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Google's $8m settlement with the state of Texas over deceptive talent endorsement on iHeart stations promoting smartphones has raised questions about endorsement rules. Here's a refresher for management on the do's and don't's to save you and your clients.

The FCC's Media Bureau has repealed the COVID-related guidance issued in March 2020, which allowed broadcasters and other media companies to offer free advertising time without considering it in the calculation of Lowest Unit Rates (LUR) during pre-election periods.

(By Deborah Parenti) When leaders strive to drive vision and change within their organization, they should expect to face three specific percentages. Twenty-five percent will be on board from the start. Fifty percent will be noncommittal. And then there’s the other 25 percent.

All Classical 89.9 (KQAC), an independent radio station serving Oregon, is moving its headquarters to a larger space in downtown Portland. The new 15,000-square-foot office in KOIN Tower will include a media arts center, recording studios, and community gathering spaces.

Carter Broadcast Group has launched a new radio station in Kansas City called RNB 106.9 (KPRS-HD2/K295CH), which focuses on R&B music. RNB 106.9 FM joins CBG's other two Kansas City stations, Hot 103 Jamz (KPRS) and Gospel 1590 (KPRT-AM).

A bipartisan coalition in the United States Congress has introduced the AM for Every Vehicle Act, a legislation that would require federal regulators to mandate AM radio in new vehicles without an additional charge. The legislation would direct NHTSA to issue a rule requiring AM radio inclusion without extra fees.

As current macroeconomic headwinds buffet the radio landscape, how do you know if you're getting your fair share of the national and local advertising pie? Find out from the decision makers and analysts in this discussion with Radio Ink.

As AM's fight becomes public, Radio Ink talks one-on-one with Cumulus Media and Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard about the roads not yet taken in preserving radio's place and where that path goes from here, especially with tech.

Representative Greg Pence (R-IN) and Representative Bob Latta (R-OH), along with 102 bipartisan colleagues, have sent a letter to Ford and nine other automakers requesting an explanation for their current or impending removals of AM radio receivers from vehicles.

Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the leaders and members of the Agenda Committee for Country Radio Seminar 2024. The Committee will work together to create the agenda for CRS 2024, scheduled for February 28 through March 1 in Nashville.