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With its stock price hovering at close to $2 after a late-August fall to below $1.50, Salem Media Group has been struggling to recover from not only a fresh five-year low but its lowest closing prices in a decade. Now, the company is shrinking its board to reduce costs.

Gen Media Partners-owned Sun Broadcast Group is celebrating the eighth birthday of Sun Latino with "a fresh new look." That includes a fresh "playera" and a soccer ball, perhaps. Why? Sun is diving in to the scrum to help fill the void left by the end of ESPN Deportes Radio.

As streaming music services continue their ascendance, attracting increasing levels of consumer spend, and the automotive industry explores the car connectivity road map, traditional broadcast radio is coming under serious threat. That’s according to a new automotive audio report from Futuresource Consulting.

For more than a year, Univision Communications' radio assets have been the subject of some pretty wild rumors. New gossip has emerged that suggests the company is looking at selling all or some of its stations, with Meruelo Media supposedly kicking the tires. Univision says no.

The fate of four AM stations serving St. Louis were placed in question in June 2019, when a Hearing Designation Order was issued by the FCC to the licensee of these stations. On Sept. 11, the need for a hearing was erased: The stations' owner has declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Roger Wahl is the 100% owner of a Class A FM in a small Western Pennsylvania town. Wahl, a.k.a. "The Commander," became a town celebrity by offering local news headlines and school lunch menus to listeners. Now, Wahl is in big trouble, and it could impact his ownership of WQZS-FM.

If there's one broadcast media company stock that deserves a close examination of its 30-day performance, it's likely Townsquare Media. The local media company specializing in radio stations and websites has enjoyed a stock resurgence and is now at its best year-to-date price.

Saga  shares may be lightly traded, but until recently they've been one of the more highly valued media company issues. Shares were up 19 cents to $31.14 in Friday's trading on news that the company has again decided to reward investors with a big dividend.

Many across America are pausing to remember Charlie Dozier, Director of Engineering for a group of stations owned by one of the nation's top media brokers, Larry Patrick. "He was one of the most professionally dedicated engineers in broadcast history," says featured columnist Ken Benner.

In a move designed to give listeners easy access to its Sports Talk stations and Sports-focused podcasts -- as well as a new advertiser lure -- iHeartMedia has launched an "iHeartRadio Sports" website as a one-stop shop inclusive of nearly 200 live offerings.

Ransomware, be damned. With much of Entercom's computer systems and email back in action on Thursday morning, ETM shares were flying high in average trading on NYSE. With Thursday's closing bell, a 1.6% gain was seen.

RBR+TVBR has learned from multiple sources that Entercom's radio stations have been experiencing "serious issues" across nearly all of its digital platforms, including e-mail and internal services including program logs. Trouble started Saturday, and problems continued into Tuesday.

Two decades ago, two brothers came together to purchase the ABC affiliate serving Elmira, N.Y. The deal included an AM/FM combo in the region, but they were shed just one year after obtaining them. In April, this company returned to the radio business. Now, it has another radio station to add to its stable.

Salem Media Group shares started the month of September at their lowest price since July 2009. That didn't stop the Board of Directors for the owner of Christian-themed and conservative talk-focused radio stations from declaring a cash dividend for the third quarter.

Commercial radio stations represented by the RMLC, say two Fletcher Heald & Hildreth attorneys, should take note of yet another extension of the interim license allowing those stations to play music in the repertory of GMR while both parties continue to duke out their music licensing differences in court.