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The news was first shared on a Texas local media blog and shared by the individual at the heart of the report via LinkedIn early Friday morning. A former Regional VP for Urban One's radio division from October 2004 through March 2015, overseeing its Dallas and Houston stations, is returning to the company.

Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley will take on the CFO role on an interim basis, while Shaun Greening rises to CAO, both effective October 17.

A multifamily residential building is being proposed for a site on the west bank of the Malden River in suburban Medford, Mass., that until 20 years ago served as the home of one of the nation's most iconic Top 40 stations and its AM sibling. 

At present, it has such local news and information portals as Clarksville Now, intricately linked to broadcast radio stations including "Q108," a regional leader. By 2030, nearly every Saga Communications market could emulate what Fort Campbell, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. have seen monetarily. 

One month after completing its acquisition of Alpha Media, the Jeff Warshaw-led Connoisseur Media is again expanding again. This time, it has its eyes set on competing directly against Audacy and iHeartMedia by significantly expanding its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It's Day Two of Advertising Week in New York, and on Monday more than 200 advertisers and industry executives were present at a first-ever audio advertising showcase from SiriusXM Media sending the message "Built With Audio."

Urban One has moved ahead with a series of strategic leadership appointments across several major markets at its Radio One broadcast arm, moves the publicly traded company says reinforces its "commitment to developing top talent and delivering excellence across its radio brands nationwide."

The group of radio stations that formerly comprised the flagship cluster of the former Alpha Media, today a key part of Jeff Warshaw-helmed Connoisseur Media, has selected a new Market Manager, starting October 16.

That's a very good possibility, according to a London-based global news organization. And, its report has helped propel iHeartMedia shares above the $3 mark once again.

The NFL franchise that's beloved across much of the Lone Star State and throughout Mexico has scored an official Spanish-language radio broadcast partner in the state capital of Austin for this season.

The battle over who controls public radio's national distribution infrastructure has landed in federal court, with NPR filing an emergency motion accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of caving to political pressure in what it calls "a last-ditch attempt to carry out the President's desire to defund NPR and thereby curry his favor."

Saga Communications has expanded its Board of Directors from seven to eight members with the addition of an AI industry leader and former Senior Partner at Ernst & Young. The move continues Saga’s stated commitment to board refreshment, following the addition of Michael Scafidi at the company’s 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting.

A writer at large for The New York Times focused on media and politics is to thank for getting the Chairman of the Federal Communications Communications to suggest that a tiered premium licensee opportunity could be one way a broadcast radio or TV station would be able to avoid adhering to strict public interest obligations.

A noncommercial FM radio station serving Astoria, Ore., will go dark on Wednesday, silencing its emissions. The reason why has everything to do with Washington, D.C., and Capitol Hill, and not the State of Washington, where the station's tower is located.

The NAB and two of its Radio industry members have each issued official statements in response to the FCC's 3-0 approval of a plan to move ahead with its delayed 2022 Quadrennial Review of the nation's media ownership rules.