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Cox Media Group Radio Atlanta announced that Veronica Waters, reporter for 95.5 FM WSB, has won a 2025 Gracie Award for Outstanding News Reporter. Waters has been with CMG and WSB Radio for nearly 30 years. Along the way, she’s won numerous awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow for a web-focused Investigative Reporting piece on

Nielsen, a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics, has announced a new collaboration with Acxiom, the connected data and technology foundation for the world’s leading brands and agencies. Nielsen will sync the Acxiom Real ID™ into the Nielsen ID system so that agencies and marketers can seamlessly leverage their Real ID audiences in Nielsen

Jacobs Media will reveal the findings from its Techsurvey 2025, the radio broadcasting industry’s largest annual survey, in a free webinar on Tuesday, April 15 at 2pm ET. This year’s edition marks the 21st iteration of the study, drawing insights from nearly 25,000 responses collected across 500 participating radio stations. The 2025 survey delves into

Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Record For Longest Senate Speech After 25 Hours And Four Minutes (Historic: This should be a hot topic on all of black radio) US Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech ever delivered in the Senate. The New Jersey Democrat’s marathon address, a symbolic protest against President Donald

Cumulus Media announces that its 10 stations in Mobile, AL, and Pensacola, FL, joined forces with the Mobile County Animal Shelter and sponsors Rich’s Car Wash, Netherland Air Conditioning, Makeda Nichols State Farm, Tameron Subaru, and Corsentino Chiropractic to find forever homes for the area’s homeless pets through the first-ever Gulf Coast Pet Adoption Festival.

Audacy has officially unveiled the Audacy Creator Lab during the Podcast Movement Evolutions event in Chicago, a new initiative aimed at bolstering podcast creators and offering enhanced advertising opportunities. Building on the infrastructure of Podcorn, which Audacy acquired in 2021, this launch marks a significant expansion in Audacy’s engagement with the podcasting community. The Audacy

In a strong bipartisan effort, 73 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09), have formally requested the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise the longstanding broadcast ownership regulations, which they argue significantly disadvantage local radio and TV stations. The group’s initiative highlights the stark disparities faced by traditional broadcasters

In Las Vegas, Nevada Beasley Media announced the official launch of KOAS-FM/ 105.7 Maxima, Para Nosotros – “It’s for Us,” a fresh, bilingual radio station tailored to the unique and diverse community of Las Vegas. 105.7 Maxima offers a distinctive format that blends English and Spanish language pop hits from the 1980s, 1990s, and early

In a significant bipartisan move, a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate has rallied behind the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, a piece of legislation aimed at ensuring AM radio remains a standard feature in all new vehicles. With 60 senators endorsing the bill, along with 129 representatives in the House, the act has

Beasley Media Group is excited to announce that Alisha “Lisha B” Brown will join Clay Church as the co-host of the all-new “Bounce Morning Roll Out” morning show on 105.1 The Bounce. The show will debut on Monday, April 7, 2025, airing weekday mornings from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Alisha previously served as the