Isiah Thomas Demands More Honesty, Truth From Former NBA Players As Analysts On Network Television

"If NBC is going to bring back people to talk about the game. Bring the folks who are going to be honest and tell the truth. Not this BS."

Spotify Puts Human Curators Front And Center On New Music Friday

"We're giving listeners a closer connection to the people behind the playlist "

CBS News Names Trevor Phillips as Senior Global Affairs Correspondent

"Trevor’s deep knowledge of geopolitics and history will be an incredible asset at CBS News..."

KCMO Talk Radio Becomes New Radio Affiliate For Missouri Football, Basketball

"This partnership with Cumulus Media and KCMO Talk Radio ensures our fans across the region will have a strong, consistent connection to Mizzou Football and Mizzou Men’s and Women’s Basketball all year long."

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Approaching The Summit: Phil Boyce, Salem Media

"For those of us who love the spoken word formats, it is crucial that we get together to support each other and learn from others who have been there before."

How Bob and Brian Built a Morning Show Dynasty at The Hog

"He gave us two orders. One, be funny. Two, don't piss off the clients,"

77 WABC’s Sid Rosenberg Opens Up About His Repeated Israel Visits

"I've been there. I've seen this. I've experienced that. It does lend credibility to what I'm saying."

Women In Radio’s Meaghan Taylor on Mentorship vs. Sponsorship in Radio

"A sponsor is the person who walks into a room you're not in and talks openly about you. That's what moves careers."

Approaching The Summit: Scott Shapiro, FOX Sports Radio and Premiere Networks

"To see what it's grown into now, it's outstanding. There's a need for the industry for it to have become this. I credit the entire BSM team and Jason [Barrett] for growing it to what it is now. The results every year get bigger and bigger."

Mark Simone to Receive the Gold Standard in Broadcasting Award at the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit

The 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit presented by Point to Point Marketing is under three weeks away. We believe uniting the industry matters. Joel Raab...

Isiah Thomas Demands More Honesty, Truth From Former NBA Players As Analysts On Network Television

"If NBC is going to bring back people to talk about the game. Bring the folks who are going to be honest and tell the truth. Not this BS."

Spotify Puts Human Curators Front And Center On New Music Friday

"We're giving listeners a closer connection to the people behind the playlist "

Columns

Why Pat McAfee’s Reported ESPN Extension Is About Far More Than Just Money

"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."

ESPN May Be Having Its Finest Moment When It Matters Most

"For years, ESPN has been criticized for what it wasn't doing. Not enough promotion. Not enough storytelling. Not enough attention paid to certain properties. Fair or unfair, those critiques have followed the network through multiple eras. But right now, those conversations feel very distant."

When Radical Becomes Rational: A New Case for Bold Radio Ideas

"Ninety percent of the ideas will end up on the floor. But some won't."

Why Podcast Advertisers Shouldn’t Let the Skip Button Keep Them Away

The lesson here isn't to flee podcasting. It's to approach it correctly.

Why the 2026 NBA Finals Matter to Every Radio Format, Not Just Sports

It's a story that has far exceeded the bounds of a great sports moment.
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Sports

KCMO Talk Radio Becomes New Radio Affiliate For Missouri Football, Basketball

"This partnership with Cumulus Media and KCMO Talk Radio ensures our fans across the region will have a strong, consistent connection to Mizzou Football and Mizzou Men’s and Women’s Basketball all year long."

ESPN Reportedly Considering Sweeping Changes To Secondary NFL Broadcast Booth

"The network holds eight additional games outside Monday Night Football. Seven on the newly acquired NFL Network, including five international contests this fall."

Stanley Cup Final Viewership Continues Pace Of Doubling Year Over Year

"The Game 4 audience is the largest since Pittsburgh-Nashville in 2017 on NBC. It also rose 104% over Game 4 of the 2025 Final on TNT Sports."

Congress Reportedly To Propose Bill To Curb NFL Games Shifting To Streaming Platforms

"Earlier this week, a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust convened a hearing titled “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act.”

MLS Commissioner Don Garber: Sports Rights Will Continue To Grow On Streaming Platforms

"The experiment of a paid subscription didn't work. Do I think we're going there at some point in the future? Maybe five years, maybe 10 years? I agree with that, but we were early."

93.5/107.5 The Fan Shifts Query & Company, Adds The Rich Eisen Show Beginning Monday

"As listener habits continue to evolve, it’s important that our lineup evolves with them."

FOX Sports Launches 24/7 Stream On YouTube For FIFA World Cup

"The continuous digital feed will feature studio programming, match previews, condensed highlights, and watch parties."

Ariel Helwani: Dana White UFC Freedom 250 Viewership Prediction Will Be “Impossible” To Reach

"Who's watching this on a Monday morning? It's not Saturday night, so I think that's going to affect the global number. It's a work day."

