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The Executive VP of Corporate Strategy and Development for Cumulus Media and President of its Westwood One arm has been elected Chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors. He takes over from Nexstar Media Group Chairman/CEO Perry Sook, who will remain on the executive committee as immediate past joint board chair.

QUU, the company founded by Chief Technology Officer Joe Harb and led by CEO Steve Newberry, is devoted to bringing rich visuals to partner radio stations. Now, it's released a study that demonstrates just how important a radio station should look when tuned to while on the road.

TEGNA-owned Connected TV and OTT advertising platform Premion has brought to market a scaled live programmatic ad tool that delivers to marketers live, in-game professional and collegiate sports, as well as high-impact live tentpole events.

Voluntary drill aims to boost readiness and improve disaster response reporting

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Frank Hertel recounts the magic of hearing Ecuador on a cigar-box receiver

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A Class B AM radio station serving an area of Virginia south of Roanoke is being sold alongside its MHz-band 250-watt companion. Who's the buyer?

It's hurricane season, and the FCC is helping broadcasters and the general public prepare by hosting a Hurricane Season Resiliency Roundtable, led by its Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, in early July.

The one-day campaign aims to raise money and awareness to help Radio and TV professionals in acute need. Tim McCarthy, President of the Broadcasters Foundation, says, “If you’re part of the broadcasting community, while we hope you never need us, we need to be here for you should disaster or illness strike."

She's been a Director of Sales for Hearst since April 2020 and before that was a regional director for a locally owned media company. Meet the new GM of the CBS affiliate serving the Permian Basin of Texas.

An attempt by a group of terminated associates and non-paid workers linked to the troubled St. Louis community-focused eclectic noncommercial music station has failed. However, a debtor's motion submitted to the court gives hope that the KDHX beloved by its supporters will have a future.