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Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Mark Wallengren's time at Boise's KBOI-AM in 1982. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

Kansas City is the latest city to lose an Alternative radio station, as Audacy flips ALT 96.5 to sports/talk starting August 15. The new 96.5 The Fan (KFNZ) will carry programming previously available on 610 Sports Radio (KCSP-AM), which will become a simulcast signal.

With Urban One returning to its usual earnings release schedule, broadcast radio is a stronger spot for the company as cable television prompts revenue woes. The bottom line? A net loss of $45.1 million for Q2 2024, a stark year-over-year reversal from $71.2 million.

The last pure-play radio broadcasting company in the U.S. to be publicly traded has chimed in with its second quarter results. And, like its peers, slightly lower net revenue, coupled with slightly higher station operating expenses, led to a profit decline during the period for Saga Communications.

It was another challenging month for the nation's leading audio content creation and distribution company, as iHeartMedia saw revenue growth during the second quarter of 2024 offset by an increase in operating expenses. This resulted in a wider net loss.

The FCC has unanimously approved a new EAS code aimed at improving the safety of missing and endangered persons, particularly American Indians and Alaska Natives. This new code aims to cover many at-risk individuals not included in AMBER Alerts.

To manage on-air talent today is to also stare down the gathering storm that is generative AI. As Radio Ink readies to recognize the Best Program Directors in America, we got some frank answers from this year’s honorees on how they feel about the emerging technology.

(By Charese Frugé) Linley Grande is Vice President/Political Strategies Manager of Gen Media Partners through Radio/Digital/OTT/DOOH sales. She works with and advises some of the largest advertising agencies and major political consultancy shops in the US.

(Chris Stonick) I have one seller I work with who I have nicknamed... ANNUALMAN! Now Marvel may never pick up on this, but this seller is a superhero! He sells more annuals than anyone that I work with. And how?

The term “working lunch” was first coined in 1954 by the Lowell Sun and has been making eyes roll ever since. That’s why the Radio Masters Sales Summit is out to do what was once thought impossible — to make a “working lunch” you’ll actually enjoy.