Radio News

Here's an opportunity you may not want to flush down the drain. A popular afternoon-drive show airing on an Entercom Rock station in Seattle is getting a national roll-out on June 5, thanks to a partnership with Westwood One.

Until today, Townsquare Media had separate digital content and radio content teams. Now, it is combining both units. As a result, a new Chief Content Officer has been named. At the same time, additional responsibilities beyond his current programming duties are being given to Kurt Johnson, making him the company's chief music industry liaison.

In an unanimous 3-0 vote at today's FCC May Open meeting, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to eliminate the rule, which requires each AM, FM, and television broadcast station to have a main studio located in or near its local community.

Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN) has forged an expanded newswire content partnership with the owner and operator of 14 religious non-commercial stations across Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

Less than 24 hours after the Recording Academy revealed that it has gained additional bipartisan support in the House of Representatives for its "Fair Pay Fair Play Act," the NAB-supported "Local Radio Freedom Act" has attracted two more backers in the lower body of Congress.

Add yet another twist to the ongoing saga involving FM radio stations formerly owned by Ed Stolz and his Royce International Broadcasting. The FCC has issued a pair of Notice of Violation warnings to Stolz's Palm Springs, Calif., operation for problems tied to two FM translators in the market he owns.

Financial institutions from banks to mortgage lenders have been increasing their marketing efforts in recent months as the economy continues to show signs of improvement. But, what about credit card companies? One is using radio, and they are back on the latest Media Monitors Radio Spot Ten report.

At a company gathering on Sunday, RBR+TVBR saw for the first time a portable HD Radio. Who even knew it existed? The bigger, perhaps more depressing question, is this: Who cares? There's a reason why we ask, and it is one the radio industry's leadership may wish to read at their leisure today.

BIA/Kelsey this morning released its mid-year 2017 update to its U.S. Local Advertising Forecast. How’s local TV faring? It’s No. 2. What about radio? There’s some not-so-great news for the C-Suite, but it mirrors other prognostications we’ve seen as of late.

Riverfront Broadcasting, led by Carolyn Becker, has attracted national attention for its operations in the Heartland of America. With operations in such markets as Yankton, S.D., Riverfront is now scaling back in a small way. It is saying goodbye to an AM, FM and FM translator serving a small city in Iowa.

A bitter $1 million matter involving Michael Baisden and former distribution and production partner Cumulus Media has taken another turn, as Cumulus unit Radio Networks on Wednesday asked a Dallas-based Federal judge to widen its victory over the talk host.

Add Beasley Media Group to the list of radio station owners who will be sharing their third quarter 2021 fiscal report prior to the opening bell on Election Day 2021.

A veteran radio sales executive who has served as VP/Advertising and Affiliate Sales for the ESPN Audio Network, which includes the ESPN Radio network, has just been snagged by Sirius XM to serve as its new head of advertising sales.

Bonneville International has announced what it is calling "several significant executive promotions as part of a strategic focus on growth." This sees the appointment of two Market Managers at the Salt Lake City-based media company.

A Notice of Unlicensed Operation (NUO) was sent by the FCC's Enforcement Bureau to a Baptist temple in the 49th state of the union that's been involved in the community since 1956. Agents from the FCC's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices investigated.  RBR+TVBR spoke with an individual connected to the unlicensed signal, and we’ve got an update on the situation.