Seven Mountains Flips The Point to 98 Jamz in Bowling Green
After a week of stunting through an hourly Wheel of Formats, Seven Mountains Media has retired its Active Rock brand, The Point, and launched Classic Hip-Hop and R&B on 98 Jamz (WWKU-AM) across three signals spanning South Central Kentucky.
Good Karma Brands Lands Badgers Radio Rights in Milwaukee
Badger sports are heading back to Milwaukee airwaves under a new local partner. Wisconsin Athletics and Learfield's Badger Sports Properties have signed Good Karma Brands to a multi-year deal for 620 WTMJ-AM and 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee (WKTI).
How One West Virginia Radio Station Made a Local Hit Go Viral
Retired sheriff's deputy David Taylor didn't need Spotify, TikTok, or a viral video to turn a retirement hobby into a statewide phenomenon across West Virginia. He just needed one Sunday morning on a small-town Country music station to make him a star.
Star 92.9 Helps Do Good Fest Raise $200K for Vermont Youth
More than 10,000 people turned out in Montpelier for National Life Group's Do Good Festival, which raised $200,000 for youth mental health programs across Vermont with help from Vox AM/FM's Star 92.9 (WEZF) in Burlington and its five sister stations.
Cumulus/Nielsen Case Reverberates into Live Nation Lawsuit
Cumulus Media's antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen already has a ripple effect outside of the radio industry. State attorneys general suing Live Nation Entertainment cited a Second Circuit decision in the case, arguing the logic applies to concert tickets as much as ratings.
Are You A Leader or A Manipulator?
(Loyd Ford) Nick Saban described leadership as helping someone for that person’s benefit. When we help people primarily because it benefits us, it's merely manipulation. That idea should stop every local radio sales manager in their tracks. It won’t stop them all, but it should.
Checking The Odds on Audacy’s Sports Betting In Houston
(Steve Allan) It was just announced that Audacy will add an FM component to its Houston sports station KILT. On the surface, this seems like a logical move. Spoken-word programming has been migrating to the FM band for quite some time, with varying degrees of success.
Green Bay’s WTAQ Tops Last Year’s Radiothon Haul with $34K
On July 17, hundreds of listeners across Northeast Wisconsin raised over $34,000 for the 20th Annual Families of Children with Cancer Radiothon on Midwest Communications Green Bay's News Talk WTAQ, surpassing last year's total by more than $7,000.
Nielsen’s Exit from Puerto Rico Could Create an Industry Crisis
(Gene Bryan) Nielsen has informed the Puerto Rico media industry that it plans to discontinue its audience-ratings measurement services on the island at the end of 2026. The industry must resist the temptation to treat this as someone else’s problem.
Good News: Boldly Doubling Down on Local
(Dawn Ciorciari) Many broadcasters have reduced their investment in local programming and community engagement. At Bold Gold Media, we've made a very different decision. Rather than stepping back from local, we've doubled down on it.
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