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Legendary Radio Personality Barry Richards Dies at 83

Barry Richards

Veteran radio and television personality, programmer and music promoter Barry "The Reazar" Richards died Saturday, August 15, following complications from a recent series of strokes. He was 83. Richards built a decades-long career spanning radio, television, concert promotion and record promotion. During More

Lee Harris Exits WABC, Worldwide News Network

Lee Harris

Veteran broadcaster Lee Harris is leaving Red Apple Media less than three months after joining the company to help launch the Worldwide News Network. Harris joined Red Apple Media in May as Vice President of News for the Worldwide News Network, which launched May 23 following the shutdown of CBS News More

World Classical Network Expands Affiliate Base

World Classical Network

The World Classical Network is expanding its affiliate base, offering commercial and public radio stations a 24-hour classical music format featuring veteran personalities, specialty programming and internet delivery. The network traces its roots to 1998, when it launched following the closure of the More

Townsquare Partners With Muirfield on Digital Ads

Townsquare Media

Townsquare Media has entered into a strategic digital advertising partnership with Muirfield Broadcasting, expanding its Media Partnerships division to 16 alliances covering 41 additional markets outside of Townsquare's owned-and-operated footprint. Muirfield Broadcasting More

UF, Saga Form Seven-Year WRUF Sales Partnership

Saga Communications

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Saga Communications have entered into a seven-year Joint Sales Agreement and strategic partnership for WRUF-AM (ESPN 98.1/850 WRUF) and Country WRUF-FM (103.7 The Gator) in Gainesville, FL. Effective September More

Longtime KBLX President Harvey Stone Dies

Harvey Stone

Harvey Stone, the longtime President and General Manager of KBLX/San Francisco who helped develop the station's signature "Soft and Warm" sound, died August 4. Stone spent 31 years leading KBLX and became an influential figure in Bay Area and Urban radio. Stone guided KBLX from Inner City Broadcasting's More

iHeart Philadelphia Promotes Daija Moore-Evans

Daija Moore-Evans

iHeartMedia Philadelphia has promoted Daija Moore-Evans to Digital Content Manager, effective immediately. In her new role, she will oversee digital content strategy for the company's six-station Philadelphia cluster, leading audience growth and engagement across its music, talk and news brands through More

WABC Joins Spreaker Prime Publisher Program

WABC Radio and the Red Apple Podcast Network have joined Spreaker Prime, the premium publisher program from Spreaker, part of Triton Digital. Spreaker Prime provides established podcast publishers with access to programmatic advertising, premium advertiser demand and dedicated More

Magnum to Acquire Sparta-Tomah Radio Outlets

Magnum Media

Magnum Communications has reached an agreement to acquire four western Wisconsin radio outlets from Sparta-Tomah Broadcasting Co., with an application for the sale to be filed with the FCC. The transaction includes Country WCOW-FM (97.1), News/Talk WKLJ-AM (1290), translator More

97 Rock Adds Peck, Sylvester to Bills Coverage

Paul Peck and Kevin Sylvester

As Buffalo Bills football returns to WGRF-FM (97 Rock), the station is expanding its game day coverage with the addition of veteran Buffalo sportscasters Paul Peck and Kevin Sylvester. The pair will host the first two hours of the station's pregame coverage, beginning four hours before kickoff each week. More

Entravision Expands AI Co-Hosted Show to Five Markets

Geraldine ''GeeGee'' Guzman and Coyotec

Entravision has expanded its AI-powered radio show featuring Geraldine "GeeGee" Guzman and Coyotec, the industry's first Latino AI radio personality, to five additional markets across its Fuego Network. The multi-market rollout began Monday, August 3, bringing the duo's bilingual, culture-focused program More

Urban One Posts Lower Q2 Revenue, Narrows Loss

Urban One

Urban One reported lower second-quarter revenue as advertising softness continued across several business segments, though the company significantly reduced its net loss and said revenue trends improved sequentially from the first quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, Urban One More

Country Radio Hall of Fame Honors Seven Leaders

Country Radio Hall of Fame

Seven influential country radio broadcasters and programmers were inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame on Monday during the 2026 Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) induction ceremony at the Virgin Hotel Nashville. The event recognized air personalities Chris Carr, Michael More

Young Scientist Named Host of WDIY's Teen Scientist

Aryash Shyam

WDIY-FM in Allentown has named nationally recognized young scientist and inventor Aryash Shyam as the new host of its award-winning monthly program, Teen Scientist, giving the Bethlehem ninth-grader a platform to interview leading researchers while inspiring young people to explore science and technology. More

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