Inside Radio

Jul 17, 2024 | insideradio.com | Douglas McLennan

As good as the first half of 2024 has been ratings-wise for public news/talk stations such as Washington, D.C.’s WAMU, San Francisco’s KQED and Boston’s WBUR, that’s about all the good news there’s been amid layoffs at these and many other public radio stations. Following NPR’s 10% staff cutback last year, 2024 has seen 25 workers pink-slipped at KQED, 15 at WAMU, 31 at Boston’s WGBH along with 14% of WBUR’s workforce, 14 at Chicago Public Radio, and 15 at Colorado Public Radio.

May 6, 2024 | insideradio.com

Cumulus Media has been investing in its digital marketing services business, and it’s paying off. No part of the company had stronger growth during the first quarter, with sales of

Mar 6, 2024 | insideradio.com | A Quarter

Good Karma Brands has overcome an objection to an engineering proposal for its clear channel station “ESPN Chicago 1000 AM” WMVP Chicago, which will allow the station to remain at 50,000-watts during the day but reduce its nighttime power to 37,000-watts.

Jan 24, 2024 | insideradio.com

Radio stations have longed had the ability to subscribe to audience ratings. Now in a similar vein, Seekr, an artificial intelligence company specializing in transparent content evaluation, is debuting a

Jan 4, 2024 | insideradio.com | A pair

SiriusXM is in the process of settling a pair of lawsuits brought by two of its own employees. In one, a former office manager alleged the satcaster violated state labor laws by failing to reimburse employees for business expenses incurred on the job related to the transition to remote work during the pandemic. In the other, a veteran security compliance employee claimed he had been repeatedly passed over for promotions and subjected to unequal pay because of his race and sex.