Urban One’s pending acquisition would bring together two longtime competitors in the Dallas radio market. CEO Alfred Liggins said Thursday he’s been trying to convince Service Broadcasting owner Hymen Childs to sell his two FMs to Urban One for decades. “I’ve been trying to make a deal with the owner-operator there, Mr. Hyman Childs, who’s a wonderful broadcaster and has been in this business for a long time. And we always stayed in touch, and we finally were able to do somet

Since Red Apple Media took over the ownership of New York talk station WABC (770) in 2020, it’s become the top-ranked AM-exclusive outlet in the market. Now it tops Inside Radio’s TOP 10 ranking of U.S. stations heard only on the AM band within their markets, based on persons 6+ cume delivery during Nielsen’s winter 2025 wave (January-to-March three-month average) as compiled by ACT 1 systems. The station’s cume reached 418,500 during the first three months of the year. WABC,

It wasn’t just ad tech and marketing opportunities that were on display during the upfront presentations. YouTube also used the stage to announce a new content partnership with “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper. She will expand her Unwell Network with four upcoming shows on YouTube. “It’s all about finding the right show for the right platform,” Cooper says in Q&A. “YouTube is where we can move fast, experiment, get feedback from our audience in real time, and build somethin

Magellan AI is joining forces with Signal Hill Insights in a move they say will bring unified brand and performance measurement to podcast advertising. The partnership between two familiar names in podcast circles connects Signal Hill Insight’s brand lift studies with Magellan’s exposure and performance data. In the partnership, both companies will bring their familiar roles to the table. Magellan captures ad exposure across both dynamically inserted and baked-in podcast ads