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Much of the programming heard on Bell Media's radio properties is thanks to a partnership forged with the No. 1 audio content creator and distributor in the U.S. That arrangement will continue, thanks to a newly signed agreement with iHeartMedia.

Audacy is scaling back its presence in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., which had more than 300 employees taking up some 67,000 square feet in the weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the in-office business environment across the globe.

It was a transaction that was quietly submitted for FCC regulatory approval ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Now, iHeartMedia is awaiting the OK for it to convert a lease arrangement for a 250-watt FM translator serving the capital of the Lone Star State to a wholly owned asset.

The broadcast media company that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk worked for has responded to the conservative political figure's assassination on Wednesday at a public appearance held on the campus of Utah Valley University. So has the AM radio station owned by John Catsimaditis. 

On March 5, 2020, the owner of an FM translator serving the Crescent City filed its license renewal application with the FCC. However, something was amiss. Now, some 5 1/2 years later, the facility is getting a fresh license. To make it happen, the Commission and the station owner are entering into a Consent Decree.

A Class A FM and its Class C AM serving the city of Brattleboro, Vt., have found themselves a new owner, pending regulatory approval of a deal that by its very name assures they stay locally operated. Who's the buyer? Someone once associated with New England talk personality Howie Carr and with WFEA Radio.

He has served as Director of Sales for Audacy‘s Denver radio stations; VP/Sales for “Power 105.1” and the BIN: Black Information Network AM in New York for iHeartMedia; and Director of Sales at the stations presently licensed to MediaCo, formerly Emmis properties. Now, this sales leader is returning to Emmis.

For the third time in nine years, the Tom Birch-led Lakes Media is confronted with what it believes is "illegal translator interference." And, he's pointing fingers at Raleigh media icon Don Curtis for an "open violation" of the FCC's testing rules.

With the sale of WKEY-FM in Key West, Fla., it was understood that Buddy Shula would put all of his efforts into the two-brand audio content creator and distributor serving listeners in Western New York. Indeed, that is happening.

It operates a Christian Talk & Teaching network with affiliated stations in some 18 U.S. states and in such markets as Kansas City, Memphis, Nashville, Merced and Fort Wayne. Now, Bott Radio Network is poised to enter Iowa's state capital.

It is a primary goal of Beasley Media Group to bring a bevy of digital dollars to the coffers. An Amazon-owned company is being tasked to help. In related news, there's a new PD for "Country 103.7" in Charlotte, and its the woman who has been programming "Kiss 95.1" for the last four years.

With outsized attention on the rescission bill that "clawed back" preauthorized funding in FY 2025 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" has yet to progress to a full vote. Should that happen, supporters will be pleased to know that the bill is filibuster-proof in the U.S. Senate.

He joined conservative talk and Christian Talk and Teaching-focused Salem Media Group in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer. He would later serve as President of New Media and for the past three years had been serving as Chief Operating Officer. On August 31, he stepped down from the role at the the company.

It owns and operates five audio brands serving the Wichita market, and until now has been led by the woman who also oversees the company's St. Louis stations.  That's just changed, thanks from a promotion from within.

The National Football League franchise serving Northern Ohio has secured a multi-year agreement with two radio station ownership groups that the team says is "reaffirming the stations' continued role" as official flagship radio partners.