Deadline Day: FCC Fiscal Year Fees Due By Midnight
FCC regulatory fees for broadcasters are due today, capping a fee increase that ends two years of relief for AM and FM stations. Payments must be received by 11:59p ET through the Commission's CORES system. Submissions even one day late trigger a 25% penalty.
Radio Can Learn From The Green Monster
(Josh Brown) What should the commercial say? Is the call to action strong enough? Should we mention the phone number twice? Should the client use humor? Those are all legitimate questions. But I think there’s an even bigger question that we sometimes skip entirely.
What Do You Take With You?
(Kathleen Fink) A few weeks ago, I asked "What are you known for?" The response surprised me. People reached out, shared the article, sent notes, and started conversations about their own careers. I realized another question sat right behind the first:
Smartphones Overtake Radio As Gen Z’s Top In-Car Audio Device
For the first time in Share of Ear's history, the smartphone has taken the wheel over AM/FM inside the car, at least among the youngest listeners. New Edison Research data shows Americans 13 to 34 now spend more in-car time on a mobile device than a radio receiver.
FCC Answers FAQ On EAS Cybersecurity Changes
With the FCC's EAS cybersecurity deadline next week, the Commission has published a FAQ page addressing questions broadcasters have raised about how far the new rule actually reaches. The guidance walks through questions tied to the requirements adopted in June.
Radio Ink Seeks Journalist for Remote Editorial Role
Radio Ink is hiring a part-time, fully remote Editorial Assistant to support daily digital coverage and assist with production of its monthly print magazine. This is a fast-paced newsroom role serving radio executives and sales professionals nationwide.
Foreign iHeartMedia Investor Bets On Ad-Free Radio Subscription
The UK's biggest radio group wants listeners to pay to skip the ads. Global launched Radio Plus this week, an ad-free version of its live UK stations, from the same executive whose family investment vehicle has spent years building a stake in iHeartMedia.
It’s Not Tech, It’s Trust: Beating Radio’s Digital Sales Jitters
Ask a room full of broadcast-first sellers to pitch programmatic or Amazon DSP, and confidence, not know-how, is usually what's missing. The finalists for this year's Radio Wayne Digital Sales Manager Award told Radio Ink how they've built that confidence.
Nielsen Seeks Supreme Court Intervention In Cumulus Battle
Nielsen says a federal appeals court invented a new way to sue over pricing, and it wants the Supreme Court to shut it down. The company has asked the justices to review a Second Circuit ruling that kept an antitrust injunction in place over its dealings with Cumulus Media.
FCC Pirate Radio Fines Face New Test After SCOTUS Ruling
Three landlords in two states just got the same warning: shut down the pirate radio signal on your property, or risk a $2.4 million penalty. But that threat is now at risk of being undercut after a Supreme Court ruling in June stripped the FCC of some bite.
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