T-Mobile Dials Up More Ads Among Radio’s Top Performers
Radio's top advertisers of the week played like a greatest hits as Progressive retained its hold on the top spot in this week’s Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio rankings for the week of July 14–20. T-Mobile made the biggest move among the top five, jumping three spots.
Radio Ink Welcomes Dana Schaeffer to Editorial Team
Radio Ink has named journalist and media strategist Dana Schaeffer as its new Contributing Editor. Schaeffer brings over 15 years of experience in radio, digital audio, and multimedia production to the publication’s editorial staff.
Edison: 55+ Podcast Audience Nearly Doubles In Two Years
The most loyal consumers of traditional radio, Americans 55 and older are now steadily embracing digital audio. New insights from Edison Research show a decided increase in podcast engagement among this age group, signaling a shift in long-term listening habits.
Local Radio’s Dark Future Has Hit A Snag
(Loyd Ford) We hear the negative talk. You really can’t escape it. Humans are going to create worry. Still, if you know me, you know I believe in local radio’s advantages when they see themselves as the most powerful local sales unit on the ground in a market.
Two Paths To A Successful Commercial
(Jeffrey Hedquist) How do you create an effective commercial? Do you just start writing and see where it goes, or do you have in mind where you want the spot to end and then choose a place to begin so that you can take the audience there?
Ozarks Community Push CMN Radiothon Total Up $13K Over 2024
Ozarks Dynacom and its five Branson, MO, stations raised $87,851.32 across two days of live broadcasts for the group's 2025 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon. This year's total outperformed 2024 by more than $13,000.
Radio Free Europe Wins Legal Fight Over Withheld US Funding
Just hours after Congress passed President Donald Trump's clawback of $1.1 billion in funding from public broadcasters, a federal judge delivered a separate blow to the administration, ruling the White House unlawfully withheld funds from Radio Free Europe.
FCC Pirate Radio Crackdown Hits Washington Ranch
The FCC has issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting to a rural ranch in Washington state, even as a high-stakes constitutional challenge out of South Florida is testing the FCC’s authority to punish unlicensed radio broadcasters.
With CPB Funding Cut, Public Radio Enters Uncertain Future
The US House of Representatives has approved the amended Rescissions Act of 2025, sending to President Donald Trump a legislative package that includes the elimination of all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.
NAB’s First Meeting With Trusty Targets Radio Ownership Caps
NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt and Chief Legal Officer Rick Kaplan held their first high-level policy discussion with newly-minted FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty earlier this week, wasting no time in pressing for long-awaited reform to broadcast ownership rules.
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