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Remember Zac Sang? He was syndicated for 10 years and on 80 stations when he was dropped by Westwood One earlier this year. He resurfaced two months later on Amazon's AMP where he's trying to rebuild his listenership. He calls AMP a better version of radio.

(By Deborah Parenti) I am no sports expert — especially not about football — but this year’s history-making Super Bowl game reminded me — as it should everyone, no matter who you were rooting for — that perseverance pays off. That it’s “not over ‘til it’s over.” You know where this is going. Radio. Resilience. Rewards.

That's what Cumulus Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard addresses in his latest blog post. Bouvard reels off 8 perceptions about radio and answers each one of them with the truth about radio. It's a list worth using on the street when selling radio and facing similar objections. Read it HERE.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr used the Milken Institute Global Conference to celebrate his first 100 days as head of the Commission and outline his ongoing priorities when it comes to aggressive deregulation and free speech on public airwaves.

Cumulus' WABC’s holiday Radiothon for the Kids, broadcast live from Cohen Children’s Medical Center, raised a total of $205,213 for the Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

As the podcast advertising space narrows, are the medium's ads hitting their mark? Not as well as they could be, according to Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights' Fall 2023 Podcast Download. The study found underutilized potential for one specific ad genre.

The New York Post is reporting that the five private equity owners of Univision are bracing for a 2019 revenue decline of 4 percent for the Spanish language broadcaster. The paper also says the five PE firms - Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG Capital, THL Partners and Haim Saban — may also be looking to generate cash by selling assets.

Four radio broadcasters will be inducted into The New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The four represent more than seven-decades on the air. And the four honorees are....

On Thursday, Nielsen released a chart to show how important the News Radio format was in 2016 leading up to the Presidential election. In 2012, News Radio audience levels spiked during that election year, and 2016 proved to be no different.

Radio Works for Restaurants is the new Business Accelerated presentation from the RAB. The live video presentation is set for April 21.