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She succeeded Walt "Baby" Love as Urban Editor of former radio industry trade publication Radio & Records and in the years since that role has excelled as one of the leading R&B and Hip-Hop programming executives in the business. Now, Kashon Powell is taking a key role for iHeartMedia in the nation's No. 3 market.

It is a Class C2 FM serving Alabama's biggest market from Gardendale offering a blend of Top 40 music anchored by the syndicated Tino Cochino Radio in morning drive. Soon, that will all end, as Summitmedia has agreed to sell the facility.

A partnership between Todd and Margaret Marker has emerged as the pending new owner of a pair of FM translators serving a pair of cities in the Coachella Valley of California. The seller is an entity led by Ronald Cohen.

A legal battle between Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw and Audacy's lead equity interest holder escalated on Thursday as Soros Fund Management and its Head of Media Investments, Michael Del Nin, filed aggressive responses to a lawsuit filed by Warshaw in which he claims he should have Kelli Turner's job.

On April 14, RBR+TVBR first reported on a transaction that saw Marc McCain and his Sugar Valley Broadcasting agree to purchase an AM/FM combo serving communities due east of the Atlanta metropolitan area. That deal, brokered by Jon Yinger, has now closed.

Report shows areas where public media funding cutbacks could harm emergency alert efforts

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The veteran radio industry figure has decided to sell an AM in Libby, Mont., he's been associated with since February 1977, and has arranged a concurrent deal to say farewell to that station's FM sibling.

Multiple fundraisers and community campaigns are underway

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While AI is rapidly becoming an integral part of consumer decision-making, it often falls short on one crucial element – trust. And that's where traditional media, particularly radio, plays a surprisingly vital and unique role, new data from Audacy show.

Gray Media and the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers have reached an agreement that will bring the team's three pre-season games to viewers across the publicly traded company's Telemundo stations in both North Carolina and South Carolina.