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One week after its announcement, we now have a price tag on Carter Media’s acquisition of fifteen Connoisseur Media stations and two FM translators in Missouri, and this deal is much more traditional than the one that saw Connoisseur exit the Bakersfield, CA, market.

The International Student Broadcasting Championship has announced the winners of its 2025 competition, recognizing outstanding achievement, creativity, and technical excellence among global student broadcasters, podcasters, and digital content creators.

WABC Radio, including station owners John and Margo Catsimatidis, is spreading holiday cheer across New York City, delivering 10,000 turkeys to families in need through the Police Athletic League, the NYPD, the FDNY, and other community organizations.

Hope Media Group held its 6th annual Hope to the Hungry event on November 6 and raised $129,442 across its Worship 24/7 stations. The nationwide event provided 38,006 Thanksgiving meals for individuals and families facing homelessness and food insecurity through partner ministries.

Why do certain reads succeed? That's the question asked and answered during the latest RAB Radio Mercury Awards webinar, which delivered a detailed breakdown of how radio creatives can elevate performance, direction, and talent selection for their ads.

(Mike McVay) Recent research from Edison in their Share of Ear series shows the preferred listening device for radio in the US is a traditional radio. This is wonderful news… if you’re a manufacturer of radios.

(John Shomby) Shelley Palmer recently wrote about what he calls the Identity Threat, as he defines it: the anxiety people feel when they realize AI can now do things one thought only humans could do. That hits close to home for anyone in radio.

Listeners and local businesses around Springfield, IL, joined Saga Communications' Capitol Media Group to raise $150,499 during the cluster's 20th Annual Cares for Kids Radiothon to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital.

Country Radio Seminar has announced its annual Thankful Sale, offering attendees a discount on the current three-day registration rate for CRS 2026. More panels, mentoring events, and marquee programming are due to be announced in the coming weeks.

Connoisseur Media is continuing to divest former Alpha Media markets outside of the company's vision for the future, as the broadcast group will sell its Luverne, MN, and Madison, SD, radio stations into local broadcast ownership.