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Not according to the NAB, which stated pure-play streamers are not “well-positioned to participate in the existing EAS ecosystem." The NAB has requested the FCC report to Congress that enabling EAS alerts to consumers through the Internet would be too complex and infeasible. Read the comments HERE.

Now with over 400 stations carrying Bloomberg Radio, the business and consumer news programming has seen a 25% growth rate since partnering with Key Networks back in October of 2020.

Reachout Radio, the closed-circuit radio broadcast that provides access to daily newspapers and magazines for people who are unable to read standard print, will come to an end after three decades of service.

C13Originals and Vespucci have partnered with actress Elle Fanning to Launch ‘One Click’. Elle Fanning, and journalist Jessica Wapner, former science editor of Newsweek, will explore how a single click on the internet can change a life forever.

Talkers AM 870 Los Angeles and AM 590 in Riverside/San Bernardino will welcome broadcast veteran Grant Stinchfield. The Newsmax TV host will be the new co-host with Jennifer Horn on The Morning Answer.

Jobs heavyweight Indeed has returned to the top of the Media Monitors list. Progressive is at number two.

iHeartMedia's Cities 97.1 in Minneapolis has hired Brian Oake to take over the morning show. Oake worked afternoons at what was then Cities 97, before becoming the morning show co-host in 2012 alongside Keri Noble.

Bloomberg Media and iHeart have signed a multiyear agreement to co-produce and distribute over a dozen new original podcasts. The agreement also includes distribution of Bloomberg Media’s slate of over 20 podcasts through the iHeartPodcast Network.

Radio One Houston has re-launched KROI Praise 92.1 / KMJQ Praise 102.1 HD2. The re-launch includes a new and improved HD signal, and simulcasting on Praise 102.1 HD2.

96.3 News Radio KKOB is joining The Albuquerque Journal and KOAT-TV in tackling New Mexico's low literacy rates through ‘The Literacy Project’. New Mexico ranks 49th in literacy nationwide.