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A News/Talk radio station with a rare set of "W" call letters west of the Mississippi River and its FM sibling offering Country music to a portion of Oklahoma are being sold.  The buyer is a local partnership between Darrel Dye and Bill Coleman.

Two out of three marketers expect business to improve next year while a third expect marketing budgets to increase, and 44% expect budgets to be maintained.  That's a key finding being shared by WARC in its just-released The Voice of the Marketer 2025 report.

The Chief of the FCC Media Bureau's Audio Division has signed a Consent Decree that will end the Commission's investigation into why the licenses for an AM radio station serving Oregon's state capital and its FM translator partner were transferred between family members — twice — without proper authorization.

In the latest arrangement that brings live sports play-by-play to a broadcast television channel, Gray Media has announced that it will bring select collegiate hockey matches to its stations, starting next week.

Forthcoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr appeared Friday morning on "Squawk On The Street," a feature on CNBC that saw the successor-in-waiting to Jessica Rosenworcel discuss "some of his deregulatory plans, bias in tech and the media and how it could be addressed from the FCC."

That's a question the VAB asked in a survey, and it has fresh insights into how many hours per week digital-first video viewers spend watching their favorite TV shows/movies and non-premium user-generated content.

He leaves Townsquare Media to oversee Wheatstone's AoIP, streaming and on-air processing technology

The post Kelly Parker Returns to Wheatstone as Director of Product Development appeared first on Radio World.

Picture this: You're asked to address people you know, but you've been going blank during practice sessions. What's the deal with the "brain freeze" when it comes to public speaking? "This is a common problem when you have tons of information in your brain and have difficulty accessing it," Rosemary Ravinal notes. 

DTS study also finds a majority of young people view their vehicle as a “third space"

The post Study: Car Ownership Remains Strong, 62% Want Radio Built-In appeared first on Radio World.

A group of emergency management professionals from some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene - and best served by AM radio in the aftermath - are the latest to implore Congress to get the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act passed by the year's end.

Keith Murray has agreed to purchase a collection of radio stations serving a town in New Hampshire known as the gateway to Mount Washington.  Now, all he needs is regulatory approval from the FCC, which just received the paperwork from his legal counsel, John Wells King.

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There is a new Region President for iHeartMedia Houston, and it is a Louisiana native who has been associated with the nation's biggest owner of radio stations since 2000.

Industry veteran will lead expansion of company's nationwide datacasting network

The post SpectraRep Appoints George Molnar as CTO appeared first on Radio World.

In Nielsen Audio Market No. 78, Saga Communications' "Mix 95.9" has attracted listeners to its "Two Girls & A Guy" morning show, earning a following in the city. Now, the company, staff and local listeners are pausing to remember the station's wake-up anchor, who was found dead after a safety check by local law enforcement officials.

A coalition of New York City and State public safety officials and emergency response leaders is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to ensure passage of the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act before the current Congress ends.

He was associated with Fox News Channel from November 1998 through August 2010 and later spent 8 1/2 years at CBS News. Now, this veteran broadcast and digital news operations executive is settling in to his role as VP/News Operations at the Chris Ruddy-run Newsmax.