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A PhD student in the Department of Communication at University of California Santa Barbara, along with her research team, in February 2022 published a scholarly article that examines the role of Radio in a crisis. We are pleased to revisit this piece in the wake of both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.

From 1989 through early 2003, the station that is today "97.1 The River" served Atlanta as WFOX. Today, an AM using FM translators to reach listeners across the region has brought back the "Fox" branding to the market.  So, what Atlanta FM that was branded "The Fox" across the 2010s is being sold? Look to Michigan for answers.

The National Hockey League season has begun, and the league is advertising itself in a significant way on Spot Cable, the latest data from Media Monitors show. At the same time, the auto insurance specialist category is getting more competitive again at Spot TV.

One of the world's most renowned investors sees value in the satellite radio company looking to gain more ears through smart speakers and smartphone apps. With his investment firm's acquisition of Sirius XM stock, a big comeback was underway in Monday's trading after reaching lows not seen for 12 years.

He's been with Hearst Television since 2006 and has enjoyed more than four decades in broadcast television. Now it is now that the President/GM of the company's NBC affiliate serving Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., and Asheville-Hendersonville, N.C., will retire later this year.

For decades, FOX Deportes and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises have been challengers, of sorts, for viewers and ad dollars when it came to sports coverage of interest to U.S. Hispanics. Now, in a historic first, the two entities are coming together for the sporting world's biggest annual event. 

Take one look at what brand is the most active at national radio by play count, and there's an obvious leader for the week ending October 13. And, the big win comes even as the auto insurance specialist category begins to heat up once again.

An unidentified man has been rescued from a 250-foot broadcast tower used by a Salem Media Group station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. Meanwhile, a radio tower used by a Cumulus Media AM serving Albuquerque has collapsed after a hot air balloon crashed into it on Friday morning.

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