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For most people, the cities of London and Manchester are associated with England. However, they are also municipalities within the state of Kentucky, where an AM with an FM translator and two full-power FMs can be heard. Pending FCC approval, they'll soon be in the hands of Karen Moses.

Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink Magazine has joined forces with the NAB to present the 2025 Radio Wayne Awards at NAB Show New York in October. Now in its 33rd year, the Radio Wayne Awards are now open for your suggestions for 2025 honorees. Nominations are due by Monday evening.

Local radio audience and revenue growth. Imagine a new technology to achieve this. It exists and the FCC now allows it. Buyer familiarity and interest has doubled in five years. Buyers’ intent to spend more on radio with this technology has tripled. The technology is called ZoneCasting.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will return to the IBC conference and expo in Amsterdam this September with fresh updates to its VersaBrix (VB) Series — described as a rugged, modular fiber-optic transport platform used by broadcasters and live production professionals.

In an announcement made just after 4:30pm Eastern on Thursday, Gray Media confirmed that it has reached an agreement to acquire two stations that it has been operating via shared services agreements with the licensee.

After a brutal morning that saw Paramount Global shares fall to $11.55, the company's stock recovered somewhat to dampen a dip that preceded the release of its Q2 2025 earnings report. The activity ahead of the second quarter earnings release also saw Paramount's Chief Content Licensing Officer resign.

Until now, he's served as General Manager of two TV stations serving Idaho's Magic Valley. Starting September 1, he'll be relocating to Monroe, La., to take on a similar role for a pair of Gray Media-owned siblings.

With the majority of the broadcast media industry's Q2 earnings reports due to arrive over the next two weeks, could the widely diverse fiscal health results seen from a variety of companies today be a harbinger of what to expect? If so, beware: Sirius XM's earnings per share missed expectations by more than 26%.

Hartley Adkins, the iHeartMedia Markets Group President and one of the company’s key senior executives, is retiring. That news was first shared Wednesday. One day later, it became known through a second staff memo that his successor has been named, and she's taking the role as of September 1.

Commissioner Gomez says commission’s “weaponization” under Chairman Carr must end

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