Year: 2024

The Federal Trade Commission voted today by a 3-2 margin to ban non-compete agreements in contracts. Under the new rule, which will take effect in 120 days pending litigation, existing noncompetes for the vast majority of workers will no longer be enforceable after the rule’s effective date. Some senior executive noncompetes, which the FTC says […] […]

NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him at the helm of NAB through 2029, NAB Joint Board Chair Perry Sook announced today. LeGeyt has been with NAB for over a decade, demonstrating exceptional leadership on behalf of America’s radio and television broadcasters. “NAB and its members […] […]

iHeartMedia is partnering with Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment to launch Women’s Sports Audio Network (WSAN). The new brand is described as the first-ever audio platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports podcasts, daily sports reports, spotlights and audio vignettes, social content, promotion and industry event presence, and will be available across iHeartMedia’s broadcast, digital and […] […]

There is encouragement for Top 40 radio, and radio overall, in Top 40’s last near-extinction-level-event. In 1993-94, the format was upstaged by Hip-Hop/R&B, by the “new rock revolution” at Alternative radio, and by the Country radio that both listeners and stations had fled to. In 1995, Top 40 began making its way back. In the […] […]

Max Media has promoted Jay West to Operations Manager of its Norfolk VA cluster. West joined the company in January 2020 as afternoon host at AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM Suffolk and rose to Program Director of the station two months later. He previously spent nine years as APD/MD/afternoon host at Rhythmic CHR “Z104” 104.5 […] […]

SiriusXM has announced that its true-crime channel “Crime Junkie Radio” will launch on its app and in cars with its new 360L streaming feature exclusively on Friday, April 26 at 8am. The channel will debut with the premiere of the new show “Crime Junkie AF” hosted by Ashley Flowers. The channel will also feature archived […] […]