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Edison: Mobile Overtakes Radio Receiver in Cars

Edison Research at SSRS

Mobile devices have surpassed traditional AM/FM radio receivers as the leading device for in-car audio consumption among Americans ages 13-34, according to new Share of Ear data from Edison Research at SSRS. The research shows consumers in the age group now spend 46% of their daily in-car audio time More

FOX Sports 1370 Launches in WQLL in Baltimore

WQLL-AM (FOX Sports 1370 AM) in Baltimore

WCBM Maryland has launched FOX Sports 1370 AM on WQLL-AM in Baltimore, bringing the FOX Sports Radio lineup to the market effective immediately. The station's weekday schedule begins with "Two Pros and a Cup of Joe," featuring LaVar Arrington, Brady Quinn and Jonas Knox, from 6-9am ET. "The Dan Patrick More

Audacy: Podcast Hosts Hold 21-Point Trust Advantage

Audacy Insights

Podcast hosts have a significant advantage over social media influencers when it comes to authenticity and their ability to influence consumers, according to a new Audacy Insights report. Audacy says 75% of listeners rate podcast hosts as the most authentic, compared with 54% for social media influencers, a More

AWM Names 2026 Gracies Leadership Awards Honorees

Alliance for Women in Media (AWM)

The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) has announced the honorees for the 2026 Gracies Leadership Awards, set for November 16 at Tribeca 360° in New York City. Zenia Mucha, Chief Brand and Communications Officer at TikTok, will receive the inaugural Gracies Vanguard Award. The More

92.5 XTU Sets Dolly Parton Day for September 25

Dolly Day

WXTU-FM (92.5 XTU) in Philadelphia will celebrate the music and legacy of Dolly Parton with "Dolly Parton Day" on Friday, September 25. The date, 9/25, was selected as a nod to Parton's signature hit "9 to 5." Throughout the day, the Beasley Media Group country outlet will spotlight More

Nielsen Takes Cumulus Ratings Fight to Supreme Court

Nielsen

The Nielsen Company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a preliminary injunction in its antitrust dispute with Cumulus Media over the sale of national radio ratings data. Nielsen filed its petition for a writ of certiorari More

Broadcast Industry Group Sells Arkansas Trio for $2M

Blacksun Private Equity

Broadcast Industry Group LLC has agreed to sell three Arkansas AM stations and their associated FM translators to Blacksun Private Equity Inc. for $2 million, according to an assignment application filed with the FCC. The deal includes KLRG-AM/Sheridan, KASZ-AM (formerly KJJI)/White Hall and KCAT-AM/Pine More

Family Life Closes on Acquisition of WOGI-FM for $1M

Family Life Radio

Family Life has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Country WOGI-FM (104.3) in Moon Township, PA, and Pittsburgh translator W288BO (105.5) from Forever Media for $1 million. WOGI-FM operates with 13,000 watts and serves the greater Pittsburgh area. The acquisition will add the station More

Pete Mundo Expands to KFRU Columbia MO

Pete Mundo

Cumulus Media's KFRU-AM (NewsTalk 98.9 FM & 1400 AM) in Columbia, MO, is adding "Mundo in the Morning" with Pete Mundo to its morning lineup, expanding the KCMO Talk Radio program into another market. "We're excited to bring Pete Mundo to Columbia on KFRU," the station announced on social media. "Tune in More

Q102, ALT 104.5 Plan Halloween Wedding Giveaway

Til Death Do Us Part

iHeartMedia Philadelphia's WIOQ-FM (Q102) and WRFF-FM (ALT 104.5) are teaming up to give one couple a Halloween wedding at Pennhurst Asylum. The stations have launched "Til Death Do Us Part," a promotion offering the winning couple a wedding ceremony and reception at the reportedly haunted attraction on More

Caloroga Media Launches AI Production Platform Linnet

Caloroga Media

Caloroga Media has launched Linnet, a browser-based AI production platform designed to combine scripting, audio and video production and publishing in a single system. The company says Linnet was developed from its own production workflow to replace the collection of separate More

Noiser Debuts 'A Study in Scarlet' with Hugh Bonneville

A Study in Scarlet

Podcast producer Noiser is expanding its "Sherlock Holmes Short Stories" series with "A Study in Scarlet," narrated by actor Hugh Bonneville and released as a seven-episode podcast series. The production follows the success of "Sherlock Holmes Short Stories," which Noiser says was the second biggest More

Holiday Music Connects Radio With Consumers

Katz Radio Group

Holiday music remains an important part of the season for consumers, with 69% listening to seasonal music on AM/FM radio, according to new research from Katz Radio Group. The findings, featured in Katz's latest "Sound Answers," are based on a custom survey conducted in December More

FCC Dismisses 36 LPFM Applications Over Localism

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

The FCC's Media Bureau has dismissed 36 applications for new Low Power FM stations connected to broadcaster and organizer Stephen Wade Rathke and the Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AMFM), finding that the applicants failed to meet the Commission's LPFM localism requirements. The applications, More

Study Finds Host Reads Boost Brand Impact

Cumulus Media and Westwood One

A new global advertising study finds creator-led ads, including radio and podcast host reads, can produce greater brand impact, particularly when advertisers identify themselves early and use entertaining, emotion-driven creative. The findings come from "The Creator Effectiveness Playbook: How to Build More

Zack Bennett Named Host of Pure American Country

Zack Bennett

Pure American Networks has named veteran Nashville broadcaster and producer Zack Bennett permanent host of the nationally syndicated weekly program "Pure American Country" and its daily companion feature, "Pure American Country Radio Minute." Bennett had served as interim host since the death of longtime More

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