One month after completing its acquisition of Alpha Media, the Jeff Warshaw-led Connoisseur Media is again expanding again. This time, it has its eyes set on competing directly against Audacy and iHeartMedia by significantly expanding its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Cumulus Media's News/Talk WJR-AM in Detroit has a new Director of Community Affairs & News, and it is a woman who spent twenty of her 40 years in broadcasting at the station.
It's Day Two of Advertising Week in New York, and on Monday more than 200 advertisers and industry executives were present at a first-ever audio advertising showcase from SiriusXM Media sending the message "Built With Audio."
An iconic hip-hop radio brand serving New York for more than 30 years is heading to the television dial. But, don't go expecting to scan it up on TVs in the Tri-State Area. Rather, "HOT 97 TV" is coming at the end of October to the South's largest market.
Urban One has moved ahead with a series of strategic leadership appointments across several major markets at its Radio One broadcast arm, moves the publicly traded company says reinforces its "commitment to developing top talent and delivering excellence across its radio brands nationwide."
An AI-powered platform for local and national ad buyers and sellers has appointed a new Vice President of National Sales. It's an individual who most recently served as Head of Media Sales at Verisk Marketing Solutions and previously held senior executive roles at MRI Simmons.
The group of radio stations that formerly comprised the flagship cluster of the former Alpha Media, today a key part of Jeff Warshaw-helmed Connoisseur Media, has selected a new Market Manager, starting October 16.
ROXi is bringing VJs to the mix. But, they are far from the likes of Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter and Mark Goodman. Instead, they may be more in line with "Tilly Norwood."
As far as Brendan Carr is concerned, the October Open Meeting of the FCC is on, signaling his confidence that the shutdown of the U.S. government will be resolved within the next three weeks. That may be good news to the roughly 1,000 FCC staff members who received temporary furlough notices last week.
Comcast's FreeWheel streaming advertising platform and Roku are expanding their partnership by bringing activation of the latter's premium Connected TV supply. The pact also creates greater scale for buyers to transact more efficiently with Roku inventory, with a direct path to the FreeWheel Advertiser Suite.
So, are you so over that pre-roll ad one sees when accessing streaming audio on one major platform? Perhaps fresh data from a "Viewer Experience Lab" initiative is of importance to both the agency who create the spot, and the media company in control of what's shown.
Roku is known as a key TV streaming platform. That said, in 2023 it has set its sights on the television set marketplace in an environment where built-in free ad supported streaming television (FAST) channels are quickly capturing consumers and advertisers. Now, a new line of Roku-branded TVs are available for purchase.
Weekly audio listening in the United Kingdom remains strong, albeit varied between age and gender. That's the key takeaway from RAJAR's Summer 2025 audio survey, known across Britain as "MIDAS."
The founder of "a leading independent subscription media company" who hosts the podcast Honestly whose resume includes stints as an op/ed writer at The New York Times and, before that, at The Wall Street Journal is the new Editor-in-Chief of CBS News. It's thanks to the purchase of The Free Press by Paramount.
The Department of Transportation has awarded the NAB a $744,000 contract to advance field testing of the Broadcast Positioning System in partnership with Dominion Energy. BPS is designed to complement and backstop GPS by using high-power, frequency-diverse broadcast signals to deliver precise and traceable time.
Floyd Abrams is renown as one of nation’s foremost First Amendment attorneys. He will deliver the luncheon keynote address at Forecast 2026, broadcasting’s premier executive event, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report.
That's a very good possibility, according to a London-based global news organization. And, its report has helped propel iHeartMedia shares above the $3 mark once again.
Kokusai Denki Electric America, which rebranded from Hitachi Kokusai Electric ahead of the 2025 NAB Show in April, has added an industry veteran to its sales team. He reports to National Sales Manager Kenneth Cyr.
Even with the FCC in stasis during the government shutdown, Commissioner Anna Gomez is on the move. On her First Amendment Tour, she’s warning that the 2022 Quadrennial Review and any rollback of radio and TV ownership caps could silence local voices.
The quest to make a retailer known for power tools, generators, jacks, and tool boxes a household name has very much involved the use of spot cable to help draw customers. For the week ending October 5, that effort put this one brand well ahead of any others when it comes to the amount of spots seen by viewers.
