Radio News

Conrad Trautmann, who has been ranked as one of Broadcast Media's Top Tech Leaders by RBR+TVBR, is retiring at the end of March, concluding a 25-year run at Cumulus Media. The company announced late Tuesday who will be succeeding him, effective April 1.

New data from Nielsen and Edison Research’s The Record highlights the state of audio in the U.S. media landscape, with nearly 20% of daily media consumption dedicated to audio content in the fourth quarter of 2024. And, Radio is at the forefront.

The "local first" digital media and marketing company with its roots in broadcast radio has promoted from within to fill three newly created positions — roles that allow the NYSE-traded company "to tackle the numerous opportunities ahead."

Mark Gray will represent KMG in a ceremony to be held during the BFOA Golden Mic Gala and Fundraiser, scheduled for March 10. The Spirit Award is bestowed upon an individual or company that exhibits the spirit of dedication and relentless drive to the Broadcasters Foundation's charitable mission of helping broadcasters in acute need.

The Fish has been swallowed by Educational Media Foundation. Now, Salem Media Group has transferred ownership of a pair of Christian-themed music networks to a content provider now offering a trio of non-secular formats to radio stations across the U.S.

In the RSN world, branded channel names are now in vogue, as the FanDuel Sports Network is the current name of what was previously Bally Sports via a licensing deal with Sinclair Inc. subsidiary Main Street Sports. Now, a radio company has struck a naming rights agreement of its own, and it sees the rebranding of its sports wagering audio entity.

According to BIA Advisory Services, local advertising spending will increase by 5.5% for a total of $170.9 billion in 2025. This was the key takeaway shared by the firm's Nicole Ovadia during a Marketron-hosted webinar held on Thursday.

For some 40 years or so, Rob Weaver has been the owner and operator of "J-Country 101" and AM sibling "PG14" in the small town of Portland, Ind. That's about to change, as a trio of asset sale agreements have been signed and submitted with the FCC for regulatory approval.

The Bott family, which has long-operated noncommercial religious radio stations across the U.S., is adding to its stable by agreeing to acquire an FM in Cheyenne, Wyo., from a prolific operator of low-power radio properties.

Latino Media Network (LMN), the broadcast licensee formed through the sale of former TelevisaUnivision radio stations to an entity with majority ownership held by Soros Fund Management, is regionalizing its operations into three "strategic market groupings."

The 119th Congress is in session, and that means any bill that languished in the last legislative period is dead — short of it being brought back to life. For the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, its two main champions in the U.S. Senate have brought the proposed legislation back from the scrap heap.

He joined the company today known as Salem Media Group with the launch of KPRZ-AM in San Diego at the end of 1984 before taking leadership of a property it assumed control of in Washington, D.C., on a snowy February morning in 1992. David Ruleman is now being remembered, as the veteran executive has died.

An Executive Order from Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has raised concerns among radio and TV broadcasters across the state, a stop to all Medicaid advertising was put into play. Has this impacted locally owned broadcasters? J Chapman, President and owner of Woof Boom Radio, shares his thoughts on this all-new InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

There's a new Program Director at iHeartMedia's R&B station serving the Oakland-San Francisco market. It's a Bay Area native who has been holding down the midday shift.

In August 2024, RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of a group of radio stations in Colorado to a 50/50 partnership between Emily and Jake Rishavy for $1.75 million. On January 21, the FCC was told by the seller that the deal has failed to close.