Thursday, June 18, 2026

Local owner pounces on abandoned local AM news opening

Local Fort Smith radio group Pharis Broadcasting says it was planning on adding local news and information to the programming of KFPW-AM, one of two AMs in its five-station cluster. And when Clear Channel

More on the Univision pay-for-play case

The $1M settlement agreed to by Univision to bring an end to the pay-for-play case brought by parallel actions from the FCC and the DOJ affected both

Avis offering Sirius XM for nearly every car

Avis Rent A Car announced the rollout of Avis Blast, which will make portable XM Satellite Radio receivers available at more than 70 Avis...

Univision to pay $1M in payola settlement agreement

Hispanic-oriented media giant Univision will pay $1M to the US Treasury to settle allegations that it played the recordings of a certain recording company more frequently on its radio stations in exchange

Breaking: Univision agrees to $1 million payola settlement

Univision Radio has entered into a settlement with the FCC and the Department of Justice under which it will pay $1 million to settle...

Indecency foe argues for FCC

Robert Peters of Morality in Media does not disagree with those who suggest that the FCC’s record on indecency enforcement is muddled, and suggests...

Rapper, Radio One bury the hatchet in Houston

Trae the Truth said that Radio One and its Houston TX FM station 97.9 The Box KBXX was damaging his career by refusing to...

Radio Disney launches vacation contest for kids

You have to be 16 or under to enter the new "Get Animated with 'Phineas and Ferb' and Build Your Own Vacation! Sweepstakes" at Radio Disney. We

Radio exec hoping to Raese a ruckus in WV Senate race

West Virginia Radio Corporation’s John Raese has tossed his hat into the ring for the open US Senate seat of the late Sen. Robert...

CRB opens nominations for DJ and Radio Hall of Fame

Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. (CRB) announced that it is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Country Music DJ and Radio Hall of Fame. The...

First single from Alex Lambert released on iheartradio

Clear Channel Radio and 19 Entertainment on Monday took the wraps off a new video by former

Battle for KTEK in multiple courts

The US Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t the only one fighting in court over the fate of KTEK-AM Houston. In addition to the SEC’s...

CBS Radio renews sports deals in Detroit

The Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball and the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League will continue to have CBS Radio’s WXYT-FM...

Upright Citizens Brigade to air improv marathon

SIRIUS XM Radio announced that all of the events from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre’s 12th Annual Del Close Improv Marathon from the UCB...

Dick Buckley dead at 85

Chicago Public Radio reports that legendary jazz radio host Dick Buckley died Thursday (7/22) at a hospital in Oak Park, IL. The 85-year-old had...