AWMF Celebrates 75 Years With 51st Annual Gracies Gala
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation celebrated its 75th anniversary in style Tuesday night, presenting the 51st Annual Gracie Awards at the Beverly Wilshire and honoring women reshaping journalism, podcasting, entertainment, sports, and indie media.
New FCC Foreign Ownership Rule To Pause Connoisseur Closings
The FCC's foreign ownership remediation process just got some extra rules, and as Connoisseur Media moves fast on buying and selling stations while seeking approval for foreign funds, Tuesday's Media Bureau guidance set down some speed bumps.
How Townsquare and Bonneville Are Playing the Digital Slowdown
Local digital advertising is still growing, just not the way it used to. Borrell Associates laid out the new math with help from some radio executives in its annual benchmarking webinar: the rising tide is gone, and the companies that adapt are already pulling ahead.
NPR Faces $8M Gap, Newsroom Cuts After Federal Fund Loss
NPR is cutting newsroom jobs for the second time in three years, offering voluntary buyouts—with potential layoffs to follow—as President and CEO Katherine Maher works to close an $8 million budget gap left by the elimination of federal subsidies for public media.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: One For The Ugly Kid
Radio is losing one of its most outstanding content creators this week: Dave Ryan at KDWB in the Twin Cities. Dave’s brilliance is when it comes to bits. (There’s a consultant who loathes the term “bit”, so I'll use it repeatedly in their honor.)
Lenny Green’s ‘Quiet Storm’ Finds New Harbor with Compass
WBLS's The Quiet Storm with Lenny Green has picked up a syndication partnership with Compass Media Networks starting June 1, delegating all aspects of the R&B and slow-jam show’s marketing, distribution, and advertising sales direction to Compass.
Bob Pittman, Rickey Smiley Among 2026 Radio Hall of Fame Class
From a Dallas teenager spinning Top 40 hits to the executive in charge of America's largest radio company, the Radio Hall of Fame's Class of 2026 spans nearly every corner of the industry. The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced the eight inductees today.
SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Gets the Green Flag for More Years
Two decades in, SiriusXM and NASCAR are staying together. The partners have renewed their multi-year broadcasting agreement, keeping live Cup, O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and Craftsman Truck Series coverage on satellite radio for fans across North America.
iHeart Hits the Beach With Football League Partnership
The Beach Football League is turning sand into a national sports and entertainment circuit, with iHeartRadio now signed on as its Official Audio and Radio Partner, with events already underway in California, and stops planned across America through 2027.
Rick Thomas Leaving Beasley Media Group Tampa On June 1
After three years overseeing programming for Beasley Media Group's Tampa cluster, Rick Thomas is stepping away at the end of this month. His exit follows a series of departures tied to an early-retirement offering the company announced during its Q1 earnings call.
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