Entercom reported second quarter net revenues dropped 54% to $175.8 million from $380.7 million in 2019, mainly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spot revenue declined 65%, while digital revenue rose 19%. Operating loss was $45.3 million, which included a non-cash impairment charge of $4.2 million, More

iHeartRadio Tops Podtrac's Podcast Publishers in July

Podtrac

Podtrac has issued the Top Podcast Publishers rankings for July. Topping the chart is iHeartRadio, followed by NPR and the New York Times. Eight of the Top 20 publishers saw an increase in U.S. monthly audience in July over June, led by ESPN/ABC (+38%) with the inclusion of ABC into the network. Thirteen Top More

Jonathan Shaffer Earns APD Stripes at 104.5 The Zone/Nashville

Jonathan Shaffer

CUMULUS MEDIA has appointed Jonathan Shaffer to the Assistant Program Director position for Nashville's Sports Talk 104.5 The Zone/WGFX-FM. A 14-year veteran of Nashville radio, Shaffer will continue in his role as morning show producer as well. Prior to joining the station in 2019, Shaffer was PD/OM for More

NAB Accepting Applications for 2021 Leadership Training Program

The NAB Leadership Foundation is accepting applications now through August 19 for the 2021 Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) program. The BLT program is the foremost executive training program for the broadcast industry and is designed to prepare senior-level broadcasters to More

ABC News Radio Announces Coverage of National Conventions

ABC News Radio

ABC News has announced special coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Monday, August 17 through Thursday, August 20 and the Republican National Convention on Monday, August 24 through Thursday, August 27 from 7-11pm ET. ABC News Radio will offer three hours of More

Virtual News Center Adds Tim and Kris McLaughlin

Virtual News Center

Virtual News Center adds the husband and wife team of Tim and Kris McLaughlin to its lineup of anchors and reporters. The McLaughlins are based in Denver and also own Timberline Media. Tim is a veteran reporter, anchor and News Director. His resume includes stops in New Hampshire, More

WWJ/Detroit Launches ''Breaking Down The Barriers''

WWJ-AM

Entercom launches "Breaking Down The Barriers," a two-part community programming initiative on WWJ-AM (News Radio 950)/Detroit to celebrate the diversity of the city and its surrounding suburbs. The initiative will include two segments, "Voices of the Community" and "Black Business Minute," both beginning More

iHeartMedia Q2 Net Revenue Down 47% to $488 Million

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia reported second quarter net revenue fell 47% to $488 million from $635.6 million in 2019, mainly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcast revenue declined by 56.5%, while Networks was more resilient declining 38.4%. Digital revenue grew 2.4%, led by continued growth in podcasting, More

Schuster SVPP for iHM/Rochester, Syracuse & Binghamton

Tias Schuster

iHeartMedia appoints Tias Schuster as Senior VP/Programming for Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton, effective immediately. He most recently served as the Senior VP/Programming for the company's cluster in Norfolk. Throughout his career, he also served as Program Director for co-owned WDVI-FM (Mix 100.5) and More

Cumulus Media Inks New Agreement with Suzanne Grimes

Suzanne Grimes

In an 8-k filing with the SEC, Cumulus Media said it entered into a new employment agreement with Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes. The new deal, effective August 1, has an initial term through December 31, 2022 and contains a provision for automatic More

Emily Ward Named GSM for Entercom Chattanooga

Emily Ward

Entercom has promoted Emily Ward to General Sales Manager for Entercom Chattanooga, effective immediately. In this role, Ward will oversee sales efforts for 103.7 Kiss FM (WKXJ-FM), 98.1 The Lake (WLND-FM), Rock 105 (WRXR-FM), U.S. 101 (WUSY-FM) and Real 961 (WUSY-HD2). "Emily has done a tremendous job More

FCC Report & Order Eliminates Radio Duplication Rule

Federal Communications Commission

The FCC has adopted a Report and Order eliminating the radio duplication rule for both the AM and FM services. The rule restricted the duplication of programming on commonly-owned broadcast radio stations operating in the same service and geographic area. The rule, initially adopted in 1964, has been updated More

Salem Media Q2 Total Revenue Down 18.3% to $52.9M

Salem Media Group

Salem Media Group reported second quarter total revenue decreased 18.3% to $52.9 million from $64.7 million in 2019. Total operating expenses declined 9% to $53.8 million from $59.1 million, while adjusted EBITDA was down 72.4% to $2.8 million from $10.2 million. Operating loss fell More

Chris Cruise Joins ''Throwback Nation Radio'' Franchise

Chris Cruise

Chris Cruise joins forces with the syndicated Classic Hits "Throwback Nation Radio" franchise, effective immediately. He'll handle fill-in work and future brand extension projects. Cruise's previous experience includes hosting mornings at WDZH-FM (98.7 AMP Radio) in Detroit, KSAS-FM (103.5 Kiss FM) in Boise More

Bud and Broadway Syndicate Morning Show

Bud and Broadway

Houston-based broadcast syndicators SuiteRadio, have signed an agreement to exclusively represent Bud Ford and Jerry Broadway for morning show syndication to radio stations everywhere. "Now, managers can have the morning show they really want at a cost they can actually afford," said Pat Fant. "Our More

Phantom Producer Launches in Classic Country Format

USRN

United Stations announces the launch of Phantom Producer's latest imaging service serving the Classic Country format. It now offers station imaging for stations playing Country music from the 70's, 80's and 90's. The newly-added service for Classic Country stations is already on the air via subscribing More

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