Friday, July 3, 2026

KDKA’s Rob Pratte to be roasted

Some of Pratte's best friends will take swings at the longtime KDKA-AM Pittsburgh talker next weekend, when he's the target of a charity roast...
Peak Broadcasting

Peak Broadcasting exits Chapter 11

That didn’t take long! Peak Broadcasting, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring in January with a prepackaged plan approved by most of its senior...
Barry Mayo

Barry Mayo exits Radio One

Veteran broadcaster Barry Mayo has resigned from Radio One where he was President of the radio division since 2007. The company announcement said he...
Pandora

Royalties cost Pandora big bucks

The annual 10-K which Pandora Media just filed with the SEC contains lots of the usual boiler

“This American Life” report retracted from PRI

Public Radio International’s weekly radio show “This American Life” retracted a report on conditions of Chinese workers who make Apple products. Said the show,...
Dollar Sign

Station must pay up for failure to power down

An AM station operating on the northwestern edge of the Houston market sparked complaints that it
Vote

Mayoral guest host stint on Pittsburgh blowtorch KDKA questioned

They say that time is money as a general matter, but in the broadcasting
Jeff Brown, Tim Johnson, Keith Hartstein

Entercom VP biking from Boston to NYC with “Ride on Washington”

Jeff Brown, Entercom's VP/Market Manager, is participating in the first two legs of Tim Johnson's "Ride on
WOWO 1190 AM

WOWO to simulcast on FM

Federated Media’s heritage 50-kW Ft. Wayne, IN News-Talker will remain on 1190 AM, but will blow up sister station, Classic Rock WFWI-FM 92.3
Envision Radio Networks

Envision debuts “The Pit”

The Pit relives the glory days of classic metal and features music from the artists who built this explosive genre.
FM News 101 KXL

Beck and Burns join KXL

Byron Beck is a celebrity obsessed journalist based in Portland. He asks questions you never would, telling secrets he never should.
Cumulus

Cumulus shuffles in Toledo

The Zone will deliver 90’s alternative and new rock to listeners and also welcome Compass Media Networks’ Free Beer and Hot Wings Show.
Mark Levin

Mark Levin offers $50,000 to debate President Obama

He even offered a "neutral place" for the debate: "PBS is no neutral place, but we’ll find a neutral place.
FCC

LPFM and translators getting aired out at the FCC

The long road to Congressional approval is only the beginning of the regulatory slog.
Radio One

Tough Q4 for Radio One (audio)

Net revenues shot up 37.8% to $98.1 million in Q4 for Radio One, but that was due to the consolidation of