Home is the Strategy: How Local Molds Radio’s Top Sales Managers
NYC may have dubbed itself the Media Capital of the World, but when the Radio Wayne Awards finalists land in the Big Apple next week, they're bringing their hometowns with them. See, the best radio sales leaders know the market isn't just where you sell; it's how.
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Rick Kaplan To Exit NAB; Donilon Gets New Advocacy Role
NAB's chief legal officer is stepping away. Rick Kaplan, who led the association through a decade of courtroom and regulatory battles that reshaped broadcast ownership and streaming rates, will depart at the end of 2026, and his responsibilities will move into a new advocacy structure.
Fresno’s KMJ Turns One Broadcast Day Into 1.7M Meals
One day on the air, and a food bank's shelves are restocked. Fresno's NewsTalk 580/105.9 and local agriculture company Gar Inc. teamed up again for the Central California Food Bank, with listeners and sponsors turning a day-long broadcast into relief for San Joaquin Valley families.
Radio’s Political Ad Pitch Shouldn’t Fall Far From the Driver’s Seat
Reaching more voters, not the same voters again, is the puzzle facing political advertisers this fall. Audacy's answer, laid out in a new interview with Campaigns & Elections, starts in the car, where economic worry and radio listening overlap every day during the commute.
NAB Show New York 2026 Preview: AI, Audience, Revenue
NAB is pitching its New York show as a guide for stations juggling shifting technology and business models. AI, audience growth, streaming, and new revenue sources headline a lineup that NAB's April Carty-Sipp says has something for every broadcaster.
News Deserts Widen, Leaving An Opening For Radio
With newspaper closings rising, TV newsrooms consolidating, and local creators scarce, a sweeping new report sketches local news as thinning out in the places where it may be needed the most. Will hometown radio and its digital products be there to fill the gaps?
Audacy Las Vegas Stocks Pantries With $236K Food Drive
Three Audacy stations turned the generosity of Las Vegas listeners into a food bank haul ahead of the holidays. Personalities from Mix 94.1 (KMXB), 98.5 KLUC, and Q100.5 (KXQQ) spent weekends collecting cash for Southern Nevada families facing food insecurity.
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Native Voice One Finds A New Public Radio Distributor In PRX
Native-produced radio is getting a new pipeline into the public media system. With help from Public Media Infrastructure, PRX is taking on broadcast distribution for Native Voice One, whose weekly series reaches tribal, rural, and urban stations across the US.
FEMA Schedules Two Prep Webinars Ahead of National EAS Test
The first coast-to-coast EAS test in three years is approaching, and FEMA wants stations walking in prepared. A pair of live webinars from FEMA's IPAWS Division, scheduled for this week and the next, will cover the planning side of the exercise.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: Let’s See That Bumpkin
(Paige Nienaber) If you have not begun to puke Halloween all over your audience, you’re on the cusp of being irrelevant. Obviously, “how” you acknowledge Halloween is determined by your resources. 93Q in Syracuse is a Content Monster.
A Tale of Two Cities for Bret Mega Show as Hosts Relocate
Half of a morning show built in St. Louis is going long-distance. The Bret Mega Show is relocating two of its four hosts to a new city, with the rest staying local, and the team is hinting that this move is only the first of more changes coming for listeners.
CMA Names Broadcast Awards Winners for 2026
Country radio's 2026 trophy class is set, and one Raleigh-Durham station is following a personality win last year with a Station of the Year title. Zach Top delivered the news to the honorees, whose ranks span national syndicators and small-market morning teams.
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.
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.
