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According to BIA Advisory Services, local advertising spending will increase by 5.5% for a total of $170.9 billion in 2025. This was the key takeaway shared by the firm's Nicole Ovadia during a Marketron-hosted webinar held on Thursday.

After 35 years as Station Manager of Radio at Washington, D.C.’s noncommercial Classical station, Dan DeVany is retiring from WETA-FM. We now know who will be succeeding DeVany, starting March 1. 

A reader recalls E-Skip causing interference on analog TV channel 2

The post Letter: Sporadic E Affects TV Signals, Too appeared first on Radio World.

Rogers Communications experienced a 10% revenue jump for its media division in Q4 2024, thanks to higher sports- and entertainment-related revenue within the segment. But that was lower than what was originally anticipated. Worse yet, the 2025 is somewhat glum. Investors weren't fazed as Thursday's trading on the TSX neared its conclusion.

The Strategic Communications and Policy Advisor for former Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel will now hold the same role for the junior Democratic Commissioner on the new FCC, under the leadership of Brendan Carr.

A reader calls out Gary Shapiro for his recent letter to the NAB

The post Letter: Get Real! The AM Bill Is Here to Stay appeared first on Radio World.

Managed service tiers have been added to the program

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A 320-ton rotating curtain antenna, in service since 1983, was brought down with a controlled explosion as part of the site’s decommissioning

The post Austria’s Historic Moosbrunn Shortwave Site Dismantled appeared first on Radio World.

For some 40 years or so, Rob Weaver has been the owner and operator of "J-Country 101" and AM sibling "PG14" in the small town of Portland, Ind. That's about to change, as a trio of asset sale agreements have been signed and submitted with the FCC for regulatory approval.

The Bott family, which has long-operated noncommercial religious radio stations across the U.S., is adding to its stable by agreeing to acquire an FM in Cheyenne, Wyo., from a prolific operator of low-power radio properties.