Potts Promoted to General Manager at Urban One Dallas
Following the company's acquisition of Service Broadcasting Group, which brought KKDA and KRNB into the Urban One portfolio, Urban One is putting new leadership in place across its expanded Dallas-Fort Worth cluster, starting with Maurice Potts as General Manager.
Speaker Johnson Pushes AM Radio In All Cars As Recess Begins
As the House heads into its traditional August recess, US House Speaker Mike Johnson is speaking out for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, drawing on his own history as a talk radio host in Louisiana to argue local broadcasting is worth fighting to protect.
Meet the Hedge Fund That Hollowed Out America’s Newsrooms
(Mike Blinder) Alden Global Capital is poised to hold a major voting stake in reorganized Cumulus Media. To many broadcasters, that may sound like another post-bankruptcy ownership story. To those of us in the newspaper business, it sounds like an alarm.
We Live Here Too: How Radio’s Top PDs Keep It Local
Every platform can reach an audience now. Not every platform can belong to one. That distinction is where radio still wins, and it's no accident. Radio Ink asked the Best PDs in America what they are doing to build and maintain strong local connections.
The Analog Opportunity
(Josh Brown) One of the trendy Gen Z things to do right now is to go to Goodwill and shop for CDs. Yes, seriously. Go ahead and laugh. But, guess what? I don't think this is really about CDs. I think it's about fatigue and an inherent yearning for authenticity.
NAFB Names Frazer, Cassidy 2026 Hall Of Fame Inductees
Broadcast journalists Rita Frazer and Tom Cassidy are the National Association of Farm Broadcasting's 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees. They'll be honored November 19 in Kansas City during the 83rd NAFB Convention.
PMI Pins Public Media Tech Strategist As Its Inaugural CEO
Public Media Infrastructure has appointed Jeannie Ericson the organization's inaugural CEO, with the executive stepping into her new role on August 3. Ericson joins PMI from Public Media Venture Group, where she worked in support of public media modernization efforts.
Audacy Sports Stations Anchor New SiriusXM Tier
SiriusXM is putting its recent deal to bring Audacy's terrestrial sports stations to its satellite platform at the center of Sports Pass, a new low-cost, stripped-down subscription built around live games, local sports radio talk, and national voices.
New Blood: Rambo Joins Connoisseur Fredericksburg as OM
Ian Rambo is joining Connoisseur Media’s Fredericksburg cluster as Operations Manager for WFLS, WVBX, WWUZ, and WNTX-AM, and morning host for WFLS. Rambo heads to Virginia after most recently serving as OM for Riverfront Broadcasting in Rapid City, SD.
Mid-West Family to Hand Springfield Radio Reins Over to Zimmer
Billed as a merger between two of the Ozarks' longest-running local broadcasters, Mid-West Family Broadcasting has reached a deal to blend its four Springfield, MO, stations into Zimmer Communications' holdings in the market, forming a new nine-station cluster.
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