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As Memorial Day ushered in the unofficial start of summer, home improvement retailers surged to the top of the national radio advertising rankings, marking a strategic shift in seasonal marketing ahead of peak travel and renovation season, according to Media Monitors’ Spot Ten Radio rankings for the week of May 19–25.

Over-the-Top sports streaming platform Fubo is the latest service to double down on female-focused athletics, introducing a new Women’s Sports Zone aimed at consolidating coverage and capitalizing on heightened audience interest and advertiser demand.

FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez will bring her First Amendment Tour to Los Angeles next week, marking the campaign’s first stop outside Washington as she prepares to become the ranking - and only - Democrat on the Commission.

Streaming television continued its upward climb in April 2025, capturing a record 44.3% of total TV viewing, according to Nielsen’s latest edition of The Gauge. For the third consecutive month, YouTube ranked as the top media distributor, growing to a platform-high 12.4% of all television usage - its largest share to date.

The Media Bureau of the FCC has formally modified its rules as it pertains to FM terrestrial digital audio broadcasting systems, a change that is designed to give Xperi Corp.'s HD Radio a bigger signal contour.

ATSC, The Broadcast Standards Association, has selected the Sr. VP of Standards, Policy & Advanced Engineering at NBCUniversal as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal. Clarence Hau will be honored this year with an award that salutes individuals or teams who demonstrate exemplary leadership in advancing ATSC’s mission and embody the […]

Some ownership groups have been shutting down underperforming signals

The post Groups Ponder RIS — “Reductions in Stations” appeared first on Radio World.

ENCO says its a powerful add-on for the DAD on-air radio automation system

The post Best of Show: ENCO aiTrack appeared first on Radio World.

42.8 MHz will broadcast from the Alpine Tower for first time in a decade

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Meanwhile Sage reiterates its support of the NAB plan

The post DAS Defends Its “Cautious Approach” to Modernize EAS appeared first on Radio World.

Streaming video has rapidly become the most critical source of digital growth for local broadcast television. In 2024, Connected TV and over-the-top advertising surged to nearly 30% of all digital revenue at local stations, up from approximately 10% the prior year, according to Borrell Associates’ 2025 Annual Digital Benchmarking Report. Borrell estimates that local TV […]

With the FIFA Club World Cup and the Concacaf Gold Cup on the horizon, Disney Entertainment and TelevisaUnivision have announced a new multiregion streaming video distribution agreement aimed at expanding access to Spanish-language programming in both the U.S. and Mexico.

MediaCo is strengthening its foothold in television and streaming after its Estrella asset acquisition, reshaping its leadership team with a trio of executive sales appointments to handle national and local revenue generation as the broadcaster expands its FAST offerings to include new takes on legacy assets.

Emergency Alert System hardware vendor Digital Alert Systems has issued a strong rebuttal to the NAB, defending its opposition to a proposed FCC rulemaking that would allow software-based EAS processing. In formal reply comments, the company refutes NAB's argument that the company's concerns are grounded in commercial self-interest.

Salem Radio Network syndicated host Mark Walters was the first to file a defamation complaint linked to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in June 2023, just months after the chatbot's public launch. Now that closely watched lawsuit has come to its conclusion, marking an early precedent in the legal scrutiny of generative artificial intelligence.

Radio One Buffalo owner Buddy Shula is giving a flag-waving rebrand to his latest AM acquisition as he prepares to launch a new format on the signal. The FCC has approved a call letter change for WHLD-AM in Niagara Falls, New York. Effective with a Local Marketing Agreement starting June 1, the station will officially identify as WUSW.