Blast From The Past: WCFL, Chicago
Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past comes from Ed Salamon, featuring a Windy City format flip. Send your Blast From The Past story and photo to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured in our headlines or magazine.
Entravision Net Loss Improves In Q4 Thanks to AI Ad-Tech Division
Following an abrupt leadership transition, Entravision Communications reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that showed sharply diverging performance between its US Media operations and its global Advertising Technology & Services segment.
Alzana Group Takes Majority Stake in Broadcast Electronics
Radio transmitter systems and enterprise media management software provider Broadcast Electronics has been acquired from ELENOS S.r.l. of Italy by a new ownership group led by CEO Rich Redmond and majority investor The Alzana Group.
Entravision Restructures US Leadership, Names Audio President
In parallel with its Q4 2025 earnings release, Entravision has a new radio-side leader in Eduardo Maytorena, as the Hispanic-focused broadcast company adjusts its leadership structure for its US markets with a new round of C-Suite adjustments.
After Holiday Soft Launch, Nicole Alvarez Lands Middays at LA’s Alt
After two decades at Audacy's KROQ, Nicole Alvarez has found a new full-time Los Angeles radio home on iHeartMedia’s Alt 98.7 (KYSR) for what Program Director and SVP Alternative and Rock Lisa Worden described as a “totally stacked weekday line-up.”
Compass Doles Out VP Ad Sales Seat To Dolan, Amid Promotions
Compass Media Networks is reshaping its national advertising sales operation with a leadership addition and several internal promotions, elevating its sales strategy as veteran executive Stephanie Dolan joins the company as Vice President of Advertising Sales.
Cumulus Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
On Thursday morning, Cumulus Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as the broadcaster entered into a prepackaged restructuring support agreement to eliminate roughly $600 million in debt between its more than 400 AM/FM stations and Westwood One network.
RAB’s ‘One Voice for Radio’ Marks First-Year Wins and Priorities
After sharing details from Nielsen's three-minute shift and the industry's ongoing digital revenue renaissance, the RAB united some of radio's most respected leaders to deliver a clear message: radio stations, across owners and markets, are still strongest together.
Christian Radio’s Next Chapter: Digital Signals and Fresh Sounds
Christian radio, often defined by those outside the fold as predictable, is being reshaped by streaming trends, social discovery, and fast-growing subgenres. Sound familiar? Radio Ink’s inaugural Christian Radio Champions reveal how they’re rolling with the changes.
Mix 106.5 Tops $1.4M in Radiothon for Johns Hopkins Children’s
Audacy Baltimore’s Mix 106.5 (WWMX) raised more than $1.4 million during its 37th annual radiothon supporting Johns Hopkins Children's Center over two days in February, bringing the station’s cumulative total to over $32 million since the fundraiser began in 1989.
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