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Political spending in 2024 is forecast to be $11.1 billion; increasing $2.2 billion (+24%) over 2022, and $1.5 billion (+15.5%) over 2020 Political ad spending. Political will be the top spending vertical category in 2024 for many of the media channels in BIA’s forecast, including TV OTA, TV digital, Cable TV, Radio OTA, and CTV/OTT. […] […]

Wheatstone will unveil its new “Infinite Studio” at NAB Show in Las Vegas. The new platform will add the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) protocol to its AoIP technology and running its Layers Software Suite on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Accelerator, which includes mixing, streaming and FM software hosted on a local server or […] […]

Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. Charlotte Beasley Media Country 103.7 WSOC continues its rise 5.4 – 6.8 – 7.0. Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” […] […]

The Country shake-ups at iHeartMedia continue with the cancellation of the “Moote, Kimmie & Otis” morning show at “94.9 The Bull” WUBL Atlanta. Brian Moote and Kimmie Caruba have exited the station, while Otis Maher will supposedly remain with the station in a role to-be-announced. Moote joined WUBL for the launch of the show in […] […]

It’s been more than a month since the release of “Texas Hold ‘Em.” In the first 48 hours after that song’s release, Beyoncé may not have broken the Internet, but her song was mind-bending for radio, as programmers in all formats struggled with how to handle it. Top 40 was first, although even there the […] […]

The restructuring at iHeartMedia continues as Drake Webb exits his role as producer/co-host of CHR 101.3 KDWB Richfield/Minneapolis MN’s Dave Ryan Show. Webb joined the Dave Ryan Show in November 2021 after previously serving as evening host and Social Media Manager for Woodward Communications CHR “95.9 Kiss-FM” WKSZ Green Bay WI. Just 23 years old, […] […]