John Lyon, whose decades-long presence on News/Talk WMAL in Washington, D.C. intertwined with one of the region’s most haunting mysteries, has died at the age of 85. Lyon’s 22-year career at the former ABC Radio station at 630 kHz, now a Cumulus Media property at 105.9 MHz, began in the early 1970s.
It's a Class B FM with a huge coverage area that uses a broadcast tower just south of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, allowing it to serve Chambersburg and Hanover, Pa.; Martinsburg, W. Va.; and parts of Maryland including Hagerstown and Frederick. Soon, it will be a sibling to a longtime Baltimore-based Christian broadcaster.
Generative AI adoption surged in early 2025, reflecting a significant shift in how organizations are integrating this technology. This transpired despite challenges that impact project success, new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals.
With longtime D.C. attorneys David Oxenford and Mark Lipp handling the submission to the FCC, three radio broadcasting companies have offered comments to the Commission asking that its "dual band" regulatory policy for expanded band AM radio stations get a fresh look and slight modernization.
Senators Ben Ray Lújan and Ed Markey have written to the newest FCC Commissioner to not only congratulate her on being seated, but more importantly to convince her colleagues to move ahead with a full Commission vote on the proposed merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
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