Syndicated Host Tino Cochino Talks Mental Health
(By Randy Lane) Mental health goes well beyond big matters like depression, panic attacks, and eating disorders. Most of us deal with relationship issues (partners, children, parents, work), financial woes, social isolation, and anxiety.
KCRW Desperately Dodging Layoffs After Strikes Cut Revenue
In Santa Monica, NPR affiliate KCRW is staring down the barrel of layoffs to end 2023 in the face of a significant budget shortfall. In response to a projected $3 million deficit, KCRW began offering voluntary buyouts to its employees last week.
KLUC Host’s 12 Days On A Scaffold Pays Off For Kids In Vegas
Audacy Las Vegas' 98.5 KLUC wrapped its Chet Buchanan Show Toy Drive after a record year for community generosity. Buchanan, stationed atop a 30-foot scaffold for 12 days, helped fill 42 Coca-Cola trucks with toys and 7,774 bikes and raised $802,389.
CSS ‘Capes’ 2023 With Annual Talent Superhero Awards
The Center for Sales Strategy has announced the recipients of the 2023 Talent Superhero Awards. This annual accolade is bestowed upon radio managers excelling in the recruitment, development, and engagement of top talent within their teams and markets.
The Weather Channel Radio Network Takes A Longer Skyview
The Weather Channel Radio Network and Skyview Networks have renewed and expanded their partnership to include sales for short-form terrestrial radio and podcasting inventory. Effective January 1, this extended collaboration covers over 100 radio stations nationwide.
After LMS Error, FCC Extends LPFM Application Window
The Media Bureau announced an extension to the filing window for new station construction permits for low-power FM broadcasters. Initially opened on December 6 and set to close on December 13, the window has now been extended to noon ET on Friday, December 15.
SiriusXM and Liberty Media Consolidate To Create ‘New SiriusXM’
In an expected organizational move, Sirius XM and Liberty Media Corporation announced a transformative agreement to combine Liberty Media's Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group, LSXMA, LSXMB, and LSXMK, with the satellite broadcaster and streamer.
Friday Could Make Or Break Audacy
As the clock ticks down, Audacy is once again moving to reset the hourglass on its looming interest payments. According to a December 11 SEC filing, all eyes will be on the company leading up to Friday.
Bouvard: AM/FM Is ‘Centerpiece’ Of Ad-Supported Audio
Cumulus Media and Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard is offering his overview of Edison Research's latest "Share of Ear" data on ad-supported audio, updated for Q3 2023, including the return of AM/FM in-car listening to pre-pandemic levels.
Los Angeles AM Raises More Than A Million Dollars In PastaThon
iHeartMedia Los Angeles' KFI-AM 640 concluded its 13th annual KFI PastaThon event to an astounding sum, garnering more $1.3 million and collecting 81,000 pounds of pasta and sauce for Caterina’s Club, a non-profit fighting kids' food insecurity in Southern California.















