at other iHeartMedia stations. But, how can Radio benefit from more ad dollars with such a change? This encore Media Information Bureau column from editor-in-chief Adam R Jacobson could prove inspiring.

SiriusXM's Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend. There's also confirmation of a stock repurchase in play. The news comes as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Apollo Theater Foundation has been appointed to the satellite radio company's board.