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Bob Lacey and Sheri Lynch’s company, NOW! Media, will continue to syndicate the show, with Lynch remaining on board after Friday, January 31. No further details have been revealed. Lacey has enjoyed a 54-year career in Charlotte radio, when he joined WBT-AM in Charlotte for nights; the station's signal can be heard across the East Coast after dark.

Three veteran radio industry professionals have connected their brain power and years of experience and have launched a consulting venture "with big dreams, plenty of expertise, and a healthy appreciation for clichés."

Pop-Up “TJ 98.7” is gone. So is WLIB’s previous programming. Now on the air is New York’s take on the growing format using English and Spanish pop hits with a 100% Spanish presentation.

The FCC has moved ahead with the issuance of four forfeiture notices, placing steep financial penalties on parties found to be associated in some way with unlicensed FM radio broadcasters. The locales range from Waterbury, Conn., to Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio.

"Our results were in line with the first quarter outlook we provided." That's what Corus Entertainment co-Chief Executive Officer John Gossling had to say when commenting on the Canadian media company's fiscal Q1 2025 report. That said, television and radio division revenue were each down by double-digit percentages.

For a decade, she has worked in Radio in the nation's No. 1 market. Now, she's been promoted from the General Sales Manager role to General Manager at the two spoken word audio outlets serving New York owned by Salem Media Group.

Publicly traded Francophone-focused Cogeco Media, tied to U.S. MVPD Breezeline parent Cogeco Inc., will be welcoming a new President, effective February 3. It's a woman who most recently directed Radio-Canada, the French audio division of Canada's CBC.

He was the Digital and Media Director for President Trump's successful 2016 campaign and served as Campaign Manager for his 2020 re-election bid. Now, he's joining Salem Media Group as its Chief Strategy Officer. 

In 2021, iHeartMedia — which considers itself to be the No. 1 podcast publisher globally — teamed up with the National Football League to create the NFL Podcast Network. An extension to that exclusive partnership has been agreed upon.

The FCC has released its broadcast station totals for the last quarter of 2024, reflecting the three-month period ending December 31. The biggest takeaway? Some 30 fewer AM radio stations are on the air today compared to at the end of June 2024.

A Class A FM radio station serving a community to the west of Corpus Christi, Tex., in August 2024 was handed a proposed financial penalty for its late filing of license renewal forms with the FCC. Now, this FM is off the hook because it was the Commission's fault.

In February 2021, a former SVP overseeing Emmis Communications' radio stations in St. Louis was appointed Market President for the iHeartMedia cluster in the Gateway City, later adding Area President duties. Now, he's embarked on what the company calls "the next chapter of his career."

What is CES 2025 expected to bring to radio and TV? Mary DelGrande, CEO of vCreative + PromoSuite, believes attendees in Las Vegas will see "even more groundbreaking advancements that can reshape the way radio and TV operate in an increasingly digital-first world."

Audacy announced on December 16 that it planned to raise $100 million from the offering, with a strike price of $20 per share. The proceeds were to be used to pay down its current debt.  That's been scratched, due to lack of interest from potential participants.

A prominent valuation specialist for radio and television stations in the U.S. has done the math, and he's found that based on the population metric for Salem Media Group's end-of-2024 transaction that sees Educational Media Foundation acquire 7 radio stations, the dollar amount is perhaps higher than some may have expected for "stick licenses."