Howard Stern has signed a new exclusive agreement with SiriusXM that will keep The Howard Stern Show on the platform for an additional three years. Stern announced the deal during his final broadcast of the year. Stern told listeners he has found a balance that allows him to continue hosting the show while maintaining a more flexible schedule. He credited More

Bill Hess to Retire After 48 Years in Radio at WMAL

Bill Hess

Bill Hess, Program Director of WMAL-FM (NewsTalk 105.9) in Washington, DC, will retire from radio on December 31, concluding a 48-year career spanning on-air roles and senior programming leadership. Hess has served as PD of WMAL-FM for the past 15 years and previously held the role of VP of News/Talk for More

Netflix, iHeartMedia Strike Exclusive Video Podcast Deal

iHeartMedia and Netflix

Netflix and iHeartMedia have announced a new exclusive partnership that will bring video versions of more than 15 iHeartPodcasts to Netflix, beginning in early 2026. Under the agreement, new video podcast episodes -- along with select library content -- will stream exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., with More

Audio Ad Measurement Tools Sharpen ROI Picture

RAB Radio Matters

Matthew Schwartz, director of editorial and content development at ANA, outlines how new measurement tools are refining the value proposition of audio advertising in a Radio Matters blog post. Audio advertising continues to gain momentum as improved analytics give More

Premiere Adds "Murphy, Sam & Jodi" to Syndicated Lineup

Murphy, Sam & Jodi

Premiere Networks has added "Murphy, Sam & Jodi" to its syndicated radio lineup, effective January 1, 2026. The program will continue to be offered to stations as a fully customizable five-hour weekday and Saturday show, designed to fit multiple dayparts and music formats including Mainstream AC and Classic More

Urban One Completes Debt Exchange and Tender Offers

Urban One

Urban One Inc. announced the expiration and final results of its previously disclosed exchange, tender and subscription offers involving its outstanding 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028. As of 5pm ET on December 15, eligible holders tendered approximately $476.0 million in More

Blue Wire Taps Magellan AI to Win New Podcast Ad Deals

Magellan AI

Podcast network Blue Wire is using data-driven sales intelligence from Magellan AI to sharpen advertiser pitches and drive new business as its network continues to scale. Founded in 2019, Blue Wire has grown from a small group of regional sports podcasts into a national network of more than 200 More

Ramon Foster Re-Ups With 104.5 The Zone Nashville

Ramon Foster

Sports WGFX-FM (104.5 The Zone) Nashville has signed Vol For Life and former NFL standout Ramon Foster to a multi-year contract extension, keeping him on the station's morning show Ramon & Will. Foster will continue co-hosting the program weekdays from 6-10am. The show airs on 104.5 The Zone and is also More

Cumulus Launches Classic Country on 93.3 HD2 in DFW

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media has launched a new Classic Country outlet in Dallas-Fort Worth with the debut of Country Legends & Texas Classics 93.3 HD2 on KLIF-HD2. The HD2 channel began broadcasting at noon Central Monday, opening with George Strait's "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind." The new format focuses on More

Top Five Audio Insights Drove 2025 Blog Engagement

Pierre Bouvard

As 2025 draws to a close, the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group is looking back at the blog posts that generated the strongest reader engagement this year, highlighting five audio-related insights that resonated most with advertisers, agencies, and marketers. The fifth most-read post More

WFHR Wisconsin Rapids Shifts to News and Oldies Mix

WFHR-AM & FM/Wisconsin Rapids WI

Civic Media's WFHR (1320 AM/97.5 FM) Wisconsin Rapids, WI has launched a new full-service format blending local news coverage with Classic Hits from the 1960s and 1970s. Branded as "Local News and Timeless Hits," the updated format includes CBS News at the top of each hour, expanded local voices throughout More

Mary M. Collins Named Executive Director of LAB Foundation

Mary Collins

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) has named Mary M. Collins as its next Executive Director, effective January 1, 2026. Collins has served as Treasurer of the Foundation for several years and will now take on day-to-day leadership of the organization. In her new role, Collins will More

