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After the retirement of 32-year morning show host Jim Murphy and the sudden firing of his replacement, Chris Carson, Green Bay's WIXX has a new AM drive program it will pit against a longtime station voice that moved across the street.

Market optimism is growing in the newly-leaner Spotify, which unveiled its Q4 2023 financials on Tuesday. Following a year marked by layoffs, royalty policy reworking, and podcasting troubles, the company finished far ahead of analyst expectations.

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced it will induct radio personality Donnie Simpson into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Simpson first started in radio at age 15 in Detroit, but is best known for his work in the Washington DC market.

After more than six years on air, the Miami-based public radio program Sundial was unexpectedly discontinued on February 2. Show host Carlos Frías and the series' production team were laid off by WLRN station management, according to a social media post by Frías.

Renowned Houston radio personality and rapper Madd Hatta is returning to Majic 102.1, bringing back The Madd Hatta Show. Starting February 12, he will broadcast afternoon drive on the Urban One-operated heritage R&B.

While discussing ongoing infrastructure projects in the wake of the first anniversary of the East Palestine train derailment, US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg took time to make his first public comments on the AM For Every Vehicle Act.

Those who would wish ad dollars diverted from radio have spent the digital era arguing that there's no way to truly measure AM/FM attribution for web traffic. Now, thanks to new data from 17 attribution studies over five years, radio can finally prove it's a major traffic booster.

Robert Mendoza is joining Hispanic radio operator Lazer Media as its new Senior Vice President of Digital Sales. Mendoza, previously VP of Sales at iHeartMedia in San Francisco, will lead the company's digital sales efforts and manage fulfillment operations.

(By Mike McVay) As a phrase, Groundhog Day has had a new meaning since 1993. Today it’s used to define an event or circumstance repeating over and over. So if we were to apply Groundhog Day to radio, it’s that we keep doing the same thing without ever changing.

(By John Shomby) Mobile devices and smart speakers have become the main listening vehicles for most age groups. This has not been an overnight event. With that in mind, I’m repeatedly flabbergasted so many radio station streams sound as poorly as they do.