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It was not a good quarter for Salem Communications. Overall revenue dropped 2.2%, same station broadcast revenue decreased 1.4% and digital revenue was down 12% at a time when all other broadcasters are reporting big revenue increases in digital.

Edison Research and NPR presented the new spoken word data Tuesday which showed, since 2014, share of time spent listening to spoken word audio has increased 20%, while time spent with music decreased 5%.

Community Broadcasters WBDR and WOTT’s Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon to benefit Watertown, NY’s Samaritan Medical Center, raised $140K in three days. The PDs of the two stations broadcast stories of children and families helped by CMN.

As part of the company’s ongoing Community of Caring initiative, employees from the its Las Vegas cluster recently volunteered at Opportunity Village, a non-profit that serves adults in Southern Nevada with intellectual and related disabilities.

The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, has opened the call for entries for the 45th Annual Gracie Awards Gala, May 19, 2020, at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, A Four Seasons Hotel. We have the details.

On Tuesday, at noon, KRWM-FM/Seattle Brand Content Director Ron Harrell, and work-day host Shellie Hart, flipped the station to Seattle's Christmas Station, WARM 106.9.

Like most other public radio companies, digital revenue was strong for Cumulus, up 51% in the third quarter. Cumulus C-Suite business (local digital marketing services and streaming) both reached milestones in September, each booking over $2 million of revenue that month. Collectively, these revenue lines grew 40% in the quarter.

That's according to a new report released by Borrell & Associates. In this latest report Borrell focuses on the amount of money that goes into the cost of producing and managing digital, before a dollar is even spent on advertising.

Excluding political the revenue increase is nearly 4% and CEO Mary Berner said overall the company "turned in another strong performance." Digital and network revenue were strong which helped offset weaker local spot revenue.

A judge ruled that police investigators did not have enough evidence to back up a charge of extortion against former WWL host Seth Dunlap.