Radio News

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded five grants totaling $9.6 million to statewide public broadcasting networks in Louisiana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as well as KSUT Tribal Radio in Colorado.

It's a FM broadcasting buccaneer in the Bay State, but it's being investigated by the New York office of the FCC Enforcement Bureau. And, its landlord has just been handed a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting — an official warning to shut down or else.

There's another tweak to just how and when the Marconi Radio Awards will be bestowed upon their respective honorees, and it sees a shift outside of the NAB Show New York annual conference — an event that was eyed as a locale that could win over former attendees of the former annual Radio Show.

Renew Group Private Ltd. has fully divested its stake in audio content creation and distribution company Cumulus Media — shedding the shares just ahead of an exit from the Nasdaq Global Market exchange and shift to the OTC Markets.

An ex parte filing from the NAB in response to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative has taken aim at two groups representing the recorded music industry, accusing them for engaging in "copy-paste advocacy" and "rent-seeking" to block deregulation for local radio operators.

The owner of a Boston-area building found to be the home of an unlicensed radio station has received a "Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting" warning them of a potential fine for harboring the unlicensed FM station using 107.5 MHz.

Introducing Nueva.News, courtesy of Nueva Network. At its onset, the Nueva.News website is focusing on California and Latin America. There's a digital tabloid newspaper also associated with stories posted on the website. 

May 12 marks the start of the annual Upfront Week in New York. Following that day's Closing Bell for U.S. financial markets, the nation's leading audio content creation and distribution company will be offering a slightly different presentation — a conference call with analysts and debtholders reviewing its Q1 report.

His story is a true saga of the American Dream, and now Spanish Broadcasting System President/CEO and Radio Ink Executive of the Year Raúl Alarcón will join the Hispanic Radio Conference for an exclusive one-on-one conversation on his legacy and lessons learned.

It's a free app that gives consumers cash back on gas, groceries, and at restaurants, and over the last several years has turned to national radio to help increase and create brand awareness. Now, Upside is turning once again to Spot Radio to get more people to download and use the platform.

Thanks to the Congressionally passed PIRATE Act, the FCC is empowered to go after landlords of facilities found to harbor broadcast buccaneers. On Friday, Enforcement Bureau Region One Regional Director David Dombrowski did just that, as the pirate radio operator in question has ignored a forfeiture notice.

Tune to a hip-hop radio station to the west of Sydney, Australia, during the midday hours each weekday, and you'll hear "Thy." There's just one catch. There is no "Thy" — and there never has been over the six months this AI-generated air talent has been on the Australian Radio Network (ARN) station.

He's described as a "dynamic husband and father" and is known across the radio broadcasting industry as the longtime leader of two groups of stations — one in Austin and the other in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Now, many are pausing to remember Bob Sinclair Sr., who died April 20 at the age of 79.

Edison Research recently released its "Share of Ear" report for the first quarter of 2025, and its chock full of useful findings radio industry executives can use to further tout its exceptional reach and ROI for advertisers. For Audacy SVP of Research and Insights Ray Borelli, one finding really stood out.

Bill Spry loves his Classic Rock deep cuts, and created "ClassX Radio" as a listener-supported home of songs from acts ranging from Boomtown Rats and Pure Prairie League to ELO and Joni Mitchell. A spring fund drive is ongoing today. But it is now known that one of the station's broadcast homes is being sold.