Radio News

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.

It faces the Cumberland River and East Nashville, from the corner of First Avenue North and "Lower Broad." Yes, the Hard Rock Café has a home in the heart of Country music, and starting September 5, the venue will serve as the home for Audacy Inc.'s seventh broadcast sound space.

As first reported by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, the company known on U.S. financial markets as Beasley Broadcast Group has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that majority shareholders have given their blessing to a reverse stock split.

The two-day curriculum presented by RAB, in conjunction with BMI, the MIW not-for-profit group and Xperi Inc., focused on the specific needs of women in radio leadership or those aspiring to move into leadership positions. The program worked to enhance their overall knowledge and skills.

The Montréal-headquartered multimedia company that owns the Breezeline MVPD operating in the U.S. has said goodbye to its radio division President, tapping a former Bell Media executive to succeed her.

It's a New Hampshire town technically within the sprawling Boston DMA that serves as the county seat of Belknap County. Here, an FM translator is trading hands. Pending FCC approval, it will end up in the hands of Dirk Nadon's Lakes Media.

A defamation suit filed against a Spanish-language News/Talk station by the Mayor of the city of Coral Gables, Fla., has been dismissed. However, the legal challenge against Actualidad Media Group could still live on.