News

(By Michelle Wilken) You’re aware that “radio is one of the most powerful mediums in the U.S., with a weekly reach of “around 82.5% among adults,” according to Statista. So, why am I telling you to stop pitching only spots to your advertisers?

Keith Urban is the recipient of the 2021 CRB Artist Career Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards Ceremony October 13 in Nashville.

105.9 FM The Wave, Honolulu has added long-time island radio personality 'Kathy with a K' to the line-up. She has been part of the Hawaii entertainment scene for nearly three-decades.

Leonard 'Fat Leonard' Francis is the focus of the nine-part podcast into one of the largest national security breaches involving the U.S. Navy in decades. Host Tom Wright tells the story of how the defense contractor made millions of dollars through corrupt deals.

Doug Cohn (left) and Bruce Gilbert (right), have been named to newly created positions across Music & Entertainment and Sports. Cohn has been named Senior Vice President, Music & Entertainment, Content and Audience. Gilbert has been named Senior Vice President Sports, Content and Audience.

Benztown and P1 Media Group will host a free webinar featuring Ronnie Stanton, National Director of Music and Regional PD for Corus Entertainment. The webinar is set for September 23.

For the second week in a row, privacy protecting search engine DuckDuckGo remains number one on the Media Monitors radio chart. The company aired more than 53,000 ads last week.

Fox Sports Radio is offering '2 Pros and a Cup of Joe'. LaVar Arrington, Brady Quinn and Jonas Knox take over the network’s 6 to 9 a.m. ET weekday timeslot.

The UK Chart, an internationally syndicated 2-hour weekly radio show, has signed Tom Watts as host. The program counts down the Top 30 songs compiled by RadioMonitor determined by airplay across the UK.

A new iHeartPodcast slate of true-crime shows is being produced in collaboration with KT-Studios. The new slate debuts with 'The Dougherty Gang', a 12-episode limited series about three siblings and a 15 state crime spree.