An Upstate New York FM Is Back Under Border Control
A signal serving the gateway to the Adirondacks has come full circle. Border Media CEO Ricki Lee sold 93.5 Lake FM (WLGR) to Todd Nixon's Sticks Media in early 2025 and has now taken it back after Nixon defaulted on the promissory note that financed the deal.
Coop Turns Miles Into Moolah to Help Philly-Area Kids
Audacy Philadelphia morning host Coop, from BIG 98.1 (WOGL), has raised over $25,000 for the Child Life Services Department at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia while walking more than 60 miles over five days during his second annual "Coop's Miles for Miracles."
NAB Presents Roll Back Plan to FCC Over Proposed Fee Hike
NAB is pressing the FCC to pull back a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations, arguing the hike is disproportionate and effectively penalizes broadcasters for using satellite infrastructure to distribute programming to their audiences.
Eternal Morning Show Truths
(Dave Ryan) My good friend Randy Lane messaged me the other day and asked if I could write some things I’ve learned about morning radio over the years. Although radio has changed dramatically in the past few decades, there are still many eternal truths that matter
Blast From The Past: Doug Berton
Happy Friday! This week's Radio Ink Blast From The Past features Doug Berton kicked back in the air chair at KRBB in Sallisaw, OK. Send your Blast From The Past to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.
Norsan Signs Zeno for Spanish-Language Station Streaming
Norsan Media, one of the Southeast's largest Spanish-language radio operators, has tapped Zeno Media to handle streaming infrastructure across its station network. Under the deal, Zeno will power digital distribution and monetization for Norsan's stations.
Senate Panel Advances NO FAKES Act to Protect On-Air Voices
Federal legislation targeting AI-generated voice and likeness replicas cleared a key hurdle today, as the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the NO FAKES Act by unanimous voice vote; a result NAB is calling a safeguard for broadcast journalists and on-air talent.
iHeart’s AudioGraph Brings Digital Ad Targeting to Broadcast Radio
iHeartMedia is taking a direct run at the measurement gap between terrestrial radio and digital ad buying with AudioGraph, a targeting and attribution platform from Triton Digital that connects listener identity data to broadcast campaigns for the first time at scale.
16 New Graduates Join NABLF’s Broadcast Leadership Alumni
The NAB Leadership Foundation's Broadcast Leadership Training program has been honing senior broadcast executives for 26 years. Now 16 more graduates join an alumni network of 448, becoming the first to do so under new Co-Deans Trila Bumstead and Marc Jaromin.
Casey Daniels Takes Mornings at Charlottesville’s Z95.1
Casey Daniels is trading Indianapolis for Virginia mornings. Saga Communications's Charlottesville Media Group has named the broadcaster its leadoff talent at Z95.1 (WQMZ). She fills the seat left behind by Sherry Taylor, who departed earlier this year.















