Radio News

In fall 2016, a Hoosier broadcaster who had actively owned and operated radio stations in Indiana for 30 years sold the last of his three station clusters. The reason was simple: This longtime owner was heading toward retirement. On Wednesday, this operator passed away.

Educational Media Foundation, operator of the KLOVE and Air1 Christian music formats, continues to grow. In this deal, it is adding two FMs in Texas, two FMs in New York, an FM in Arizona, and FM translators in Texas and Nevada.

Should a radio broadcasting company with AMs in Norfolk have been allowed to participate in Auction 100, and be considered as an applicant for an FM translator? This company was challenged, and the FCC's Audio Division head just told this station owner "no."

ABA began in 1949 as the trade association for broadcasters in Arkansas focused on providing broadcasters with a lobbying voice, while also providing them with technical and regulatory support and continuous professional enrichment opportunities. 

The NMPA's President/CEO and Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison have spoken on the decision by both Amazon and Spotify to file a notice of appeal of the recent Copyright Royalty Board ruling raising songwriters’ rates for streaming.

Investors who have stuck by Salem Media Group are in for a treat. The media company saw its board of directors declare a cash dividend for Q1. The decision comes as Salem tries to recover from its worst stock performance in 7 years.

The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio has extended the application window for its 2019 MIW Group Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. The experience pairs up-and-coming women with at least five years of radio industry experience with female media pros.

A vast majority of Americans feel unduly stressed at work. But, what are the most stressful positions out there? Beware, media executives.

Great Lakes Media Corp. has no assets as of yet. But, the company formed in fall 2018 by former WTMJ-AM & FM and WKTI-FM in Milwaukee VP/GM Tom Langmyer has a roster of very well-known names on board -- a sign of faith in his quest to build a group of small-markets AM and FM radio stations from scratch in a digital audio world.

For more than 28 years, Kevin & Bean have served as the anchor for one of the most successful Alternative radio stations in U.S. history: KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. Soon, it will be without one of its two main hosts, who revealed early Wednesday on-air that he's leaving.

The Florida-based company, which has offices in New York, has just opened the doors to Key Networks, under the direction of CEO Rob Koblasz and Chief Revenue Officer Dennis Green.

A host of experts will be in attendance at the Hispanic Radio Conference, which starts Tuesday (3/12) at the InterContinental at Doral Miami. Will you? If you're not registered, you could be losing out on a big opportunity to bring big dollars to your stations.

The United States government has filed a civil action to prevent an unlicensed radio station from operating in the city of Worcester, Mass.

Urban One, the company that owns Radio One, Reach Media and the TV One cable TV enterprise, saw its net revenue rise in Q4. However, net income was off slightly. Digital and Philadelphia are problems Alfred Liggins III is addressing. And, 1H '19 looks bright.

An Alternative station with a Class C2 FM signal and its Class C1 sibling, a Brooke & Jubal affiliate modeled after a Seattle-based CHR/Pop station with identical branding, are being sold in a deal that shines a spotlight on the 49th State of the Union -- Alaska.