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Saga Communications shareholders of record as of today will be receiving a Christmas bonus of sorts come January 12, 2024, as the company's Board of Directors is moving forward with a sizable special cash dividend. Today's activity likely prices the dividend into the value of the company's stock.

Commercial radio ended 2023 on a high with record listening. It's news shared Wednesday from Australia, as the nation's Commercial Radio & Audio group sifts through GfK survey data that show the striking differences between the U.S. and the nation.

How difficult is it for a consumer of the nation's lone satellite radio service to cancel a subscription? As Letitia James, the Attorney General for the State of New York sees it, SiriusXM is guilty of engaging in "a deliberately lengthy and burdensome cancellation process."

Farmers, ranchers and rural communities across the country rely on kHz-band broadcasts, and they're telling their story to Capitol Hill legislators by way of a letter encouraging them to get the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act approved by Congress.

In a first, Dick Clark Productions has agreed to a deal that allows select iHeartMedia stations to offer an audio simulcast of ABC's live New Year's Eve broadcast starring a multimedia entertainer who just happens to be the host of three unique iHeart offerings.

For the last 11 years has been the host of a daily program on SiriusXM's "Deep Tracks" channel. In 2002, he was the inspiration for Tom Petty's studio album "The Last DJ." Now, rock and roll radio fans are paying tribute to Jim Ladd, who has died of a heart attack.

In late August, Al Shuldiner, who heads the FCC's Audio Division, concluded the licensee of an FM translator in Olympia, Wash., made false certifications to the FCC in an application. As such, he proposed a $20,000 fine against the facility's non-profit operator. Now, after reconsideration, Shuldiner says that was not the case.

When looking across Spot TV, Spot Cable and Spot Radio, Macy's is the clear leader when it comes to audience exposure.  But, when looking specifically at Spot Radio, there's one home improvement retailer that takes the top spot rather convincingly for the week ending December 17.

The company that acquired CBS Radio and, later, abandoned decades of heritage by changing its name from Entercom has struck a new content distribution partnership with CBS Stations — an agreement that brings the audio of CBS News' local "FAST" channels to an app.

It's a city made famous by legendary basketball star Larry Bird. Now, French Lick, Ind., is in the news as a Class A radio station licensed to the town to the northwest of Louisville, Ky., is about to head to a new owner.

First-generation Mexican and Central Americans have flocked to Polk County, Fla., for service-oriented and agricultural jobs. This explains why Tomás Martinez and his wife, Mercedes Soler, have made good on their promise to bring a Regional Mexican brand they already operate in an adjacent market to Lakeland.

The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations is doing its part to bring holiday cheer to Midtown Manhattan by hosting a "Holiday Pop Up Party" that for 2023 will feature the host of NBC's Tonight Show and is presented by State Farm.

A group of radio stations comprised of a Country, Classic Rock, Full Service and Adult Standards quartet that serve a small city along U.S. Highway 69 are being sold. What does this mean for McAlester Radio?

One year ago, when Steve Kingston agreed to sell WRNR-FM in Annapolis, Md., to a Baltimore-based religious broadcaster, he hinted that a future over-the-air home for 'RNR would still be a possibility. Guess what? A deal agreed to on November 24 that's just been filed for regulatory approval looks ripe for a WRNR return.

Liberty Media and SiriusXM on Tuesday morning unveiled details of a transaction they say will make the ownership of the nation's subscription-based streaming audio and satellite radio service less complex.