Radio News

With the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" officially dead in this Congress, an electric vehicle brand has revealed that its bringing new entertainment options to its line of cars and trucks. Could they threaten AM/FM consumption, or simply bring greater ease to audio content delivery platforms Rivian owners already use?

If you were wondering what percentage of local businesses were buying each form of advertising across 2024, as well as the average annual spending on each, Borrell Associates has the answer for you, courtesy of Adcellerant VP of Business Development Ben Bouslog.

In one of the biggest radio station sales to surface this year, Local Media San Diego has decided to part ways with its Adult Hits-focused FM that was once "B100" and, later, "Star 100.7," in America's Finest City. With Kalil & Co. serving as the exclusive broker, a LMS filing seeking FCC approval is on the way. Lotus Communications is the buyer.

Access to latest music and live updates is driving market growth for Radio on a worldwide level. But, there's a caveat — the upward momentum comes with a trend toward online radio services, a newly released study from U.K.-based Technavio finds.

In an email distributed to all iHeartMedia staff, CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler shared their thoughts and expectations about the new year coming up and how the company they lead — "the leader in audio – by a mile" — will highly likely be "an important growth year for us."

In 2025, GatesAir will take a starring role in serving FM radio stations with new products and various services needs. Ray Miklius, VP of Technology at GatesAir, shares more about what's ahead in the next year from the electronics manufacturer from the company's U.S. headquarters in Quincy, ll., in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

A sports betting live show and podcast hosted by Femi Abebefe and Nick Kostos is expanding its reach to the NBC Sports free ad-supported streaming television channel, starting today. It's thanks to a fresh partnership between NBCUniversal and the audio content creator and distributor with majority ownership held by Soros Fund Management.

She’s known as “Sweet Tea” on the radio and earlier this year gained control of a South Carolina FM through her Sweet Tea Radio LLC. Now, Sweet Tea — a.k.a. Christy Andrulonis — is a buyer once again at year's end.

A new exclusive partnership is in place that will make Westwood One, the national radio arm of publicly traded Cumulus Media, the lone syndicator and distributor of one of the nation's leading sports talk-focused radio programs. This will see a big change to the time period offered to stations for the three-hour show.

The flagship station of the Atlanta Hawks Radio Network won't be changing anytime soon, thanks to an extension of a multi-year relationship between the NBA franchise and the audio content creation and distribution company that is today majority-owned by Soros Fund Management.

The end of "Radio Boston" is part of “a reimagined approach to local coverage” at WBUR-FM, the top-rated News/Talk station owned by Boston University. But, no staff are losing their jobs, as WBUR station management says staff associated with the program will be reassigned.

A former ESPN Radio host who previously spent more than 10 years at a Townsquare Media Sports Talk radio station in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $5 million after pleading guilty to participating in a phony ticket re-selling operation.

“The new iHeartRadio app further underscores iHeartMedia’s mission to use the power of audio to build companionship and connection,” said Conal Byrne, CEO of the iHeart Digital Audio Group. “This experience blends the familiarity of the car radio with digital innovation to enable users to easily find the stations, artists and podcasts they know and love.”

The media workflow software creator and vendor launched in 2007 by Jinny and John Laderer and today led by CEO Mary DelGrande has entered the Canadian marketplace, thanks to a partnership with Orbyt Media.

The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations and top podcast distributor has adopted "a privacy-focused open-source identity framework" from The Trade Desk in order to meet the ever-changing needs of clients who desire the best audio advertising solutions.