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WBUR Boston CEO Margaret Low has been elected to the NPR Board of Directors. Low will serve as a Member Director with her term expiring in November 2025. Low, who has also worked for The Atlantic, has led WBUR since 2019.

While its net broadcast revenue held almost flat year-over-year, Salem Media Group still took a hit in Q1 2023, per their Tuesday earnings call. Revenue increased 1.4%, but operating expenses soared 11.4%, leading to a lower finish than analysts anticipated.

This week, India's government dictated that every cell phone provider must activate the FM chips in every device. Now GeoBroadcast Solutions is stepping in with their ZoneCasting technology and could restart the push for the US to pass the same mandates.

Former Cumulus Memphis News/Talk 98.9 WKIM host Bob Boccia is suing the company for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was filed on May 1 in US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee’s Western Division.

The Radio Advertising Bureau's Radio Mercury Awards has announced its 2023 finalists. 119 submissions from radio stations, advertising agencies, production companies, and students made the final cut ahead of the ceremony at SONY Hall in NYC on June 8.

As the US comes further out of the COVID-19 pandemic, more Americans are ditching work from home, and that's great news for radio. According to a study commissioned by the Cumulus Media/Westwood One Audio Active Group, 86% of the nation's workforce is back commuting.

(By Deborah Parenti) There is a crisis in the workplace that is too often swept under the rug, and broadcasters are far from exempt. And for those afflicted, it can be isolating, and they may be fearful that it will cost them their career.

“I would never listen to any sport on the radio. I would never turn on the radio and listen to the game. I think that’s the stupidest thing in the world.” That's what NBA great and Inside the NBA co-host Charles Barkley said on a recent episode of The Steam Room podcast.

Several Austin, Texas stations suddenly went off-air after the signals' landlord barred access over a rent dispute. Genuine Austin Radio owns and operates progressive country KOKE, sports talk KTXX, and KTXX simulcast signal KTAE, which went to dead air over the weekend.

Cumulus Media is renewing and expanding its coverage of Providence College Athletics. The multi-year agreement with Learfield's Providence Friars Sports Properties allows Cumulus Providence to continue Friar men's basketball games, as well as coverage of a new sport on WPRV-AM.