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iHeart & Sports Illustrated Launching Slate of Original Podcasts

iHeartMedia has announced a multi-year exclusive agreement to co-produce eight original podcasts with award-winning sports media brand Sports Illustrated and newly formed joint venture Sports Illustrated Studios. The iHeartPodcast Network will distribute all eight original titles as well as distribute More

WLS/Chicago Political Reporter, Host Bill Cameron to Retire

Bill Cameron

Chicago political reporter and host of WLS-AM Sunday evening radio show, "Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron," has announced his retirement after a 51-year career. His last day on-air will be Friday, August 20, which, fittingly, is his 21st anniversary at WLS-AM. He will share stories and insights from More

NAB Supports Local Journalism Sustainability Act of 2021

National Association of Broadcasters

U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have introduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act of 2021. This legislation, supported by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), would help financially support local news organizations through tax credits to More

The Alliance for Women in Media Celebrates 70th Anniversary

Alliance for Women in Media

The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) announces a celebration of the organization's 70th anniversary, which includes the launch of a "Voices Of Courage" digital tapestry, a commemorative logo and a social media campaign, using #VoicesOfCourage and #70YearsOfCourage. Since its inception in 1951, AWM, More

WBAL/Baltimore Earns Four 1st Place AP Awards

WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 earned 4 first-place awards during this past Saturday's Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association virtual Awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding broadcast journalism from stations in Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The first-place More

iHM, Protozoa Launch New Podcast ''PSYCHOACTIVE''

PSYCHOACTIVE

iHeartMedia and Protozoa Pictures ink a partnership to launch a new original podcast "PSYCHOACTIVE," making filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and Protozoa Pictures' first entry into the podcasting space. The podcast is hosted by Ethan Nadelmann, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance and known as "The Godfather of More

NABLF CoSA Awards to Air on 500+ Local Stations Nationwide

NABLF

More than 500 local broadcast stations will air the 2021 Celebration of Service to America Awards program, with 218 stations premiering the program on July 10. The awards ceremony will honor local radio and television stations from across the country for their unwavering support of More

Audacy Adds Multi-Platform Journalists to News Brands

Audacy

Audacy has announced a multi-platform transformation for its news brands that will allow the company to offer more original digital news content as well as in-depth reporting to complement breaking news broadcast coverage. As part of the transformation, Audacy will launch a new centralized digital team More

PodcastOne, Empire Media Group Sign Multi-Year Partnership

PodcastOne

PodcastOne has signed a multi-year year partnership with Empire Media Group (EMG) and its Chairman/CEO Dylan Howard, the executive producer, writer and director of podcasts "Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood" and "Epstein: Devil in the Darkness," to produce a slate More

Megyn Kelly Signs Broadcasting Agreement with SiriusXM

Megyn Kelly (Photo credit: ABC News)

SiriusXM signs veteran broadcaster, journalist and legal expert Megyn Kelly to an agreement to host a new, live talk program, starting September 7. "The Megyn Kelly Show" will air weekdays from 12-2pm ET on SiriusXM Triumph channel 111 live five days a week and will feature Kelly's viewpoints on the day's More

NPR Partners with Deezer for Global Podcast Distribution

Podcast fans are taking over the world! In 2020, the number of global podcast listeners reached 485 million and it's expected to jump to a whopping 800 million by 2025. Starting today, global audio streaming service Deezer and NPR are joining forces to give podcast fans access to More

KBLA-AM/Los Angeles Adds Black Information Network News

Black Information Network

Premiere Networks announced Thursday that BIN: Black Information Network's national news service has been added to the newly-launched KBLA (Talk 1580) in Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and operated talk radio station in Southern California. KBLA, which launched at midnight on Juneteenth 2021, features More

PodcastOne Teams with Documentarian Barbara Schroeder

PodcastOne

PodcastOne teams with writer/director Barbara Schroeder (Netflix's "Evil Genius") to produce and distribute a true crime podcast: "Bad, Bad Thing," on June 30. Written and hosted by Schroeder, the six-episode program tells the story of a loving wife, Jennair Gerardot, who spirals More

Cumulus Media, DCP Entertainment Launch ''Who Was Prince?''

Who Was Prince?

Cumulus Media and DCP Entertainment have announced the launch of the podcast "Who Was Prince?" on the Cumulus Podcast Network. This eight-episode series is built on interviews with people who were close to Prince -- people who played in his bands, managed his career, engineered his music or dated him. Music More

Audacy Expands Partnership with Crooked Media Podcast

Lovett Or Leave It

Audacy will expand its partnership with Crooked Media by carrying "Lovett or Leave It" across CHANNEL Q, an Audacy LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network, effective immediately. The podcast will now be heard on CHANNEL Q stations in 32 markets and nationwide via the Audacy app, Mondays from 1-2:30pm ET, beginning June More

Colorado Public Radio Elects Five New Board Members

Colorado Public Radio has welcomed five new members to its board of directors. The new members are Linda Appel Lipsius, Ricardo Baca, Lori Bergen, Steve ErkenBrack and Sherisse Hawkins. Their term began at the end of the board's annual meeting on June 16. "We are happy to welcome these new members to the More

Holly Edgell to Lead Midwest Newsroom Collaboration

Holly Edgell

KCUR/Kansas City announces that longtime journalist and editor Holly Edgell will become the first managing editor of the Midwest Newsroom -- a public radio collaboration among stations in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska -- beginning July 6. Edgell will help define the editorial vision that's focused on More

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