Radio Industry Edition

AUDACY is promoting the fact that its stations are the flagships for both teams in SUPER BOWL LVII. The NFC champion PHILADELPHIA EAGLES are heard on AUDACY Sports WIP/PHILADELPHIA, with ......

COX MEDIA GROUP R&B WCFB (STAR 94.5)/ORLANDO APD JAY HICKS is adding APD duties for sister Urban WJGL-HD2-W291CI (POWER 106.1)/JACKSONVILLE. HICKS will continue his STAR 94.5 duties and ......

A new true crime podcast from EXILE CONTENT STUDIO and PRX will investigate high-profile crime stories, starting with the murder of WASHINGTON POST contributor JAMAL KHASHOGGI and the role of ......

The Museum of Broadcast Communicationsannounces that the RADIO HALL OF FAME Nominating Committee will accept suggestions for 2023 nominees beginning today, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, through Friday, March 31, 2023. To submit honoree picks for considerat...

BMI has promoted several of the members of its Creative team. The promotions include Assistant VP/Business Affairs and Creative RAFAEL MARTINEZ being named VP/Strategy and Business Affairs, ......

SoundStack, the audio-as-a-service (AaaS) company, today announces the appointment of three executive hires to round out its marketing, finance, and product groups. Scott Klass, Chief Marketing Officer; Bill Feichtmann, Vice President, Finance; and Tony L...

Today, SiriusXM and Pandora unveiled their lineups of special programming across music, talk, sports, and comedy in honor of Black History Month. While both brands showcase Black history and its influence on culture all year long, throughout February, a c...

iHEARTMEDIA AC WRNQ (Q92)/POUGHKEEPSIE, NY host ANNE MARIE "ANNIE" LEAMY is joining JOHN FOXX as co-host of "FOXX & ANNIE IN THE MORNING" at AUDACY Classic Hits ......

Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM New York has announced the addition of Anne Marie 'Annie' Leamy as morning co-host for its upcoming new morning show with new Brand Manager John Foxx debuting on Monday, February 13. Leamy joins WCBS-FM after spen...

The RECORDING ACADEMY has unveiled a diverse lineup of presenters for SUNDAY's 65th GRAMMY AWARDS, including First Lady JILL BIDEN. Also named as presenters were CARDI B, JAMES CORDEN, ......

Former BLACKROCK VP/Diversity Programs and MORGAN STANLEY and DELOITTE human resources executive TAMISHA M. CHESTNUT has joined THE WNET GROUP, parent of PBS affiliates WNET-TV/NEW YORK and ......

BEYONCE has announced plans for her RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, kicking off MAY 10th in STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN and swinging to NORTH AMERICA with a stop at ROGERS CENTRE in TORONTO on JULY 8th. ......

Audio platform operator SOUNDSTACK, parent of LIVE365, has appointed three new executives. Former VERITONIC SVP/Marketing SCOTT KLASS joined SOUNDSTACK five months ago as Chief Marketing ......

The RADIO HALL OF FAME is now accepting nominations for its 2023 induction class. Nominations can be submitted to the RADIO HALL OF FAME Nominating Committee through MARCH 31st at ......

LIBSYN's JULEP, the GERMANY-based podcasting ad sales and hosting platform, has expanded into SPAIN. The expansion is being accompanied by a pair of new appointments and new roles for two ......

BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP/TAMPA Digital PD RACHEL PITTS is moving to BEASLEY's PHILADELPHIA cluster in the same capacity. PITTS, who joined BEASLEY in 2018 and previously worked at the ......

Beasley Media has announced that their Rachel Pitts will transfer from being Digital Program Director of their Tampa cluster to their Philadelphia properties. Pitts has served as Digital PD in Tampa since August 2018. She previously spent fifteen years at...

BONNEVILLE News-Talk KSL-A-F/SALT LAKE CITY has brought aboard voiceover and station imaging talent JJ SURMA for voiceover/branding duties. KSL PD KEVIN LARUE commented, "JJ SURMA is ......

BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA's HIGHER GROUND production company's first-look deal with AUDIBLE will kick off with "MICHELLE OBAMA: THE LIGHT PODCAST," an eight-episode ......

In the latest JACOBS MEDIA blog post, "Radio And Digital: What Goes Around Comes Around", JACOBS MEDIA Pres. FRED JACOBS looks at the relationship between traditional radio and ......

The ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION has announced the nominees for induction into the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2023. The nominees are KATE BUSH, SHERYL CROW, MISSY ELLIOTT, ......

Binnie Media has flipped its "Frank-FM" trimulcast in New Hampshire from Hot AC back to Classic Hits. 106.3 WFNQ Nashua/Manchester, 98.3 WLNH-FM Laconia/Concord, and 98.7 WBYY Somersworth/Portsmouth are now positioning as "The Soundtrack Of...

As indicated in this week's announcement of the rebranding of URBAN ONE's INTERACTIVE ONE to iONE DIGITAL (NET NEWS 1/31), the company's podcasting activities are being branded as ......

SXM MEDIA, EDISON RESEARCH, and MINDSHARE's second annual Black Podcast Listener Report shows increasing Black podcast listenership and strong brand loyalty towards podcast advertisers. ......

LINDSAY COCHRANE's "LIFE WITH LINDSAY" voice-tracked syndicated show has moved from UNITED STATIONS to NEW GENERATION RADIO's VIRTUALJOCK.COM. NEW GENERATION Pres./CEO JASON ......

OZZY OZBOURNE has cancelled scheduled shows and has announced his retirement from touring. The 74-year-old former front man for BLACK SABBATH pointed to his failing health for the ......

OZZY OSBOURNE has cancelled scheduled shows and has announced his retirement from touring. The 74-year-old former front man for BLACK SABBATH pointed to his failing health for the ......

The MATT PINCUS-helmed MUSIC has made what it calls "a significant minority investment" in ATLANTA-based music company LVRN (LOVE RENAISSANCE), which BLOOMBERG sets at " ......

WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC and KING PEN MUSIC have signed a global publishing deal with singer/songwriter/producer ROBYN DELL'UNTO. DELL'UNTO's recent credits include the ......

Former SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Non-Commercial KCRW/SANTA MONICA-LOS ANGELES PD GARY ROBERT SCOTT has launched a new project with bassist JERRY FLANAGAN. The new group SAVAGE ANIMALS released ......

AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NETWORKS has promoted Pres./Sales ANDY ANDERSON to Chief Revenue Officer. ANDERSON has been Pres./Sales for four years and previously servced as Dir./Urban/Canadian ......

In this week's ALL ACCESS "WOMEN TO WATCH" column, MC MEDIA Principal CHARESE FRUGE talks with CASEY CARTER, PD/afternoons at iHEARTMEDIA Country WNOE/NEW ORLEANS. CARTER ......

PODBEAN is offering a webinar on FEBRUARY 7th at 6:30p (ET) for teachers with instructions on how to launch educational podcasts for student success. "Podcasting for Teachers: ......

ALL ACCESS is again honoring the memory of our late colleague and friend, "THE DOCTOR," JERRY BOULDING. During BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BOULDING's URBANIZING columns will be ......

ALL ACCESS has learned that AUDACY Urban WVEE (V-103)/ATLANTA midday host RAMONA DE BREAUX has left the company. DE BREAUX posted on INSTAGRAM; "Parting is such sweet ......

"META just released another study on the thoughts and behaviors of users on their platforms like FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, MESSENGER, etc,." reports LORI LEWIS MEDIA President and ......

SOUNDCLOUD has renewed its advertising sales agreement with SIRIUSXM's SXM MEDIA. The deal runs through 2014; SOUNDCLOUD has been represented by SXM since 2019. "We are excited to ......

As of last night, SKYVIEW NETWORKS was still experiencing outages that affect CBS NEWS RADIO and ABC NEWS RADIO affiliates as well as affiliates for some of the company's other syndicated ......

True crime podcast "CRIME ANALYST" has joined ADLARGE's roster for advertising sales representation. The show is hosted by former NEW SCOTLAND YARD criminal behavioral analyst ......

THE SYNDICATE has hired music industry veteran ROB GROSS as SVP Label Services, where he will offer full-scale project management for album releases and sales for all of the company's ......

NIELSEN AUDIO FALL '22 Ratings out TODAY for ABILENE, TX, COLUMBIA, MO, EAU CLAIRE, WI, GRAND ISLAND-KEARNEY-HASTINGS, NE, JOPLIN, MO, LA CROSSE, WI, MONROE, LA, PANAMA CITY, FL, ......

RED APPLE AUDIO NETWORKS has hit the 150-affiliate mark, the milestone coming as the syndicator, based at RED APPLE MEDIA News-Talk WABC-A/NEW YORK and featuring shows from that station, ......