MAGNA: Consumer Confidence Drop Shrinks Radio’s ’25 Forecast
While 2024 marked a banner year for US advertising with a 12.4% increase in overall spending, MAGNA is downgrading its 2025 revenue outlook, revealing a more cautious road ahead - especially for radio and audio media.
Countdown to NAB Show 2025: Caroline Beasley
Radio Ink continues our annual series of interviews with radio's biggest innovators ahead of NAB Show with Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley discussing AI integration, digital strategy, and the thread of collaboration that runs through the event.
Report: Gen Z Leads Video Podcasting, Despite Conflicting Survey
According to a new report by Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media, 90% of Gen Z podcast consumers engage with video in some form. This contrasts with a recent report on the podcast enjoyment habits of younger audiences as the medium hits record growth.
Paige Nienaber’s Midweek Idea Dump: The Easter Mega Dump
(By Paige Nienaber) Last week was spent helping a very high-profile morning show scrap together some ideas for “noise.” Talk. People asking their coworkers, “Did you hear what (show) did this morning?!” Here’s how you do that for Easter:
Programming Matters: Drive Ad Sales With Your Radio Content
(By Josh Brown) As an Account Executive, I can tell you firsthand - selling ad space isn’t just about the numbers, the reach, or the frequency. It’s about the product itself. And in radio, the product is the programming.
‘Hawkeye & Michelle’ Bring Egg Relief to Dallas Listeners
Responding to rising egg prices, Cumulus Media Dallas' New Country 96.3 (KSCS) and morning hosts Hawkeye and Michelle offered a week of egg-themed giveaways aimed at helping local listeners with grocery bills.
USAGM Agrees to Release Limited Funds to Radio Free Europe
While a federal court hears whether the US Agency for Global Media has the legal authority to halt funding to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the organization has committed to releasing a portion of congressionally approved funding to the international broadcaster.
MLB Network to Simulcast SiriusXM’s ‘The Leadoff Spot’
Major League Baseball and SiriusXM have established a new programming collaboration between MLB Network and SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio. Beginning Wednesday, March 26, MLB Network will simulcast the final hour of The Leadoff Spot weekday mornings.
SiriusXM Debuts Mumford & Sons Radio Ahead of New Album
SiriusXM has launched Mumford & Sons Radio, a limited-time pop-up channel curated by the GRAMMY-winning British folk rock band. The channel debuts ahead of the band's fifth studio album, Rushmere, which is set for release on March 28.
BEA and CBI Announce Joint Student Media Convention in Denver
College Broadcasters, Inc. and the Broadcast Education Association have announced a new partnership that will combine their flagship fall events into a single, large-scale national convention.
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