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Audacy/Philadelphia Head David Yadgaroff To Retire, LABF Unveils This Year’s Broadcasting Giants
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Radio Headlines For Tuesday 03/24/26

Susan Larkin 2023She was a Regional VP at Cox Media Group and most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Audacy Inc. Now, she's joining iHeartMedia-owned RCS Worldwide to oversee the RCS brand of radio programming software, in addition to the Media Monitors, Mediabase and Florical Systems product lines. [read more]

David YadgaroffIn an internal memo shared to Audacy staff by Regional President Mark Hannon, the company confirmed that the Sr. VP and Market Manager for the company's stations in the City of Brotherly Love will be concluding his career in Radio. It ends 36 years in the industry. [read more]



Library of American Broadcasting Foundation / LABF LogoThe Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) has shared who will be honored for lifetime achievements during the 2026 Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts luncheon and awards ceremony, a VIP luncheon event scheduled for November 17 at Gotham Hall. [read more]



Gracies Leadership AwardThis year's national-level honorees will be celebrated on May 19 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Local-level honorees will be recognized at a luncheon scheduled for June 16 at Cipriani 42nd Street in the City of New York. [read more]

Why is 1990s nostalgia hitting so much harder than past nostalgic trends, particularly for today’s Millennials? Mike McVay has some thoughts about an era when Contemporary Hit Radio hit rock bottom before embracing Britney and Boy Bands, while Alternative music exploded and "Lilith Fair" opened new doors. [read more]



Tonight marks the 500th episode of "NCIS." Even as the cast rotates, the show’s identity stays remarkably consistent, says columnist John Shomby. What’s the lesson for radio? Shomby shares his thoughts in this exclusive to Radio Ink. [read more]

With the success of a reborn "Z93" at WGTZ-FM in Dayton as a Classic Pop & Top 40 station focused on the 1990s and early 2000 carried out by Connoisseur Media since its acquisition of Alpha Media, a similar format tweak is taking place at a suburban Chicago FM with listeners across much of the nation's third-largest market. [read more]



GBS ZonecastingSynchronized booster transmitters enabled smooth, uninterrupted transitions between coverage areas, even in dense urban environments and challenging terrain. In fully synchronous mode, transitions between the primary signal and boosters were seamless, with no perceptible impact to audio quality. [read more]

Amplified Voices, powered by Superadio Networks, has teamed up with Dad Life LLC to launch a series curating clipped highlights from “The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show” in a cross-platform digital distribution deal.  [read more]



Get UpsideYou've heard the ads if you listen to streaming audio or broadcast radio stations — a lot, in fact. Upside app spots have become ubiquitous, and for the week ending March 22 topped them all when it comes to spot play count as measured by iHeartMedia's Media Monitors service. [read more]
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Magellan AIThe "Broadcast Radio Attribution" offering, says Magellan AI, can allow a marketer to directly evaluate how radio campaigns contribute to key business outcomes—including form fills, leads, and purchases—while comparing performance across podcasts, streaming audio, connected TV, and other media. [read more]



In Canada, he's familiar as the national voice of Bell Media's CTV News, and for his work at Montréal radio stations once branded as "Mix 96" and "Q92." In the U.S., he was the voice of WTVR "Mix 98.1" in Richmond. Now, he's joined Hoss Management Group for radio imaging and voiceover representation. [read more]
 
 
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