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The FCC has approved iHeartMedia's petition to expand its foreign ownership authorization, clearing the way for new investors tied to the United Kingdom's largest commercial radio company, while keeping the broadcaster's aggregate foreign ownership cap unchanged.

(Paige Nienaber) One of my favorite talents is Laura Daniels with Cumulus Buffalo; she's always reveled in the most random of topics, whether she's channeling her inner Michael Phelps or perfecting her FarmersOnly profile. Radio is at its best when it's topical. It's the stuff Spotify could never do.

Radio listeners can't reliably tell an AI-generated voice from a professional human read, and more than half are okay with a station using AI, per a new blind-listening study that found human and synthetic voices scoring nearly identical on trust, energy, and likability.

After acquiring the 94.5 signal from Urban One for $6 million as part of a broader Dallas station swap reported earlier this year, Encouragement Media Group has launched Fuzión Radio on KZMJ, marking the market's first full-power Spanish Christian radio station.

Baltimore Public Media and Delmarva Public Media are penning a formal partnership to share journalism, reporting, and resources, beginning with a jointly funded Agriculture and Environmental Reporter covering the Chesapeake Bay region.

News-Talk has quietly become radio's most dominant format, out-listened to by nothing else on the dial, per a new marketer's guide from Audacy that ties the format's loyalty to real advertiser results, including a 24% average lift in web traffic across categories.

(Mike McVay) It seems to be happening more and more frequently. Positions are eliminated. It’s not about poor performance; it’s about eliminating cost. Responsibilities are divided and moved from position to position, increasing the workload of those who survive the cuts.

(John Shomby) For thirteen years, I've been part of the RAB’s National Radio Talent System at four different colleges. During my time being one of those “professionals”, classes got smaller year after year. Interest in radio softened. But this year, something different!

Good Karma Brands' 95.3 WBEV and 1430 ESPN Beaver Dam raised $180,063 for local children's charities during this year's John Moser Children's Radiothon, topping 2025's total by nearly $17,000 and pushing the Wisconsin stations' cumulative haul past $3.1 million.

Television may capture 91% of ad spend for nasal and allergy relief products, but radio is generating stronger brand equity within the vertical despite getting a fraction of the ad dollars TV commands, according to new Cumulus Media/Westwood One research.