Industry News

Advertisers can’t buy listeners who don’t hear ads, and AM/FM radio reaches nearly double the percentage captured by the combined ad-supported audience of Spotify, Pandora, and podcasts, according to new data from Edison Research at SSRS.

The parent organization of omnipresent noncommercial Christian music networks K-LOVE and Air1 is welcoming a new Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. He begins his new role on September 1 and is inbound from Centricity Music. 

University of Wisconsin Badgers sports are heading back to Milwaukee airwaves under a new local partner. And it involves the AM/FM pair owned by the company founded and led by Craig Karmazin.

It's a monthly video content consumption snapshot that's come under fire from some in TV industry circles for its skewed view of how Americans tune in to their favorite shows or live programming. And, the May 2026 edition of "The Gauge" report from Nielsen is likely to continue that dialogue.

The Chief Executive Officer of FOX Television Stations has been selected as Chair of the Broadcasters Foundation of America's 2026 Celebrity Golf Tournament, scheduled for September 14 at Siwanoy Country Club, in the Westchester County city of Bronxville.

For a generation of kids, "C" is for "cookie." For Stingray Group Inc., the owner of the TuneIn audio streaming app, it's the newest radio station in its stable of properties located across Canada, as it has closed on a deal agreed upon in November 2025.

Attorneys representing Jeff Warshaw have made important calculated updates to his lawsuit against Soros Fund Management, the controlling interest holder in Audacy. It is a move designed to protect his backup legal theories in case a judge later rules no enforceable contract ever existed between the two sides.

Days before the FCC’s August Open Meeting vote to loosen national television ownership reach limits, the NAB is using its seat at the table for that fight to also push regulators toward the same relief for radio’s own decades-old ownership caps as part of the 2022 Quadrennial Review.

At the end of June, Connoisseur Media completed its sale of two AM stations and three FMs in a South Dakota market to local owners. It was discovered shortly thereafter that an important oversight was made in its transfer of control documents approved by the FCC. A correction has now been submitted to the agency.

Pattison Media, is one of Canada’s largest privately-held media companies, with radio stations across three provinces. Thanks to a new deal, a large selection of those properties will be bringing enhanced visuals and enriched information to consumers in vehicles with the newest entertainment systems.