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On May 11, the traditional marketer and advertiser-driven dog and pony show that is Upfront Week begins in New York. That hasn't stopped the nation's largest audio content creation and distribution company from releasing its first quarter results following the closing bell for U.S. financial markets on that key Monday for network TV.

The owner of Red Apple Media and on-air host at the radio station ownership group's flagship WABC Radio in New York was saluted for innovation, entrepreneur and community service with his receipt of the Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award at the Broadcasters Foundation of America annual breakfast.

Radio's digital revenue hit $2.3 billion in 2025 and is helping to stabilize the industry, but sellers might still not be dreaming big enough, Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell told NAB Show attendees during the digital benchmarking session held with the RAB.

Advertiser access begins in autumn, giving them the ability to buy "guaranteed audio ad impressions against YouTube’s high-value audiences at scale for the first time" through SiriusXM Media—within AdsWizz Inc.’s ad tech platform.

What happens when one of the most recognizable call letters in America teams up with one of the nation's most-beloved hamburger chains? The result is a renamed performance venue on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, thanks to a just-inked partnership between an Audacy Inc. Alternative icon and In-N-Out Burger.

A radio industry veteran known for his secular work has become the newest member of the Ministry Leadership Team at K-LOVE. This sees him joining the radio division of the CCM giant as Chief Media Officer, overseeing the eponymous K-LOVE and sibling Air1 Worship Music brands, live events and partnerships.

Forum attendees listened to panel discussions focused on such topics as tackling AI guardrails, digital sales strategies, and more of radio’s biggest problems during a program built around independent operators who, as was proudly stated, “make the industry go round.”

It is an AM radio station licensed for 5kw from 1 tower in Nebraska's largest city that has been silent under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC since February 20. Now, its owner — Carl Parmer-led SummitMedia — is selling the historic facility.

The Bob and Tom Show's Facebook page bears the message that syndicated morning show co-founder and retired co-host Bob Kevoian died this afternoon. He was 75 years old. Kevoian passed away "peacefully" at his home, surrounded by family and friends.

It is being billed as "a patent-pending real-time middleware platform purpose built for the broadcast industry" — and the first "bidirectional middleware layer for broadcast, creating a real-time data loop between the listener, a localized AI interface, and the station’s broadcast operations."

Advertisers deserve to chase the U.S.’s fastest-growing consumer base; many CMOs pulled back in 2025 and remain elusive and conservative with their media budgets. This means the executives who built Hispanic radio are having to move even faster to cash in and sway the skeptics. How are they doing it?

In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson speaks with Joe D’Angelo, the Senior Vice President of Global Broadcast Radio at Xperi Inc. It's another great pre-2026 NAB Show briefing that also gives you the scoop on "Cocktails and Conversation" participation.

Artificial intelligence-powered audio announcing opportunities are a key offering from Super Hi-Fi. Just in time for the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas, it has brought to market a music scheduling machine "built for the way the human brain experiences music."

The second bankruptcy filing from Cumulus Media in a decade is nearing a quick end. A Houston federal bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday approved an agreement sees the owner of broadcast radio stations across a wide variety of markets across the U.S., enter into a restructuring support agreement. 

With parent company Cumulus Media ready to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection thanks to a Houston federal judge's approval of a prepackaged restructuring plan, one of its strongest radio stations has extended a flagship audio deal with the San Francisco 49ers that dates to 2005.