The share of time spent listening to spoken word audio has increased 20% since 2014, while time spent with music across the same period fell 5%. This shift is led by an increase in spoken word audio consumption on mobile devices across age groups, and growth in spoken word share among those ages 13-34. These More

Cumulus Media Q3 Net Revenue Declined 0.5% to $280.8M

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media reported third quarter net revenue decreased 0.5% to $280.8 million from $282.2 million in 2018. Adjusted EBITDA declined 5.5% to $58.7 million from $62.1 million. On a same station basis, excluding the impact of political revenue, net revenue grew 3.9% and adjusted EBITDA increased 2.2%. The More

Stevie Demann Joins JVC/Florida as Director of Programming

Stevie Demann

JVC Broadcasting adds radio programming veteran Stevie DeMann as the new Director of Programming for its Florida radio stations. DeMann, with previous stops in Baltimore, Orlando, Boston, and most recently serving as Operations Manager for Cox Media Orlando, will oversee WOTW-FM (103.1 The Wolf), WDYZ-AM More

Bob Walker to Join Hall Communications Florida as OM

Bob Walker

Hall Communications VP/Programming Bob Walker will segue from Providence-New Bedford to Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, replacing the retiring Mike James as Operations Manager for WPCV, WWRZ, WLKF and WONN. Walker will also serve as as Program Director for WPCV in addition to Hall VP/Programming. He'll join the More

Entravision Names Mateo and Marrero VPs of Audio Network Sales

Entravision has announced the promotion of Jose Mateo III and the appointment of Erika M. Marrero to Vice Presidents of Entravision's Audio Network Sales, effective immediately. Marrero and Mateo will report directly to Liliana Aristizabal, Entravision's Senior Vice President National Sales for the Eastern More

iHM Announces Nominees for 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

iHeartMedia has announced the nominees for the 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards which will be held on Friday, January 17 at 8 p.m. PT held at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles. Fans across the country will also be able to tune in to the second annual live awards event via a LiveXLive stream and on More

AWMF Announces 45th Gracie Awards Call for Entries Open

The Gracies

The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), has opened the call for entries for the 45th Annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 19, 2020, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills and Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 24, 2020, in New York. Serving again More

Salem Media Group Q3 Total Revenue Down 2.2% to $64.1M

Salem Media Group

Salem Media Group reported third quarter total revenue declined 2.2% to $64.1 million from $65.5 million. Net broadcast revenue fell 2.3% to $47.7 million from $48.8 million, while station operating income (SOI) decreased 11% to $10.4 million from $11.7 million. Adjusted EBITDA fell More

Applications Open for NPR's Reflect America Fellowship

NPR

NPR has opened applications for its Reflect America Fellowship, a program aimed at bringing a greater diversity of voices to NPR's news coverage. Applications open Tuesday and close at 11:59pm on December 15. During the 12-month fellowship, the Reflect America fellow will work with More

KRBE/Houston's Roula and Ryan Sign Multi-Year Deal

Cumulus has entered into a multi-year agreement with award-winning Houston on-air personalities Roula Christie, Ryan Chase, Eric Rowe, and Kevin England. Roula and Ryan are Co-Hosts of 104.1 KRBE-FM's long-running morning radio show, "The Roula and Ryan Show", which airs weekdays from 6:00am-10:00am. More

Envision Networks is Geeked About Latest Milestone

Peter Welpton

Envision Networks hit a major milestone with its show "The GeekOut" which aired its 500th episode this past weekend. The daily audio and video vignettes are hosted by Peter Welpton, former managing director and resident technology guru for longtime hosts Lex and Terry. Peter provides compelling tidbits, More

iHeartRadio Launches ''The Women'' Hosted by Rose Reid

iHeartRadio

"The Women" hosted by Rose Reid, a new iHeartRadio original podcast, launched Tuesday. It features personal and candid interviews with some of today's female changemakers -- including artists, politicians, amateur kickboxers, mothers and lovers -- who didn't back down in the face of resistance. Each episode More

ABC News Radio Offers Impeachment Inquiry Hearings Coverage

ABC News Radio

ABC News Radio will provide coverage of the impeachment inquiry hearings beginning Wednesday, November 13. Live anchored coverage will feature correspondent Aaron Katersky in Washington with reporting by multi-platform reporter Ines de La Cuetara at the Capitol. More

Premiere, Steve Harvey Celebrate 10th Annual Turkey Give

Steve Harvey

For the 10th year in a row, Premiere-syndicated Steve Harvey will give away thousands of turkeys as part of Harvey's Annual Turkey Give. Affiliates of the morning radio show will provide 8,000 turkeys to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Since the Turkey Give was launched in 2009, More

KERN/Bakersfield's Bailey Sets New Record for Honor Flight

Honor Flight Kern County

American General Media's KERN-AM & FM/Bakersfield host Ralph Bailey raised money during a broadcast in September of this year for the Honor Flight Kern County (HFKC). This year's outreach marked a new record donation: $29,200. A check was presented to Lili Marsh, Executive More

WRKO/Boston Raises Over $230,000 During DAV Radiothon

iHeartMedia Talk WRKO-AM/Boston raised over $230,000 during DAV Radiothon to benefit the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Department of Massachusetts. The radiothon took place on Friday, November 8 from 6am-8pm. WRKO air personalities Jeff Kuhner, Barry Armstrong, Doug "V.B" Goudie and More