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ARC Software, Inc. announced today that RADIO.CLOUD has entered into an agreement establishing ARC as its primary affiliate research and maintenance platform. ARC, developed by former Sun Broadcast Group CEO, Jason Bailey, is a cloud-based SaaS that allows producers, radio networks and affiliate sales groups to quickly research, analyze, digitally sign and communicate with each […] […]

If you were going to know only one Brenda Lee song, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” would be a perfectly good one. The 14-year-old Lee recorded it just as Nashville was only starting to figure out how to harness the atomic energy of her early recordings. Ironically, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” finally became popular […] […]

Stan Bennett’s Bennett Radio Group has acquired Canxus Broadcasting Corporation’s four station across the Maine/Canada border for $400,000. Operating as Full Service AC “Channel X Radio“, the stations included in the deal are 97.7 WCXU Caribou/Presque Isle, 98.1 WCXV Van Buren, 102.3 WCXX Madawaska, and 103.1 W276AY Fort Kent. George Kimble of Kozacko Media Services […] […]

As 2023 comes to a close, there will be many experts giving their predictions on things that broadcasters should do in the coming year. This is one of those columns, but without the expectation that most of these suggestions will happen. Instead I merely hope that we as an industry continues to innovate and take […] […]

Illinois Public Media will flip Classical 101.1 W266AF/90.9 WILL-HD2 Urbana/Champaign IL to a new “Illinois Soul” brand on February 1, 2024. The new service will feature music blocks made up of what the station calls “smooth jazz, neo soul, R&B, and throwback jams.” It will also carry Black-hosted NPR news programs including Code Switch and […] […]

Longtime Detroit Sports talker Sean Baligian has exited Cumulus Media News/Talk 760 WJR. Baligian had been with WJR since June 2021 serving as morning co-host for two years before relaunching “Sportswrap” from 6-7pm in June 2023. Former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown, who became Baligian’s co-host last month will continue hosting the show. Prior to his […] […]