Season of Giving Tally Week 2: Radio Honors Vets, Fights Hunger
Radio stations honored American heroes and prepared communities for Thanksgiving during Week 2 of Radio Ink's 2025 Season of Giving Tally, raising $461,153.50 as Veterans Day tributes and holiday food security campaigns mobilized thousands of listeners.
MediaCo Delays Q3 Filing As Revenue Rises But Loss Doubles
MediaCo is pushing back its third-quarter earnings report, telling the SEC it needs more time to wrap up its financial statements, though the company offered a preview showing strong revenue growth offset by a ballooning loss driven by accounting rules.
Hiring (and Motivating) a New Generation of Radio Sellers
“We need to hire more, better, younger salespeople to join our team.” Our ability to hire and develop fresh sales talent is going to be a powerful reason for continued success or ultimate failure for most. Here are unique ways to recruit younger generations to radio sales:
Lenawee Broadcasting’s Thank a Vet Raises $60K for Heroes
Lenawee Broadcasting continued its annual Veterans Day tradition of honoring those in Southeast Michigan who have served with its annual Thank a Vet fundraiser, which raised $60,882 for the Veterans Dire Need Fund administered by Housing Help of Lenawee.
Connoisseur Media to Divest Bakersfield Cluster to Local Operator
Weeks after entering a new California market, Connoisseur Media is exiting another as it enters an agreement to sell its Bakersfield radio stations, as the company continues reshaping its portfolio following its September acquisition of Alpha Media.
Massachusetts Broadcasters Honor AM Advocacy At 2025 Awards
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association honored a key voice behind the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act while celebrating excellence in local broadcasting at its annual Sound Bites conference in Milford, including the organization's 2025 Broadcaster of the Year.
Local Radio Networks Gets Its Hands Into The PickleJar
PickleJar Entertainment Group has signed a partnership with Local Radio Networks to distribute its overnight country program PickleJar Up All Night across stations nationwide. The show, first created with Cumulus Media in 2023, was relaunched this past August.
In Denver, The Mountain Raises $68K for Project Sanctuary
Audacy’s 99.5 The Mountain (KQMT) in Denver raised $68,000 during its eighth annual Project Sanctuary Radiothon. The event supported veterans and their families, including counseling, therapy, and reintegration services provided across the country.
Ex-FCC Leaders Petition Carr to End News Distortion Policy
In response to the words of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a bipartisan group of former FCC chairs and commissioners is now urging the agency to permanently repeal its news distortion policy, arguing that it allows for political abuse of broadcasters’ editorial freedom.
Our True North
(Deborah Parenti) Broadcasting’s mission isn’t the finish line; it’s the journey. Today, that journey winds through territory that feels uncertain, and sometimes even divided. It’s the pull of shifting audiences, the noise of misinformation. Broadcasters feel that weight every day.
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The $250 Question: Inflation and Contesting
