Audacy reported first quarter net revenues fell 19% to $240.8 million from $297 million in 2020. Digital revenues up 17% to $49.8 million from $42.5 million, while local and national spot revenue declined 24.1% to $154.4 million from $203.4 million. Total operating expenses decreased 13% to $249 million from $285.7 million. Adjusted EBITDA More

SiriusXM Q1 Net Revenue Rises 5% to $2.06 Billion

SiriusXM

Liberty Media's SiriusXM reported first quarter net revenue rose 5% to $2.06 billion from $1.95 billion in 2020. Adjusted EBITDA rose 7% to $682 million from $682 million. SiriusXM saw self-pay net subscriber additions of 126,000, an increase of 83% year-over-year. The company posted a net income of $219 More

''Kiss 98.5 Cares for Kids Radiothon'' Raises Over $84K

Kiss 98.5 Cares for Kids Radiothon

As part of the 20th annual CHR WKSE's "Kiss 98.5 Cares for Kids Radiothon," Audacy/Buffalo raised over $84,000 to benefit Oishei Children's Hospital. The amount raised brings the total funds raised to $3,563,345 since the radiothon's inception. As part of the 12-hour live More

Top Ten Most Recalled Brands in Podcast Advertising Q1 2021

Edison Research Podcast Consumer Tracker

Edison Research has revealed the top ten most recalled brands in podcasting for Q1 2021, taken from the Podcast Consumer Tracker, the company's podcast research service. The list is part of an expanding brand tracking function of the subscription service. "The Podcast Consumer Tracker is the only service More

iHeartMedia Q1 Revs Down 9.5% to $706.6M, Loss Narrows

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia reported first quarter revenue fell 9.5% to $706.6 million from $780.6 in 2020. Operating loss was $76 million compared to $1.7 billion in prior-year, which included $1.7 billion of impairment charges. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA declined 27.1% to $102 million from $140 million. The company More

RTDNA Announces 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

RTDNA has announced the regional winners of the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Awards. More than 750 awards recognize over 350 local radio and television stations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and four countries. In addition to 50 Overall Excellence awards, the regional honors More

Entravision Communications Q1 Net Revenues Jump 132%

Entravision Communications

Entravision Communications reported first quarter net revenue climbed 132% to $148.8 million in 2020. Operating expenses were flat at $40 million. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was up 47% to $14.1 million from $9.6 million, while free cash flow jumped 149% to $13 million from $5.2 million. The company posted More

Dave Rossi Named WKSM/Fort Walton Beach Program Director

Dave Rossi

Cumulus Media appoints veteran Rock programmer Dave Rossi as Program Director for heritage WKSM-FM (99ROCK) in Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL. He joins the company from iHeartMedia in Nashville where he was Program Director for Classic Rock WNRQ-FM (105.9 The Rock) and Alternative WNRQ-FM-HD2 (ALT983). Prior More

Saga Communications Q1 Net Revs Down 14.5% to $22.3M

Saga Communications

Saga Communications reported first quarter net revenue fell 14.5% to $22.3 million from $26.1 million in 2020. Station operating expense decreased $3.3 million to $18.9 million, while station operating income dropped 14.5% to $4.7 million from $5.5 million. Operating income fell to More

Daunt Receives ''Rita Houston Spirit Of NON-COMM Award''

Rita Houston

Late WFUV-FM/New York Program Director Rita Houston (pictured) is being honored with a new award and a special honorarium in her name. The inaugural Rita Houston Spirit of NON-COMM Award was presented to Jennifer Daunt of Dauntless Promotions during the annual NON-COMMvention public music radio conference at More

Audacy Debuts New Morning Show on US99 in Chicago

Austin Huff and Melissa McGurren

Audacy has announced a new morning show for WUSN-FM (US99) in Chicago, welcoming local media veteran Melissa McGurren and Austin Huff as morning show co-hosts. The duo will be heard on "Melissa and Austin," weekdays from 6-9am CT, effective May 10. "We're incredibly excited to be More

