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There's a new Operations Manager coming to the six radio stations serving the San Antonio market owned by Cox Media Group, and he'll take the position on May 4.

Looking for deep insight on first-time television advertisers ranked by their 2025 ad spend, their top categories, how much they spent, and the results they achieved? Look no further than the seventh edition of the "Welcome to TV" report, produced by the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB).

Ballots go out April 24 to nearly 1,000 industry members, who can vote for up to six nominees through May 8. The top six vote-getters earn automatic induction; the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee will round out the class. Inductees will be announced on May 20 and honored on October 8 in Chicago.

Four FM radio stations and two FM translators serving communities in New Hampshire and Vermont are poised to see an ownership change, pending regulatory approval from the FCC. When complete, Great Eastern Radio will no longer have these stations in its New England-centric stable.

If you are a General Manager of a radio station and you're still pondering an HD Radio operation, Nautel has a product of interest for you that's just been brought to market. The 2026 NAB Show served as its public debut.

Share values for one of North America's biggest media companies — and pro sports team parents — were up by more than 11% in midday trading on the TSX as investors expressed their pleasure with Rogers Communications' first quarter 2026 results. Yet, while media revenues surged, wireless and cable dollars were flat.

The 2026 NAB Show is winding down at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and if there was any one particular topic from the sprawling floor space full of broadcast and AV-focused technology companies that permeated with radio industry leaders, it likely involved Xperi Inc., which just announced when it is releasing its first quarter fiscal report.

Advertiser access begins in autumn, giving them the ability to buy "guaranteed audio ad impressions against YouTube’s high-value audiences at scale for the first time" through SiriusXM Media—within AdsWizz Inc.’s ad tech platform.

Featuring our profile of award-winning engineer Bert Goldman

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Says there are 212 million monthly YouTube audio users

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