A ‘Unique’ FM Pirate Ends Up In Miami’s Most Infamous Jail
A habitual South Florida broadcasting buccaneer who repeatedly thumbed its nose at the FCC Enforcement Bureau has been arrested and charged with a felony for continuing to operate his unlicensed radio station out of his home in Biscayne Gardens, a community just south of the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami.
Connoisseur/Alpha Deal Gets FCC OK, With Market Cap Waiver
As part of the overarching larger merger of the companies, the FCC has approved Alpha Media’s waiver of the Commission’s local radio ownership rules to transfer control of its five licensed stations in the Tyler-Longview, TX market to Connoisseur Media.
Weak Digital Contributes To Q2 Revenue Fall For Salem
Trading on the OTCQX and with its stock hovering below $1 for more than two months, Salem Media Group has in recent months ramped up its video content while recently welcoming conservative digital strategist Harrison Weinhold to accelerate podcast growth. Will that be enough to reverse Salem's fiscal ills?
BIA Sees A 2.4% Year-Over-Year Local Ad Dollar Decline
BIA Advisory Services' revised 2025 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast projects total local advertising revenue to reach $169 billion this year, reflecting a 2.4% decline compared to the previous year. This updated forecast is a 1.5% decrease from the company’s earlier estimate of $171.4 billion.
A Smaller Net Loss, On Lower EBITDA, For Beasley
Here's the good news when it comes to Beasley Media Group's Q2 2025 earnings report: the radio station owner's net loss declined. However, it appears that expense controls are to thank, as the net revenue and adjusted EBITDA each fell. A surprise transaction in its home market is also a likely factor.
Schurz Chairman Emeritus, Former CEO Frank Schurz Dies
Today, former radio and television station licensee Schurz Communications is focused on regional broadband companies, through which cable TV services are offered. Now, it is mourning the death of its former chief executive, Franklin Dunn Schurz Jr. He passed away in Bozeman, Mont., at the age of 94.
A Small Revenue Increase Helps iHeart Whittle Its Net Loss
“Our second quarter performance was solid and slightly ahead of our initial expectations," iHeartMedia Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman shared in prepared remarks released after the close of U.S. financial markets on Monday, as the nation's biggest radio station licensee released its Q2 2025 results.
How did iHeartMedia do?
A New Chief Business Officer Is Named at iHeart
The owner of more radio stations in the U.S. than any other broadcast licensee has selected a woman with "deep expertise in ad tech and digital and mobile advertising" to serve in the newly created role of Chief Business Officer.
A Religious Convert To Come For A Central Pa. ‘Bigfoot’ Lair
A Class A FM serving Dauphin County, Pa., a rural portion of the Harrisburg DMA, as part of a "Bigfoot Country" trimulcast will soon be in the hands of a noncommercial religious broadcast ministry. That's according to a just-filed asset purchase agreement awaiting regulatory approval from the FCC.
A Quick Spin To K-LOVE For A Former Sunbury FM
In mid-April, RBR+TVBR shared details of the sale of an FM to Vic Michael by Sunbury Broadcasting Corp. Now, Michael is spinning this FM to the CCM behemoth that owns more noncommercial radio stations than any other U.S. broadcast licensee.
SoundExchange Legal Power to Enforce Royalties Stopped By Court
Citing Section 114 of the Copyright Act, the decision effectively eliminates a legal enforcement mechanism that broadcasters have long expected SoundExchange could wield, placing future disputes squarely in the hands of individual copyright holders or Congress.
NAB Marconi Radio Award Finalists For 2025 Unveiled
Two radio stations serving the City of New York, an AM to the east on Long Island, a big AM serving the Midwest, and one of the biggest Rock stations in the U.S. are the five finalists for "Legendary Station of the Year," as the NAB on Thursday announced its list of nominees for the 2025 NAB Marconi Radio Awards.
Saga Sees A Softer Quarter As Revenue, Income Slip
It was a quarter in which the earnings per share fell short of analyst estimates by a penny and revenue was a few thousand dollars below analyst forecasts, too. How can Saga Communications get out of the doldrums with its future quarterly revenue reviews? "We have to sell our way out," says CEO Chris Forgy.
Cumulus CEO Stresses ‘Disciplined Focus on Optimizing Performance’
The owner of broadcast radio stations and the Westwood One national radio unit "continued to outperform" its radio peers in the quarter, gaining market share across all broadcast spot revenue channels. Did that translate to net income growth for a fiscally strained company whose Over-the-Counter stock is trading at $0.17 per share?
Digital Dollars Fuel Another Quarter of Bell Media Revenue Growth
With radio stations across the nation operating under the iHeartRadio banner, Bell Media has followed the lead of industry peer Stingray by reporting digital and ad technology growth as a big revenue generator in the latest fiscal quarter. Of course, CTV, TSN and the Crave app had much to do with the gains.