Radio News

The Senior VP of Sales for the group of station in Milwaukee-Racine owned by the nation's largest radio broadcasting company has been promoted to Market President. He'll report to iHeartMedia Division President Nick Gnau.

With NPR and PBS stations poised to lose pre-approved federal dollars through the CPB following Congressional package of a rescission package, widespread discussion of what it will bring for public media abounds. For the FCC's newest Commissioner, the answer is "opportunity."

It bills itself as "a next-generation cross-platform distribution and monetization company," and it has just linked a sales-focused strategic partnership with the sports wagering news and information network linked to the Musberger family and operating from Las Vegas.

Since last year, she has been the VP of Sales for Audacy's Austin radio stations and has a quarter-century of sales and leadership experience, largely tied to her 18 years as GSM of crosstown stations linked to Waterloo Media and Emmis. Now, she's formally running Austin's cluster in the Lone Star State's capital.

Journalists at the all-News station serving the New York Tri-State region owned by Audacy that are members of the Writers Guild of America-East are calling on company management to address staff safety protocols and artificial intelligence protections in a new bargaining agreement made as part of ongoing contract negotiations.

The Chairman of the FCC has shared a preview of what's on the agenda for the agency's August Open Meeting, and it includes a review of the Emergency Alert System. This suggests the Commission is ripe to bring the most significant changes to U.S. emergency communications infrastructure in more than 30 years.

The NPR and PBS giant serving Northern California's biggest population zone has announced that it will move forward with a reduction-in-force initiative resulting in the loss of 45 people. Additionally, 12 individuals have accepted voluntary separation agreements. The result is a 15% staff shrinkage for KQED.

A Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting has been issued to the owners of a ranch nestled along Lake Quinault, adjacent to an Indian Reservation and the Olympic National Forest. It's not a fine, but if the unlicensed FM doesn't get shut down, it could be held liable under the PIRATE Act.

Digitally driven and Hispanic market-rooted media company Entravision Communications has entered into "a strategic amendment" to its all-important credit agreement.

It's a private equity group based in New York that placed its dollars in enterprises "supporting the future of technology." This includes sectors such as media and entertainment. Now, this entity using rented workspaces at 45 Rockefeller Plaza is seeking the FCC's approval to buy a group of Monte Spearman's radio stations.

The company led by CEO Jennifer Witz has introduced "a new low-cost, ad-supported subscription plan" — a move seen by Netflix, Hulo and HBO Max that some critics may argue makes Sirius XM more like Radio. The ad-supported SiriusXM option will bring "the company's flagship audio service" at a fee of "less than $7" per month.

Twenty-two years ago, he walked through the doors of what were then Sandusky Radio properties as an intern. Today, those stations are owned by Hubbard Radio. And, that individual is now the VP/Market Manager.

The licensee of a Class B AM radio station serving an area of Puerto Rico due west of metropolitan San Juan has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC Media Bureau's Audio Division Chief that puts to an end a probe into an unauthorized transfer of control.

John Lyon, whose decades-long presence on News/Talk WMAL in Washington, D.C. intertwined with one of the region’s most haunting mysteries, has died at the age of 85. Lyon’s 22-year career at the former ABC Radio station at 630 kHz, now a Cumulus Media property at 105.9 MHz, began in the early 1970s.

A legal battle between Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw and Audacy's lead equity interest holder escalated on Thursday as Soros Fund Management and its Head of Media Investments, Michael Del Nin, filed aggressive responses to a lawsuit filed by Warshaw in which he claims he should have Kelli Turner's job.