Denver Nuggets Broadcasters Chris Marlowe, Scott Hastings, Chris Dempsey Depart

"Altitude Sports is moving in a different direction and decided not to renew my contract. It has been a wonderful 22 year run, and I want to thank everyone who was there along the way."

Clay Travis: NFL Placing 87% Of Games On Free TV Means They’re “Violating The Law” 13% Of The Time

"You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly freely and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more."

NBA Finals Game Three Viewership Highest Since 1998

"Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a 159% jump from last year's Game 3. The audience peaked at 26.3 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET."

NAB President Curtis LeGeyt: Congress Must “Reaffirm The Scope” Of Sports Broadcasting Act Of 1961 With All Leagues

"We're not here to scrutinize the NFL's business practices. We're here to affirm that if they want to take advantage of an antitrust exemption granted to them by this body, that there are certain public interest obligations that went along with that."

News

CBS News Names Trevor Phillips as Senior Global Affairs Correspondent

"Trevor’s deep knowledge of geopolitics and history will be an incredible asset at CBS News..."

550 WDUN Host Martha Zoller to Retire

"I’ve had a front-row seat to history, politics, and the people who shape North Georgia. I am grateful for every conversation, every caller, and every experience I’ve had on WDUN.”

KNZR Host Jaz McKay Exits, Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Added to Daily Lineup

"I just can't work with people who really don't want to be working with me. I don't need it."

Lesley Stahl Inks Contract Extension with 60 Minutes

It is unclear if Lesley Stahl views this as her final contract with the network.

CBS News Earned $362 Million From 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Others in 2025

"Halfway through this year, CBS is still at 22% of the dollar share."

Newsmax Adds Emma Rechenberg to ‘First Edition’ Morning Show

"We’ll talk politics and news of the day, plus so much more. Hope you’ll tune in!"

Meet the Press Sees 5-Month Ratings High With President Donald Trump Interview

It marked the largest win for the show over ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos in more than a year.

Clay Travis: OutKick Now ‘Fully Grown’, Time to Build Something New

"I feel like OutKick is a fully grown site that's an adult. I'm looking forward to building something new. I'm going to share more details about that going forward."

Glenn Beck’s ‘The American Story’ to Air As Independence Day Special

The show is available as early as Friday, July 3rd.

Man Charged Following Threats to 93 WIBC Hosts Jason Hammer, Nigel Laskowski

The threats came in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

RightLine with Drew Steele Added to WDBO, WHIO Lineups

"I am genuinely grateful for the chance to join this conversation coast to coast."

NPR Names Nadine Zylstra as Chief Content Officer

"I really feel like I've been training for this job my whole life."

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Music

Spotify Puts Human Curators Front And Center On New Music Friday

"We're giving listeners a closer connection to the people behind the playlist "

Bob & Tom Executive John Kesler to Retire This October

"This has been, without question, the best job I have ever had."

Chris ‘Decipha’ Hernandez Leaving Audacy Phoenix After 19-Year Run

"This is a tough one, but tomorrow will be my last day with Audacy Radio,"

New Country 103.1 Signs Tim and Chelsea to Contract Extensions

"Their connection with the audience is real, authentic, and incredibly rare in today's landscape."

Papa Keith Leaves 103.5 The Beat Miami Afternoons for iHeartMedia Corporate Role

"Excited to see his impact continue to grow both on and off the air."

Beasley Tampa Taps Will Calder as New Operations Manager

"Will is an outstanding programmer and leader with a proven track record."

HEY NOW Records Names Three Executives to New Business & Commerce Team

"We're going to be able to move twice as fast, knowing our needs will be supported by a strong foundation."

Bloom Broadcasting Brings Back Star 94.7 in Youngstown

"The new Star 94.7 features the best music from the 70's, 80's, 90's plus much more,"

Christy Brittain Joins 96.1 BBB Raleigh as New Afternoon Host

"Radio has always been about companionship and community, and I look forward to spending afternoons with the incredible people of the Triangle."

Chad ‘Chumley’ Kerch Joins WQIK Jacksonville Country Morning Show

"I'm honored to add my voice to a team Jacksonville already loves."

Bill Cody Dead: WSM Nashville Loses Iconic Morning Voice

"Bill Cody was one of country radio's most enduring voices"

Greg Beharrell’s GREG FM Format Debuts in East Tennessee

"I've long been in awe of Knoxville — specifically, the rarity of the letter x being followed by the letter v which, like Greg FM, seems as though it shouldn't work, yet, somehow..."
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Salem Media Launches Creator Agency Venture

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Bauer Media Audio Expands Video Distribution Through Fire TV Channels

"Launching on Amazon Fire TV marks an important step in scaling our audiovisual distribution and unlocking new commercial opportunities across connected TV."

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Podcast Launches Hit New Record Low in May According to New Survey

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