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REC Networks is a 40-year-old group that has championed LPFMs, and helped secure the passage of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010. Now, it is speaking up about a proposal that would create a new "Class A10" FM radio station. While it likes the plan, its support is contingent on one big ask.

Jim Loftus is now seven months into his role as CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications. How are things going for this owner of radio stations, out-of-home and digital media in Northeast Pennsylvania, with radio stations in Milwaukee and in Baltimore? Loftus shares all in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Healthy subscriber gains. Improved monetization. The second quarter of 2024 proved to be the best one yet for audio on-demand streaming giant Spotify, and that led to a buying spree of the company's publicly traded stock on the NYSE.

It's official: the owner of six radio stations and a digital company serving Mississippi and Alabama has acquired locally focused community-based Darkhorse Press, described as the "fastest-growing news source in Mississippi."

On May 28, iHeartMedia stock careened to a post-bankruptcy low of 86 cents per share. It dipped from a closing price of $2.36 seen just 22 days earlier. While the company's stock recovery has a long way, "IHRT" is on a hot streak and is quickly regaining value.

With its TSX-traded shares just above 10 cents per share, the owner of broadcast radio and television stations in Canada moved forward with significant reduction-in-staff initiatives in one Ontario city.

The Market President for iHeartMedia's collection of radio stations in Fairbanks, Alaska, the company's northernmost market, has just been promoted to Area President for the entire state of Alaska and for the company's properties on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu.

Over the last decade, stories of institutions of higher learning opting to discontinue their student-run radio stations have permeated the industry. The University of Oregon is being a contrarian by agreeing to purchase an FM that will serve as a second signal for KWVA-FM.

For more than 20 years, the 95.7 MHz frequency in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market has been home to hip-hop fare. As of today, that programming is now on a pair of FM translators, thanks to a format swap. Introducing "Rumba 95.7," which will compete against SBS and Beasley.

In September 2023, a 50/50 partner in a Colorado radio station ownership group agreed to sell his interest in the company. There's just one problem — FCC paperwork noting the change in ownership didn't get filed for a month. That's a no-no, and it is being resolved by a consent decree.

He's a radio industry veteran who has been with the former Radio One for 20 years. Today he's Urban One's Radio Division CEO, and Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink reports first that David Kantor will retire at the end of 2024. Kantor oversees the company's 57 stations and its Reach Media unit.

Many local radio and television stations across the Sunshine State are members of the Florida Association of Broadcasters, led by Pat Roberts. He sits in on the latest InFOCUS Podcast to share his thoughts on local media's continued vital importance in times of emergency.

SiriusXM’s standard availability in Subaru follows the introduction of SiriusXM with 360L to Subaru’s vehicle lineup earlier this year. SiriusXM with 360L combines satellite and streaming content delivery into a single, cohesive in-vehicle entertainment experience.

Its share price is down by upward of 90% since July 2023. Myriad issues have impacted Corus, including the failure to simulcast CFQR-AM on an FM signal in Calgary. Now, the company has reported weak fiscal third quarter results and has issued a warning with respect to its Q4 revenue.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau late Thursday issued warnings — but not Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture — to thirteen individuals landowners in the New York metropolitan area for apparently allowing unlicensed radio broadcasts from their respective properties.