Featured

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...

He may have missed out on the opportunity to purchase Greater Media, but being able to bring CBS Radio, and its many iconic brands, into the Entercom family is certainly no consolation prize for Entercom CEO David Field.

It was short and sweet. A one-page order by United States Judge James Whittemore denying Bubba The Love Sponge the opportunity to present his conspiracy case against Nielsen in his ratings tampering case.

In every 2017 issue of Radio Ink we’ll be spotlighting companies that are generating real digital revenue for radio stations across the country. Gary Rozynek spent 33 years in radio, the first 15 working for large public companies and the last 18 with Jeff Warshaw in the first iteration of Connoisseur, back in the ’90s.

That's the opinion of many including Chris Kampmeier (pictured), although there are many others who would disagree with that statement. The veteran programmer of 47 years is retiring December 31. His final position in the business was Region VP of Programming for iHeartMedia’s North Florida Region. We spoke to Kampmeier at length about his extremely successful run in radio, his management philosophy and, of course, programming. We'll be sharing that with you over the next several days. One of the questions we asked Kampmeier was about radio's commercial load. Here's what he had to say...

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.

Former radio station owner Greg Walden has been elected Chairman of The House Energy and Commerce Committee. Walden, who owned radio stations in Oregon at one time, has been a great friend to radio in Washington. (Read our 2015 cover story with Walden HERE). He said he was deeply honored to earn the support of his colleagues...

An iHeartMedia spokesperson told Radio Ink over the weekend that, "We are pleased with the Delaware Chancery Court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit." Delaware Court Judge Joseph Slights ruled in favor of iHeart dismissing the lawsuit filed by Gamco Asset Management, which claimed iHeartMedia improperly moved revenue from Clear Channel Outdoor.

That's the view from Galaxy Communications CEO Ed Levine (pictured right) who was part of Radio Ink's Independent Operator panel at Forecast 2017. Levine's point: If Facebook and Google can own 100% of the digital space in his market, why can't he own 100% of the radio stations in his market?

The election for a new United States President is finally over. In January, Billionaire businessman Donald Trump will take over for President Barack Obama. Exactly what that means for radio, or regulations guiding radio, if anything, will not be known for months if not years. Is all-out Republican leadership good for the media ownership rules or foreign ownership? How will the FCC stack up once Chairman Wheeler departs? Could there be even more deregulation? Radio Ink surveyed CEO's and other executives around the industry to get their opinion on what lies ahead. Here's what they had to say...