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True Crime Podcast Listeners Expand by 5x

The true crime genre has seen exponential growth in podcasting, positioning itself as a dominant category among American listeners, according to the newly released True Crime Consumer Report from Edison Research and audiochuck. Data from Edison Podcast Metrics highlights how the audience for true crime podcasts has expanded significantly over the past five years. In 2019, an estimated More

Broude Named Chief Judge for 2025 Radio Mercury Awards

Chad Broude

The Radio Mercury Awards has announced Chad Broude, co-founder and chief creative officer of Highdive Advertising, as the chief judge for the 34th annual Radio Mercury Awards competition. Broude, recognized for his innovative approach to advertising, will lead the final judging process for the prestigious More

Hope Media Group Names Jon Hull Vice President Emeritus

Jon Hull

Hope Media Group (HMG) announces Jon Hull as its new Vice President Emeritus, effective January 1, 2025. In his new post, Hull will use his experience to help lead and encourage the on-air donor acquisition teams, while also working with those teams that engage existing and lapsed donors off-air. In More

Heather Roberts Joins FM News 101 KXL in Portland OR

Heather Roberts

KXL-FM (FM News 101 KXL) in Portland, OR welcomes journalist Heather Roberts to Portland's Morning News, where she will co-anchor from 5-9am each morning. Roberts comes to KXL from KBND in Bend, OR where she was the News Director and morning news anchor. She also currently owns and operates the Oregon Radio More

Jay Michaels to Host Afternoons on WMYX in Milwaukee

Jay Michaels

Jay Michaels, the midday host at KHMX-FM (Mix 96-5) in Houston, will expand his reach to WMYX-FM (99.1 The Mix) in Milwaukee, beginning November 25, where he will host the weekday afternoon slot from 2-7pm. Both stations, which feature a Hot AC format, are owned by Audacy. Michaels will air the show remotely More

WHUD/Newburgh-Middletown Adds Heather Deluca to Middays

Heather Deluca

WHUD in Newburgh-Middletown, NY adds Heather Deluca as its new midday host. She replaces Kacey Morabito-Grean, who left in October. for a role outside the industry after 32 years with the Pamal Broadcasting AC outlet. Deluca most recently served as Brand Manager and midday host at Townsquare Media's Hot AC More

NAB Now Accepting Nominations for 2025 Technology Awards

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has opened nominations for the 2025 NAB Technology Awards, which honor outstanding contributions to broadcast engineering, digital leadership, and technology innovation. The awards will be presented during the 2025 NAB Show, scheduled for April 5-9 in Las Vegas. More

WABD Holds Successful Annual Camp Out for Hunger Food Drive

Camp Out for Hunger Food Drive

Cumulus Media's WABD in Mobile successfully wrapped up its annual Camp Out for Hunger Food Drive, collecting over 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food for Gulf Coast families facing food insecurity. The ten-day event, held in partnership with Feeding the Gulf Coast and sponsors such as Mobile Mitsubishi, More

CMG/Atlanta Names Michael Saunders as WALR D/B&P

Michael Saunders

Cox Media Group (CMG) appoints Michael Saunders as the new Director of Branding & Programming for WALR-FM (Kiss 104.1) in Atlanta. He'll start this role November 25. Saunders' career includes brands such as KQBT-FM in Houston, WJLB-FM in Detroit, CMG's WCFB-FM in Orlando (2011-2016) and the launch of WWPR in More

Survey: Podcast Advertising Drives High Engagement

Veritonic

Podcasts continue to solidify their position as a powerful medium for brands, with a recent survey highlighting the effectiveness of podcast advertising. Conducted by Veritonic, the survey provides insights into how brands can optimize their audio creative strategies to maximize More

MediaCo Holdings Reports Rising Q3 2024 Results

MediaCo

MediaCo Holding Inc., the parent company of New York-based WQHT-FM (Hot 97) and WBLS-FM, reported significant financial growth for the third quarter of 2024, thanks in large part to its acquisition of Estrella Media. Revenue grew 363% to $29.9 million from $6.4 million, while net income rose to $54.9 million More

