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(Charese Frugé) Kaitlin Reager serves as both On-Air Personality and Director of Promotions & Marketing for iHeartMedia Nashville, hosting weekends on 107.5 The River in Nashville while also hosting afternoons on 94.1 ZBQ in Tuscaloosa.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has launched its annual Year-End Giving Campaign, calling on radio and television professionals to contribute tax-deductible personal and corporate donations to support colleagues facing financial hardship.

Rock Entertainment Group and iHeartMedia Cleveland have formed a new broadcast partnership that expands radio coverage of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Monsters, and Cleveland Charge with a new station devoted entirely to Cleveland sports.

The question of who will rule the attention economy is no longer rhetorical; it’s existential. That’s the premise behind Watch the Throne: What Content Reigns in a New Media Kingdom? at Forecast 2026, taking place on November 12 at the Harvard Club of NYC.

SonicTrek.ai announces the launch of an AI-driven audio syndication platform in partnership with Futuri Media. The company introduces localized, 24/7 formats using Futuri’s AI technology, voice talent, curated music, and writing for multiple markets.

In a rebuke of the Defense Department, NPR National Security Correspondent Tom Bowman has surrendered his Pentagon press credentials after nearly three decades, joining the network’s refusal to sign a controversial new press access policy.

A major shift in the media research world is underway as SSRS, a market and survey research firm based outside Philadelphia, has acquired Edison Research, the firm best known in radio circles for its venerated Infinite Dial and Share of Ear reports.

In the connected car, the battle for attention isn't between stations; it’s between systems. A newly released Automotive Infotainment Report provides a comprehensive overview of how drivers interact with in-car media, highlighting opportunities and urgency for radio.

Radio isn’t just holding its ground; it’s driving the entire audio economy. New Nielsen findings under the three-minute qualifier rule are proving what broadcasters already know: when radio’s in the mix, every campaign delivers more reach, resonance, and ROI.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting President Patricia Harrison is hitting back against NPR claims that the agency caved to political pressure in reassigning control of the Public Radio Satellite System, calling the suit a distraction from CPB’s legal duty to protect public media.