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Until now, the lone way fans of the Minnesota Wild could follow live play-by-play without paying for it was via the radio. That continues via iHeartMedia's KFAN-FM with the upcoming 2026-2027. But, for those seeking to watch the games on broadcast TV, there's a forthcoming plan that's being cemented soon.

The NHL's Minnesota Wild aren't the only pro team on the ice to cement fresh game telecast arrangements set to start with the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Three other teams are making changes, and they each involve NHL Productions as the telecast producer.

A Florida-based non-profit media organization founded by Danny Ickes that focuses on positive programming, youth music mentoring, and educational broadcasting has a new Chief Executive Officer. That has prompted a transfer of control request involving the company and its FM radio station in a coastal North Carolina community.

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Audacy and SiriusXM have scored a landmark partnership that will bring more than 40 of Audacy’s spoken word stations across 29 markets to SiriusXM listeners nationwide. The last time broadcast radio stations appeared on satellite radio, they involved key iHeartMedia Top 40 stations and BBC Radio 1.

The interim News Director of WWL-TV in New Orleans has been promoted to the role of News Director for its NBC-aligned sibling in the St. Louis market — a move that shows the "hold separate" order preventing Nexstar Media Group from fully assimilating TEGNA's assets is very much being adhered to.

There's a new Senior VP for Agency Partnerships that has been selected to lead the buy-side revenue organization at VideoAmp, as part of an effort that sees the company move beyond measurement toward an AI-fueled media performance platform.

Submissions are now being accepted for the industry’s most prestigious sales honors, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink. The ceremony is set for October 21, the first day of this year’s NAB Show New York, to be held at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.

Both companies have pressed the issue repeatedly this year. In June, Connoisseur CEO Jeffrey Warshaw and Beasley met separately with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Beasley also took its case to the Media Bureau. They renewed their push for ownership rule modernization for Radio again last week.