Radio News

As RBR+TVBR reported on February 20, a Boise, Idaho-based radio broadcasting company serving Boise and Twin Falls is venturing into a neighboring state. Terms of the "membership interest purchase" between Iliad Media Group Holdings and the parties behind The Montana Radio Company, the group Iliad is acquiring, are now known.

It has a 110,000-watt signal atop San Bruno Mountain, allowing this station to cover nearly all of the San Francisco DMA. That said, the Bay Area is notorious for its hills and valleys, which can make FM reception particularly troublesome. KQED-FM is now acting to resolve that problem in the East Bay.

How did TelevisaUnivision perform in Q4? In the U.S., there was growth and it was fueled by ViX, the direct-to-consumer platform. In Mexico, there was none, impacting the overall results. The good news: the company's full-year net loss continues to decline, albeit slowly.

A Boise, Idaho-based radio broadcasting company with stations here and in the Magic Valley region that includes Twin Falls is venturing into a neighboring state, thanks to a deal announced late Wednesday.

Sage Weil has built a network of liberal-leaning Talk stations across the state of Wisconsin, and in late November 2024 agreed to purchase an FM licensed to Hayward, Wisc., from a licensee led by Mike Oberg. Now, Weil and Oberg have an agreement in place that expands Weil's Civic Media to the land of 10,000 lakes.

For a generation of radio broadcasting industry professionals, the name "Infinity" may conjure up images of Mel Karmazin, Howard Stern, The Don & Mike Show and Opie & Anthony. Now, the Infinity name is returning thanks to the company that merged with CBS Radio — the successor to the original Infinity Broadcasting.

The Copyright Royalty Judges sitting on the Copyright Royalty Board have announced that they've received a series of notices of intent from SoundExchange to audit seven radio station licensees concerning royalty payments made over two different three-year periods.

This industry veteran served as interim Chairman of the Board of Saga Communications in 2022. He also ran Doubleday's radio stations and was a WMCA in New York "Good Guy" during its Top 40 era in the 1960s. Now, many across the radio industry are pausing to mourn the man known professionally as Gary Stevens. 

The multi-year exclusive partnership gives Westwood One Sports broadcast rights to all U.S. Soccer Federation-hosted matches, including all USWNT and USMNT friendlies, Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal matches, and the SheBelieves Cup. The first broadcast is scheduled for Thursday night.

He teamed with Barry Dickstein as the co-owner of a group of radio stations before evolving the operation in 1994 to StoneGate Capital Group. He was also a successful media brokerage advisor, and later in life an entrepreneur and Justice of the Peace. Now, family and friends are gathering to remember Joel Hartstone.

Flag Family Media will be able to close on its $600,000 purchase of a News/Talk radio station serving Fargo, N. Dakota. A listener had objected to the deal based on a Facebook post by a host at the buyer's current radio stations, on the grounds that what he said demonstrated why it would be “dangerous” for the sale to happen.

The Major League Baseball club that can list Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland as its former homes has reached an agreement with iHeartRadio to broadcast all of the team's regular season, Spring Training and any potential post-season games on a big AM serving the city its calling home until it ends up in Las Vegas.

The Congressional Budget Office has released its cost estimate for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025. And, despite automaker claims that adding electromagnetic shielding to preserve AM reception would come at a high cost, the CBO has disagreed — for a  third time.

On April 14, 2022, a woman who held 80% equity interest in four radio stations passed away. The licensee, however, failed to promptly share this information with the Commission. That's a FCC rule violations, but a forfeiture notice isn't to be handed out. Instead, the Audio Division Chief, Al Shuldiner, is signing a Consent Decree.

The third-generation President of radio station owner Mid-West Family Broadcasting will be shifting to a role as Chairman of the Board, as another longtime executive has been named Chief Operating and Revenue Officer.