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Digital comprised the bulk of the Entravision Q2 '22 revenue results, growing by 34%. The growth was offset by a 5% drop in its Television arm, due to the reduction of assets in three markets. How did Entravision's Audio division perform?

Do you know your strengths? If so, are you confident in them? Do you utilize your strengths in your business and relationships? These are some of the questions Media Information Bureau columnist Kelly Orchard addresses in her latest exclusive-to-RBR+TVBR column.

There's a new Area President in charge of iHeartMedia's Inland Empire properties. It's an individual who will now oversee Riverside and San Bernardino, tacking on "the 909" to five other California markets — and Spokane, Wash.

Streamline Publishing is proud to announce that Forecast 2019 will be co-chaired by Marci Ryvicker, Managing Director and Senior Equity analyst of Wells Fargo Securities. She joins Caroline Beasley, CEO of Beasley Media Group, in co-chairing the annual industry summit.

There's little movement of note on the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report. But, there is one notable addition to this week's group of fully paid brands using AM and FM to reach consumers. It involves a giant in the daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting world.

A 3kw Class A FM that's a rimshot to Rockford, Ill., to the north that scrapes Chicago's far-western suburbs is trading hands. The deal, which sees Media Services Group's Bob Heymann as the exclusive broker, gives Mid-Way Radio ownership of this Hot AC.

KERA, the PBS and NPR source for consumers in North Texas, is in the process of acquiring the Denton-Record Chronicle. Plans are in the works to complete the acquisition in 2023. The move is similar to one in Chicago involving the Chicago Sun-Times and the local NPR member station.

With minutes go before the end of a holiday week, one of the biggest radio industry stories in recent years reached a surprising conclusion. At 4:42pm ET Friday, the lengthy legal spat over ratings tampering between Bubba The Love Sponge and Nielsen concluded, as the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement.

Urban One and Audacy Corp. are key radio industry companies, and the publicly traded entities have each decided when they will deliver their third quarter earnings results.

Lotus Communications benefits from Hispanic listenership to both its English-language and Spanish-language stations. But what makes Lotus' Spanish-language stations such a vibrant part of the company's holdings? Lotus President Jim Kalmenson shares his answers in this Hispanic Radio Podcast.

How challenging was Q3 for Audacy? The audio content creator and distributor that owns former CBS Radio stations and owns the Cadence13 and Pineapple Street podcast firms was just shy on quarterly revenue, but missed the earnings per share estimate in a significant way. A big impairment charge played a role in the results.

It was a mixed Q2 for Urban One, with net revenue down and net income rising. The biggest announcement for the media company super-serving Black consumers had little to do with financials and a lot more to do with what's in store come 2019. A new cable TV channel is in store for viewers, and two unnamed MVPDs are already on board.

The Smith family's Horizon Broadcasting is formally exiting broadcasting by selling their top-rated standalone Class A FM, which has a Class C3 CP, in fast-growing Brevard County. The buyer? It's a Sunshine State operation focused on properties in Gainesville, but also has an operation in both Orlando and Dallas.

You know that TV show "Undercover Boss"? Media Information Bureau featured columnist Kelly Orchard loves it. "The concept is awesome," she says. Orchard also wonders why the radio industry hasn’t done something like this at their stations, she writes in this exclusive report.

Dan Bongino was vaccinated. But, he had deep reservations about his employer's forced vaccination policy, and was very vocal about it. In fact, there was much industry chatter that he would exit Cumulus Media as a result of their vaccination enforcement. While all of that chatter fizzled, it has now surfaced that Bongino isn't planning to stick around Cumulus much longer.