According to Kantar Media’s Dimension 2018 report, 88% of consumers listen to terrestrial radio, in addition to the 66% who said they listen to radio online and the 70% who use a music streaming service. These statistics are cited as evidence of the continued resiliency of established media forms, ...

The European Broadcasting Union recently welcomed the European Parliament’s vote that will update existing must-carry rules and provide for a wider choice of free-to-air radio content while on the move. The vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) formally ...

State emergency communication committees would be required to update their emergency alert system plans periodically under legislation introduced on Capitol Hill. That’s one provision of the bill introduced by the Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation ...

WUPPERTAL, Germany — July 18, 2018 — Riedel Communications today announced the appointment of Marco Kraft as Head of Sales for Germany. In his new role, Kraft will manage the company’s sales and rental businesses serving the German broadcast and AV markets, reporting directly to Jens Miedek, Sales ...

In late March, further progress was made in incrementally easing some of the regulatory challenges faced by AM radio stations. This latest batch of new rules, which covers an array of mostly AM “moment method” proof-of-performance related issues, became effective with the publication of the adopted ...

The author is president/executive director of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association. They came to Kearney, Neb., from radio stations all across the state. Stations in cities and towns like Crete, Hastings, Lincoln, Omaha, O’Neill, Scottsbluff, Sidney, Wayne and West Point. One even came from Cody, ...

Entercom has chosen to Stacey Kauffman and Michael Spacciapolli to take on leadership roles as senior vice presidents and market managers for Sacramento and Pittsburgh, respectively. The company also named Scott Ellis as program director and midday host for St. Louis’s KNOU(FM), effective July 30. ...

We share crucial information about cybersecurity trends and how the issue affects radio broadcasters in the latest installment of our ongoing "Need to Know" series. Colleagues also remember innovator Eric Small, who passed away in late spring. In his column, Dave Beasing explores the niche carved ...

Studio equipment maker Tascam has added a USB port to a rackmounted dual-well cassette player/recorder. [Read: Before Digital: Remembering the Tascam 122 Mk II] In addition to the rear-panel USB port for direct output to digital peripheral devices for archiving, the 202mkVII offers other features ...

BTV has purchased GatesAir Flexiva FAX 10 kW transmitters for eight high-power FM Radio sites through New Tek, GatesAir’s local channel partner. Specifically, says GatesAir, the transmitters will be delivered in redundant N+1 configurations and include Direct Drive designs to simplify RF designs ...