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The FCC has approved foreign equity participation in Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition while barring foreign investors from voting control, management and content decisions.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Maney & LauRen Morning Show will move to WKQC/K 104.7 beginning September 21, preserving an established Charlotte morning team as Beasley Media Group prepares to sell WNKS. Maney, LauRen and producer...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hearst Television Senior Director of Advertising Operations Marc Mekler will retire at the end of 2026, concluding a 43-year career spent entirely with the company.Mekler began at WCVB-TV in Boston,...
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Norsan Media has completed its $3.5 million acquisition of the former KGSR and launched Poder 93.3, a Regional Mexican station targeting listeners ages 18–49 across the Austin market.The new format features...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Maney & LauRen Morning Show will move to WKQC/K 104.7 beginning September 21, preserving an established Charlotte morning team as Beasley Media Group prepares to sell WNKS. Maney, LauRen and producer...
BALTIMORE, Md. — Amelia is concluding a 30-year broadcasting career that included 23 years at WIYY/98 Rock, ending a run built across nearly every daypart at the station she grew up listening to. Her path began in college radio...
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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Radio’s next opportunity with younger listeners may come from something the medium has always done well: letting a trusted human surprise the audience. A new MIDiA Research report argues that younger consumers and committed...
A Delhi High Court order gives India TV anchor Rajat Sharma a continuing, fast-track process for reporting AI deepfakes—offering a practical model for protecting radio hosts and station brands.
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SEATTLE — Amazon Music is expanding its video-podcast catalog through new relationships with major hosting companies and publishers, giving programs from iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, Spotify, NBC Sports and Headgum another global...
Beasley Media Group has deployed AI agents across its advertising-sales operation, moving radio’s AI transition from content creation into the complete revenue cycle.