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After a more subdued Q4 2025 earnings call following his return from medical leave, Saga CEO Chris Forgy was fired up and firing back at his "broadcast brethren," using the company's Q1 report to position Saga's strategy against the grain of industry trends.

In a landmark move, President Biden issued an executive order based on the use of artificial intelligence. As this is the first step toward government regulation of AI, Radio Ink reached out to two experts in AI's broadcast sector for their thoughts.

New research reveals what could be a brewing crisis for broadcasters racing toward artificial on-air solutions, as audio listeners signal they would abandon even their favorite content if AI voices were introduced, with resistance strongest among the highly educated.

On September 11, 2001, there was no social media. No text threads lighting up with "are you okay?" What people had was radio. Radio Ink looks back at that dark day with those who were there and with the coverage that held the hand of a frightened nation.

NAB CEO Gordon Smith opened up the NAB Show in Las Vegas by recognizing the loss of former Bonneville and Hubbard leader Bruce Reese. He called Reese a wonderful family man and an inspirational leader. Reese died last week at the age of 70. Then Smith went after the big tech companies.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asked for ideas to cut outdated broadcast regulations - and the NAB has now given him plenty to work with. In an 80-page filing backed by a 60-page appendix, the NAB delivered a sweeping blueprint for deregulation.

Something we love to do here at Radio Ink is to find and highlight stations that produce great content. 1010 WINS in New York City is a station that makes our job easy. A year ago the station produced a series addressing the growing heroin epidemic that's gripping the nation. Here's what Director of News and Programming Ben Mevorach and his team are up to now...

With US Hispanic buying power at all time highs and still climbing, new research from iHeartMedia is showing radio’s central role in reaching Bicultural Latinos, of whom more than 92% listen to the radio weekly, and represent $4.1 trillion in economic clout.

Independent measurement is becoming marketers' best defense against a platform-driven ad market, according to new research projecting AI-influenced self-serve platforms will handle more than 80% of US ad spend by 2028, a shift already reaching radio sellers.

The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council has sent a letter to the new administration called "Twelve Imperatives to Close the Digital Divide and Advance Multicultural Media and Telecom Ownership and Procurement in the First 100 Days of the New Administration." Point number 12: Create a “Glide Path” for the Short-Term Survival and Long-Term Humane Decommissioning of the AM Band in a Manner that Preserves Minority Ownership.