From a Check to a Champion: Why BFOA Giving Day Matters
Today is the Broadcasters Foundation of America's annual Giving Day. Your donations to the BFOA are turned into disaster relief and medical grants, and, as one of Radio Ink's inaugural Christian Champions would tell you, something more life-changing than either.
Beasley CBO LeGrett to Radio: Stop Apologizing, Start Proving
Beasley Media Group Chief Business Officer Kevin LeGrett doesn't think radio has a reach problem. He thinks it has a storytelling problem. In part two of his conversation with Radio Ink, LeGrett makes the case for a more confident industry and lays out what a real reset demands.
RAB and Global Partners Make the Case for Audio at Cannes
Four national radio industry advocates from three continents walked onto the Cannes Croisette this week with 17 years of data and a single argument: campaigns that include audio don't just perform better, they outperform on every metric that matters to a client.
Dems Take FCC’s Expanded Political Ad Discount Rules to Court
Four Democrats took the FCC's Media Bureau to federal court this week, arguing a March guidance document unlawfully extended discounted political advertising rates beyond what Congress authorized, potentially affecting how broadcast stations price political inventory.
iHeartMedia Layoffs Hit Programming Hard in Cost-Cutting Push
iHeartMedia has begun another round of mass layoffs, with exits confirmed across dozens of markets as the company restructures its Programming organization in lockstep with an ongoing cost-cutting campaign to the tune of $150 million in targeted annualized savings.
Beasley CBO Kevin LeGrett Gives a Look Into the ‘War Room’
Beasley Media Group's new Chief Business Officer Kevin LeGrett has run some of the largest clusters in American radio. Now he's telling Radio Ink why he walked away from the big machine and what he's building at Beasley in part one of an exclusive conversation.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: In Her Wedding Era
(Paige Nienaber) Radio has consistently sucked at being able to acknowledge the stuff that happens on the weekends and holidays. So fair warning: when Taylor Swift gets married over the Fourth of July weekend, it's going to be seismic, and radio shouldn't miss it.
TAB Show 2026 Reveals Programming for Round Rock Roundup
The 2026 Texas Association of Broadcasters Show is giving a first look at programming across two full days expected to bring 1,200 broadcasters, engineers, sellers, and leaders all under one roof at Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Round Rock on August 5 and 6.
WCCO Raises $82K for Blood Cancer Patients in Minneapolis
Audacy Minneapolis' 830 WCCO raised more than $82,000 during its fourth annual "Cure Blood Cancer Radio Auction," supporting the National Marrow Donor Program and its mission to connect blood cancer patients with life-saving stem cell donors.
Study: While Algorithms Falter, Radio Holding Its Audience
The algorithm was feared to be radio's undoing. Now, years of media habit data now show algorithmic platforms like social media, streaming television, and music streaming shedding frequent users, while radio posted the smallest decline of any platform tracked.
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