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SCOTUS just gutted regulators’ power The EPA’s pollution limits, the FDA’s ability to fast-pass “breakthrough” drugs and medical devices, and the FTC’s April ban on noncompetes could all get nixed.

Local radio stations play an irreplaceable role in every community by providing news, traffic, weather, emergency information and entertainment free of charge. Tell Congress to support local radio:
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The Museum of Broadcast Communications and Radio Hall of Fame are pleased to announce the 2024 Radio Hall of Fame inductees:

Crook & Chase
Lee Harris
Phil Hendrie
Jaime Jarrin
Kraig Kitchin
Barry Mayo
Mary McCoy
Matt Siegel

Tickets and event information can be found at:
https://www.radiohalloffame.com/tickets-2024

Why Does My Radio Station Need Callout Research? | Coleman Insights Callout research can be a valuable, complementary tool to streaming consumption data. Here's why many radio stations consider it essential.

May PPMs, Day 1: AC, Urban AC Stations Dominate Top Five. In the eight key markets on Day 1 of Nielsen’s May PPM survey, AC and urban AC stations perform the best in these markets’ top five. Based on their ranking

Living Legends Foundation to Honor Harvey Mason, Jr., Donnie Simpson & More at 2024 Awards Dinner and Gala Living Legends Foundation's 2024 awards honorees include Harvey Mason jr., Donnie Simpson, Joi Brown and more music industry professionals.

The Record: U.S. audio listening trends powered by Nielsen and Edison Research | Nielsen The Record from Nielsen delivers a quarterly look at how U.S. audiences spend their time with ad-supported audio media.

The Most Strategic Marketing You Can Do For Your Station Right Now? Promote Your App! As research budgets continue to dwindle, broadcasters should recognize just how much free data is available. That's what our Techsurveys have been all about over the past 20 years. And now a new research study focused on female radio consumers is out, and it's loaded with timely and actionable insig...

Hot 103 Jamz! celebrates 74th year in Kansas City Carter Broadcast Group has been in the radio business in Kansas City since 1950.

BIA Releases Top Billing Stations For 2023 As WTOP Leads For Ninth Straight Year – RadioInsight BIA Advisory Services has revealed its annual ranking of the top billing stations in the country as part of its newly released Investing in Radio 2024, 1st Edition and for the ninth year in a row and thirteenth time in the past fourteen years the list is topped by Hubbard Radio News 103.5 WTOP Washi...

FCC Releases First FM Geo-Targeting Compliance Guide - Radio Ink The FCC has released its Small Entity Compliance Guide for experimental FM geo-targeting services on booster stations.

New Study Reveals 'What Woman Want' On Radio – And Suggests What To Do About It. The findings from radio programming consultancy Alan Burns & Associates' latest study in its “What Women Want” series not only stress the importance of AM/FM radio to women, but also

Political coverage to drive radio usage, PQ predicts PQ Media predicts that coverage of the upcoming presidential and Senate elections and former President Donald Trump's ongoing legal battles will drive up US radio usage in 2024. Overall, US radio was logged at 11.4 hours per week in 2023, and this year, usage is supposed to see a 1.1% uptick, PQ est...

With A Political Spending Surge Predicted, Radio Awaits Rest Of 2024. A familiar narrative has emerged among radio companies reporting their first-quarter earnings this month: Political advertising revenue is lagging for some, but the cash floodgates are — hopefully — expected

How Adult R&B Became a Young Person’s Game On the Airwaves Competition is intensifying at the adult R&B radio format, which typically prized legacy artists but is now playing more acts in their 20s and 30s

Are Contests Worthwhile? Unquestionably Yes, New Research Finds. The radio industry is currently enjoying a contest renaissance, with enthusiasm running high, especially among men and Black workers. In fact, newly shared research shows that among daily listeners of

Low-Power Group Says More ZoneCasting Safeguards Needed. The low-power FM advocacy group REC Networks says it has “deep concerns” about the potential for increased interference to co-channel stations from a proposal to allow FMs to create geo-targeted

Nielsen & Edison: News/Talk Led AM/FM Listening In Q1 - Radio Ink Nielsen unveiled The Record, a detailed quarterly report examining US listening habits across ad-supported audio platforms.

Research: Local Radio Could Gain From More App Activations. The majority of U.S. workers are at a job site daily, and almost 90% of them work at least in hybrid mode. But with work-from-home levels still above the pre-pandemic

In a landmark decision with massive implications for radio, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule to ban noncompete agreements nationwide, under the auspices of bolstering competition, innovation, and new business creation.

Under the new regulation, existing noncompete clauses will become unenforceable for most workers post-implementation, with an exception for less than 0.75% of workers who are senior executives.

Employers must notify affected workers that their noncompetes will not be enforced going forward.

Radio Takes A Digital Audio Lead Over Pureplays In Edison Data - Radio Ink While smart speaker ownership has plateaued since the pandemic, the platform still has an important role to play in radio listenership.

Congress Tries Again To Revive Minority Tax Program To Help Diversify Radio Ownership. There is new life being breathed into the years-long effort to revive the tax program that would give breaks to broadcasters who sell stations to women and minority-led companies. Senator

To Improve Proportionality, Nielsen Will Reuse Some Diary Market Participants. Aiming to make its diary ratings sample more representative of the population it measures, Nielsen is reselecting a small portion of previous diary participant households and inviting them to complete

Here’s How Population Changes Have Rearranged Nielsen’s Top 50 Radio Metros. The Dallas-Ft. Worth market added more than 200,000 residents in the latest U.S. population estimates and that shuttled the market up one notch to No. 4 in Nielsen’s freshly issued

Programmers Should Focus On Full-Time Workers And Commuters, Study Says. Radio listening undeniably underwent a major shift during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that shift can nonetheless be the catalyst for new opportunities. That’s one message delivered Thursday (April 11) by

Are Local Radio Listeners Consuming More? A New Study Says They Think So. Radio listeners have the perception that they’re listening to more local radio now than before the pandemic, and the medium’s ease of use — even in an era of expanding

Nielsen: Radio Can Make Up For Audience Share That CTV Can't - Radio Ink Despite the belief that increasing CTV and digital allocations might compensate for the declining reach of linear TV, radio ad reach proves superior.

Study: Radio Remains Ubiquitous In New Cars As New Audio Options Proliferate. What is the state of broadcast radio in U.S. vehicles today? According to a study released today by Quu, it’s pretty much ubiquitous. But radio no longer has a monopoly