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There's a pirate radio broadcast operation in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, and the FCC is going after the property owner after being unable to discern who the FM buccaneer is. Now, the landlord could be held culpable under the "PIRATE Act."

The White House has trumped Congressional Republicans who have sought a cessation of federal funding for the noncommercial educational organizations that are not FCC licensees but provide programming to broadcast stations across the U.S. and its territories.

The nation's largest Spanish-language audio content creation and distribution company that is certified Hispanic-owned returned to profitability in 2024, following the return to day-to-day leadership of President/CEO and founder Raúl Alarcón Jr.

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.