Volkswagen AG Accused of Overwriting Radio Broadcast Metadata
With automakers and broadcasters increasingly at odds over ongoing concerns about signal integrity in new vehicles, a Georgia-based broadcaster is issuing a formal cease and desist order to Volkswagen AG over broadcast data interference affecting AM/FM and HD Radio.
Radio’s 2025 Season of Giving Nears $500K Mark in Week One
Radio stations across the country kicked off the 2025 Season of Giving Tally with an impressive wave of community support, collectively raising $410,567 and mobilizing listeners for causes spanning children’s health, animal welfare, and local youth initiatives.
10 Steps To Help Your Sales Team Close Out Q4 Together
(Loyd Ford) The fourth quarter is crunch time in radio; the season when strong teams separate themselves from everyone else. It isn’t over. To hit and exceed your goals, you don’t just need individual effort; you need alignment, communication, and collective drive.
Reinvent Your Client for Fun & Profit
(Jeffrey Hedquist) Your client works hard, but they’re not getting the same results or the same increases in business they used to get. Their response: “We’ll do even more of what we’ve been doing, or we’ll work harder, or we’ll sell for less.” Here's how you need to intervene:
Bustos Media Marks 11th Year Raising Over $100K for St. Jude
Bustos Media's 32 radio stations came together to raise $143,067 during the broadcaster's annual radiothon benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This was the company’s eleventh consecutive year surpassing the $100,000 fundraising milestone.
LAST CALL: Steven Portnoy, Stephen A, and Forecast 2026
Radio’s future won’t wait. Radio Ink’s November Forecast 2026 issue confronts the year ahead, from FCC power shifts and market volatility to the business of trust, regulation, and reinvention, through voices shaping what comes next for broadcasters, investors, and storytellers alike.
Broadcasters Foundation and NAB Host Inaugural DC Media Mixer
Policy briefings were put on pause last night as the broadcast industry gathered on M Street for an evening of genuine connection at the NAB headquarters, where the Broadcasters Foundation of America hosted its first Washington, DC, Media Mixer.
Radio’s Superpower
(Randy Lane) One of the biggest reasons people listen to the radio isn’t for music or traffic updates; it’s for connection. Listeners tune in for company, and for that familiar voice that makes their day feel a little less lonely. And right now, that connection matters more than ever.
97.1 The Ticket To Anchor Audacy’s Detroit Sports Radio Network
Audacy is tipping off a statewide, cross-company hub for Michigan sports fans on December 1. 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT) will serve as the flagship station for the Detroit Sports Radio Network, produced and distributed by Audacy.
Family Life Radio Host Leads Cancer Walk While in Treatment
Family Life Radio Midday Host Shannyn Caldwell joined hundreds of participants in Albuquerque for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, leading her team, “Shannyn’s Kicking Cancer,” while undergoing treatment for breast cancer herself.
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