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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 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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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?

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.

The operator of an unlicensed radio station targeting the growing Dominican segment of the Spanish-speaking population in Northeastern Pennsylvania has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC, ending its investigation into his illegal broadcasts. A small "voluntary" U.S. Treasury payment is part of the agreement.

What does Warren Buffett know that we don’t? The Berkshire Hathaway Chairperson between July 31 and August 4 snapped up millions of shares of Sirius XM — in the news thanks to a report in a tabloid suggesting Howard Stern's 20-year run as a host could be concluding when his contract expires later this year.

It's definitely worth the attention of broadcast media C-Suite executives from Halifax to Honolulu — an owner of radio stations enjoyed a 4% revenue gain in its first quarter for fiscal 2026. Just how well did Stingray Group, owner of such stations as "Boom 97.3" in Toronto, perform in the three-month period?

Entravision Communications' Q2 2025 performance puts a definitive stamp on just how advertising technology and services offerings are to the company with U.S. Hispanic media in its roots.

Salem Media Group has entered into a third amendment to a loan and security agreement with Siena Lending Group LLC. It's designed to bring more cash to the fiscally fragile parent of Christian-themed and conservative News/Talk audio and video programming.

The radio station owner has signed "a multi-pronged strategic partnership" focused on podcasting and video opportunities with a company described as "a high-growth video platform and cloud services provider that creates an independent infrastructure" with a mission "to restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again."

The "Local First" digital advertising and marketing company with radio stations in markets ranging from Buffalo to Bangor, Me., has signed its latest strategic digital advertising partnership. It is with a privately held owner of radio stations in markets including Jacksonville and Pittsburgh.