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Radio Stations Get Free July 4th Sounds From Benztown

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"Stations that download now can integrate the content before the holiday rush."

Paul Finebaum to Receive the Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit

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"Our 2026 recipient was creating multiplatform impact before the term even existed."

The Industry According To: Jeff Sottolano, Audacy

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"We have to understand the distinction between local content and local relevance."

FOX Played the Streaming Long Game and It Paid Off with Roku

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While competitors like Disney, Paramount, and NBCUniversal poured billions of dollars into platforms, infrastructure, and original content, FOX largely sat back. Some criticized the company for moving too slowly. But patience paid off.

Hot 97 Icon Funk Flex Joins the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit Lineup

Columns Jason Barrett Jason Barrett -
"For over thirty years this man has changed the game."

The Show Behind the Show: What It Takes to Produce Radio’s Biggest Events

Columns Bethany Kent Bethany Kent -
"For radio station teams, the lineup is just one corner of the 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle that is event production."

Peter Rosenberg: Hip Hop Radio Is Chasing Eyeballs, Not Culture

Features Bethany Kent Bethany Kent -
"We have great conversations every day about culture, politics, music," he says, "and having one hot take about Michael Jackson is the thing that gets everybody talking."

Why the Gen Z Audience Needs Personality-Driven Urban Radio

Columns Bethany Kent Bethany Kent -
"Young listeners crave community and connection. They just consume it differently right now."

HOT 97 Sets Launch Date for New York TV Channel

Music BMM Staff BMM Staff -
“This launch gives advertisers direct access to a deeply engaged audience through a truly multiplatform solution spanning TV, audio, and digital.”

What Ebro Leaving HOT 97 Has Already Proven

Columns Phil Becker Phil Becker -
Months later, the bigger story is not that the show ended. It’s that Ebro turned years of radio trust into an owned digital business.

Why I’m Returning to the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville

Columns Jason Barrett Jason Barrett -
"Country radio and the country music industry operate like a family more than a collection of competing businesses."

MediaCo Adds Maire Mason To Oversee Radio, TV Operations in New York City, Chicago, Denver

Business BMM Staff BMM Staff -
"I’m excited to lead iconic brands like HOT 97 and WBLS alongside La Luna, La Buena, and WMBC, and to work with a leadership team that is building something special."

HOT 97 Tabs Kazeem Famuyide As Co-Host of ‘Mornings with Mero’

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"The opportunity to wake up the greatest city in the world on the most legendary station in music is not lost on me. I’ve waited my entire life for this. I’m ready. Let’s get it."

Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Praise HOT 97 Hire Of ‘The Kid Mero’

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"The most perfect and apt phrase for me when it comes to this is a broken clock is right twice a day."
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Paul Finebaum to Receive the Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit

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"Our 2026 recipient was creating multiplatform impact before the term even existed."

The Industry According To: Jeff Sottolano, Audacy

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"We have to understand the distinction between local content and local relevance."

FOX Played the Streaming Long Game and It Paid Off with Roku

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While competitors like Disney, Paramount, and NBCUniversal poured billions of dollars into platforms, infrastructure, and original content, FOX largely sat back. Some criticized the company for moving too slowly. But patience paid off.

Approaching The Summit: Armen Williams, Westwood One Sports

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"The Audio Summit has evolved into the premiere, if not the only, event that covers our industry from such a broad and unique perspective. This summit has become the one event that you try to attend as a programmer. Plus, a talent as well if it's applicable."