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Listen Up Y’all Media's 95 Country (WQNZ) in Natchez, MS, raised $56,237 during the station’s annual 95 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. The total beat last year’s record of $51,915, marking the most successful single-year fundraiser in WQNZ history.

(Mike McVay) There seems to be a greater realization of the value of on-air talent of late. It’s not like air talent haven’t always been critical to a station's success, but until the industry recognized music services as a competitor, talent were on a slippery slope to being undervalued.

Cumulus Media lost $200 million in 2025. That's actually an improvement on how 2024 ended, but it may be the single most optimistic data point in an earnings report released Friday morning, five weeks into the company's Chapter 11 reorganization.

As of September 1, a NAB-supported resolution preventing new laws that would implement new royalty fees on Radio for airplay reached a majority in the House. This all but quashed the music industry-pushed "American Music Fairness Act" from gaining enough votes for passage. That hasn't stopped supporters from introducing companion legislation in the Senate. But, does it have legs?

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has named CAPTRUST Senior Vice President and Institutional Financial Advisor Ernest Liebre the recipient of the 2026 Philip J. Lombardo Spirit Award. Liebre has advised the organization on its investments for over 20 years.

99.1 PLR/Connecticut morning team Chaz and AJ took their show to Jordan’s Furniture in New Haven Friday morning and raised $109,852.78 in cash and toys. It was their annual four-and-half-hour Chaz and AJ McDermott Chevrolet and Lexus Toy Drive. The toys were immediately distributed to five organizations.

With just over a month to go until the Presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both seeing a wave of cash, but one party is pulling ahead - and it could be better news for radio, as far as potential ad spend is concerned.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how agencies plan and buy media, two radio market leaders are rethinking everything from sales structure to execution. Their message: adapt faster, integrate deeper, and make accountability the core of every client relationship.

It's the 4th annual Radio Talent Institute at Western Kentucky University. 35 broadcasters begin ten days of preparing young talent who want a career in radio.

 It’s the age-old question: "How many ads must I run? How many week/months must my advertising schedule continue?" Radio sellers bump up against these questions on a daily basis. As it turns out, both were already answered in 1885.