Headlines
This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Driving Tune In To News Radio
Despite the availability of weather info from apps and other sources, Americans continue to tune into broadcast radio to stay informed during major weather events.
FCC Approves A Low Power TV Station To Broadcast Over 5G Networks
This week the FCC granted a temporary authorization to WWOO-LD an Low Power TV station in Boston to conduct a six-month experiment with 5G broadcasting.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Bustos Media Adds Portland AM; Salem Sells FM In Sacramento
Howard Kalmenson’s Lotus Communications has filed a $1 million deal to by business news “Money 105.5” KSAC from Salem Media Group.
Bustos Converts LMA To A Purchase In Portland
He’s an iconic figure in Hispanic radio, and after selling all of his radio stations decided to get back into radio ownership.
EMF Engineers A Translator Swap
Educational Media Foundation, the parent company of the Christian Contemporary Music KLOVE noncomm and its Worship Music Air1 sibling, has engineered a trade of FM translators involving a licensee led by Vic Michael Jr.
Radio
More Radio Stations Run More Local News, Says RTDNA Report
When the pandemic left radio stations stretched thin, both in terms of personnel and ad revenue, one place that many cut back was on news coverage. But as business returns to normal and more staff is in the building, the Radio Television Digital News Association reports a double-digit increase in the amount of local news on radio this year.
Commercials Are Content, Too: SBS' Jesus Salas On Ads
During his panel on content at Radio Ink’s Hispanic Radio Conference in June, Jesus gave a fiery speech on how quality control for radio advertising is too often thrown to the wayside or ignored entirely. Today, we explore that in depth.
Attn. Radio: Get Ready to File Those Biennial Ownership Reports
Due every odd-numbered year, reports can be submitted starting Oct. 2
Tech
For Captioning, AI Is Already Winning Against The Humans
With up to twice the speed and greater accuracy than human stenographers, AI-based captioning has taken the edge, especially as captioning requirements for content are poised to expand.
