Is Autopilot Killing Your Team’s Creativity?
(Randy Lane) What’s the most dangerous thing that can happen to a successful show? It’s comfort and familiarity. Not trying anything new or going anywhere unfamiliar. It’s gliding through your day, half paying attention. It’s having conversations and not really listening.
Data Shows Podcasts Displacing Social Scrolling, Streaming
With concerns about the erosion of ad dollars from AM/FM caused by social media and streaming music, radio operators have an opportunity to return the favor, as new research shows that podcasts are reshaping media consumption with brand opportunities in tow.
StreamGuys Enhances In-Stadium Audio Experience With ULLS
StreamGuys is upgrading its Ultra-Low Latency Streaming platform to extend real-time in-venue listening to both Android and iOS devices, while adding pre-roll advertising capabilities that give sports teams and broadcasters a new way to monetize live streams.
Blast From The Past: WCFL, Chicago
Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past comes from Ed Salamon, featuring a Windy City format flip. Send your Blast From The Past story and photo to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured in our headlines or magazine.
Entravision Net Loss Improves In Q4 Thanks to AI Ad-Tech Division
Following an abrupt leadership transition, Entravision Communications reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that showed sharply diverging performance between its US Media operations and its global Advertising Technology & Services segment.
Alzana Group Takes Majority Stake in Broadcast Electronics
Radio transmitter systems and enterprise media management software provider Broadcast Electronics has been acquired from ELENOS S.r.l. of Italy by a new ownership group led by CEO Rich Redmond and majority investor The Alzana Group.
Entravision Restructures US Leadership, Names Audio President
In parallel with its Q4 2025 earnings release, Entravision has a new radio-side leader in Eduardo Maytorena, as the Hispanic-focused broadcast company adjusts its leadership structure for its US markets with a new round of C-Suite adjustments.
After Holiday Soft Launch, Nicole Alvarez Lands Middays at LA’s Alt
After two decades at Audacy's KROQ, Nicole Alvarez has found a new full-time Los Angeles radio home on iHeartMedia’s Alt 98.7 (KYSR) for what Program Director and SVP Alternative and Rock Lisa Worden described as a “totally stacked weekday line-up.”
Compass Doles Out VP Ad Sales Seat To Dolan, Amid Promotions
Compass Media Networks is reshaping its national advertising sales operation with a leadership addition and several internal promotions, elevating its sales strategy as veteran executive Stephanie Dolan joins the company as Vice President of Advertising Sales.
Christian Radio’s Next Chapter: Digital Signals and Fresh Sounds
Christian radio, often defined by those outside the fold as predictable, is being reshaped by streaming trends, social discovery, and fast-growing subgenres. Sound familiar? Radio Ink’s inaugural Christian Radio Champions reveal how they’re rolling with the changes.
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