A Florida-based non-profit media organization founded by Danny Ickes that focuses on positive programming, youth music mentoring, and educational broadcasting has a new Chief Executive Officer. That has prompted a transfer of control request involving the company and its FM radio station in a coastal North Carolina community.
Audacy and SiriusXM have scored a landmark partnership that will bring more than 40 of Audacy’s spoken word stations across 29 markets to SiriusXM listeners nationwide. The last time broadcast radio stations appeared on satellite radio, they involved key iHeartMedia Top 40 stations and BBC Radio 1.
The interim News Director of WWL-TV in New Orleans has been promoted to the role of News Director for its NBC-aligned sibling in the St. Louis market — a move that shows the "hold separate" order preventing Nexstar Media Group from fully assimilating TEGNA's assets is very much being adhered to.
There's a new Senior VP for Agency Partnerships that has been selected to lead the buy-side revenue organization at VideoAmp, as part of an effort that sees the company move beyond measurement toward an AI-fueled media performance platform.
Submissions are now being accepted for the industry’s most prestigious sales honors, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink. The ceremony is set for October 21, the first day of this year’s NAB Show New York, to be held at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.
Both companies have pressed the issue repeatedly this year. In June, Connoisseur CEO Jeffrey Warshaw and Beasley met separately with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Beasley also took its case to the Media Bureau. They renewed their push for ownership rule modernization for Radio again last week.
It launched on May 23 to coincide with the demise of CBS News Radio. Now, Red Apple Media-owned Worldwide News Network (WWNN) has landed an agreement that truly makes it a globally distributed news brand. It involves a radio news and content syndicator serving Germany.
Radio and TV commercials are outperforming the average with Baby Boomers and Gen X, according to new YouGov data. The numbers point sellers toward a clear next step: layering in digital products to close the gap with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.
Forever Media has moved ahead with another radio station sale that sees Draper Media, the radio and TV station ownership group serving the Delmarva Peninsula and a swath of the I-95 corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore, end up as the new licensee.
The Chief Programming Executive and General Manager for General Audience Programming at PBS has unexpectedly passed away, President/CEO Paula Kerger shared in a statement released by the public television service on Monday.
The FCC's Media Bureau has tossed a challenge to a deal agreed to in March that sees The E.W. Scripps Co. add the ABC affiliate serving Lexington, Ky., to its stable of broadcast TV stations. DirecTV argued the transaction would suffer direct economic harm due to higher input prices it would have to pay as a result of the sale.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has given the state's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, a boost in his quest to derail the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery with the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order.
As the second half of 2026 begins, it has become abundantly clear that the accident attorney specialty firm founded in Orlando in 1988 by John Morgan will finish the year as the biggest advertiser using Spot TV.
Morgan & Morgan is also making a run for the crown at Spot Radio.
IBC 2026 isn't until September 11 in Amsterdam, but one longtime U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of pro broadcast audio equipment under a trio of brand names is already looking forward to the event, where it will demonstrate its VMX virtual mixing platform.
Silicondust is sharing that the latest iteration of its HDHomeRun app offers support for viewing television channels and recordings in the event of an internet outage, including Emergency Alert notifications. The news comes as Silicondust recently submitted an ex parte brief in the FCC's NEXTGEN TV proceeding.
He joined Saga Communications eight years ago as President/GM of its Charleston, S.C., media properties. Now, he will oversee and drive the company's digital revenue strategy in a corporate role.
With blockbuster ratings heading into Sunday's Final, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is riding high thanks to 2026 FIFA World Cup interest that included even the least linguistically fluent viewers. Now, that excitement over ¡Goooool! calls is set for an expansion into the Union of European Football Associations.
Marino first rose to fame as Music Director and Asst. Program Director of KGGI-FM in Riverside, Calif., in 1988 and over the last 25 years offered consulting services and content offerings to air personalities across the U.S. Now, the radio industry is taking a pause to remember Marino, who has lost a cancer battle at the age of 60.
Madison, WI – Civic Media has built a digital media network in the Midwest with the goal of championing the practice of democracy by empowering honest and informative local voices. We’re merging the legacy of radio with the immediacy of digital to deliver high-quality content to a growing audience via our radio stations, websites, mobile […]
A low-power television station serving the popular outdoor enthusiast city of Bend, Ore., is being spun to an operator known for its radio, TV and digital offerings focused on Christian-themed programming.
