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Company "on track" to save $150 million through tech and AI

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He will primarily focus on the Jünger Audio and Linear Acoustic product lines

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“Our second quarter performance was solid and slightly ahead of our initial expectations," iHeartMedia Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman shared in prepared remarks released after the close of U.S. financial markets on Monday, as the nation's biggest radio station licensee released its Q2 2025 results. How did iHeartMedia do?

In his return to Telos Alliance, Egor Tyagunov will primarily focus on the Jünger Audio and Linear Acoustic product lines. “I’m excited to be working again with my colleagues at Telos, particularly when such rapid changes are occurring in the TV and streaming content landscape,” Tyagunov said.

With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion a hot topic of late, as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has pledged to tackle "invidious" forms of discrimination as it pertains to "DEI," what will the Commission's viewpoint on its latest Equal Employment Opportunity audit yield? Some radio and TV stations are about to find out.

This round differs from past opportunities, with only states and Tribal nations eligible to apply directly for up to five awards

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Nearly half of all US adults say TV is the most acceptable place for advertising – a feeling that is consistent across all generations. Additionally, TV is the platform where they tend to pay attention to ads the most. That’s according to new research from Tenetic and CivicScience.

The publicly traded company led on a day-to-day basis by Albert Rodriguez that is the parent of WBLS and WQHT "HOT 97" in New York and the Estrella Media Hispanic market-focused radio and TV station licensee enjoyed a roughly $5 million year-over-year revenue gain in the second quarter.

It is a Class B AM with a companion FM translator that on July 1, 2024 went dark under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC as it became clear that Kermit Womack, aged 89, could no longer operate them independent of additional staff and expenses. Now, the facilities are heading to a new owner.

She officially became a FCC Commissioner in mid-June, yet there's already movement in the staff of Olivia Trusty. Specifically, she's welcoming two new people to her staff while making one permanent hire — as one individual is already saying farewell.