He's known in Wabash, Indiana for his presence at an FM known for "good time rock & roll" that in the Noon hour on Tuesday was playing "Teenager in Love" by Dion and the Belmonts. Now, Class A WJOT-FM is poised to become siblings to a pair of AM radio stations and an FM translator in a small Hoosier city to the south.
A partnership has been reached between live sports streaming service DAZN and Gray Media that will see the over-the-air broadcast of 15 regular-season Cleveland Cavaliers matches during the 2026-2027 National Basketball Association season.
Milwaukee Media Group, the brand Saga Communications uses for its radio stations in the Wisconsin market, has a new VP/General Manager. That's because longtime radio industry figure Bob Bellini is no longer associated with the five audio brands Saga operates in Milwaukee.
It's a pending move that instantly got many longtime radio industry professionals chatting. After 30 years in syndication, the program today hosted by Sheri Lynch that continues to be branded as Bob & Sheri is making a digital pivot at the end of 2026.
In her new role, Ronna Steber is being asked to "drive advertising sales strategies and establish best practices throughout Gray’s extensive portfolio of top-rated local television stations and digital assets." She spent more than two decades at "FOX 56" in Lexington, Ky., before joining Gray eight years ago.
Dallas-based Brad Ramsey announced his promotion at TEGNA via the LinkedIn social media platform. And, it marks a return of sorts to a position he held from July 2019 through July 2025, when Ramsey served as TEGNA’s Sr. VP of Media Operations.
Public media organization PRX has announced that its Chief Operations Officer will succeed its current President/CEO, starting October 15. It puts the leadership of the public radio distributor, podcast publisher and noncommercial educational content creator in the hands of an individual who joined PRX in 2019.
On Friday, the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee revealed that it would hold a nomination hearing this Thursday for the woman nominated by President Trump to serve as a FCC Commissioner.
Evidently, Ted Cruz didn't factor in the very real possibility that Danielle Thumann Severs may not be available to appear on Capitol Hill, given her stage of pregnancy
Here is a look at the racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. electorate. National counts of eligible voters for 2026 are Pew Research Center projections, based on Census Bureau estimates. State-level counts and demographic characteristics are based on 2024 American Community Survey data.
In August 2024, at the age of 88, iconic daytime TV talk host Phil Donahue passed away. On Monday, Donahue, who interviewed authors and actors, politicians and polemics, over a decades-spanning career, was honored right where it began: a broadcast TV station serving the Miami Valley today owned by Nexstar.
It's a media company comprised of members of the famed Ingstad family, long-known as broadcasters in the Upper Midwest. Pending FCC approval, it will become the new owner of an AM with an FM translator and its full-power FM sibling serving the city of Jamestown, N. Dakota.
An asset purchase agreement submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval is poised to bring Roger Bouldin's broadcasting company ownership of two AM, two FM translators and one full-power FM radio station serving a portion of Virginia's Appalachia.
IBC2026 is now history, and among the products to go to market for the first time at the international tech expo and conference held in Amsterdam is a new production tool fueled by Artificial Intelligence that cuts the time spent on video editing and content repurposing.
The Media and Democracy Project has urged a D.C. federal appeals court to compel the FCC to hold a full Commission vote on whether to grant or toss the advocacy group's petition linked to its ongoing desire to deny a regular license renewal for a Fox Television Stations-owned property in Philadelphia.
Continued strength in mobile advertising, coupled with a rise in political ad spend as the midterm elections near, has led BIA Advisory Services to update its 2026 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast. Now, it projects total local ad revenue to reach a dollar amount nearly 1% higher than its April estimate.
For National Spot TV activity, there's little dispute as to what the top brand by play count is. The No. 2 brand? Well, considering the start of the National Football League season and ramp-up of college football, there's hardly a surprise as to this advertiser activity.
Beasley Media Group has shared that it is deploying Futuri’s TopLine Enterprise AI revenue intelligence platform across all of its markets. The move is part of a multiyear agreement Beasley says is designed to "enhance" the company’s sales process and help local advertisers make more informed marketing decisions.
Wednesday, September 9, saw the man who has served as President of Zimmer Communications since September 1980 and since 2008 as the co-owner of Honolulu Coffee Company engage in key conversations "about the importance of ownership rules reform for small radio broadcasters" with all three FCC decisionmakers.
Some 111 local broadcast TV stations owned by Gray Media will now be able to distribute their local news and other station-originated programming to the nation, via the free streaming television platform owned by Allen Media Group.
He led Regional Reps Corporation for decades and built it into one of the radio industry’s longest-running independent sales rep firms. News of his passing was first posted on social media by his family and confirmed to Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink by a former colleague.
