Radio News

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.

The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) on Tuesday celebrated the achievements of eight trailblazing leaders at its Gracies Leadership Awards. The President and Publisher of Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR was among the honorees, who were celebrated with special Times Square display messages.

A Jonesboro, Ark., radio broadcasting company is picking up the pieces after vandals tore through a transmitter building, causing extreme damage.

Reyes Media Group has established itself as the dominant source of Spanish-language audio entertainment and information for Kansas City's growing Hispanic community. Now, the FCC is being asked to approve the transfer of 50% ownership in the company to an estate, following the February death of the family matriarch.

The company that runs Estrella Media's Hispanic-focused radio, TV and digital content creation and distribution operation and over-the-air audio brands serving multicultural audiences across the New York Tri-State area has released a third quarter earnings report largely reflective of the new dollar sources contributing to the company's bottom line.

Pending regulatory approval, two Kentucky FMs, an AM and two FM translators will become part of a collection of Bluegrass State radio properties tied to the CEO of QUU Inc. who is also the former NAB Joint Board Chairman and EVP for Industry Affairs and Strategic Planning. Cantrell's group is getting something in return.

The Market President for iHeartMedia's Seattle-Tacoma radio stations, an individual who rose to the post in November 2020 after seven years in ascending sales roles, has tacked on similar duties for the company's Spokane properties by rising to Area President for Washington.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, conservative talk programs been heard on a 5kw AM radio station with a transmitter in the Pier 94 wetlands. Come Monday, this longtime Talker and one-time flanker to a News/Talk station at 810 kHz is moving to that bigger frequency, displacing the sports wagering programming that supplanted what was before that KGO.

A Class A FM serving the upper half of New York's Capital District is changing hands, with Briton Ricki Lee signing off on a deal that will put the facility in the control of Todd Nixon, pending regulatory approval.

It's a freshly finalized deal signed on Wednesday that has just been submitted with the FCC for regulatory approval. And, it will see the sale of an FM translator serving a South Carolina city as "94.9 The Palm" to one of the Southeast's biggest Spanish-language media companies.

Founded by the Tyler family, the company is comprised of a small group of Telemundo, Univision and Estrella Media affiliates; an outdoor advertising business; and a collection of 13 radio stations. With regulatory approval, the number of radio properties will soon grow to 14.

On October 2, Woodward Communications officially closed on its purchase of four radio stations serving Springfield, Ill., from Neuhoff Media. Now, Woodward is growing again, this time with a deal that sees it agree to purchase three FMs and an AM in this Illinois market.

Media research firm Coleman Insights has brought to market a new attribution platform that is designed to help radio stations demonstrate the impact of their advertising campaigns.

In 1991, she took a role as a sales assistant for KCBS Radio, the all-News brand now on AM and FM in the San Francisco-Oakland market and today owned by Audacy Inc. Now, she is SVP/Market Manager for all of the company's stations in the Bay Area. She succeeds Stacey Kauffman, who recently departed the company.

How is business for small and independent broadcasters across the U.S.? Four licensees engrained in the community shared their overall health — and success — at a Forecast session on Wednesday.