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Cleveland's First Class Broadcasting Corporation is filling the Smooth Jazz vacancy left in the market after 107.3 The Wave (WNWV) closed in 2019. The minority-owned company officially announced a new streaming station, FCB Cool.

With the help of Spotify, the 2023 Billboard Music Awards is breaking away from traditional network telecasts to go fully digital. Dick Clark Productions and Billboard are joining forces with the company for the all-streaming show set for November 19.

SiriusXM has announced an innovative new show on its NFL Radio channel, hosted by active NFL players. The Players’ Point will air Tuesday nights with Miami Dolphins RB Alec Ingold, Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Allen Robinson, and tight end Colin Thompson.

Podcast hosting and sales company Acast has blocked YouTube's access to its RSS feeds saying that the burgeoning podcast platform's requirement that all submitted podcasts be free of ads clashes with its revenue model.

Benztown President Dave “Chachi” Denes is back with two new episodes of his original podcast, Chachi Loves Everybody. The latest episodes feature interviews with Key Networks/Sun & Fun Media COO Dennis Green and Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw.

With Selection Sunday days away, SiriusXM has readied its roster for 2024 NCAA March Madness, featuring live play-by-play broadcasts of the entire NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship and key games of the Women's Basketball Championship.

Signal Hill Insights President and founder Jeff Vidler has shared the company's latest findings in the upward-trending world of branded podcasts. The company's new data shows branded podcasts can boost brand affinity by an average of +8 points.

The two companies will team up to custom design a radio track called “Broadcasters Meet Podcasters” at Podcast Movement this August in Anaheim. The sessions will focus on how radio companies, stations, and personalities can succeed in the podcasting space.

Former WWE star Scott “Raven” Levy brings his infamous "Raven Effect" finishing move to PodcastOne with a new weekly podcast, under wrestler Chris Jerrico’s Jericho Network. The Raven Effect is available now, with new episodes every Monday.

Forty new SpokenEditions have been released onto iHeartMedia’s all-in-one digital music, podcasting, and live-streaming radio service. SpokenEditions draws from written content from premium publishers. SpokenEditions provides access to audio versions of some of the top written publications across a number of subjects.