News/Talk still tops the dial, Adult Contemporary still leads music, and younger listeners are finding their favorites in Country, Pop, and Alternative. Nielsen’s latest quarterly look at radio formats finds steady listening across the board as football season kicked off and baseball headed to its pennant races.
Yes, there was an $8 million quarterly loss for the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations and biggest creator of audio content in the U.S., as political revenue fell short of the company's goal. That said, iHeartMedia has enjoyed sizable growth in its podcast revenue — so much that it will become its own reporting segment in 2027.
MediaCo's lenders are handing it another short runway. The multicultural broadcaster has secured a one-month extension on a key loan, but the agent's acknowledgment that defaults are continuing keeps the pressure on a company already carrying a going concern warning from its auditors.
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