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Several key factors are influencing the market for buying and selling radio stations in mid-2025, noted media broker Bob Heymann notes in this column. "While activity hasn't disappeared, both valuation expectations and buyer enthusiasm are being shaped by regulatory uncertainty, broader market dynamics, and competition for capital."

The 50th annual Gracie Awards Luncheon, an event held at Cipriani 42nd Street that honored individual achievement and outstanding programming by, for and about women in local and student television, radio and digital platforms, is now a memory.

It is a technology that is being embraced by terrestrial radio stations across the U.S., thanks to companies such as Futuri and Super Hi-Fi. Now, the nation's subscription-based audio content creation and distribution leader has partnered with a tech company that will allow it to bring AI-generated advertising to listeners.

Moderated by Radio Ink Online Editor Cameron Coats, “The Future on the Dash: AM Battle Reboot” put a sharp, emotional focus on what many consider one of the most urgent issues facing radio: keeping the AM band in the nation’s vehicles.

The broadcast studio for WMMX-FM "MIX 107.7" in Dayton was slightly compromised on Thursday by an apparent fire in a residential unit directly above the iHeartMedia-owned Adult Contemporary station.

As 2014 came to a close, Salem Media Group agreed to purchase an FM translator in the Greenville-Spartanburg market for $185,000 from Tugart Properties. Now, the publicly traded licensee of radio stations across the U.S. is selling the facility. The buyer? It's a regional Hispanic media company that's on a growth spurt.

Intrigue, betrayal and drama left and right. No, there was no discussion about a telenovela at the 2025 Hispanic Radio Conference, which concluded on Thursday. But, those themes certainly set the tone for this year's regulatory panel moderated by veteran D.C. communications attorney Francisco Montero.

Mud Radio was just over one month late with its license renewal application. Why? It was due to an "inadvertent oversight." Now, the Audio Division Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau is willing to resolve the matter with a Consent Decree. And, it sees the licensee of a Vermont FM pay a civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury to wipe its slate clean.

With a blend of legacy and urgency permeating the conversation, the 2025 Hispanic Radio Conference opened in Houston on Wednesday with a wide array of Hispanic media executives including Spanish Broadcasting System founder, Chairman and President/CEO Raúl Alarcón Jr. on hand.

It is an owner of radio and TV stations based on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and it is ready to grow. That's thanks to a transaction that sees Michael J. Bergner serve as the seller's broker of record, with Lynn Deppen signing off on the divestment agreement.

With the start of the 2022 NFL season, the team inked an English-language flagship broadcast deal with iHeartMedia's stations serving the National Capital Region. The team and the local management leading the stations owned by America's largest radio broadcasting company have just agreed to a contract extension.

The Executive VP of Corporate Strategy and Development for Cumulus Media and President of its Westwood One arm has been elected Chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors. He takes over from Nexstar Media Group Chairman/CEO Perry Sook, who will remain on the executive committee as immediate past joint board chair.

QUU, the company founded by Chief Technology Officer Joe Harb and led by CEO Steve Newberry, is devoted to bringing rich visuals to partner radio stations. Now, it's released a study that demonstrates just how important a radio station should look when tuned to while on the road.

The one-day campaign aims to raise money and awareness to help Radio and TV professionals in acute need. Tim McCarthy, President of the Broadcasters Foundation, says, “If you’re part of the broadcasting community, while we hope you never need us, we need to be here for you should disaster or illness strike."

Dielectric has carved itself a significant portion of the antenna structure business. Achieving growth has come with various partnerships, and these partner companies came together to share their relationships and product highlights for Radio at a two-day “Radiovana” event.