Beyond the Silence Sensor: Telos Wants to Monitor Every Audio Path
Telos Alliance will demonstrate automated monitoring of signal health, formats, metadata, compliance and speech intelligibility across complex IP and cloud audio systems at IBC 2026.
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LatestFCC Sets September 24 Regulatory-Fee Deadline—Payment Must Clear, Not Just Be Submitted
The FCC has set September 24 as the FY2026 regulatory-fee deadline. Broadcasters must allow enough time for electronic payments to clear and should verify every FRN, license and permit now.
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RCS Is Putting AI Inside Music Scheduling—What Decisions Will It Actually Make?
RCS will debut its RCSAI engine inside SelectorCloud at IBC, placing artificial intelligence directly in the workflow that governs radio rotations, repetition and music flow.
The CD Isn’t Dead—It’s Becoming a Premium Fan Product
U.S. CD revenue rose 58.6% during the first half of 2026, but the opportunity for independent artists is in tested, limited direct-to-fan products—not speculative inventory.
Suno’s New Legal Fight Is About Who Owns an Artist’s Identity
A new proposed class action against Suno asks whether an artist’s name, voice and identifiable style can be commercially imitated even when copyright ownership lies elsewhere.
NAB Challenges FCC’s Proposed 72-Hour EAS Software Repair Deadline
By Radio News Now Staff The National Association of Broadcasters supports allowing software-based Emergency Alert System operation, but says the FCC’s proposed 72-hour deadline for repairing or replacing defective EAS software...
Australia’s ARIA Charts Exclude Wholly AI-Generated Recordings
By Radio News Now Staff Australia’s ARIA charts have made wholly AI-generated recordings ineligible while preserving eligibility for substantially human-made recordings that use generative AI in a supporting role. The rule took...
Audacy Gives Creator Lab Podcasters Until November 1 to Move
By Radio News Now Staff Audacy will wind down Creator Lab on November 1, requiring podcasters hosted on the platform to prepare a migration and complete any necessary RSS redirects. Creator Lab combined free hosting,...
FCC Raises FY2026 Regulatory Fees: What Radio Stations Need to Budget
By Radio News Now Staff The FCC adopted its fiscal-year 2026 regulatory-fee order on August 26, increasing the total amount the commission must collect to approximately $416.1 million from $390.2 million in FY2025. The exact...
Programmatic Buying Reaches the Radio Log—but Broadcast Is Still Broadcast
By Radio News Now Staff RCS and Triton Digital have connected broadcast-radio playout with a programmatic advertising marketplace, potentially opening conventional over-the-air inventory to buying workflows already used for...
Australia’s Largest Commercial Radio Group Moves 150-Plus Podcasts to Flightcast
By Radio News Now Staff Southern Cross Austereo’s LiSTNR is moving more than 150 podcasts to Flightcast, giving the young platform its largest network customer and making video-first distribution a major part of the deal. LiSTNR...
FCC and Justice Department Ask Supreme Court to Restore Expanded Political-Ad Discounts
By Radio News Now Staff The Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily restore a policy extending candidate-level broadcast advertising rates to qualifying party and...
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Remembering Jacquie Stephens: A KJLH Journalist Who Served Los Angeles When It Mattered Most
Former KJLH colleagues Carl Nelson, Lee Michaels and Eric “Rico” Reed remember longtime journalist and public affairs leader Jacquie Stephens as an accomplished journalist, pioneering broadcaster and trusted voice whose legacy continues through the KJLH Women’s Health Forum.
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LatestHoward Stern Loses a SiriusXM Channel—but Gains Global HBO Max Distribution
By Radio News Now Staff Howard Stern’s satellite-radio footprint became smaller on September 1, even as his program prepared to reach a much larger global video audience. SiriusXM’s new channel lineup removes Howard 101, the...
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When the FCC Becomes the President’s Commission: Who Protects the Public Interest?
A Supreme Court ruling could weaken the political balance that was intended to keep the Federal...
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From Radio Group to Disney+: How Global Turned a Video Podcast Network Into Premium Streaming Content
Global is taking The Overlap from YouTube into Disney+ while retaining free distribution and creator IP. Here is the business model broadcasters can copy.
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🚀 Indie Artists Breaking Through on Internet Radio & Podcasts
Published: July 5, 2025By: Lee Michaels – Radio News Now For decades, radio was the gatekeeper of...
