Good News Roundup for August 11, 2013
A look at industry awards, public service and community outreach initiatives from the telecom, media and technology sectors.
Cumulus Media ($CMLS) is a national owner and operator of local AM and FM radio stations in the United States. As of 2019, the company operated over 400 stations in 90 metropolitan areas. Cumulus is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
A look at industry awards, public service and community outreach initiatives from the telecom, media and technology sectors.
Like other media companies, Cumulus continues to be hammered by a weak advertising market, with its broadcast revenue down 12.5 percent.
Elizabeth Pembleton has been promoted to regional vice president and market manager in Allentown, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton for Cumulus Media.
Westwood One will provide Super Bowl LVII coverage to around 600 broadcast stations and the American Forces Network on Sunday.
An Indianapolis radio personality whose comedy can be heard on stations across the country was purportedly targeted by a gunman over the weekend.
Norm Pattiz, a consummate broadcaster whose Westwood One syndicated programming network dominated the airwaves, died on Sunday at 79.
A San Francisco radio station has given up on news and talk programming and will flip to a sports-betting format next week.
Ray Appleton was suspended after he made controversial remarks during a radio broadcast on Thursday.
Cumulus says radio employees and talk show hosts who promote election-related conspiracy theories will be fired.
The agency said the six radio broadcasters failed to maintain public inspection files as required under federal law.