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A new study reveals that the radio audience doesn’t just overlap with podcast listeners – it often outperforms other platforms entirely, making AM/FM one of podcasting’s most engaged and loyal pipelines for fan growth, monetization, and audience retention.

But traditional broadcast revenue continues to shrink

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From directional antennas to the most common slogan, a data-driven dive

The post The U.S. FM Landscape by the Numbers appeared first on Radio World.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the results of the 2025 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2025.

An Alaska PD responds to a proposition for new stations to be built

The post Letter: Fix the AM Stations That Exist Instead of Adding More appeared first on Radio World.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report is out, and once again a big pharmaceutical brand is tops, based on play count. Taking the silver crown is one of the nation's largest accident and injury specialty law firms.

A rule that requires TV broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming, such as radar maps or other graphics, on a secondary audio stream will not be enforced for another year. And, it's a move the FCC itself acted on.

For fifteen years, the Hispanic Radio Conference has proudly and deliberately centered itself around Spanish-language broadcasters and Hispanic audiences, yet its sessions also tackle universal radio concerns. This year's event is no exception. Here is what's in store.

The honor will be awarded during the 2025 Celebration of Service to America Awards, presented by Bonneville International and Hearst Television, on June 10 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. The event will also honor the essential role that local TV and radio broadcasters play during times of emergency.

Urban One, the media company superserving African Americans through radio and cable television properties, has released first quarter results its CEO, Alfred Liggins III, says "were broadly in line with expectations." But, were those expectations positive? Hardly, and Digital growth was absent.