The Broadcasters Foundation of America will host its next Media Mixer Oct. 7 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, bringing together broadcast professionals ahead of the Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony the following evening. The event, scheduled for 5:30-7:30pm CT, will feature iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman, who is among this year’s Radio Hall of Fame inductees. Pittman will participate in a Q&A with Premiere Networks’ nationally syndicated mo

Podcasting’s next phase will be shaped by more than audience growth and rising ad revenue. At the IAB’s 2026 Podcast Upfront, executives pointed to the medium’s strongest differentiator — the relationship between creators and listeners — while also outlining challenges around multiplatform consumption, measurement, video and artificial intelligence. Opening the event Wednesday, IAB CEO David Cohen said advertisers should not overlook the connection podcast hosts build with th

iHeartMedia has revealed the celebrity presenters and attendees who will join the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival presented by Capital One, adding a mix of radio personalities, music artists and entertainment figures to the two-day event. The list includes “The Breakfast Club” co-hosts Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Jess Hilarious, along with iHeartMedia/Premiere Networks’ personality Bobby Bones. Other presenters and attendees include Ashlee Keating, Britt Stewart, Daniell

Amazon Music is widening its video podcast push, adding more publishers and hosting platforms while expanding the format beyond the U.S. into five additional countries. New partnerships will bring video shows hosted by ART19, Triton Digital’s Omny Studio and Flightcast to Amazon Music, with SiriusXM’s hosting technology, Spotify’s Megaphone and Libsyn expected to follow in the coming months. The agreements will add video from publishers including iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, Spotif

Bruno Mars was the most-listened-to artist in U.S. vehicles during the summer, while songs by Mars, Ella Langley and Taylor Swift dominated state-by-state listening, according to Xperi’s Summer 2026 U.S. In-Vehicle Listening Report. Xperi said its analysis examined anonymized radio listening sessions from millions of vehicles equipped with its DTS AutoStage in-car entertainment platform during June, July and August. Mars’ “I Just Might” ranked as the top song overall, generat

As political advertising ramps up with the midterm elections less than two months away, the focus moves to how campaigns can find voters who still need to hear the message, or supporters who need to be reminded to turn intention into action. According to a report from iHeartMedia, audio media can make the difference when it comes to incremental voter reach, as in the number of new voters a campaign reaches beyond those already exposed to its ads. In a campaign’s final stretch

The Federal Communications Commission is urging a federal appeals court not to force it to rule this week on the latest challenge to its political advertising rate policy, arguing the Democrats seeking a decision by Friday are trying to rush the agency while the general election is already underway. In a filing in federal appeals court late Tuesday, the Commission asked the Fourth Circuit to reject a request from Sherrod Brown, Jon Ossoff, Roy Cooper and Kristen McDonald Rive

The long-running push to keep AM radio in vehicle dashboards cleared a major hurdle Tuesday as the House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (H.R. 979) by voice vote, capping months of lobbying efforts by the industry that had attracted more than 300 co-sponsors for the bill. The legislation will direct the Department of Transportation to require AM reception as standard equipment in new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. For Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), the bill’s lead

The Podcast Study 2026 finds that host relationships remain a central factor in podcast consumption, advertising effectiveness and potential new revenue streams. Strategic Solutions Research Partner Hal Rood and Point-To-Point Marketing Owner and CEO Tim Bronsil presented the first findings from the national study at the Sounds Profitable Business Summit. The presentation, titled “The Podcast Study 2026: Buying Trust, Not Just Reach,” examined how the relationship between pod

After 30 years of national syndication, Now Media’s “Bob & Sheri Show” has announced it will move from its currently free ad-supported model to a paid direct-to-listener subscription service starting in January 2027. Host Sheri Lynch and Now Media Director of Syndication Tony Garcia made the announcement Monday (Sept. 14) on the show’s “Oddcast” podcast, noting that since launching Now Media in 2017, ad revenue for “Bob & Sheri” has seen a significant 20% to 40% decline, whil