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And they plan to spill the beans about their firing during their first show back on May 27. In January, KIRO-FM canceled the show by not renewing the contract for the popular Seattle morning team. The Ron & Don Show was heard on KIRO for 13 years before it was abruptly canceled 11 minutes after the show ended on January 10.

The selling of college radio stations all over the country continues. The latest is WUEV in Evansville, IN. The University of Evansville is selling WUEV to WAY-FM Media.

Second Street — purveyors of the audience engagement software platform of the same name — announced the acquisition of Niche Media. Niche Media runs events dedicated to helping niche publishers generate new and additional revenue.

You've heard the story for years. Liberal talk radio has been tried over and over again with limited success, and certainly zero longevity when compared to conservative talk. Mike Crute would like to change all that with his "Resistance Radio" format in Madison.

On May 10th Urban One reported it had lost over $500,000 in revenue due to a ransomware attack. Urban One did not pay any ransom but it paid the price in lost revenue. To help us understand the ransomware issue we turned to attorney Alysa Austin from the firm Womble Bond Dickinson.

(By Rob Dumke) Getting noticed in one of the top five banking markets in the country and the third-largest radio market in the U.S. is a daunting task. Matt Doubleday, CMO for Wintrust Financial Corp. of Chicago, does it every day... with radio.

News from Nielsen that Local Nielsen Media Impact, which provides local media planning and cross-channel optimization across local TV and radio, is expanding to include 19 additional markets.

Soccer is a big deal to many people. Latinos in particular have a passion for the game. Entravision will air the 15th biennial CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament live on its radio stations, for the advantage of Latino Americans.

Bob Papper is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Hofstra University. Papper has been producing the annual RTDNA/Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra Newsroom Survey for 25 years. His latest study is out and we spoke to him about his findings.

Imagine how much more of a fair playing field radio would be on if digital was actually judged on results rather than clicks and other forms of measurement that can easily be manipulated by bots?