Radio Ink Launches ‘Best In Syndication’ Honors To Close 2026
The shows and networks that give stations of every size access to national talent are getting a list of their own. Radio Ink’s first-ever Best in Syndication honors will recognize the programs, personalities, and companies collecting audience growth coast to coast.
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Murrow Wins Give CBS News Radio Journalists The Last Word
Five months after CBS pulled the plug, CBS News Radio is still collecting hardware. Two national Murrow Awards landed for work produced by a newsroom that has since been dismantled, and the alumni who accepted them made sure the room understood the irony.
Radio Sales Coach Puts Her Playbook In Print
Radio sales teams chasing bigger commissions in a shifting media market have a new playbook to study. Marketing consultant and sales coach Harmony Tenney is putting two decades of selling lessons between covers, aimed at helping reps close larger deals.
Another NYPR Shake-Up As Tanner Abruptly Exits CEO Role
New York Public Radio is changing captains again. Christy Tanner is leaving the CEO role only months after taking it, and a three-person interim team with deep public media experience will steer WNYC and WQXR while the board looks for a permanent successor.
American Amplifier Buys Antenna Maker ERI
American Amplifier Technologies has finalized its acquisition of Indiana-based broadcast transmission equipment maker Electronics Research, Inc. AAT's operations already include Shively Labs and Kathrein-Scala, alongside its broadcast transmission lines.
BIA To Local Sellers: Plan 2027 Off Core Demand and Digital
Radio's midterm boost is already baked into 2026, so the question is what carries local sellers into 2027. BIA Advisory Services analysts, following up on September's radio outlook, point to digital selling, streaming, and AI fluency as the dividing line.
Study: The Best B2B Audio Buys Don’t Sound Like Business
The quickest way to waste a B2B podcast budget may be buying where every other B2B advertiser is already buying. New sales-based data points to a smarter approach: choose proven winners, spread spend across genres, and stop ruling out categories that don't sound like business.
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Hail to the Hall of Famers
(Mike McVay) Last week, the industry gathered to salute the best of the best as the Radio Hall of Fame welcomed the inductees for 2026. It’s important to acknowledge those who have been an integral part of the business. From what it was to what it is.
5 Lessons ‘Dateline’ Can Teach Radio
(John Shomby) I am a Dateline junkie. I’ve watched so many episodes that I think I’m on the second time around with a bunch of them. Despite that, even though I know exactly when they are about to send me to a commercial break without offering me an answer…
Dial #250 Opens Call Attribution Service To Full US Radio Industry
A response tool built to replace hard-to-remember phone numbers in radio spots is no longer exclusive to iHeartMedia. Operator MDR Group is opening Dial #250 to every station and advertiser, adding Voice AI that finds the brand when a listener has forgotten it.
Bay Area Afternoon Radio Gets An Amorous Return
Bay Area afternoons have a returning host with a hometown advantage. Mia Amor moves into the daypart at Connoisseur Media's 102.9 KBLX, filling out the station's lineup after Big Reid moved from afternoons to mornings last month alongside cluster lineup adjustments.
Raheem DeVaughn’s ‘Garden Of Love’ Blooms With Urban One
The Garden of Love, a new syndicated show from platinum-selling R&B artist Raheem DeVaughn, has taken root at Urban One's Majic 102.3 (WMMJ) in Washington, DC, as well as Atlanta's WAMJ, Philadelphia's WPPZ, Baltimore's WWIN, and Richmond's WKJS.
Cumulus Names Kathy Brown as VP Of Urban Formats
Kathy "KB" Brown is taking her Charleston programming playbook national. Cumulus Media has tapped her to lead the company's Urban formats, a role that keeps her on the air and in the Program Director chair at home while she guides stations across the country.
Myron Mullins Enlists McVay Media For ‘Regret Free’
McVay Media is helping a former executive turn his story of success, struggle, and faith into audio. Myron Mullins' new book and podcast, Regret Free, speak to high-achieving men rediscovering purpose, with production and coaching support from McVay.
Compass Lands National Audio Rights To Pac-12 Finals
Two Pac-12 basketball championship games will share one day, and one national audio broadcaster, in Las Vegas. Compass Media Networks will carry both as part of a multi-year national audio deal that also adds the conference's football championship, with coverage kicking off this December.
Benztown + McVay Drama Up For Signal Award
Radio-backed scripted storytelling is competing on podcasting's awards stage. A six-episode disaster drama from Benztown + McVay Media Podcast Networks is a Signal Awards finalist for its voice acting, and fans now have a say in a separate award decided by public vote.