Salem Media Q1 Total Revenue Up 1.9% to $59.4 Million

Salem Media Group

Salem Media Group reported first quarter total revenue increased 1.9% to $59.4 million from $58.3 million in 2020. Total operating expenses decreased 27.9% to $55 million from $76.3 million. Operating income was $4.4 million up from an operating loss of $18 million. Adjusted EBITDA More

Westwood One Presents ''Summer Kickoff With Justin Moore''

Westwood One

Westwood One will celebrate the start of summertime with its annual "Summer Kickoff with Justin Moore" special, airing over the Memorial Day Weekend. Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood are some of the artists who More

Smart Speakers Surge as Moms Turn to Tech for Assistance

Edison Research

Forty-six percent of U.S. moms own a smart speaker, up from 33% last year, according to the Moms and Media 2021 study just released by The Research Moms of Edison Research. The latest installment of the annual report shows just how much U.S. moms look to voice assistants and mobile tech as they spend more More

Erika Jay Joins Q92.9/Pittsburgh for Middays

Erika Jay

Pittsburgh's Q92.9 WLTJ-FM has tapped Erika Jay for middays. Jay comes to Steel City Media from WOGI-FM where she hosted mornings for the past six years. "I am so excited to join Steel City Media and become part of the on-air talent," said Jay. "I'm looking forward to jumping into the world of pop music More

Cumulus Media Q1 Total Revenue Down 11.5%, Loss Widens

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media reported first quarter total revenue declined 11.5% to $201.7 million from $227.9 million in 2020. On a same station basis and excluding political, total revenue dropped 9.5%. Adjusted EBITDA fell 67.8% to $8.9 million from $27.7 million. The company posted a net loss of $21.9 million (-$1.07 More

Beasley Media Southwest Florida Makes Programming Moves

Jeff Zito

Beasley Media Group Southwest Florida names 20-year market vet Jeff Zito (pictured) as Program Director of WRXK-FM (96K Rock)/Fort Myers. He'll remain in Tampa and continue to hold the position of Assistant PD/air talent at Classic Rock WPBB-FM (98.7 The Shark). Concurrently, Marija Puidak is appointed WRXK More

Kansas City Rock Radio Legend Skid Roadie to Retire

Skid Roadie

Legendary Kansas City radio personality Skid Roadie has announced his retirement after 23 years on Cumulus/Kansas City's Classic Rock KCFX-FM (101 The Fox) and a 42-year career -- 41 of those years spent on-air entertaining Kansas City radio listeners. Roadie, who announced his retirement on-air Wednesday, More

iHeartMedia Launches Private Podcast Marketplace for Brands

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia has announced the launch of a new, first-of-its-kind Private Marketplace. The new marketplace will provide advertisers with programmatic buying access to distribute their marketing to audiences across a library of shows in the world from the iHeartPodcast Network. This new technology allows brand More

Baka Boyz Hip-Hop Mastermix Classic Show Set to Debut

Baka Boyz

The Baka Boyz have been mixing on the radio for 30 years with their Hip-Hop Mastermix. Now, they will be mixing the songs that made them world famous in the new Hip Hop Mastermix Classic Show to debut with a Memorial Day Special. There will be a house party every weekend featuring mixes of 90's hip hop and More

Audacy to Present "The Power of Audio" at the IAB 2021

Audacy has announced its lineup for the IAB NewFronts and IAB Podcast Upfronts, the media and entertainment industry's two premiere events designed for brands, agencies, and media buyers to preview the latest in digital content and podcast programming. This will be Audacy's inaugural year at More

Westwood One Launches "Give Them Lala with Randall" Podcast

Cumulus Media's Westwood One Podcast Network today introduces "Give Them Lala ... with Randall," an exciting new podcast featuring reality star Lala Kent and her fiancé, film producer Randall Emmett, talking with each other and their guests about lifestyle, fashion, and social issues. Published each More