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The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) has shared who will be honored for lifetime achievements during the 2026 Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts luncheon and awards ceremony, a VIP luncheon event scheduled for November 17 at Gotham Hall.

With the success of a reborn "Z93" at WGTZ-FM in Dayton as a Classic Pop & Top 40 station focused on the 1990s and early 2000 carried out by Connoisseur Media since its acquisition of Alpha Media, a similar format tweak is taking place at a suburban Chicago FM with listeners across much of the nation's third-largest market.

This year's national-level honorees will be celebrated on May 19 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Local-level honorees will be recognized at a luncheon scheduled for June 16 at Cipriani 42nd Street in the City of New York.

Nielsen is bringing technology to the diary markets. Beginning with the Spring 2026 survey, they will be offering a digital version of the diary known as mSurvey. Steve Allan at Research Director has a few things to consider on the new "mSurvey," with all apologies to Hanson.

The schedule for the 2026 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference, which places a spotlight on the future of broadcast and digital media, is out. Among the speakers is a key Townsquare Media tech exec, and a Ph.D. who will address how broadcast media technology is redefining media creation.

Twenty years ago, it was "goin' down" for hip-hop artist Yung Joc. Today, he's the host of a nationally syndicated morning show courtesy of SupeRadio and Core Radio Group. That program is coming to a "Hot" FM Translator serving America's Gateway City.

Three individuals who lead independently owned radio broadcasting companies in the U.S. have expressed their lament and disappointment with the decision revealed Friday to shut down CBS Radio News on May 22.

When you treat your radio sales manager as a collaborator, coach, and strategist, you unlock far more than oversight, says Radio Ink columnist Loyd Ford. "You gain a competitive advantage that can elevate every part of your performance."

With the company's fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings report still awaiting release, Beasley Media Group on Friday confirmed that it has entered into a "Transaction Support Agreement" with the holders of its first and second lien notes due in two years that would trigger an exchange offer.

Radio Ink has confirmed that CBS News Radio will be winding down its operations over the next several weeks. The news was shared via an internal memo distributed Friday by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski.