Radio Beats Podcasts, Print, and AI for Monthly News Reach
According to new data, nearly one in three Americans gets their news via AM/FM each month. That clears the audience share of podcasts, print, and AI chatbots, and gives radio an audience that increasingly looks like one of the most valuable in the room.
Radio Is Built for America’s 250 Moment, Katz Research Shows
With America's 250th anniversary weeks away, new research from Katz Radio Group suggests the celebration is best suited to AM/FM. As Americans seek unity, data points to something the industry has long known: when the country gathers, it gathers around radio.
Rivian Eliminates FM Radio as Congress Closes In on AM Mandate
As broadcasters fight to keep AM radio in the dashboard, another automaker is cutting FM. Rivian's new R2, which entered the market earlier this month, has removed all terrestrial radio access, replacing the tuner and antenna with a data connection.
Harvey Nagler Named Radio Ink 2026 Lifetime Leadership Honoree
Few people in the history of American radio journalism can claim a career as long, as consequential, or as decorated as Harvey Nagler. As such, Radio Ink is proud to name the former CBS News Radio GM as the recipient of our 2026 Lifetime Leadership Award.
Warshaw Takes Radio’s Ownership Cap Case Straight to Carr
Connoisseur Media CEO Jeffrey Warshaw sat down with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr earlier this week, pressing the agency's top official to move decisively on radio ownership limit reform as the agency continues to ponder the long-delayed 2022 Quadrennial Review.
iHeartMedia’s Corporate Headquarters Goes Up For Sale
A building that has hosted iHeartMedia since its Clear Channel Communications days could be heading to new ownership. The broadcaster's corporate headquarters in San Antonio is listed for sale by the real estate investment trust that currently holds the facility.
HRC 2026 Day Two Highlights Ratings, Rules, and the Road Ahead
FCC policy shifts, Nielsen audience data, and firsthand revenue case studies made a compelling case on Day Two of Hispanic Radio Conference 2026 that the structural problems threatening Hispanic radio are most certainly not product problems.
From Midterm Money to Influencer Radio, HRC Day 1 Digs Deep
US Hispanics hold $4.4 trillion in purchasing power. The ad industry is sending roughly 4% of total spend its way. Day one of the 2026 Hispanic Radio Conference in Phoenix made the case, session by session, that the gap is possibly the biggest opportunity in radio.
Oxenford: Ownership Caps Put Radio at a One-Click Disadvantage
The argument for loosening broadcast ownership rules is well-documented in FCC filings and NAB talking points. Attorney David Oxenford frames it differently: through the eyes of a local advertiser trying to reach every Country music listener in a single market.
Mental Health Awareness Month: Radio’s Conversation Continues
For Mental Health Awareness Month, Radio Ink brought together three experts with roots in mental health and the broadcast industry for our May issue, covering the hard questions in radio. What they had to say went well beyond what fit on the page.
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Lifetime Leadership Award Honoree Harvey Nagler
The $250 Question: Inflation and Contesting
