Colorado Broadcasters Name Nine to Hall of Fame
Following 2025's inaugural class, the Colorado Broadcasters Association has named the 2026 CBA Hall of Fame Class, including Alan Berg, Peter Boyles, Bob Gourley, Stu Haskell, Steve Kelly, Bob Martin, Reynelda Muse, Roger Ogden, and Ron Zappolo.
Entravision Expands AI Co-Hosted Show To Five Markets
Entravision's show built around an AI co-host is expanding well beyond its LA launchpad. Geraldine "GeeGee" Guzman and AI personality Coyotec are expanding to five Fuego Network markets, adding more English to match the network's bicultural audience.
Magnum Media Buys Out Sparta-Tomah In Wisconsin
Magnum Media is expanding its western Wisconsin footprint, striking a deal to acquire four signals from Sparta-Tomah Broadcasting, including flagship country outlet Cow 97 (WCOW). The sale marks Sparta-Tomah's full exit from the radio business.
IEEE Sets New Broadcast Technology Forum For NAB HQ
The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society is starting a new event to walk through the entire broadcast delivery chain in a single room. The IEEE Broadcast Technology Forum will bring engineers, executives, and researchers together at NAB headquarters in Washington, DC.
Kentucky’s Forcht Media Joins The Radio Rebrand List
Forcht Broadcasting is now Forcht Media in a rebrand that places the Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois operator among an enlarging list of radio groups that have dropped or altered their names to reflect a broader focus beyond AM/FM, as digital advertising grows.
Urban One Narrows Loss in Q2, Warns On Reckless Radio M&A
"The radio consolidation trail is littered with companies that went bankrupt through consolidation just for the sake of consolidation," Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III warned during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call, as the broadcaster preps for an era of scale.
Behind Every Great Sales Floor Is a Relationship Manager
As every tool in the sales process gets faster, more automated, more templated, the Director of Sales and General Sales Manager have become the gatekeepers of what can't be automated: the relationship. That's leadership work, not spreadsheet work.
Commuters Have Heavy Midterm Sway, Making Radio a Must Buy
If 2024 brought "The Podcast Election," will 2026 be known as "The Commuter Election"? New data from 1,000 registered US voters taken in June found that voters stuck in traffic are angrier about the economy and more likely to vote - and radio reaches them first.
BofA’s Jessica Reif Ehrlich To Talk Consolidation at NAB Show NY
Is scale still the winning strategy in media, or has the math changed? NAB Show New York puts that question to a three-decade Wall Street analyst, Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities, on October 21 for "The Future of Media: Consolidation or Spin-Off?"
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: Plug and Play
(Paige Nienaber) I’ve designated this SPW, or Shameless Plug Week. (“National Head Cheese Week” is already taken.) First, I’m going to be doing a session on September 16 at the Final Conclave Learning Event in Minneapolis, and I'll cover the 25 Greatest Radio Promotions Of All Time.
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