Report: Audio Still Reigns in Podcast Consumption Despite the surge in watchable podcast content and the growing dominance of platforms like YouTube, audio remains the core mode of podcast consumption, according to the newly released Podcast Download-Spring 2025 Report from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights. Now in its fourteenth edition, the study -- More

Lori Voornas to Sign Off After 32 Years in Portland Radio After more than three decades as one of Portland, Maine's most familiar radio voices, Lori Voornas has announced she will step away from morning radio. Her final broadcast on 94.9 WHOM will be June 27, concluding a 32-year run on Maine's airwaves. Voornas began her Portland radio career in 1993 on WMGX More

Global Ad Market Growth Slows, Digital Remains Resilient The global advertising industry is expected to grow by 4.9% in 2025, reaching $979 billion, according to MAGNA's Summer Update of its Global Ad Forecast. While that represents a notable deceleration from 2024's 10.3% surge, the report points to digital platforms as the main driver of More

Letty B Joins WBBM (B96) in Chicago as Midday Host Audacy has announced the addition of Letty B to the weekday lineup at CHR WBBM-FM (B96) in Chicago. Beginning immediately, she'll will be heard on-air from 9am-2pm CT. Most recently, Letty B was with iHeartRadio, where she hosted across KIIS-FM and KOST-FM in Los Angeles, KHTS-FM in San Diego, KYLD-FM in San More

Radio.Cloud Launches Playlist-Specific Assistant AI Radio.Cloud has unveiled a new AI-powered feature designed to streamline content creation for radio broadcasters. Dubbed Assistant AI, the tool functions as a hybrid research and content development assistant tailored to each station's specific music playlist. Integrated directly into Radio.Cloud's Smart More

''The Bret Mega Show'' Expands to Philly, Kansas City Audacy has announced that "The Bret Mega Show," co-hosted by Bret Mega, Hannah Gibbs, Kevin Berghoff and Anna Bohlmann is expanding. The show can now be heard weekday mornings on KZPT-FM (99.7 The Point) in Kansas City and on WTDY-FM (The New 96.5) in Philadelphia, starting June 23. The program, which More

Radio Resources, Full Metal Jackie Team for BSL Special Radio Resources is celebrating the Fourth of July weekend with a thunderous tribute to heavy metal history. In collaboration with syndicated rock radio mainstay Full Metal Jackie, the company is offering a free, two-hour radio special to rock stations nationwide, timed to coincide More

Longoria Expands Partnership with iHM's My Cultura PN iHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network is expanding its relationship with actress, director, and producer Eva Longoria through a new strategic partnership with Hyphenate Media Group, the studio she co-founded with media executive Cris Abrego. As part of the agreement, Hyphenate has acquired an equity stake More

Senate Moves to Restore FCC Quorum with Trusty The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could soon return to full operational status following Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-SD) filing of cloture Thursday night on the nomination of Olivia Trusty, a former Trump communications advisor, to fill one of the agency's vacant commissioner seats. More

FCC Warns Three Property Owners Over Pirate Radio Ops The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Enforcement Bureau has issued formal warnings to three property owners in New York and New Jersey for allegedly permitting illegal pirate radio broadcasting from their premises. Each notice threatens potential fines of up to $2.45 million if the unauthorized More