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Young people, weary of being judged, find radio appropriate, the study says

The post Listening With Friends Drives Gen Z to Radio, According to iHeartMedia appeared first on Radio World.

It was highly likely to happen again, starting this evening. Thanks to savvy negotiation between the two parties, a retransmission consent fee dispute leading to a "blackout" of Hearst stations on the DBS provider was averted.

The bulletins can be fully automated, including through synthetic voice

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"No one under 40 listens to the radio." As iHeartMedia and Critical Mass Media see it, that often-heard refrain is a myth, new data released on Wednesday during an iHeartMedia headquarters event featuring a panel discussion with The Jonas Brothers states.

Vermont Public has enjoyed the support of audiences to WVPS-FM 107.9 in Burlington from greater Montréal. Now, there's a new wrinkle to reaching Les Québécois — and its thanks to a new Arsenal Media FM approved by the CRTC.

WAY FM's West Palm Beach FM home is a big one, with a signal audible from Indian River County in the north to Interstate 595 in the south. Getting into Miami has been a challenge due to a co-channel Class A FM owned by Florida International University. That problem has just been resolved.

Draper Media is telling viewers of the CBS, NBC and FOX affiliates serving the Delmarva Peninsula in Eastern Maryland, Delaware and Virginia's Chincoteague region that broadcast transmissions are currently being hampered by what the company says is "a Verizon outage."

Approaching its 25th anniversary, it has recently doubled its affiliate count

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After leading Kentucky’s statewide public media network for almost 17 years, KET's Executive Director and CEO has announced her intention to retire at the end of this year. She began her career at KET as a temporary employee working on pledge production.

The global retail media market's ad investment projections are forecast to surpass $200 billion in 2026 and reach $223.4 billion by 2027. However, newly released data from WARC Media show growth is slowing and heading into the single digits. The U.S. appears to be exempt from this worldwide review of ad activity trends.