US-based terrestrial radio stations don’t pay royalties on the broadcast of recordings. The newly-introduced ‘AM-FM Act’ is aiming to change that. Once upon a time, terrestrial radio enjoyed a convenient relationship with major recor…
Category archives: Traditional Radio
Hip Hop DJ Angie Martinez Suffers Serious Injuries In a Major Car Accident
On November 4th, popular hip-hop DJ Angie Martinez confirmed that she had suffered serious injuries as a result of a car accident. One of the hosts of New York City’s Power 105.1, Martinez reported the injuries herself through social media. These…
FCC Commissioner Doesn’t Appreciate the RIAA’s Response on Payola
Looks like the RIAA’s brush-off of the Federal Communications Commission’s payola inquiry didn’t quite work as planned. For those just tuning in to this one, the multi-headed monster of radio payola has recently resurfaced — and the F…
Global Music Rights Points Its Guns at Another Radio Giant: Entravision
Global Music Rights has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Entravision Communications, which runs a collection of Spanish-language radio stations throughout the United States. The lawsuit claims that Entravision violated the performance rig…
Switzerland Is Officially Ending FM Broadcasts by 2024
Switzerland has officially announced that FM broadcasts will end by 2024. Bernard Maissen—deputy director for Switzerland’s Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)—made the announcement today. The OFCOM release stated that Maissen based his decision o…
Super Hi-Fi Granted a U.S. Patent for Its ‘MagicStitch’ Streaming Technology
Super Hi-Fi has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent on MagicStitch. MagicStitch technology uses artificial intelligence to identify and remove dead air. The result is a cleaner listening experience between tracks. …
Iconic Alt-Rock San Francisco Station KFOG is Shutting Down
Iconic alt-rock radio station KFOG 104.5 in San Francisco is signing off the air after 36 years. Yesterday, the radio station announced it would flip to a simulcast of KNBR-AM sports radio on September 6th. The station’s fans — affectionately known as…
Radio Payola Is Alive and Well In the US, Investigatory Report Finds
Payola scandals in the radio industry are nothing new. Indeed, the practice of illegally paying a DJ or radio station money in exchange for playing a song is likely as old as the industry itself. Two separate scandals in the 1960s and the 2000s rocked …
Entercom Drops Nearly $70 Million on Two Podcasting Acquisitions
Who says Spotify gets to have all the fun? Entercom, a Pennsylvania-based broadcasting company and radio network, has acquired two prominent podcast companies, Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Media. The companies cost Entercom a total of $70 million. T…
Is Traditional Radio About to Crash? Audience Levels In America Have Been Flat for Three Years Straight
2019’s radio listening statistics make this format look deceptively resilient. According to the Nielsen’s 2019 Audio Today Report, which was recently made available, 272 million Americans listen to traditional radio every week, an increase of 7 million…