Radio News

The Chief Financial Officer for Beasley Media Group is being joined by the EVP/CFO for Bonneville International Corp. and the SVP/Controller and Treasurer of The E.W. Scripps Co. as co-chairs of the upcoming Media Financial Management association's 2020 CFO Summit.

News/Talk fans of WSB in Atlanta are now enjoying improved sound. HD Radio has been added to the station that recently relocated its transmitter and antenna for better coverage of metro Atlanta.

Colorado Public Radio (CPR) will be taking over the operation of 91.5 KRCC at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. The partnership will result in more than 80% of the state being reached by CPR.

A radio program that has been on the radar of National Intellegience officials will be airing in Kansas City. 'Sputnik' is slated to air on a trio of Alpine Broadcasting Corporation stations serving the KC area.

A 60 Day Extension has been granted for Cox Media Group (CMG) to continue publishing their daily Ohio newspapers. CMG was facing a deadline January 16 to reduce its publication schedule of its daily newspapers in Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown and Springfield.

As the names of those displaced by iHeart continues to grow, the company on Thursday revealed that three senior programmers have been promoted to Division Executive Vice Presidents of Programming for iHeartRadio's National Programming Group.

In June 2018, The E.W. Scripps Co. sold its five radio stations in Tulsa to Griffin Communications for $12.5 million. As of today, the quintet of broadcasting properties have a snazzy new address.

The Hispanic Radio Conference is proud to announce the 2020 Medallas de Cortez finalists. While only eight will carry home the prestigious plaque, all of the following professionals have proven themselves to be the best of the best in Hispanic radio. The awards will be presented at the conference on March 25 at the Intercontinental at Doral Miami and are sponsored by vcreative.

First it was 60. Then, it became 600. On Wednesday morning, one veteran media observer reported that “over 1,000 employees” are losing their jobs at iHeartMedia. The job losses at the nation’s No. 1 owner of radio stations have become the No. 1 talking point by those inside and outside the industry. But, the official number of individuals impacted by “dislocation” remains shielded from public view.

The Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., market is one of many emerging Hispanic markets gaining notice by marketers across the U.S. Here, an AM station branded as "Activa" had been airing top syndicated hosts of appeal to regional Mexican radio listeners. Of late, the station has been silent. Now, it is set to come to life again under a new owner.

Travel along the Shawnee Expressway on the west side of Louisville, Ky., and you may drive by a three-tower array used by a Class B AM and its FM translator, with one of those towers used by its Class C AM sibling. Both stations target the African-American community with Gospel programming. Will that change, now that new ownership is set to take over?

In an announcement distributed to select trade publications and posted to its investor relations web page, iHeartMedia revealed "a new organizational structure for its Markets Group." As first reported by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, jobs will be lost. The exact number is unknown, but 18 high profile names were already public by mid-afternoon Tuesday.

For 2020, the Radio Mercury Awards has added several new prize categories. There is a new prize category entitled Multicultural Radio Spot Campaign. The prize is meant for specific non-general, market consumer segments, including, but not limited to, Hispanic, African-American, LGBTQ+, Asian and People with Disabilities.

There's a new "Value Advantage" backing Entercom Communications stock. It's thanks to the acquisition of a big chunk of the radio broadcasting company's publicly traded issues by JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Over the past 50 years and thousands of station visits, Ken Benner has encountered the best and worst among the broadcasting industry. Past columns were focused on the premise that the most professional individual at the top of this list is one willing to share unselfishly his talent and experience with his/her colleagues, he says. "I suspect I have found the individual at the top of this list."