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Declan Moore Named President of Hubbard DC

Declan Moore

Hubbard | Media That Connects has named Declan Moore President and Market Manager of its Washington, DC operations, overseeing WTOP, Federal News Network and the local office of 2060 Digital. Moore succeeds longtime Hubbard Washington executive Joel Oxley and joins the company after most recently serving More

SportsTalk 790 Revamps Houston Weekday Lineup

Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal

KBME-AM (SportsTalk 790) Houston will roll out a revamped weekday lineup on August 24, moving Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal to mornings and Dan Mathews to middays. Thomas and Villarreal will take over the 6-10am slot, bringing their established pairing to morning drive. Mathews will shift to 10am-2pm. More

Mike Mulligan, Marshall Harris Exit The Score Chicago

Mike Mulligan and Marshall Harris

Audacy Sports' WSCR (104.3 The Score) Chicago has parted ways with longtime morning host Mike Mulligan and midday host Marshall Harris as part of programming changes at the sports outlet. Mulligan exits after more than 23 years with The Score, including 18 years in morning drive. He had co-hosted "Mully More

GAB Names 2026 Honors Award Recipients

Georgia Association of Broadcasters (GAB)

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters has announced the recipients of its 2026 GAB Honors Awards, which will be presented during GABCON, September 25-26 at the Gas South District Convention Center in Duluth, GA. This year's honorees are Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole as Georgian of the Year, State More

Salem Media Goes Private Following WaterStone Deal

Salem Media

Salem Media has completed its acquisition by The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., doing business as WaterStone, taking the Christian and conservative media company private. WaterStone acquired all outstanding shares of Salem Media common stock for $1 per share, representing approximately a 250% premium More

Court Denies Nielsen Rehearing Bid in Cumulus Case

Nielsen and Cumulus Media

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied Nielsen's request for rehearing in its legal battle with Cumulus Media, leaving intact the court's earlier ruling in favor of the broadcaster. In a one-page order issued August 18, the court denied Nielsen's petition for both panel rehearing and More

K-Love Names Evan Masyr as Chief Financial Officer

Evan Masyr

K-Love Inc. has appointed longtime Salem Media Group executive Evan Masyr as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 14. He will oversee the nonprofit media organization's accounting, finance and tax departments and serve on its Ministry Leadership Team. Masyr joins K-Love after more than 26 years More

Joel Oxley to Receive NAB National Radio Award

Joel Oxley

Hubbard Radio Washington, DC President and General Manager Joel Oxley will receive the 2026 NAB National Radio Award, recognizing his more than three decades of leadership in the radio industry. The NAB announced the honor Thursday on National Radio Day. Oxley will receive the award during the 2026 NAB More

News, Comedy Drive Triton Q2 Podcast Rankings

Triton Digital

Comedy maintained its position as podcasting's largest category during the second quarter, while news programming posted the strongest audience growth as listeners turned toward political content ahead of the midterm elections, according to Triton Digital's Q2 2026 U.S. Podcast More

FCC Approves Cumulus Post-Bankruptcy Ownership Transfer

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media has cleared a major regulatory hurdle toward emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with FCC records showing the broadcaster's applications to transfer control of its licenses to its post-reorganization shareholders have been granted. The approval follows an August 14 letter from Cumulus More

Audacy Partners with Bunnie Xo for Dumb Blonde

Dumb Blonde

Audacy has entered into a partnership with creator and #1 New York Times bestselling author Alisa "Bunnie Xo" DeFord to exclusively handle sales and distribution for her "Dumb Blonde" podcast. The agreement expands Audacy's portfolio of entertainment and women's lifestyle programming while providing the More

iHeart, Butler/Till Launch Agentic Audio Campaign

iHeartMedia and Butler/Till

Butler/Till and iHeartMedia have completed what the companies describe as the advertising industry's first agentic streaming audio media campaign, using an AI-powered workflow to purchase premium streaming audio inventory. The campaign was launched for an unnamed U.S. agricultural solutions company and More

iHeart Study Finds Gen Z Turning to Radio for Connection

iHeartMedia

New research from iHeartMedia suggests Gen Z's desire for community and shared experiences is helping drive engagement with broadcast radio, particularly when young listeners are with friends and family. The study, conducted by Critical Mass Media, examined Gen Z's relationship with audio and found that More

Mac Edwards to Step Down After 35 Years at Beasley

Mac Edwards

Beasley Media Group Vice President and Charlotte Market Manager Mac Edwards will step down September 4, concluding a 35-year career with the company. Edwards, who oversees Beasley's six-station Charlotte cluster, joined the company in 1991 following three years with Beta Broadcasting in Austin. He began his More

The Diamond Launches on WLMZ-HD3 Wilkes Barre

WLMZ-HD3 in Wilkes Barre PA

The Diamond, an Internet-based Hip-Hop and R&B outlet serving Northeast Pennsylvania, has expanded to terrestrial radio with its launch on WLMZ-FM-HD3 (102.3) in Wilkes Barre. The independently operated station is marking its move to the HD Radio signal with 500 hours of commercial-free music. Originally More

The Next Round Joins Clay Travis' Sport & State

The Next Round

The Next Round, the Birmingham-based digital sports platform hosted by veteran broadcasters Jim Dunaway, Ryan Brown and Lance Taylor, will join Clay Travis' Sport & State national digital media network beginning August 24. DBL Down Media announced the partnership More

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