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Big 94.5 Country, Country 106.9, and 580 WIBW joined together to raise $76,040 with the Envista Credit Union St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Radiothon, February 22-23. This is the third year that the Alpha staff has teamed up for this event, raising almost a quarter of a million dollars altogether.

Voting has opened for The Conclave’s First Annual Conclave Radio Awards honoring the radio industry’s best stations. The Conclave Radio Awards are determined exclusively by the nominations and votes of radio industry professionals at large and will recognize stations in Major, Large, Medium, and Small Markets.

As iHeart inches closer to a restructure, possibly within days, the iHeartCommunications Compensation Committee has approved millions of dollars in bonuses for three iHeart executives: CEO Bob Pittman, COO Richard Bressler, and General Counsel Robert Walls. Here are the details...

There's no denying that radio's commercial loads are way too long on most radio stations around the country. Executives -- and programmers -- have complained for years about how overloading hour after hour with unending stopsets is driving away listeners. And Pandora CEO Roger Lynch sees that as an opportunity.

On Wednesday Nielsen released details on three formats now that the January book is complete. The ratings firm says the Adult Contemporary format is still riding the momentum of the Holiday book, News/Talk stations continue to be strong, thanks to interest in the news of the day and Contemporary Hit Radio starts off with slightly less tune-in than last year.

Never has a generational divide been more striking than the one between today’s millennials and their older counterparts. Born into the digital age, the bright, young faces of today’s job market are often times “facing off” with another group of equally formidable challengers, a different — dare we say “older” — mindset sitting behind the hiring desk.

And the FCC wants them stamped out. Eric Evans in Yuma, Arizona, operating at 96.5-FM from his home, and Arthur Ware from Des Moines, Washington, operating at 88.3 from his business, are both given 10 days to shut down their illegal radio stations and explain to the government why they were doing so.

(By Ronald Robinson) Given all the generally accepted assertions of radio’s superior reach, along with the serious implications offered about the lack of efficiencies of digital advertising, radio practitioners could be forgiven when they demonstrate even a little confidence in some upcoming surge in radio’s fortunes.

The Hispanic consumer has emerged in recent years as one of the most vitally important for brands and businesses. Media companies are no different. A successful approach to welcoming — and keeping — U.S. Latinos through audio entertainment that is relevant and of high appeal can reap huge dividends for radio broadcasting companies.

According to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Credit Analyst Philip Brendel, iHeart and its creditors are close to a restructuring deal, despite Liberty Media's last minute unsolicited bid to inject over $1 billion into the company. He calls the Liberty Media pitch to get involved a distraction.