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The top-rated Spanish-language radio station serving the Houston-Galveston market, with a signal primarily serving Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex., to the east, has been honored at "Station of the Year" at the 2024 Medallas de Cortez awards. For all of the winners, click here.

The day-long fundraising drive is designed to encourage radio and television industry professionals to support colleagues experiencing financial hardship due to critical illness, accidents, or disasters. The initiative is also designed to raise BFOA awareness  also aims to raise awareness about the Foundation’s mission.

Dimes Media's holdings in San Luis Obispo, Calif., include "The Beach;" a simulcast partner of "KPIG;" and Classic Country and News/Talk services linked to Class B1 "Wild 106.1." Is Dimes ready to add a new brand to this market, as it is purchasing a third FM translator serving the Cuesta Grade?

While audio's dominance is being challenged by video and gaming in the "connected car," AM/FM radio was rated "overwhelmingly" by respondents of a DTS/Xperi study as the most important entertainment option for consumers when considering their car purchase.

In October 2023, the FCC warned the owner of a Louisiana AM/FM combo that it could lose its license due to unpaid regulatory fee debt dating back to 2002. The Media Bureau has now granted a stay of execution as part of a Consent Decree entered into with the stations' licensee.

To provide a full analysis of why the FCC restored a FM duplicate programming rule that dates to 1992, which disappeared during the Pai Commission, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson welcomes Foster Garvey Office Managing Director and Principal Brad Deutsch to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

When it comes to local advertising growth in 2024, here's the good news: it is increasing at a "healthy" clip, says Borrell Associates. Here's the not-so-good news: Borrell has updated its data for the year, and concludes local advertising "isn’t quite shaping up as the bountiful year that many had hoped for."

Audacy Inc. has signed off on a $1.4 million settlement with a neighboring Pennsylvania township to the City of Brotherly Love that concludes a lengthy dispute over charges the audio content creation and distribution company did not pay local and business taxes to the municipality.

Spanish Broadcasting System is starting off 2024 with a small net revenue decline. That's according to the company's Q1 earnings report, which was released late Friday by the Miami-headquartered multimedia operation founded and led by Raúl Alarcón Jr.

Earlier this week, The Verge offered a report with a headline that some radio leaders may be stunned to see. "There's a secret smart home radio in your new Mac," it reads. Don't get too excited, though. This "radio" has little to do with MHz, or kHz, reception.

In Asia, AM radio's resilience is notable, with many stations to tune to in Taipei, Manila, and across Australia and New Zealand. At present, Japan is a locale where AM radio lives, too. But, according to local media reports, that may not be the case in the next several months. 

Mediabase's main competitor in the chart world for decades has been BDS, which powered Billboard through December 2022, when it shifted its airplay monitoring to the iHeartMedia-owned Mediabase. Now, a new choice for radio monitoring has emerged for radio stations stateside.

Best of Show went to “Got Your Nose” for Airheads, with honors presented to Highdive. The "Broadcast Radio Campaign: Radio Station or Group" honor went to The Studio at iHeartMedia.

A pay-to-listen service rooted in satellite radio seeking to gain app users is offering up a "LinkedIn Audio Event" with "expert insights on audio advertising that wins." It's the latest swipe at broadcast radio from SiriusXM, ahead of the 2024 Cannes Lions ad awards in France.

In this exclusive chat, Pio Ferro opens up about working for privately held Meruelo Media and how great content can drive revenue and advertiser ROI. He also shares why a Foo Fighters/Becky G mashup may not be the best of ideas in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.