Radio News

The Assistant Program Director and Operations Manager for Alpha Media's WROU-FM and "Hot 102.9" has been promoted to OM for all of the company's radio stations serving the Miami Valley.

Fans of the Penn State University Nittany Lions men's basketball and football teams will be able to continue tuning in to the team's audio coverage on a heritage AM radio station serving the Delaware Valley from Audacy Inc.'s global headquarters.

In Portland, Ore., low-power FM radio stations dot the landscape. Among them are a pair of facilities known as "XRAYFM." After a decade, the operators are converting a lease for an FM translator that rebroadcasts a Class D FM into a wholly owned property, thanks to listener donations.

On Friday, hundreds of thousands of radio listeners across the South were stunned by the news that "The ACE & TJ Show" has come to its end, and a new incarnation is already in the works. But"TJ & Riggins," the successor show, won't be airing on the Beasley Media Group FM in Charlotte on which Ace & TJ were heard.

There will be no death sentence for a 2,500-watt Class A FM serving the capital of Canada and neighbouring Gatineau, Québec. That's because Evanov Communications, with hours to spare, secured a buyer for the Ottawa radio station known as "Lite 98.5."

 Al McCoy is being remembered for his remarkable career following his passing at the age of 91. News of the legendary Phoenix Suns radio play-by-play man's death surfaced over the weekend. He could be heard calling the NBA team's games from 1972 through his retirement at the end of the 2022-2023 season.

"The ACE & TJ Show" has come to its end, and a new incarnation is already in the works. In a post to the show's Facebook page made on Friday morning, the program confirmed that "Ace is no longer associated with the show," which is self-syndicated and airs on stations across the South.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has formally inducted its previously announced eight new inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame for 2024. The individuals were honored Thursday evening at an in-person induction ceremony held at the Omni Nashville Hotel.

To mark the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt penned a thought piece that shares how Spanish-language broadcasters are delivering "essential, election-related information to voters and combatting misinformation."

The owner of such radio stations as "98.5 The Sports Hub" in Boston, WCSX and WRIF in Detroit, and WMMR and WMGK in Philadelphia will move ahead with a reverse stock split in a bid to regain Nasdaq minimum trading requirements. What's the ratio it is going with?

Investors in Townsquare Media will be pleased with their "decent" return over the last five years. That's the conclusion of financial blog Simply Wall St., which took a deep dive into the radio station ownership group that derives most of its revenue from digital initiatives. 

 Pivotal Research Group CEO and Internet, Media and Communications analyst Jeff Wlodarczak believes higher medium to long-term Average Revenue Per User and subscriber forecasts warrants a street-high price target for Spotify shares that is significantly higher than its current trading range.

Two weeks ago, Evanov Communications said it would cease operations at three of its underperforming FM radio stations due to severe economic conditions it blamed on "the challenges of increased competition, a difficult media climate, and the residual effects of the pandemic.” Now, two of those FMs have found a buyer — but not its FM in the nation's capital, which is slated to sign off the air Friday.

House Energy & Commerce Committee Members on both sides of the aisle, touting the public safety needs for those in a vehicle, overwhelming passed the retooled "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act," sending it to a full floor vote in the House of Representatives. A quest to stop a mandate "in perpetuity" from a Michigan House Member was thwarted.

The champion of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act in the U.S. Senate and the NAB have each issued statements cheering the House Energy & Commerce Committee's 45-2 passage of the latest incarnation of the bill, which sends it up to the House of Representatives floor for a full Member vote.