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The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA)has received the highest scores from two independent organizations that track commitment to accountability and impact for 501(c)(3) charities.

Ed Bukont offers tips for getting the most out of these systems

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The five audio brands serving the Wasatch Front owned and operated by Cumulus Media have a new President/GM, and it is the ex-Market President for the iHeartMedia stations serving Salt Lake City.

Hosting, monetization and measurement tools will aid its sports podcasts

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Beasley Media Group is welcoming a new Vice President of Human Resources, and it is an individual who previously served as a Senior Human Resources Executive at Procter & Gamble. Bill Sontag “brings extensive experience and a proven track record in human resources leadership to his new role,” Beasley said in an announcement distributed Wednesday. […]

Audacy CEO Kelli Turner, in an internal memo, notes that "to better capture opportunities, scale success, and sharpen our competitive edge," the privately held company with majority ownership held by Soros Fund Management is establishing a regionalized sales organization. The Market Manager post is being erased.

Two of the nation's largest owners of broadcast radio stations will be a bit tardy with their annual 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as each have filed for extensions — for very different reasons.

It's complicated. Yet, MediaCo President/CEO Albert Rodriguez insists the parent of Estrella Media and iconic N.Y. radio stations WBLS and WQHT "HOT 97" is in "growth mode" and will continue to be — even with a bit of a debt cloud growing greyer over the company largely backed by Standard General and Blackrock. 

He's been the Chairman and President/CEO of Skyview Networks, the national radio advertising organization, since April 2019, and before that spent many years at the former ABC News Radio enterprise, starting as a News Writer in 1986. Now, he's taking on full ownership of Skyview, Streamline Publishing has confirmed.

It's a Class B radio station that's been silenced since mid-January under Special Temporary Authority with the FCC, after iHeartMedia concluded its lease of the AM and declined to acquire it. Now the licensee of this Northern Virginia facility that signed on as WAGE-AM is poised to have a new owner.