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For Salem, its leaders remain confident that its mix of Christian-themed and secular conservative spoken word content will bring ad dollars and listeners alike.  To keep cash in the coffers, its co-founder and executive chairman is agreeing to accept stock in Salem rather than greenbacks as a form of 2025 compensation.

With hopeful deregulation, ATSC 3.0’s continuing rollout, the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act awaiting a Congressional vote and those ever-pesky microeconomic challenges, what has this meant for the broker community? Richard A. Foreman, the veteran media broker, shares his thoughts in this conversation, presented by dot.FM.

On June 30, 2020, iHeartMedia brought to life a 24/7 nationally distributed audio services “dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective.” Come Nov. 1, BIN: Black Information Network will be offered to non-owned stations via syndication.

A new all-Sports offering on a 250-watt FM translator serving greater Cleveland arrived in early September, replacing a "throwback" hip-hop presentation focused on tracks from some 25 years ago. Now, iHeartMedia's stations in the market are getting supercharged, as well as that mini-FM.

It's a new platform that leverages AI to create distinctly different 24/7 audio formats "that are 100 percent localized for your market." It's the creation of a former Program Director turned retired radio trade industry journalist and a partner who has been Katz Radio President and co-COO/co-President of Interep.

The media company superserving African American consumers has selected the date on which it will release its third quarter earnings results and hold a conference call to discuss its fiscal report card. What can Urban One shareholders and other interested parties expect to hear from CEO Alfred Liggins III.

Since 1991, a longtime Twin Cities radio programming pro has been associated with Country "K102." Now, with iHeartMedia reduction-in-force reports permeating several radio industry trade publications, the company has confirmed that this veteran "will be transitioning to a new strategic advisor role."

For nearly four decades, he's enjoyed a career in radio that has resulted in him becoming one of the most listened-to on-air personalities in Southern Nevada. Now, this longtime morning host has revealed that he will retire at the end of October, bringing the "Mike & Carla Morning Show" to its conclusion.

The future for Central Pennsylvania's lone NPR member radio station and its PBS-aligned TV station sibling is now clearer, ending weeks of uncertainty for the facilities licensed to Penn State University. The stations are en route to being sold, and Philadelphia's leading educational noncomm entity has come to the rescue. 

The fresh agreement allows Audacy-owned WJFK-FM 106.7 in Manassas, Va., the longtime all-Sports station serving the National Capital Region, to continue to serve as the flagship audio home of the local NHL and NBA teams. Meanwhile, the station is mourning the loss of Craig Heist.

SiriusXM with 360L is ready to make its Toyota debut, and drivers of the new 2026 RAV4 SUV model will be the first to enjoy the technology, which  combines satellite and streaming content delivery into a single, cohesive in-vehicle entertainment system.

A member of the air staff at KBDZ-FM 93.1, licensed to Perryville, Mo., and serving a swath of downstate Illinois and southeastern Missouri between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, has died after contracting West Nile Virus some five weeks ago.

The news was first shared on a Texas local media blog and shared by the individual at the heart of the report via LinkedIn early Friday morning. A former Regional VP for Urban One's radio division from October 2004 through March 2015, overseeing its Dallas and Houston stations, is returning to the company.

Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley will take on the CFO role on an interim basis, while Shaun Greening rises to CAO, both effective October 17.

A multifamily residential building is being proposed for a site on the west bank of the Malden River in suburban Medford, Mass., that until 20 years ago served as the home of one of the nation's most iconic Top 40 stations and its AM sibling.