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Educational Media Foundation rolls into another major market and will flip the station to its KLOVE format, under a Network Affiliation Agreement, beginning February 22. WAAF has been playing Rock music for 50 years.

KOKE-FM in Austin will mark its 10th anniversary with a live broadcast from the legendary Austin dancehall the "Broken Spoke". The show will be reflecting on memorable experiences and honor the loyal listeners and talented artists that have helped shape KOKE over the past ten years.

The original dispute between NBN and Sheridan began when NBN claimed Sheridan failed to justify a "secret" methodology for allocating its parent’s corporate overhead to AURN, including a $500,000 annual “salary” of Ronald Davenport Sr (pictured). NBN also claimed Sheridan provided invoices to AURN six to eight weeks after the end of every month but forced AURN to pay at the beginning of each month, "thereby advancing itself funds before incurring any actual expenses for the coming month."

On Wednesday, we brought you the story about the 18 St. Louis radio stations that were working together to aid the Red Cross in helping the victims of the Louisiana flood. Emmis St. Louis Market Manager John Beck came up with the idea to reach out to the others. We spoke to Beck about how it all came together. Here's what he had to say.

With all the financial headwinds of 2023, one of the first big forecasts for 2024 has good - but not great - news for radio. According to the latest predictions by Borrell Associates, radio is facing a projected 2.3% decline next year, improving from a 2.8% decline.

KQFN,The Fanatic 1580AM/99.3FM, and 95.9FM in the East Valley will have a new morning show, Monday September 23.

Woof Boom Radio has added five Lima, Ohio-area stations. Woof Boom is forming a new entity that will do business in Lima as The Childers Media Group. Once the acquisition is completed later this year, Woof Boom Radio will own and operate 11 local radio stations throughout East Central Indiana and West Central Ohio.

“Selling air” has always been a battle when your biggest competitors have visuals to show off or data to brag about. Throw in COVID-19, and 2020 may go down as the toughest year to sell radio yet. We turned to several of our 2020 Radio Wayne finalists and asked them what their biggest challenges were (outside of COVID-19) and how they overcame them.

When it comes to The Queen City of Ohio, there's perhaps no more familiar name when it comes to local radio personalities than Jim Scott. He retired in 2015 and in 2022 was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). On Friday night, Scott lost his battle with the disease.

On Friday, ESPN Radio and The Undefeated – ESPN’s multiplatform content initiative will debut The Intersection at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio. The two-hour, weekly show will feature discussions that will continue the conversation around the impact of social justice on sports and society.