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Articles involving radio, including broadcast companies and industry trends.
FOX News won’t offer live feed of GOP debate for cord-cutters
FOX News won't offer a free live stream of tonight's GOP debate -- but there is still one way you can legally access it for free.
FBI investigating possible broadcast signal intrusion at Indiana radio station
Did Anonymous really hijack Indiana radio station WXXR, or was it a publicity stunt? The FBI says they're investigating the matter.
FCC fines iHeartMedia $1 million over false emergency alerts
The fines stem from an incident where syndicated host Bobby Bones played out an EAS recording that triggered actual alerts in several states.
FCC approves Pandora’s acquisition of South Dakota radio station
Pandora's acquisition of a South Dakota station is largely based on the company's desire to pay a lower royalty rate to performance rights managers.
SiriusXM signal goes out for U.S., Canadian subscribers
SiriusXM subscribers were briefly without their satellite radio after a massive outage blanketed customers in both the United States and Canada on Saturday.
SiriusXM to increase subscriber rates over music royalty fee
The satellite/internet radio service will hike subscription costs by as much as a dollar due to an increase in the music royalty rate, the company said.
Chicago radio hosts learn about firing from Twitter
Staffers at an all-sports radio station in Chicago had no idea their station would shut down and they would be out of jobs — until they read about it on Twitter.
KGO Radio’s Kevin Metheny dies from heart attack
Kevin Metheny, a career radio executive who recently joined San Francisco's KGO-AM, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday afternoon. He was 60 years old.
Sacramento radio station deletes article about celebrity nude photos
A Sacramento radio station has removed a blog post from its website that purported to show leaked nude photographs of singer Nicki Minaj.
How old-school radio became a lifeline in the Middle East
In this guest post, Aboud Dandachi reveals how a 20-year-old birthday present from his dad — an ordinary, old-school transistor radio — became a lifeline during the Syrian civil conflict.
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Aboud Dandachi
NBC’s “Today Show” to launch on SiriusXM in June
NBC's national morning news and entertainment program "Today Show" will be simulcast to SiriusXM subscribers as part of a new channel launching this summer.
Lawmakers introduce legislation to curb hate speech on radio, TV
A pair of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill in both the Senate and House of Representatives that, if enacted, would seek to curb limits on the publication of so-called “hate speech” in the media.