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The company behind a technology that can transform commercial broadcast radio to a subscription-based ad-free streaming offering says its mobile app is now compatible with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto interfaces. The news triggered strong pre-market buying of Auddia Inc. stock. 

Salem Media Group's recently launched Salem News Channel TV platform, led by Cary Pahigian, has arrived on one of the biggest sources for free ad-supported streaming television stations in the nation.

A Class A facility serving Alexandria, La., with Adult Contemporary music, operated under a Time Brokerage Agreement with Stephens Media Group, is being sold. SMG is the hopeful owner, pending FCC approval, as it converts a lease into a owned-and-operated opportunity.

A Class C3 FM and its 250-watt Class D AM sibling are being sold to a buyer that's driven ... literally, given the name of the entity scooping up this Lone Star State combo. The buyer's nomenclature is appropriate, as it is a new entity formed by the owner of a local Chevrolet dealer. 

The FCC on Thursday granted the license transfer applications for a group of radio properties serving Madisonville, Ky., putting the closing of the $815,000 transaction on the fast track.

A Class A FM radio station serving Storm Lake, Iowa and its surrounding small towns is resolving an Online Public File rule violation by signing a Consent Decree the Media Bureau's Audio Division has agreed to.

In mid-April, Estrella Media signed off on a transaction that saw the sale of its network, content, digital, and commercial operations to the owner of two radio stations in New York. Now, MediaCo Holding Inc. is tapping into that investment with the launch of HD2 multicast stations in the Big Apple.

Starting with the just-started 2024 season, Skyview will serve as the exclusive audio distribution, inventory management and production partner for Penn State’s Nittany Lions and Virginia Tech’s Hokies, while also serving as the exclusive football production provider of the Spanish broadcast for USC’s Trojans.

It is building a new station in Little Rock, the company says. It likely involves Rock music, and it will be replacing the Gospel programming on two FM translators and an AM radio station it is acquiring in a freshly filed deal awaiting FCC approval. Who's the seller? It is Salem Media Group.

Pamal Broadcasting's stations across Upstate New York and lower Vermont continue to excel, with tremendous ratings and revenue success for some heritage Adult Contemporary and Top 40 brands. How does the company do it? Find out in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, as we talk to COO Chuck Benfer.

Now silent under Special Temporary Authority, the licensee of an AM near Mobile has asked the FCC to move the station. But, the Assistant Chief of the Media Bureau's Audio Division wants further evidence that such a move "constitutes a preferential arrangement of allotments."

A Class A FM radio station serving a community to the west of Corpus Christi, Tex., filed its license renewal application with the Commission more than 90 days after it was due. Now, it may have to pay up for its timeliness fail.

The transfer of the common stock of a licensee following her death from one revocable trust to another within the family, minus FCC authorization, resulted in an transfer of control that should have not happened so soon.  To resolve the matter, the FCC and the licensee have entered into a Consent Decree.

For 25 years, she was a local media fixture in Salt Lake City, serving as Local Sales Manager of KUTV-2 under CBS ownership and in May 2011 joined iHeartMedia as Regional SVP of Sales, rising to Market President in April 2021. Now, this longtime leader is trading the Wasatch Front for Orlando.

On Thursday, the Francophone newspapers that cover Montréal were sharing the news that a former Bell Media executive had been selected to succeed Caroline Piquet as President of Cogeco Media. Now, it turns out Piquet's replacement will not be Martin Spalding.