Radio News

New market research from WARC and radio station owner Audacy explores the perceptual barriers that are driving the gap between audio advertising spend and audio consumption in the U.S. "This white paper challenges long-held assumptions and demonstrates audio's ability to drive multi-platform, full-funnel impact for advertisers."

Until now, it has simulcast the programming of WYCR-FM in the York, Pa., market, for listeners in nearby Lancaster. Soon, that will end, with the word of God coming to this 250-watt FM facility in Amish Country.

Among his 65 novels are works titled "Desperation," "End of Watch," "If It Bleeds," and "The Dark Tower." Little did we know that those names would be apropos for what's coming in days to Stephen King's trio of radio brands in Maine. King is signing his stations in the Bangor, Me., market off the air after 41 years at the end of 2024.

"Management changes" — specifically the departures of Albert Rodriguez as President/COO and José I. Molina as CFO — implemented at the start of 2024 are continuing to bring operational positives to Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), the company's founder and Chairman/CEO shared while revealing mixed Q3 2024 results.

Radio program syndicator Key Networks and client Bloomberg Audio have extended their relationship with Audacy Inc., one that sees Bloomberg content air across "the majority" of the privately held company's spoken word radio stations.

A few years ago, an FM translator with a signal covering suburban Milwaukee was purchased by Dave and Connie Stout. Today, that facility holds a Construction Permit for a Milwaukee-based facility due south of Whitefish Bay, and that's what made it attractive enough for a nonprofit broadcast ministry to buy it.

In September 2022, a 6kw Class A “ESPN Radio” affiliate at 96.5 MHz in Parker’s Crossroads, Tenn., was sold by Crossroads Broadcasting to News Talk West Tennessee LLC in a deal valued at $500,000. Two years later, the FM that reaches Lexington and Huntingdon, Tenn. due northeast of Jackson, Tenn., has run out of time due to fiscal challenges.

John Fredericks, the Virginia-based conservative talk show host whose show can be heard on stations across the south and in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, markets, is growing his regional radio station stable by agreeing to purchase a group of West Virginia properties.

A Class C3 FM presently home to a Classic Country format simulcast on W262AG, explaining the "JAX Country 100.3" branding, is being sold. When the deal is done, the buyer will have no less than six brands superserving Spanish-speaking and Latino audiences in the Jacksonville market.

Canadian regulatory policy regarding AM/FM "radio processes" have been under fire from fiscally challenged publicly traded companies that have been selling properties or, in some cases, shutting down stations altogether. It now appears the CRTC is ready to consider a "modernization of radio processes."

Rogers Sports & Media is selling to My Broadcasting Corp. its 26kw Class B Adult Contemporary CKOT-FM "Easy 101.3" — today modeled largely after Rogers flagship CHFI-FM in Toronto — and 7.8kw Class B CJDL-FM "Country 107.3" in Tillsonburg, Ont. Both stations reach London, Ont. Also being sold is an Ottawa rimshot FM.

Few have heard of tiny Hayward, Wisc., due south of Superior. Here, a Class A FM known until September as "The Cabin" and its FM translator companion are being sold. The buyer is known for progressive-leaning spoken word programming heard on stations across Wisconsin.

In another move that expands the radio station licensee's nontraditional revenue streams, Galaxy Media is revving up its revenue engines and looking forward to fast ROI by acquiring one of Central New York's biggest indoor automotive expos.

Travel up Highway 14 from Santa Clarita and you'll reach the Antelope Valley, sandwiched between Bakersfield to the west and Victorville to the east. Here, L.A. FM radio reception is sketchy. This could explain why Educational Media Foundation is agreeing to purchase a 3kw Class A facility that is presently offering Country music to listeners.

The Chris Devine-founded GeoBroadcast Solutions has been given the FCC's unanimous nod to fully move ahead with the implementation of its "ZoneCasting" technology by expanding the opportunity to use FM boosters for program origination.