Radio News

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.

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.