Pennsylvania Radio Pirate Charging For Local Ads Gets FCC Fine
A Pennsylvania pirate radio operator who charged local businesses $50 per month for advertising is the latest unlicensed broadcaster to face a substantial fine from the FCC. Brigido Danerys Gonzalez faces a $40,000 fine following a consumer complaint.
KKFI Host Lisa Lopez-Galvan Killed In Kansas City Mass Shooting
Kansas City personality Lisa Lopez-Galvan has died following a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade celebration on Wednesday. The mother of two co-hosted Taste of Tejano on KKFI, an independent noncommercial radio station.
Soros Fund To Hold Audacy Majority Stake Post-Bankruptcy
Soros Fund Management is set to become the primary shareholder of Audacy following the company's pending emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Court filings show the firm has acquired more than $414 million of Audacy’s top-tier debt, placing it as the majority holder.
Skyview Networks Takes On A New Lover For Audacy Syndication
Hip-hop personality Ed Lover is amplifying his reach outside of New York City with a new deal between Audacy and syndicator Skyview Networks. Originating out of 94.7 The Block, Skyview will handle distribution and sales for The Ed Lover Experience.
Digital Now Accounts For 21% Of All Radio Ad Revenue
As radio fights for its revenue share in the face of growing competition from an ever-expanding list of digital content platforms, a new study from the Radio Advertising Bureau, Borrell Associates, and Marketron has found that the industry's efforts are paying off.
NAB Joins With Hispanic Broadcasters To Get Out The Vote
The NAB has announced a nonpartisan coalition aimed at increasing Latino voter turnout for the 2024 elections, as Hispanic media continues to band together this week. The coalition seeks to leverage the trust placed in Hispanic media to deliver impartial information.
UNESCO Joins The Fight To Preserve Radio In Electric Vehicles
"Radio in cars should not just be easy to find, it must be impossible to miss." Those are the words in a joint statement led by UNESCO on World Radio Day, addressing the recent moves by some carmakers to remove AM radio from electric vehicles in the US and abroad.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: Who’s Your Spanky?
(By Paige Nienaber) No one got into Radio to fill out TPS Reports. You got into it to have more fun than your friends who were destined for careers with higher salaries. The key is to get your station a Spanky.
Hate 60-Second Ads? Watch The Super Bowl
(By Rick Fink) There's only one time a year that people intentionally want to see or hear ads, and actually enjoy doing so. It happened last Sunday: Super Bowl LVIII. Why is there so much interest in the Super Bowl ads? Roy Williams knows.
What Radio Can Learn From The Grammys
(By Randy Lane) During a coaching session this week, I heard a familiar response about awards shows: “I stopped watching awards shows years ago.” If you missed this year's Grammy Awards, you missed some great (and rare) radio lessons.
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