Blake Powers Returns to Dallas Airwaves at KSCS, KPLX

Blake Powers

After more than three years away from the Dallas-Fort Worth airwaves, Blake Powers has returned to the market, rejoining Cumulus Media with weekend and fill-in duties at Country stations KSCS (New Country 96.3) and KPLX (99.5 The Wolf). Powers' return brings him back to a market where he spent nearly a More

WFMT Names Jan Weller, Kristina Lynn as Morning Hosts

Jan Weller

Classical WFMT-FM Chicago has announced changes to its morning music lineup, naming Jan Weller (pictured) as host of Morning Music on weekdays and Kristina Lynn as the new weekend morning host. Weller will take over the weekday Morning Music program beginning Monday, December 15, airing Monday through More

Curtis Sliwa to Guest Host Mark Simone on WOR Over Holidays

Curtis Sliwa

Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and a longtime New York radio personality, will serve as guest host for Mark Simone on iHeartMedia New York's 710 WOR from December 22 through January 2. The appearance marks Sliwa's first on-air role since his recent New York City mayoral campaign. During the More

Ed Lover, Miss Jones Exit Audacy's 94.7 The Block

Ed Lover and Miss Jones

Syndicated evening host Ed Lover (far left) departs Audacy's WXBK (94.7 The Block) New York, along with morning host Tarsha "Miss" Jones. Lover joined Audacy in April, 2018 for mornings at WBMX (104.3 Jams) Chicago and added duties at WXBK in March, 2022. More

Superadio: Ebro Brand to Continue Beyond Current Show

Ebro in the Morning

MediaCo's "Ebro in the Morning" featuring Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Styl has exited Hip Hop WQHT (Hot 97) New York. Syndication partner Superadio has confirmed that while distribution of Ebro in the Morning in its current form is ending, it emphasized its continued commitment to Ebro Darden and More

Netflix, iHeart Near Video Podcast Deal With YouTube Exit

iHeartMedia and Netflix

Netflix is nearing an agreement with iHeartMedia to bring roughly 20 video podcasts to its streaming platform, a move that would require the shows' full video episodes to be pulled from YouTube, according to reporting by Natalie Jarvey in Like & Subscribe from The Ankler. Sources cited in the report say More

WAQI (Radio Mambi) to End Live Talk Programming

WAQI (Radio Mambi 710) in Miami

Latino Media Network will end live Spanish-language conservative talk programming on WAQI (Radio Mambi 710) in Miami at 11:59pm Friday, closing a four-decade chapter for one of South Florida's most influential Spanish-language radio stations. In a statement, Radio Mambi More

Nueva Network, AdGrid Launch Hispanic Audience Accelerator

Nueva Network

Nueva Network and ad-tech firm AdGrid have launched the Nueva Network Audience Accelerator, a new advertising offering designed to help brands reach U.S. Hispanic audiences across digital audio, video, and connected TV. The companies say the product provides advertisers with a single, scalable way to target More

Hartline Flips Fiesta 99-1 Cleveland TN to Oldies 99-1

W256DQ (Oldies 99-1) Cleveland TN

Hartline LLC flips Latin Hits W256DQ (Fiesta 99-1) in Cleveland, TN to "Oldies 99-1" with the slogan "Good Times and Great Oldies." Program Director Mike Lee, who built the format, said, "The median age in Cleveland, TN is 55 and we have no Oldies formats. We saw a demographic that has money to More

Natalie "Nat" Jones Departs WKRQ Cincinnati

Natalie Nat Jones

Natalie "Nat" Jones is exiting Hubbard Radio Hot AC WKRQ (Q102) Cincinnati, departing the station's Roy, Nat & Freddy Mac afternoon show following Friday's broadcast. A Cincinnati native, Jones joined WKRQ in 2017, initially teaming with Jon Curl in afternoons until his exit in 2020. Mac joined the show More

Changes & Moves

Blake Powers

After more than three years away from the DFW airwaves, Blake Powers has returned to the market, rejoining Cumulus Media with weekend More

Stern Reups SiriusXM Deal for 3 More Years

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