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Cumulus Media has dramatically reduced payroll through the reduction-in-staff of individuals across the U.S. Now, the company today led by CEO Mary Berner has issued its Q2 2026 results — all but certain to be the last it shares as a public company. How did the company once tied to the Dickey brothers fare?

MediaCo Holding Inc., the publicly traded owner of Estrella Media and longtime New York audio brands WBLS and WQHT "HOT 97," quietly released its second quarter earnings results following Friday's closing bell for U.S. financial markets. The prognosis for the company led by CEO Albert Rodriguez?

Brian Giffin uses 5G MiFi, Comrex codec to take the show on the road

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Good audio processing goes beyond the audio processor

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Also, engineer Jack Sellmeyer will be inducted posthumously

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Broadcast revenue was down 13.2% while digital was essentially flat

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On Wednesday, he was busily publicizing Seaboard Networks' launch of "Bay Rock—Baltimore's Classic Rock" in the role of Marketing Solutions Consultant, following the demise of WZBA-FM with its sale to K-LOVE Inc. Now, many across the radio industry are expressing shock and sadness, as Bob Stei has died.

The North Dakota public broadcaster found technology to aid its members after hours

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For years, audio advertising — broadcast radio, streaming audio and podcast alike — carried the same quiet problem. Buyers loved the format and they loved the audiences, but what they could not prove was reach. That is starting to change, and the whole category is better for it.

A March 2026 public notice from the FCC's Media Bureau reminding broadcasters and the public about the Commission's "lowest unit charge" requirements did not break "new substantive ground" and is not a new and final agency action, acting chief Alex Sanjenis has ruled.