Whitney Allen Gives Back With CRS Scholarship for Female Talent
After decades behind the mic, former syndicated Country radio talent Whitney Allen is turning her attention to the next generation, launching the Whitney Allen “Hot Mic” Scholarship for female on-air personalities in conjunction with Country Radio Seminar.
The Success Shift: Radio’s Future Leaders on What Really Matters
Success in radio starts with titles and markets. But time changes the scorecard. Radio Ink's 2026 African American Future Leaders reveal how their definitions evolved—from chasing validation to building legacy, from individual wins to pulling up chairs for others.
Women to Watch: Abby Murphy
(Charese Frugé) Abby Murphy didn’t set out to work in radio. In fact, she almost left media altogether before she ever found it. While studying news at the University of Florida, Murphy was just weeks away from changing her major, discouraged by how heavy and bleak the work felt.
Beyond Metros: The Rural Shopper and the Distance Decision
(Kathleen Miller Fink) In rural America, questions like "Is the trip worth the fuel, the time, and the weather?" quietly shape buying behavior in ways that aren’t always visible on a media plan - and they help explain why radio continues to play such a critical role in reaching rural consumers.
NABLF Service to America Awards Expand With Podcast Category
The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2026 Celebration of Service to America Awards, opening its annual call for submissions recognizing the public service work of local radio and television stations.
St. Louis’s 88.1 FM Relaunches as WorshipOne After KDHX Sale
After the frequency's auction and sale became one of the most closely followed radio transactions of 2025, St. Louis's 88.1 FM is now WorshipOne as Gateway Creative Broadcasting activates the signal formerly known as KDHX under new call letters KLJT.
Cumulus Media Partners With Eon Media on AI Audio Technology
Cumulus Media has entered a partnership with Eon Media aimed at building and monetizing AI-enabled audio tools that expand how listeners find, engage with, and access content across Cumulus’s broadcast stations and digital properties nationwide.
Study: Audio Actively Reaches Audiences Avoiding TV Ads
Even as subscription fatigue grows across the US, consumers continue choosing ad-free video streaming in overwhelming numbers. For brands trying to reach these viewers on their home screens, the solution may not be video at all.
Appeals Court Pause Keeps Nielsen Nationwide Rates Unchanged
Nielsen’s pricing for its Nationwide radio ratings will remain frozen at pre-injunction levels for now, after an appeals court stepped in to pause enforcement of a lower-court ruling that sharply restricted how the ratings provider can price and sell its national product.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: Something For Uncle Sam
(Paige Nienaber) With the Winter Olympics starting in just a couple of weeks, that’s going to bring with it an onslaught of national advertisers touting 2026 as the 250th birthday of the US: yep, kinda snuck up on you didn’t it? Here is a metric 4th ton of stuff to start building from.
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