Radio News

For the last several years, Brenda Egger has been known across the Rocky Mountain States for her leadership role at a group of radio stations owned by Stan Kroenke. Now, Egger has exited KSE Radio's top role in Denver and has surfaced at the nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations, becoming Region President for the Denver region.

On December 9, a House Republican from Texas who sits on the Energy & Commerce Committee introduced legislation that would require the FCC to approve, or deny, a license transfer application within six months of submission. It has two co-sponsors. Does this "modernization" effort, courtesy of a Congressman who is not seeking reelection, have any legs?

Nearly one year ago, Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven agreed to cash out of the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York by selling an AM/FM combo in Olean, N.Y., and three FMs and two AMs to the east in the Corning-Elmira, N.Y. to Seven Mountains Media. Now, Seven Mountains is growing again along the Route 17 corridor.

As RBR+TVBR first reported Dec. 17, Mary Quass' NRG Media LLC is selling three radio stations in Wisconsin to Dave Magnum's Magnum Communications. We now know how much his company is paying for WFAW, WSJY and WKCH, thanks to the filing of an asset purchase agreement with the FCC dated November 4.

Entercom has handed the SVP/Market Manager role for its Washington, D.C., station group gained from its tax-free merger with CBS Radio to its cluster VP/Director of Sales. She's a longtime cluster sales pro, and before the Reverse Morris Trust-fueled merger was Director of Integrated Sales and Special Events for CBS Radio in Washington.

The FCC on Thursday issued a series of Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the failure by five licensees to timely file a license renewal application for their respective radio stations.

In early December, the antitrust division of the DOJ weighed in with a Statement of Interest relative to the RMLC’s longstanding litigation with Global Music Rights (GMR). It wasn't exactly favorable to the Radio Music License Committee, led by Executive Director Bill Velez. On Wednesday, the radio industry group filed a response to the Justice Department statement.

Townsquare Media on Monday made a strategic change to its accounting team, shifting its Chief Accounting Officer to a new role within the department while welcoming a new individual to the C-Suite. We know how much he's going to make in the role.

The producers of decade-specific conventions for fans of retro-pop culture, previously with Hispanicize, has teamed up with iHeartMedia's Miami-Fort Lauderdale station group to bring the NostalgiaCon Miami ‘80s pop culture convention to fruition. The late April 2020 event will see Enrique Santos chair its national advisory board.

A producer and distributor of Spanish-language syndicated programs across stations in the U.S., Mexico, Puerto Rico and Central America — including programs hosted by such well-known air personalities as Alex "El Genio" Lucas, Chiquibaby, and Armida y La Flaka, has just launched a 24/7 radio station of its own.

An owner of 16 radio stations and a hyperlocal TV station in Wisconsin is now poised to grow to 19 audio properties, thanks to a deal brokered by Kalil & Co. announced ahead of its posting on the FCC's deal database. The seller is an Iowa-based broadcast company headed by Mary Quass.

Seconds before RBR+TVBR's daily news deadlines, Beasley Media Group confirmed that its EVP of Strategy and Innovation will be exiting the company at the end of 2019. He's forming his own broadcast media consultancy, and Beasley will serve as his first client.

A controversial FM translator using a facility near the old Candlestick Park in San Francisco reportedly caused problems for listeners of a big Classical station's signal serving San Jose. That translator is now officially gone. But, a new one has popped up in another part of the Bay Area.

A Twin Cities radio industry veteran who started as an on-air personality at Country KEEY-FM (K102) in Minneapolis in March 2000 before shifting to a lengthy career in sales in April 2003 has just joined Townsquare Media to oversee its entire group of stations in Rochester, Minn.

In a RBR+TVBR Observation, our editor-in-chief shares just a little bit of his bachelor party weekend experience in Key West, Fla. Really? Well ... he's got some things to say about what a carful of guys listened to on a four-hour car ride, both ways, and about Dish Network.