NABLF Preps More Campus Outreach for Future Broadcasters
Every fall semester brings a fresh wave of college students weighing career paths, and the NAB Leadership Foundation is moving to make sure the pipeline from radio dreams to employment reality is flowing with paid internships, training, and campus outreach.
Court Rejects FCC’s Expanded Political Lowest Unit Rate Rule
A federal appeals court has sided with four Democratic candidates, voting 2-1 to set aside a Public Notice from the FCC Media Bureau that would have extended the lowest unit charge to political parties and joint fundraising committees ahead of this fall's midterms.
Study: Radio, Podcasts Audiences Outpace TV on AI Reach
Data shows weekly AI use among Americans has reached 50%, but many brands in the space are struggling to build awareness and trust with a still-skeptical public. Their best bet for both, per new research, might just be over-the-air radio and podcasts.
FCC OKs New Cumulus Owners; Berner Pledges Newsroom Stability
Cumulus Media has cleared its biggest remaining hurdle to exiting bankruptcy. The FCC has granted the broadcaster's applications to transfer control of its licenses to its new shareholders, following a pledge from CEO Mary Berner that newsroom staffing will hold steady.
Borrell: Local Advertisers Okay With AI, But There’s a Catch
AI use may be getting more acceptable in the marketing workflow, but local advertisers are drawing a line around what they expect to pay for it. New Borrell Associates data shows rising concerns about AI accuracy, disclosure, and paying human rates for machine-generated work.
Cumulus Narrows Losses While Cutting Deep in Chapter 11
Declining radio revenue and sweeping layoffs on one side, aggressive cost-cutting and a radically reshaped balance sheet on the other. That is the balancing act depicted by Cumulus Media in its Q2 earnings report, as the broadcaster prepares to go private.
Gartner Study: AI Set To Control Most Ad Spend By 2028
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.
Beasley’s Digital Audience Passes Broadcast In Q2; Income Jumps
Beasley Media Group's second quarter had a little bit of everything: a massive shift to net income thanks to its debt restructuring, continued revenue losses, and the revelation that its digital listening now outpaces its over-the-air audience for the first time in its history.
Cumulus and Nielsen Spar Over Injunction Enforcement
A courtroom win for Cumulus Media has not yet translated into relief on the ground. Even after the Second Circuit upheld an injunction against Nielsen in the companies' antitrust dispute, enforcement is being held up, sending both sides back before the judge who granted it.
iHeart Extends Debt Again As Multiplatform Losses Persist In Q2
"We don't have a broadcast radio audience challenge. We have a broadcast radio monetization challenge," is the continued diagnosis from iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman as America's largest radio operator bets the rest of its 2026 on politics and programmatic.
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