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A Federal Bankruptcy Judge has ordered receiver Larry Patrick to turn 92.7 KREV Alameda/San Francisco, 97.7 KRCK-FM Mecca/Palm Springs and 104.3 KFRH North Las Vegas back over to companies controlled by Ed Stolz’s Royce International Broadcasting. California U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal ordered the appointment of Patrick as receiver for the three former CHRs […] […]

Mike Golic Jr. has departed ESPN and with it the national ESPN Radio afternoon show he co-hosted with Chris Canty. Golic Jr. has been heard in multiple dayparts during his tenure with ESPN Radio. He began with the network in 2016 as a fill-in host on Mike & Mike, where he would normally substitute for […] […]

A pair of changes are taking place on the corporate programming end of Cumulus Media. Cumulus has announced it has signed Charlie Cook to a long-term contract extension. Cook, who serves as VP/Country Music for Cumulus will continue as Operations Manager for the company’s Nashville cluster and Program Director of “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM, while […] […]

The FCC has designated Snake River Radio’s 1490 KPCQ Chubbock/Pocatello ID for a hearing to determine whether to proceed with its pending license renewal due to its limited operational status since acquiring the station in 2018 and questions of whether the license should be considered expired automatically due to extended periods of silence. Since closing […] […]

Will Lee, an experienced media executive with a strong track record of digital innovations and brand transformation, who most recently served as SVP/Head of Digital, Entertainment Group at Meredith Corporation, will become NPR’s Chief Operating Officer, announced John Lansing, President and CEO of NPR. The Technology; Audience Technology; Product; Content Operations; Research, Archives & Data […] […]

When you talk about what constitutes “real radio,” as I did a few weeks ago, the “live and local” question is never far behind. Just asking the question on Facebook prompted a heated debate about whether the online radio stations that many friend and readers run could be “real radio.” It also steered us back […] […]