PQ Media: Digital Audio Tops Growth as Radio Spend Silo Shrinks
Global consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point in decades, media's share of discretionary spending has hit a 27-year low, but broadcast radio is navigating the turbulence with digital audio tying for the strongest growth of any tracked media category.
Cumulus Expands Local Market Research for Sales Teams
Cumulus Media is building out an alternative intelligence layer for its sales teams, announcing partnerships with The Media Audit and TOMA.Solutions to bring consumer lifestyle data and brand-awareness measurement to its stations.
Audacy Taps DAZN, Soros Fund Execs for Board of Directors
Audacy is looking to the worlds of sports streaming and media investment to sharpen its board. Walker Jacobs, Global Chief Revenue Officer and President of DAZN USA, and Gabriel Brotman of Soros Fund Management have been named to the Board of Directors.
SiriusXM Posts Strong Q1 As iHeart Merger Rumors Swirl
SiriusXM shareholders are undoubtedly celebrating a solid start to 2026, but for those who joined the entirety of the satellite giant's hour-long Q1 earnings call solely for any word on a possible iHeartMedia merger, it was what went unsaid that may be most telling.
Magellan AI and iHeart Expand to Broadcast Radio Attribution
Magellan AI launched its standalone Broadcast Radio Attribution product in March, describing it at the time as bringing measurement to one of the largest remaining unmeasured channels. Now that platform is getting powered up with iHeartMedia.
FCC’s Latest Move Creates Uncertainty for All Broadcasters
If it's happening to Disney, could it happen to anyone with a broadcast license? That's the question reverberating across the broadcast industry as Washington reacts to an FCC action raising First Amendment concerns from the halls of Capitol Hill to the NAB.
Data Shows Country Streamers Aren’t Leaving AM/FM Behind
It may be one of radio's most deep-seated fears, but Country radio's heaviest streamers aren't abandoning AM/FM. In fact, it's just the opposite, per new analysis from nuVoodoo presented in a new CRS360 webinar expanding on research presented at CRS 2026.
Women to Watch: Adjoa ‘Lili Chanel’ Henderson; Audacy Virginia
(Charese Frugé) Heard across multiple Audacy Virginia markets, including 106.5 The Beat (WBTJ) in Richmond, Z104 (WVNZ) in Hampton Roads, and 95.7 R&B (WVKL) in Norfolk, Adjoa “Lili Chanel” Henderson has built a reputation as a dynamic on-air personality.
Alliance for Women in Media to Honor MacDowell as Gracies Icon
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will honor actress Andie MacDowell with the Gracies Icon Award at the 51st Annual Gracie Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 19, with two-time Emmy-nominated Yvette Nicole Brown hosting the evening’s ceremony.
Kenny Beecham Takes Enjoy Basketball Live on SiriusXM
A rising voice in basketball media is heading to satellite radio. Kenny Beecham, founder of the media and lifestyle brand Enjoy Basketball, is joining SiriusXM's NBA Radio to host The Kenny Beecham Hour throughout the 2026 NBA postseason until the NBA Draft in June.
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