Thursday, October 8, 2026

Good Morning: Start Your Day With The Pulse For Oct 8


Radio Broadcasting

Simply the Best: The Radio Hall of Fame inducts its 2026 class Thursday night in Chicago, honoring eight living broadcasters and nine posthumous Legends. MORE

Saga Promotes: Saga Communications has named John Hakim General Manager of its Charleston, South Carolina, operations, succeeding Paul O’Malley. MORE

Podcast Access: YouTube remains the platform U.S. weekly podcast consumers use most often, according to Edison Research’s Q3 2026 Podcast Metrics from SSRS. MORE


Media Industry

Skydance Layoffs: Executives have told employees that layoffs will be part of integrating Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, days after the companies closed a roughly $110 billion merger and began operating as a single company. MORE

Access To TWH: David Ellison, CNN’s new owner, said he supports the network’s legal action against the Trump administration over White House access and will not interfere in its coverage. MORE

TV Ratings: FOX News Channel (FNC) ended the week of September 28th with nearly 2 million weekday primetime viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. MORE


U-S News

First Atlantic Hurricane: New warnings for Gulf Coast as Isaias is headed for a hurricane landfall late Friday or Saturday along the Gulf Coast, then inland this weekend.

ISIS Support:  An 18-year-old Minnesota man was charged Wednesday with receiving a firearm and ammunition to commit a federal terrorism crime after authorities accused him of plotting a mass shooting at the Mall of America ​near Minneapolis.

Dems Expected Win: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would move swiftly to reverse Trump-era cuts to healthcare spending and bring down households’ costs, expressing confidence that his party would win a majority during President Trump’s final two years in office.

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