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Businesses paid for an AI-powered ad service that Cox Media Group claimed would target consumers based on smart device conversations. The FTC is now saying that technology never existed, and the broadcaster could have to pay up to the tune of nearly $1 million.

The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act appears to have found its vehicle to a vote. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has included the legislation in its surface transportation reauthorization package, giving the bill a long-awaited legislative path.

Press Communications' Thunder 106 (WKMK/WTHJ) along the Jersey Shore wrapped its 14th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon, raising $231,311 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric cancer care in the Garden State.

This weekend, Radio Ink wants to pause and say our thanks to those who paid the ultimate price to keep America a nation of free speech and free press. In observance of Memorial Day, we will not publish our regular headlines on Monday, May 25.

The Aspen Public Radio Women’s Desk has hired a new full-time reporter to continue the organization’s journalistic initiative to course-correct the underrepresentation of women in news and media. Starting this week, Hannah Weaver will expand the radio reporting effort.

iHeartMedia’s video podcast partnership with Netflix will realize a new milestone as Power 105.1 (WWPR) morning show The Breakfast Club will simulcast its show daily on the platform starting June 1, marking the first live weekday offering for Netflix.

(Randy Lane) In his 1982 book Megatrends, futurist John Naisbitt predicted that the more technological advances there are, the more people crave personal, human connections. He called it High-Tech/High-Touch, and it's playing out right in front of us.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America's 2026 Summer Sessions arrives in New York City on BFOA Giving Day, Thursday, June 25, with a free Media Mixer hosted by Z100 (WHTZ) personality Maxwell, a special appearance by former CBS Radio executive Dan Mason, and a performance by The Voice alumna Carolina Rial.

Radio has enough raw statistics and data to keep us occupied until the end of time. Ratings measure reach. Revenue measures impact. But neither captures what actually happens between a host and a listener in the moments that matter most. And that's real radio.

The FCC unanimously approved four items at its May open meeting, including modernization of the Disaster Information Reporting System, consolidating a decade-old filing structure long flagged as a bottleneck for radio during active disaster recovery.