How many weekly ads would you estimate it takes to reach two-thirds of your station's audience? New analysis from the Cumulus Media Audio Active Group and the RAB has an answer, and many AEs may be wildly underselling what it takes to move the needle. [read more]
Ten days after the FCC Media Bureau warned broadcasters that no licensee holds a right to the public spectrum, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute is arguing that the regulatory framework underlying that notice is technically obsolete and constitutionally indefensible. [read more]
Seventy-two years in, the WHAS Crusade for Children is still raising millions. The annual Louisville-area radio and telethon, broadcast across iHeartMedia's News Radio 840 (WHAS) and WHAS-TV, raised $6,235,132.76; the second-highest total in the event's history. [read more]
(Sponsored Content) The staffing model that built broadcast operations for decades is showing its age. A growing number of stations and groups are moving to a different approach, and the results are changing how leadership thinks about traffic entirely. [read more]
(Mike McVay) Over-the-Air may be the origination point for content, but the destinations are many for the endpoints of today’s entertainment, information, and community connection. Podcasting, Streaming, Social Media, Smart Speakers, and apps are all new attraction points. [read more]
(John Shomby) Over the past few years, a handful of companies have quietly reset expectations for how people work, lead, create, and consume. And like it or not, those expectations don’t stay in Silicon Valley. They show up in your studio and your ratings. [read more]
Less than eight months after its launch, Beasley Media Group Detroit's Regional Mexican La Tricolor brand is losing one signal. Beasley has sold FM translator W228CJ, 93.5, to Birach Broadcasting for $450,000 in a move that reflects the company's ongoing asset trimming. [read more]
Puerto Rico's number one radio show is heading to the US mainland. MediaCo's Sigma Audio Networks has partnered with Hemisphere Media Group's WAPA Media to syndicate Jorge "Molusco" Pabón's La Tendencia de Molusco across the United States. [read more]
Nadine Zylstra has spent her career building content operations at some of media's most recognizable platforms. Now she's bringing that experience to public radio. NPR named Zylstra its new Chief Content Officer, filling the role after Edith Chapin's departure. [read more]
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Topeka's Cat Country days are done. Cumulus Media has flipped KTOP to a simulcast of its Kansas City News/Talk station KCMO-AM. The format change follows Cumulus closing its Topeka studios in January and consolidating operations under Kansas City management. [read more]
The Missouri Broadcasters Association grew its Hall of Fame with seven inductees at the annual convention held on June 5 at Margarita Lake Resort. Voice of the St. Louis Cardinals John Rooney emceed the evening, which included recognizing Danny Benne with the Distinguished Broadcaster Award. [read more]
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How many weekly ads would you estimate it takes to reach two-thirds of your station's audience? New analysis from the Cumulus Media Audio Active Group and the RAB has an answer, and many AEs may be wildly underselling what it takes to move the needle.
Ten days after the FCC Media Bureau warned broadcasters that no licensee holds a right to the public spectrum, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute is arguing that the regulatory framework underlying that notice is technically obsolete and constitutionally indefensible.
Seventy-two years in, the WHAS Crusade for Children is still raising millions. The annual Louisville-area radio and telethon, broadcast across iHeartMedia's News Radio 840 (WHAS) and WHAS-TV, raised $6,235,132.76; the second-highest total in the event's history.
(Sponsored Content) The staffing model that built broadcast operations for decades is showing its age. A growing number of stations and groups are moving to a different approach, and the results are changing how leadership thinks about traffic entirely.
(Mike McVay) Over-the-Air may be the origination point for content, but the destinations are many for the endpoints of today’s entertainment, information, and community connection. Podcasting, Streaming, Social Media, Smart Speakers, and apps are all new attraction points.
(John Shomby) Over the past few years, a handful of companies have quietly reset expectations for how people work, lead, create, and consume. And like it or not, those expectations don’t stay in Silicon Valley. They show up in your studio and your ratings.
Less than eight months after its launch, Beasley Media Group Detroit's Regional Mexican La Tricolor brand is losing one signal. Beasley has sold FM translator W228CJ, 93.5, to Birach Broadcasting for $450,000 in a move that reflects the company's ongoing asset trimming.
Puerto Rico's number one radio show is heading to the US mainland. MediaCo's Sigma Audio Networks has partnered with Hemisphere Media Group's WAPA Media to syndicate Jorge "Molusco" Pabón's La Tendencia de Molusco across the United States.
Nadine Zylstra has spent her career building content operations at some of media's most recognizable platforms. Now she's bringing that experience to public radio. NPR named Zylstra its new Chief Content Officer, filling the role after Edith Chapin's departure.
Topeka's Cat Country days are done. Cumulus Media has flipped KTOP to a simulcast of its Kansas City News/Talk station KCMO-AM. The format change follows Cumulus closing its Topeka studios in January and consolidating operations under Kansas City management.
The Missouri Broadcasters Association grew its Hall of Fame with seven inductees at the annual convention held on June 5 at Margarita Lake Resort. Voice of the St. Louis Cardinals John Rooney emceed the evening, which included recognizing Danny Benne with the Distinguished Broadcaster Award. 
