"The radio consolidation trail is littered with companies that went bankrupt through consolidation just for the sake of consolidation," Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III warned during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call, as the broadcaster preps for an era of scale. [read more]
As every tool in the sales process gets faster, more automated, more templated, the Director of Sales and General Sales Manager have become the gatekeepers of what can't be automated: the relationship. That's leadership work, not spreadsheet work. [read more]
If 2024 brought "The Podcast Election," will 2026 be known as "The Commuter Election"? New data from 1,000 registered US voters taken in June found that voters stuck in traffic are angrier about the economy and more likely to vote - and radio reaches them first. [read more]
Is scale still the winning strategy in media, or has the math changed? NAB Show New York puts that question to a three-decade Wall Street analyst, Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities, on October 21 for "The Future of Media: Consolidation or Spin-Off?" [read more]
(Paige Nienaber) I’ve designated this SPW, or Shameless Plug Week. (“National Head Cheese Week” is already taken.) First, I’m going to be doing a session on September 16 at the Final Conclave Learning Event in Minneapolis, and I'll cover the 25 Greatest Radio Promotions Of All Time. [read more]
Power is the throughline of Radio Ink's always-anticipated July issue as we crown the 40 Most Powerful People in Radio for 2026, celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial, and have a must-read conversation with one of broadcasting's most respected newsmen. [read more]
Three on-air personalities from Audacy’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT-AM traded headphones for helmets to support Philadelphia’s first responders. The 39th Annual Ben to the Shore Bike Tour raised over $45,000 for The Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation. [read more]
At its annual Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on August 3, Country Radio Broadcasters welcomed on-air inductees Chris Carr, Michael J., and Rick Jackson, along with radio leaders Marci Braun, Phil Hunt, Bruce Logan, and John Marks, into its Hall of Fame. [read more]
iHeartMedia Los Angeles has signed on-air personality Ellen K to a new multi-year extension to continue hosting the Ellen K Morning Show on KOST 103.5 and the syndicated Ellen K Weekend Show, heard on 48 iHeart stations across America. [read more]
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Two months after JVC Broadcasting named her General Sales Manager of its Panama City radio cluster, Stacie Bolster is leaving. She's returning to television, taking the General Manager role at Fox affiliates WPGX-TV in Panama City and WDFX-TV in Dothan, AL. [read more]
Two of Nebraska radio's most recognizable voices are heading to the Hall. iHeartMedia Omaha's Steve Lundy and national play-by-play voice Kevin Kugler join TV's John Knicely and Ken Siemek in the Nebraska Broadcasters Association's 2026 Hall of Fame class. [read more]
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"The radio consolidation trail is littered with companies that went bankrupt through consolidation just for the sake of consolidation," Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III warned during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call, as the broadcaster preps for an era of scale.
As every tool in the sales process gets faster, more automated, more templated, the Director of Sales and General Sales Manager have become the gatekeepers of what can't be automated: the relationship. That's leadership work, not spreadsheet work.
If 2024 brought "The Podcast Election," will 2026 be known as "The Commuter Election"? New data from 1,000 registered US voters taken in June found that voters stuck in traffic are angrier about the economy and more likely to vote - and radio reaches them first.
Is scale still the winning strategy in media, or has the math changed? NAB Show New York puts that question to a three-decade Wall Street analyst, Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities, on October 21 for "The Future of Media: Consolidation or Spin-Off?"
(Paige Nienaber) I’ve designated this SPW, or Shameless Plug Week. (“National Head Cheese Week” is already taken.) First, I’m going to be doing a session on September 16 at the Final Conclave Learning Event in Minneapolis, and I'll cover the 25 Greatest Radio Promotions Of All Time.
Power is the throughline of Radio Ink's always-anticipated July issue as we crown the 40 Most Powerful People in Radio for 2026, celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial, and have a must-read conversation with one of broadcasting's most respected newsmen.
Three on-air personalities from Audacy’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT-AM traded headphones for helmets to support Philadelphia’s first responders. The 39th Annual Ben to the Shore Bike Tour raised over $45,000 for The Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation. 
At its annual Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on August 3, Country Radio Broadcasters welcomed on-air inductees Chris Carr, Michael J., and Rick Jackson, along with radio leaders Marci Braun, Phil Hunt, Bruce Logan, and John Marks, into its Hall of Fame.
iHeartMedia Los Angeles has signed on-air personality Ellen K to a new multi-year extension to continue hosting the Ellen K Morning Show on KOST 103.5 and the syndicated Ellen K Weekend Show, heard on 48 iHeart stations across America.
Two months after JVC Broadcasting named her General Sales Manager of its Panama City radio cluster, Stacie Bolster is leaving. She's returning to television, taking the General Manager role at Fox affiliates WPGX-TV in Panama City and WDFX-TV in Dothan, AL.
Two of Nebraska radio's most recognizable voices are heading to the Hall. iHeartMedia Omaha's Steve Lundy and national play-by-play voice Kevin Kugler join TV's John Knicely and Ken Siemek in the Nebraska Broadcasters Association's 2026 Hall of Fame class.
