Radio: The Unexpected Hero In A Tired Digital World
(By Josh Brown) Digital marketing may still dominate ad budgets, but the tides of attention are turning. Social media, once the golden child of digital advertising, has become a crowded, chaotic landscape where users are hit with more ads than ever before.
Now On Demand: Take Your Radio Sales To ‘Hire Ground’
Hire Ground: Selling Radio for Recession Recruitment, sponsored by Marketron, is now available on-demand! Don’t miss this opportunity to rethink recruitment sales strategy - stream the session now and position your station as an essential hiring ally.
MediaCo Sees Q1 Revenue Quadruple After Estrella Deal
Having already published a broad painting of its first quarter performance, MediaCo filed its first quarter 2025 earnings with the SEC after a brief delay, revealing the brushstrokes of its full integration of Estrella Broadcasting - including a dramatic revenue increase.
Georgia Judge Dismisses Salem Host’s AI Defamation Case
A closely watched defamation lawsuit brought by Salem Radio Network syndicated host Mark Walters against ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been dismissed by a Georgia judge, marking a significant early precedent in the legal scrutiny of generative AI.
Country Radio Broadcasters Agenda Committee Set for CRS 2026
Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the full roster of committee members and leadership for the 2025–2026 Country Radio Seminar Agenda Committee. The group will be responsible for shaping the content and structure of CRS 2026.
Broadcast CFOs Talk Deregulation, AI, and Growth at MFM 2025
With the main ballroom at capacity, Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR President and Publisher Deborah Parenti navigated three key broadcast CFOs through a variety of hot topics to begin day two of the 2025 Media Financial Management Conference in Arlington, VA.
Overlooking Audience Expectations
(By Mike McVay) Earlier this year, I wrote about a personal experience regarding how Rose’s actions failed the expectations of his Cincinnati Reds fanbase and how that applies to expectations. But how do those expectations affect competition?
Mental Health Matters: It’s Time Radio Checked In On Listeners
(By John Shomby) Over the past month, this publication has devoted a good bit of its space to the focus of staff mental health and company culture. As I think about all we are doing for ourselves and our staffs, I wonder if we are forgetting one of the most important groups.
Fifth Circuit Rebukes FCC on Race and Gender Reporting Mandate
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has delivered a decisive blow to the FCC’s efforts under the Biden Administration to reinstate Form 395-B, vacating the Commission’s 2024 order around mandatory employment-demographics disclosure.
CMG Sells All Tulsa Radio Stations to Area Optometrist
Cox Media Group is divesting its Tulsa cluster to a local entrepreneur and first-time radio owner. The deal includes KRMG 102.3 FM and 740 AM, K95.5 (KWEN), Mix 96.5 (KRAV), and 103.3 The Eagle (KJSR) and is expected to close in the early second half of 2025.
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