Radio News

Beasley Media Group has teamed up with two radio industry tech companies, a veteran radio programming executive, and one of the nation's leading broadcast media colleges in creating what's being hailed as "a talent incubator and farm system for aspiring broadcasters."

A variety of efforts have been seen as the Houston market prepared midday Monday for even more flooding and rain tied to Hurricane Harvey. At iHeartMedia‘s KTRH-AM 740, non-stop storm coverage has been delivered since 8am Friday.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is encouraging broadcasters who have been hit by Hurricane Harvey to find out if they qualify for emergency aid by completing an emergency grant request form on the non-profit organization's website.

The nation's two biggest do-it-yourself home and hardware retailers have been avid users of AM and FM radio to help lure consumers and boost sales. Both Lowe's and The Home Depot once again demonstrated how much they love the medium, based on the latest data found on Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio chart.

Four months ago, a veteran program director used to spending a decade in one place relocated from Miami to Rochester, N.Y. Today, he's settled in at a Classic Rock station that oozes with personalities that have been on the air for years. Then again, the entire market is full of veterans. Why haven't they left? That's a story that every broadcast media executive may want to read, and comprehend.

Looking for another reason why Snapchat is an increasingly important tool for radio broadcasters? You may want to take a look at a first-of-its-kind contest iHeartMedia is doing with the popular social media platform.

Nearly nine years after the FCC gave its nod for the creation of an LPFM in a big Bay State city, Saga Communications asked the FCC to yank its license. Why? Interference to one of its stations, underwriting violations, and just where this LPFM's tower is are at issue. Now, Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey has given her say on the matter.

On Aug. 17, Alan B. Miller and Gary B. Stone notified Spanish Broadcasting System of their resignation as members of the Miami-based multimedia company's Board of Directors. SBS and the Board thanked Miller and Stone for their three years of service. But, why exit now? Miller offered a blunt one-sentence reason via e-mail to several board members. Stone didn't give a reason, so we contacted him.

One Chris is succeeding another Chris in the Big Easy: A four-decade radio industry veteran who began his career at then-R&B WBOK-AM in New Orleans has been appointed VP/Market Manager of Entercom/New Orleans. To take the job, he abandoned retirement after several years at the nation's leading media company serving African-American consumers.

Looking for new ways to grow your talent pool, as well as your vault of cash? The 2017 Radio Show, set for Sept. 5-8 in Austin, Tex., promises to deliver some solid answers, and they'll all be given by a collection of the radio industry's top women.

Who better than to ask about the media preferences of millennials than millennials themselves? That's exactly what Nielsen did with its second volume of its "Millennials on Millennials" report, and it queried its own associates to get the answers it wanted.

Years from now, when historians and tourists visiting the Steel City go to the nascent National Museum of Broadcasting, they'll likely see and hear invaluable artifacts relating to the birth of American radio. Thank Duquesne University in Pittsburgh for the foresight to preserve some of the radio industry's roots, and thank the Pennsylvania Department of Education for funding it. 

The Chicago and New Orleans field offices of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau are stepping into the fight to quash pirates. These newest violators are in suburban towns, and far from the urban centers on the East Coast where such activity is rampant and recidivist. 

Saga Communications is one of the media industry's darlings of Wall Street, and has regularly been a solid performer providing investors with strong dividends. How did Saga's Q2 compare to that of its peers? Capital Cube asked, and we've got the answers.

Despite vociferous opposition from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student body, Rhode Island Public Radio is now the owner and operator of the station formerly known as WUMD-FM 89.3. The station is now WXNI, and its big signal has led RIPR to formally shed one of its other properties—an AM in the state's biggest market.