KDHX Sale To Local Non-Secular Operator Could Be Challenged
Lawyers representing a group of terminated volunteers and associates of embattled and bankrupt KDHX-FM in St. Louis have filed an amended objection to the station owner’s motion for an order that would authorize the sale of the KDHX license, tower, and other non-real estate assets.
Randy Michaels To Receive Lifetime Leadership Award
Recognizing his decades-long influence on the broadcasting industry, Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink has named iconic leader Randy Michaels as this year’s recipient of its Lifetime Leadership Award. The honor will be formally presented at Forecast 2026 in New York in November.
Bevins, Okesson Take New Roles As Connoisseur Readies Alpha Takeover
With Connoisseur Media moving forward with the proposed acquisition of Alpha Media’s radio stations, a pair of leadership changes will take effect June 9 that the company says reflect its "commitment to continuity, growth, and the integration" of new properties into the Connoisseur family.
E Street Shuffle: Monte Spearman Signs Off On HPRN Sales
In January, HPRN agreed to sell 10 stations, and paperwork for that deal has now been submitted to the FCC for regulatory approval. So has a second agreement dated April 15 that will see 10 Texas radio properties see a change in control. Once the deals close, who will be the new owner?
Ex-Rehab CEO Indicted In Public Radio Harassment Plot
The founder of New Hampshire’s largest network of addiction treatment centers, has been arrested and federally charged in connection with a series of coordinated vandalism attacks against New Hampshire Public Radio journalists.
Tatum Takes Key iHeartMedia Local Leadership Role
Introducing the new Area President for its newly consolidated South Carolina-Georgia region, expanding his oversight to include 67 radio stations across Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Florence, Savannah, Augusta, and more markets.
John Bustos Signs Off On Milwaukee FM Translator Buy
He's the General Manager of his family's Milwaukee radio assets. On May 7, he signed off on an asset purchase agreement with an effective date of June 1 that makes Bustos Media — pending FCC approval — the owner of an FM translator that has, until now, served as a competitor.
Five NoCal Stations Go To Trust After Owner’s Passing
The licensee of an AM/FM combo and three FM translators serving the Chico, Calif., radio market is moving ahead with the transfer of the stations' licenses to a property trust. It is a move requiring FCC approval that comes following the passing of the licensee's head.
When All Else Fails, AM Speaks
At the 2025 Hispanic Radio Conference, The Future on the Dash: AM Battle Reboot! takes on urgent new relevance as Hispanic broadcasters rally behind the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. Though the bipartisan bill stalled in the last Congress, its reintroduction gives the industry a critical second shot — one we can’t afford to waste.
A Sales Leadership Change Surfaces For TelevisaUnivision
In early 2021, a WarnerMedia veteran who came on board with the appointment of Wade Davis as TelevisaUnivision CEO played an integral role leading U.S. ad sales and marketing for the biggest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company in the world. Come June 9, she'll be replaced.
Three-On-Three Pro Basketball League Teams With iHeart
On January 11, 2017, producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube teamed up with entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz to create a three-on-three player-centric basketball league "focused on entertainment and innovation." Today, the BIG3 league is gaining new exposure thanks to a multiplatform pact with iHeartMedia.
Expanded-Band AM Warned For EAS Compliance Fail
The licensee of an AM radio station at 1680 kHz serving Grand Rapids, Mich., has been issued a stern warning from the FCC's Enforcement Bureau for its inability to provide an agent a copy of its Emergency Alert System logs during a February visit to the facility.
FCC Silences The Texas Thunder After Years Of Ignored Fees
Two East Texas FM signals have officially lost their broadcast licenses. The revocation comes after no formal response to the FCC’s demand for payment or justification for unpaid regulatory fees for fiscal years 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
Chattanooga AM Owner In Hot Water Over Near Decade Of Unpaid Fees
A long-running talk and religious format station in Chattanooga, Tenn., is facing possible license revocation after decades on the air. The FCC has issued a formal Order to Pay or to Show Cause to Bible Talk Chattanooga (WJOC-AM) licensee Sarah M. Fryar, citing a failure to pay regulatory fees going back to 2016.
iHeart Trusts True Crime to Advance Podcast-to-Broadcast Push
iHeartMedia, already the largest podcast publisher in the U.S. by audience reach, is betting that the platform's fans can expand its digital dominance into live, appointment-based listening across its terrestrial broadcast properties with a new true crime radio program set to premiere next month.