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Brendan Carr has worked with former Chairman Ajit Pai on shaping regulatory policy for broadcast media and engaging in "modernization" of its rules. Therefore, it is hardly a surprise that Carr is frustrated over the FCC's inaction with its largely unchanged 2018 Quadrennial Order, released to the public following the Christmas holiday.

Earlier this fall, Eastern Washington University revealed that it would conclude broadcasts on its Class C1 noncommercial Jazz station serving the Spokane market on December 31. Now, the institution says it is extending that deadline. But, a death date for KEWU is certain.

On August 7, paperwork was filed for FCC regulatory approval that would result in only the third owner for an AM/FM combo serving an Ohio city due east of Columbus. The transaction has now closed, putting the stations' President/GM in the owner's seat.

If you scroll through the Afternoon Headlines E-mail from RBR+TVBR, you'll see an advertisement from Saga Communications seeking a new leader for its radio stations in Ohio's state capital. On Thursday, details as to why Saga is hiring were shared by the company.

In October 2021, the soon-to-be retired host of the syndicated TV game show Wheel of Fortune decided to part ways with a Class B AM radio station serving Maryland's state capital. Just over two years later, the buyers of WNAV-AM have decided to sell it.

A 1kw AM serving a small town in Southwestern Virginia, along with its FM translator at 104.1 MHz, are being sold. What does this mean for "The Truth" and its slate of conservative talk programming?

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.