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For the second time this year, a federal appeals court has paused a court order requiring Nielsen to sell its Nationwide ratings product to Cumulus Media on terms and at a price set by a judge, now backed by a $50,000-a-day fine for noncompliance.

The radio sales pipeline doesn't care if it's a bull market or a bear market. It doesn't care if it's Q4, with the holidays and an election handing out ad cash, or Q1, when "we'll call you if the budget isn't tight." So how do the 2026 Radio Wayne Streetfighter of the Year finalists keep it fed?

(Erik Cudd) “We have no intention of quitting, but the way the Bob & Sheri show reaches you in the future may have to change,” Sheri Lynch and Tony Garcia said in a candid episode of The Oddcast, discussing the independently owned syndicated program's financial realities.

(Sponsored) Most coverage of the C-band rule just explains it and stops. This looks at how it actually works day-to-day: what broadcasters need to provide, how satellite-free systems handle cues, delays, and failover, and how little extra work it asks of an affiliate's IT staff.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America's Media Mixer series is returning to Chicago, timed to coincide with Radio Hall of Fame weekend, and junior professionals will get quite an opportunity: face time with iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman.

Woodward Community Media's radiothon to stock pantry shelves for local veterans closed out its eighth year in Appleton, WI, with donations for the annual Combat Hunger Food and Funds Drive pouring in from listeners, businesses, and community partners. 

More reactions to the House passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act are arriving, with power players from radio's C-Suite to the Speaker of the House celebrating the bipartisan win ahead of sending the legislation to the Senate for its next fight.

(Sponsored) There's a big difference between choosing change and having it forced on you by the FCC. A few years ago, IP distribution wasn't practical at scale. Better bandwidth, lower latency, and cloud capacity have changed that, so broadcasters can switch on their own schedule.

Marketers now have a dedicated certification path for audio advertising. RAB has launched Audio Marketing Professional, or AMP, a new self-paced education program meant to help marketers, agencies, and media buyers plan, buy, create, and measure audio campaigns.