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NRG To Exit HQ Market + K-LOVE Consults Former Oracle For New CTO + Radio Flagships Get Big Boost From NFL Start
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NRG Media Sells Its Hometown Cluster In Iowa Deal, K-LOVE Names Oracle Alum Sethmajhi As New CTO
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Radio Headlines For Friday 10/09/26

Holiday ShoppingThe "radio on wheels" remains the top spot for holiday cheer and Yuletide advertisers. A new Katz Radio Group survey finds more than half of consumers listen to holiday music while driving, with AM/FM outpacing other platforms for the season's soundtrack. [read more]

NRG Media 2022Not even NRG Media's home turf is safe from its ongoing sell-off. The Mary-Quass-led company has agreed to sell its Cedar Rapids-Waterloo cluster, the market where it's headquartered, to Cedar Basin Media, a new Iowa subsidiary of Sage Weil's Civic Media. [read more]



Dee SethmajhiA former Oracle executive is taking her enterprise technology background into Christian radio. K-LOVE, Inc. has named Debashree "Dee" Sethmajhi Chief Technology Officer, joining to oversee broadcast infrastructure, engineering, and digital product. [read more]



FootballThe car dashboard turned into the best seat in the house for NFL fans on Opening Sunday. Xperi listening data shows drivers flocked to radio coverage before kickoff and stayed well after the final whistle, reinforcing AM/FM's power with sports fans. [read more]

Loyd Ford(Loyd Ford) The best radio sellers understand something average sellers miss: Your selling day is too valuable to spend getting ready to sell anything. If you are doing anything else during prime selling hours, you’ve already lost. [read more]



Steve Allan(Steve Allan) Welcome to the Brave New World. The future is here. Everything is now digital. Everything you need to know or buy pops up on your screens. Yet, for some reason, my physical, on-the-street, IRL mailbox is filled with these things we used to call mail. [read more]

Mike SheffieldCumulus Media has bumped Mike Sheffield up from Programming Ops Manager in Erie to Program Director of Buffalo's 97 Rock (WGRF) and Erie's Z102.3 (WQHZ) while he keeps his existing duties across the Erie cluster's Country, AC, and HD2 formats. [read more]



Radio Ink September 2026 SquareEvery station has an on-air voice, a sales team, and a signal. What separates the ones that thrive is who's steering the whole operation. This month, Radio Ink goes inside the job that is measured by the sum of all departments: the general manager. [read more]

Austin Leonard, Bobby Bones, and Denine TorriHeartMedia syndicated Country radio personality Bobby Bones returned to his Arkansas hometown school district for National Literacy Month, surprising the Mountain Pine School District with a $50,000 donation in conjunction with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. [read more]



WRVAAudacy Richmond's Newsradio WRVA (WRVA-AM) teamed up with Virginia Urology, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, and Fans for the Cure to host the second annual "Hitting Prostate Cancer Out Of The Park" event, held September 8 at CarMax Park. [read more]
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JD JusticeJonesboro Media Group has filled its Program Director chair at 104.9 The Fox (KDXY) with a well-traveled radio programmer from the Midwest. Jon "J.D. Justice" Belsaas, joined the Saga Communications country station as afternoon personality and PD. [read more]



BionicVOYaman Media Group founder Yaman Coskun has signed on as the exclusive business development partner for an AI voice platform, tasked with pitching the roster of real, professionally cloned voice talent to radio, advertising agencies, and podcast producers. [read more]
 
 
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