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Myrna Johnson is retiring as Executive Director of Iowa Public Radio later this year. Johnson has led Iowa Public Radio since 2014 and has also served on the NPR Board of Directors for six years. The IPR Board of Directors has begun a search for her successor.

America's podcast landscape remained stable in Q4 2025, with familiar names leading listenership, though beneath the surface, notable shifts revealed changing tastes, award-season momentum, and the challenge of breaking into an increasingly static top tier.

Hope Media Group has expanded its Creative Audio Team, establishing two new director-level leadership roles. The restructuring creates a new framework intended to support both terrestrial and digital growth for the Christian broadcast organization.

United Stations announces Ken Prehl as Director of Affiliate Sales and Special Projects. Prehl oversees affiliate relationships, engagement, client partnerships, and product development and strategy. He will play a lead role in the growth of network programming and content services across the company’s portfolio.

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation has named Dan Finn Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships, creating a new leadership role centered on fundraising strategy as the organization expands efforts to preserve US broadcasting history.

RCS Worldwide President and CEO Philippe Generali is stepping away from day-to-day leadership effective February 28, setting in motion a leadership transition after nearly three decades overseeing the company’s growth across radio, TV, and digital broadcast tech.

As other radio groups embrace "Digital-First" strategies, Audacy is formally charting a different course: going "Content-First." The declaration accompanies a bold change, as the broadcaster sheds its market-based programming structure in favor of a format-led model.

With nominations open for Radio Ink's 2026 Top 20 Leaders in Radio, we're reconnecting with some of the industry's brightest minds featured in last year's list. Today, take a minute with Nueva Network CEO Jose Villafañe to tap into his vision on radio's evolving landscape.

As 2026 becomes the year of broadcasters beginning to define where AI automation fits inside their operations, Connoisseur Media is solidifying its partnership with Super Hi-Fi, which will see select stations re-platformed using the tech provider’s AI Radio system.

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