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With Washington rallying around the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, data from Edison Research is showing that traditional radio remains essential and irreplaceable in rural America, even as mobile devices continue to expand their share of audio nationwide.

Edison Research recently released its "Share of Ear" report for the first quarter of 2025, and its chock full of useful findings radio industry executives can use to further tout its exceptional reach and ROI for advertisers. For Audacy SVP of Research and Insights Ray Borelli, one finding really stood out.

As companies navigate uncertain terrain in the local advertising landscape, Borrell Associates reports that many local advertisers who want to try something new, are trying radio. Why? It comes down to how radio sellers are some of the best in all of media.

The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. has announced the acquisition of the National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters. This move marks the inception of the USBC Media Network, aimed at reshaping the landscape of Black media and culture.

With recruitment remaining a key pain point for radio, Radio Ink sat down with Michelle Duke, President of the NAB Leadership Foundation, about the birth of the "You Belong Here" initiative and what it takes for stations to win over young talent.

And now we wait. It took 17 years for the issue of media ownership to make its way to The Supreme Court, and, according to attorney Helgi Walker, representing the NAB, it was 17 years of litigation where the Third Circuit was distorting the statute the entire time and a course correction is badly needed.

What Cumulus Media calls “a critical inflection point…for the broadcast radio industry as a whole,” Nielsen calls “hyperbolic and baseless,” as the two prepare to square off in federal court over the measurement giant’s Network Policy and the economics of ratings access.

The long-awaited rates from the three-person Copyright Royalty Board finally arrived late Wednesday night. In 2016, commercial webcasters will pay 22 cents per performance for any subscription services (such as Pandora One which is $5.00 per month). That's down from 25 cents per spin. Commercial non-subscription services will pay 17 cents per performance. That's up from 14 cents for Pandora and down from 25 cents for radio.

Independent broadcasters gathered on a Sunday at NAB Show 2026 to tackle AI guardrails, digital sales strategies, and more of radio's biggest problems together during a program built around the operators who, as was proudly stated, "make the industry go round."

The 2025 NAB Show opened with an acute emphasis on the strength of local broadcasters as main street radio leaders gathered for the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum in Las Vegas, with an opening address from NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt.