Radio Broadcasting
The Evolution Continues: Audacy is eliminating Market Managers and replacing them with a regionalized sales structure led by Regional Presidents, new Regional Vice Presidents and senior sales leaders, CEO Kelli Turner announced in a staff memo. Turner said the reorganization—intended to “scale opportunities and drive revenue growth” while removing historical “market walls”—will align five regions under Regional Presidents supported by Regional VPs who will oversee groups of markets to unlock local and national budgets and streamline processes. The change follows recent shifts including Brand Managers reporting to Format Vice Presidents. READ MORE
Executive Promotion In SLC: Cumulus Media has announced that it has appointed Joyce Wirthlin as Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Salt Lake City. Wirthlin was previously Market President for iHeart Media Salt Lake City, and prior to that, was Senior Vice President of Sales for the market. READ MORE
WPOC New Morning Co-Host: iHeartMedia Baltimore’s 93.1 WPOC has named Candace Dold co‑host of its new weekday morning show, Michael J & Candace In The Morning, airing 6–10 a.m. Dold joins veteran host Michael J — who is set for induction into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2026 — after filling in as a guest host during the station’s search. READ MORE
Media News
Weekly TV Ratings: FOX News Channel finished the week of March 23rd with 3.1 million weekday primetime viewers, outpacing broadcast network NBC (2,474,000) for the second week in a row. FNC also outperformed NBC in Monday - Sunday primetime viewers, nabbing 2,662,000 viewers, while NBC saw 2,435,000 viewers. In Monday - Sunday total day, FNC drew 1.7 million viewers and outpaced the cable news competition combined among total viewers during Monday-Sunday total day and primetime. Meanwhile, CBS Evening News marked a new low on Friday, March 27th since Tony Doukoupil took over as anchor of the program with a miniscule 2.7 million viewers. READ MORE
First Quarter 2026: FOX News Channel (FNC) dismantled CBS in viewers, while also dominating all of cable for the 20th consecutive quarter, according to Nielsen. Notably, FNC posted its 97th straight quarterly win as the top network in cable news primetime viewership, even besting ESPN despite college football and NFL playoffs. FNC also ranked as the fastest-growing network in all of television among primetime viewers and secured the top spot in cable among Hispanic and Asian audiences in total day for both Q1 2026 and the month of March. READ MORE
U-S News
Trump Claims Military Success: Offers No Clear Timeline to End Fighting In a 19-minute address from the White House, President Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” but did not make any revealing announcements. Trump says US forces will 'finish the job' soon in first prime-time speech since starting Iran war.
SCOTUS: Key Justices Appear Skeptical of Limiting Birthright Citizenship. President Trump attended the arguments but left after the government presented its case. A victory for the administration would bar children of undocumented immigrants or temporary residents from automatically being Americans.
We have liftoff! NASA's long-awaited return trip to the moon launched on Wednesday, April 1 as crowds of people watched in awe to see the Artemis II mission take off in Florida. The Orion capsule lifted off at about 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four astronauts on board are now in orbit around the Earth on their historic mission to the moon, though not land on this trip. “We are going for all humanity,” astronaut Jeremy Hansen said seconds before lifting off.
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