Poll Highlight Declining Trust in News Media

Stagwell The Harris Poll

Trust in news media continues to wane, yet Americans recognize its critical role in sustaining a healthy democracy, according to new polls by HarrisX and Harris Poll. Despite concerns over misinformation and bias, media consumption habits remain strong among a subset of the population identified as "news More

Futuri Unveils Redesigned AI-Powered TopicPulse Platform

Futuri

Futuri, a provider of AI-driven broadcast solutions, has announced a major redesign of its flagship real-time content intelligence platform, TopicPulse. This update aims to provide broadcasters, content creators, and digital publishers with enhanced tools to deliver relevant, More

Hughes & Coomer Extend Tenures as Cubs Radio Voices

Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer (Credit: Media Confidential)

Chicago Cubs fans can look forward to hearing familiar voices on the airwaves, as veteran broadcasters Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer have signed multi-year contract extensions to remain the radio voices of the team on Audacy Sports WSCR (670 The Score) through at least 2025. Pat More

AWM Honors Female Leaders at Gracies Leadership Awards

Alliance for Women in Media Honorees (see story bottom)

The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) recognized the achievements of eight pioneering leaders at the annual Gracies Leadership Awards, held Tuesday at Tribeca 360° in New York City. The event highlighted these women's outstanding contributions to broadcasting, journalism, digital More

KFUO Celebrates 100 Years as Oldest Christian Radio Station

KFUO-AM/St. Louis

KFUO-AM in St. Louis, the world's longest continuously operating Christian radio station, is marking its centennial year of broadcasting, celebrating 100 years of sharing faith-based programming since its first broadcast on December 14, 1924. Owned by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), KFUO began in More

Hot Radio Maine to Give Away Over 200 Free Turkeys

Hot Radio Maine

Hot Radio Maine has announced the return of its annual Thanksgiving free turkey giveaway, a tradition now in its 12th year. The event has become a cornerstone for the station, having distributed over 2,500 turkeys to Maine families since its inception. This year, the station plans to give away more than 200 More

KRAO Brings All Christmas Format to Moscow-Pullman

KRAO-FM (102.5 My Radio) in Pullman-Colfax WA

Inland Northwest Broadcasting's Hot AC KRAO-FM (102.5 My Radio) in Pullman-Colfax, WA and Moscow, ID is bringing round the clock Christmas music to the "Palouse" region of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho for the first time as it became "North Pole 102.5" on Sunday. More

iHeart Names Mark Glynn Area President for Washington

Mark Glynn

iHeartMedia appoints Mark Glynn as Area President for Washington, effective immediately. In his new role, Glynn, who is currently Market President in Seattle, will add oversight of the Spokane market operations. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Sales. Prior to that, Glynn served as a Vice More

Study Finds AM/FM Radio Dominates Ad-Supported Audio

Edison Research

Edison Research's latest Share of Ear report for Q3 2024 reaffirms AM/FM radio's position as the leading ad-supported audio platform in the U.S., maintaining its dominance across all major demographics. The quarterly study, which surveys 4,000 Americans annually to track audio consumption habits, highlights More

Tracy Lawrence to Step Down as Host of ''Honky Tonkin''

Tracy Lawrence

After ten years of hosting "Honky Tonkin' with Tracy Lawrence," the Country singer has announced he will step down from his role as host. Starting in January 2025, the show will be taken over by the syndicated morning duo Big D & Bubba, who plan to expand the program's reach and bring their signature style More

WLTW to Flip to Christmas Music from Radio City Music Hall

WLTW (106.7 Lite FM) in New York

iHeartMedia WLTW (106.7 Lite FM) in New York will officially ring in the holiday season by switching to its annual all-Christmas music format on Friday, November 22, at 5pm ET, becoming New York's Christmas station. The holiday tradition will kick off with a live broadcast featuring More

Changes & Moves

Doug Goudie

News/Talk WGY (News Radio 810) morning host Doug Goudie exits his position at the Albany, NY outlet, becoming the latest in a series of layoffs More

True Crime Podcast Listeners Expand by 5x

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