Radio News

Lansing, 67, enjoyed a career that involved navigating some media organizations through bumpy periods in their history. This included his time at NPR, which began in October 2019. News of Lansing's departure came in September 2023, when word came of his retirement at the end of the year.

Unaided awareness for a local business towered over well-known national franchises, and the Radio advertising success story in this college town from Steve's Pest Control is an academic learning lesson worth hearing at the upcoming Radio Masters Sales Summit on September 10-11 in Cincinnati.

As expected, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez today signed off on an emergency motion giving Audacy Inc. the ability to extend its pause on meeting certain financial obligations beyond Monday — a request that came earlier this week due to FCC inaction in approving its post-bankruptcy restructuring agreement.

In the latest move by Corus Entertainment as it seeks to control its expenses in a period of extreme economic challenges, the company has turned off the lights at what had once been one of Ontario's most powerful AM radio stations.

Blame it on politics, and on the FCC. Six months after a Houston Federal Bankruptcy Court approved Audacy's restructuring plan, Commission approval still awaits. With a forbearance period set to expire on Monday, an emergency motion to extend it was submitted to the court by Audacy.

Longtime radio industry figure Mike McVay, Beasley Media Group's Mary Menna, and Urban One SVP/Programming Colby Tyner have been added as presenters at a newly introduced Radio + Podcast Interactive Forum tied to this year's NAB Show New York.

At the end of May, an AM radio station serving northern Santa Barbara County, Calif., went dark under a STA. It was a tough decision made by Sandy Knight, whose husband tragically died following a 2022 paragliding accident. Now, Knight Broadcasting has found a buyer for the properties.

How have strong ratings translated to ad revenue, community connectivity and keeping Radio relevant in the Paris of the Midwest? Those are just some of questions RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson asks Cumulus RVP Donna Baker in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

The Craig Karmazin-helmed Good Karma Brands (GKB) will assume control of WCBS-AM through a local marketing agreement in two weeks. This will see a change in call letters, as the Class A 50kw facility heard in multiple states after dark becomes the new home for "ESPN New York."

Five radio stations across the Hawkeye State are now home to the newly launched Iowa Sports Radio Network, an iHeartMedia offering originating from flagship Sports Talker KXNO-FM 106.3.

Audacy Inc. could be liable for a $14,000 Contest Rule violation released on Friday by the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. It's tied to a multimarket national cash promotion conducted across the first half of 2021 by the company formerly known as Entercom.

How did the nation's second-largest audio content creation and distribution company perform in Q2? The company's total Radio revenues decreased by 3%. Yet, Audacy swung to net income from a hefty Q2 2023 net loss during the three-month period ending June 30.

With pressure growing on the nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations to tackle bondholder repayments due in 2026, iHeartMedia saw its expenses increase year-over-year at a level that offset revenue improvement of 1%. As such, the company's net loss was nearly $910 million in Q2.

On August 1, a Daytona Beach radio station serving the Orlando market with Alternative rock music as "FM 101.9" since the end of 2017 dropped the format — a favorite of the parent company's CEO. Now, Audacy Inc. is preparing to end Alternative music on a Kansas City FM.

The last pure-play radio broadcasting company in the U.S. to be publicly traded has chimed in with its second quarter results. And, like its peers, slightly lower net revenue, coupled with slightly higher station operating expenses, led to a profit decline during the period for Saga Communications.