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Nielsen is formally adopting Gracenote IDs as the standard content identifier across its audience measurement solutions. Standardization of Gracenote IDs within Nielsen's measurement products will tie together all related media and power more effective cross platform buying and planning.

The FCC unanimously approved its April Open Meeting Consent Agenda on Thursday. Up for consideration were an item involving a now-defunct low power TV station and a CP for an FM in Washington State.

Thomas Sydnor, a Visiting Fellow with AEI’s Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy, thinks so. In this Media Information Bureau column that's a must-read for every C-Suite executive in the radio industry, Sydnor believes such legislation is in the "legal, national, and economic interests of the U.S."

Just after 6pm Eastern on Wednesday (4/19), Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) at long last revealed its Q4 and FY2016 financial results. The company had a strong Q4. But, it may not be enough: Along with the results came a recapitalization strategy and the revelation that the sale of non-core assets is in the works.

A Puerto Rico-based operator of a trio of AM synchronous boosters has lost his appeal to the FCC to keep what the Commission has authorized as test operations on the air. Here's what the Commission had to say in rejecting a request to extend a "test" of these boosters for another six months.

As legislators on Capitol Hill consider new ways to impose new royalty fees on radio, this media company just won a copyright case in U.S. District Court against plaintiffs who sought thousands of dollars in fees for the airplay of songs from classic Tropical music acts.

The Chief Administration Officer of Radio One has decided to leave the company focused on African American media consumers at the end of the calendar year.

The Tampa-St. Petersburg station group owned by the No. 1 owner of radio stations in the U.S. by station count has just scored a touchdown all of its own. That's because its scored an extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL franchise that includes a shift of the team's games to iHeart's Rock station in the market.

Radio One’s Q1 2017 guidance shows a year-over-year decline. Company President/CEO Alfred C. Liggins III expressed little surprise when sharing the news with the financial community in early March, when the company released its full-year and Q4 2016 results. What sort of decline will the African American-focused media company see in Q1? The answer will be revealed May 4.

A pair of radio industry veterans have teamed together for a joint venture dedicated to strategizing and creating voice command solutions for the radio and podcasting industries.

A new service platform that's an "audience extension solution" designed to assist media companies in selling digital and traditional media more efficiently in an increasingly complex digital marketplace has arrived just in time for the 2017 NAB Show.

With its stock at its highest point since March 2014, Saga Communications is a shining star among publicly traded broadcast media companies. Therefore, its upcoming annual shareholders meeting could be filled with positive vibes.

A cough and a coat may be what's needed to get through the spring flu season. If so, Walgreens and Macy's want to make sure you consider stopping in for a purchase — based on the jump in spots they placed on AM and FM stations across the U.S. last week,

Concerned about how an "Internet of Things" device may lead to odd wobbles in your station's Nielsen Audio ratings, mimicking what was just seen with Beasley's WYUU-FM in Tampa? A new program open to all 2017 NAB Show attendees that explores Alexa voice service technology may be just what you've needed.

The nation's No. 1 radio station owner is amending the private offers to lenders under its Term Loan D and Term Loan E facilities. As a result, it is extending the expiration date on its term loan offers by another week.