Radio News

Three Enforcement Bureau items that will deliver big forfeitures to a trio of unlicensed FM radio operators in the Boston area have been approved in 4-1 votes by the FCC, putting these multicultural broadcasting buccaneers in the financial hot seat — if they decide to adhere to the Commission's orders.

A new Chief Operating Officer is coming to Sirius XM, which also shared that it expects its revenue to decline in 2025, as it admitted an effort to lure younger subscribers by heavily promoting its app has been less than successful. Shareholders expressed their displeasure by triggering a sharp sell-off in Sirius XM stock.

With veteran media broker Ed Henson serving as the exclusive representative in this freshly finalized deal, a Kentucky-based licensee has agreed to sell its FM radio station to a regional broadcast operation with its headquarters in Jackson, Ohio.

Despite the growing buzz around podcasts and spoken-word content, music remains the dominant draw for US listeners, accounting for 74% of their average daily audio time - and even while it sits on a razor-thin margin, radio is the top platform to listen to music.

A new era began for the all-News radio station serving Los Angeles, Orange County and all of Southern California once owned by CBS Radio and today a spoken word brand under the Audacy Inc. umbrella.

Two significant lineup changes are on the way for the Salem Radio Network and its sibling Salem News Channel offering. And, the moves are directly tied to the inauguration and return to the White House of President Trump.

Keith Murray has agreed to purchase a collection of radio stations serving a town in New Hampshire known as the gateway to Mount Washington.  Now, all he needs is regulatory approval from the FCC, which just received the paperwork from his legal counsel, John Wells King.

In Nielsen Audio Market No. 78, Saga Communications' "Mix 95.9" has attracted listeners to its "Two Girls & A Guy" morning show, earning a following in the city. Now, the company, staff and local listeners are pausing to remember the station's wake-up anchor, who was found dead after a safety check by local law enforcement officials.

For 33 years, he was associated with "B96" — the Windy City FM that Audacy Inc. acquired from CBS Radio. In October 2024, this programming veteran joined Cumulus Media to direct what comes out of the speakers at WLS-FM 94.7, freshening up its Classic Hits sound. Now, Todd Cavanah is being rewarded with a corporate-level role.

How does the Townsquare Media CFO view his company's potential revenue intake from digital advertising in the coming quarters? "The sky's the limit," he told attendees of the BofA Securities Leveraged Finance Conference, held Tuesday. Stu Rosenstein also shared that a Term Notes issuance is coming, and this InFOCUS Podcast has the details.

As radio faces competition from an ever-increasing number of platforms, radio marketing firm DMR/Interactive is projecting a 14% increase in station marketing budgets across the radio industry in 2025, following years of single-digit declines.

In a move that the company says will "strengthen" its positioning in the province, Bell Media will "regroup the expertise" of both its Québec teams under the leadership of its provincial VP of Content Development, Programming and News. Just don't call it a reduction-in-force initiative.

A nonprofit dedicated to "fostering vibrant local media that connects, informs and inspires communities" is launching a new initiative to help local public media organizations better understand and meet the information needs of their communities.

 K-LOVE and Air1 parent organization Educational Media Foundation has officially relocated its headquarters from California to Tennessee. The new 166,000-square-foot facility includes ten broadcast studios for K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks and podcasts.

After nearly five years, creditors owed funds by the former radio station licensee led by Doris and Monte Miller will be getting their dollars. It is thanks to successful litigation that involved one of the biggest law firms on the West Coast.