Momentum Secures Tomorrow’s Sales
(Loyd Ford) In most sales meetings, the first questions are predictable: What is sold? What did you sell? How much revenue came in? And those questions matter, because results matter. But the final sale is the one part of the process you cannot completely control.
How To Use Radio to Overcome Trust Issues
(Jeffrey Hedquist) Think about this: when you’re about to make a purchase, do you check out the latest ads for the product or service, comparison ratings, search online, or rely on advice from friends who’ve bought what you’re about to buy? The latter always seems to weigh most.
ISBC Sets Entry Window For 2026 Student Audio Challenge
Student broadcasters from nearly a thousand institutions worldwide are about to compete for a new title. The International Student Broadcasting Championship has opened its 2026 competition spanning radio, podcasting, digital content, and esports broadcasting.
Okegawa Promoted To GM Slot at Ohana’s Alaska Offerings
She started with Ohana Media Group in 2024 as an Account Executive and was elevated to Local Sales Manager later that year. Beginning in September, Cat Okegawa will now serve as Vice President and General Manager of Ohana's six Anchorage and Wasilla signals.
Nashville’s Game Stays Vandy’s Flagship in Contract Extension
Commodore football's radio home is set for years to come, just in time for kickoff. Vanderbilt Athletics and Cromwell Media have extended their multiyear broadcast partnership, keeping games and weekly programming on Nashville airwaves.
Audacy To Close Its Creator Lab Podcast Platform
Audacy is shutting down Creator Lab, the free podcast hosting and brand-sponsorship marketplace it built for independent creators, effective November 1. The company notified partners, calling it "a difficult decision" and thanking them for their partnership.
Connoisseur Sells Another Alpha Cluster To A Local Broadcaster
Connoisseur Media has again identified another former Alpha Media market where the broadcaster says it could not "make a meaningful difference with the focus and approach we bring to radio," and is divesting its stations to a locally owned, independent operator.
NAB, FOX, Salem Advocates To Talk D.C. Policy At Forecast 2027
Broadcasters are heading into another year of consequential decisions out of Washington. The people steering those fights for consolidation, public interest, enforcement priorities, and ad regulations NAB, FOX, and Salem Media are bringing the inside view to Forecast 2027.
CMG Makes Payment To Settle FTC False Advertising Claims
Cox Media Group and two marketing partners have reached a resolution with federal regulators over an ad-targeting service pitched as artificial intelligence capable of listening in on consumers' smart devices that the FTC said never actually existed.
Don’t Make Heritage a Handicap
(Deborah Parenti) Depending on who you listen to, radio’s tomorrows are either doomed to extinction or defined by reinvention. But make no mistake: radio’s destiny won’t be decided by technology alone. It will be secured by the stations that remember who they are
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The $250 Question: Inflation and Contesting
