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Group of more than 60 members led by Shure met with officials to advocate for RF spectrum

The post Wireless Microphone Alliance Pushes Forward With FCC Filings appeared first on Radio World.

In May 2023, Karen McCrary Mitchell was named Market President for two iHeartMedia markets in the Mid-South. Now, a successor has been named, taking control of the company's radio stations in those two locales. 

While digital dollars are on the rise, macroeconomic issues continue to cloud Cumulus Media's P&L sheet while the end of a partnership with The Daily Wire — producer of "The Ben Shapiro Show" and founded by the conservative talk host a decade ago — also impacted the bottom line.

Berner cites tariffs and other economic headwinds

The post Cumulus Posts Q1 Loss, Moves Stock to OTC appeared first on Radio World.

It's a FM broadcasting buccaneer in the Bay State, but it's being investigated by the New York office of the FCC Enforcement Bureau. And, its landlord has just been handed a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting — an official warning to shut down or else.

There's another tweak to just how and when the Marconi Radio Awards will be bestowed upon their respective honorees, and it sees a shift outside of the NAB Show New York annual conference — an event that was eyed as a locale that could win over former attendees of the former annual Radio Show.

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The Media Bureau and the Office of Managing Director require Pedro Arce to pay delinquent regulatory fees or show cause why payment should be waived or deferred.

Advocacy group says some of the FCC's broadcast rules should be preserved

The post NAB Pushes Back on Certain Deregulation Proposals appeared first on Radio World.

It's a city etched into the fabric of American history and today home to an AM radio station with an FM translator branded as "Happy 93.7." Soon, these facilities and a nearby Class A FM covering the Harrisburg and York, Pa., markets, will be woven into the expansive network of noncommercial Christian Contemporary stations under the K-LOVE banner.

The flow of exiting Chief Executive Officers slowed in March, while staying flat from February in the Media sector. That's welcome news as the first three months of 2025 resulted in record CEO turnover, new data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas show.

What happens when you fail to pay your regulatory fees associated with an AM radio station for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022 and 2023, and it's nearly halfway through 2025? You pay up or show cause as to why you can't. A station owner in Kentucky has 60 days to do just that.

Court rules refusal to disburse $12 million was “arbitrary and capricious”

The post Judge Orders USAGM to Release April Funds to RFE/RL appeared first on Radio World.

Howarth says their purpose remains essentially unchanged, but expectations have soared

The post Consoles Must Integrate Well to Maximize ROI appeared first on Radio World.

Renew Group Private Ltd. has fully divested its stake in audio content creation and distribution company Cumulus Media — shedding the shares just ahead of an exit from the Nasdaq Global Market exchange and shift to the OTC Markets.

An ex parte filing from the NAB in response to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative has taken aim at two groups representing the recorded music industry, accusing them for engaging in "copy-paste advocacy" and "rent-seeking" to block deregulation for local radio operators.

It was the first item on a lengthy agenda that also considered17 bills ranging from "fog observations and geographic forecasting" to the Deploying American Blockchains Act. Now, it's very clear that there'll be no blocking the advancement of President Trump's nomination of Olivia Trusty to serve as a FCC Commissioner.

He spent 24 years at Amazon, and is the prime architect (no pun intended) of the digital streaming expansion into on-demand entertainment and live sports, building Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Amazon Music and Amazon's advertising and marketplace divisions. Now, he's taking over Tennis Channel.