Radio Broadcasting
Radio Reach: AM/FM radio is the dominant way to reach 13- to 34-year-olds with advertising in the car. Americans ages 13–34 spend just under an hour a day listening to audio in vehicles.
Bay Area Shuffle: Big Reid is taking over mornings on 102.9 KBLX immediately as Connoisseur Media reshuffles on-air and behind-the-scenes roles across its Bay Area radio cluster.
Billy Has Surgery: Billy Joel had a shunt implanted in his brain to treat normal pressure hydrocephalus and told fans he is improving and “not going anywhere.”
Media Industry
Folding iPhone: Apple announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, priced from $1,999 and available for preorder on Oct. 16 with shipments starting Oct. 23, while market analysts predict strong sales and a sizable share of the global foldable market.
60-Minutes Concern: Former CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon says she is “absolutely concerned” that the DNA of “60 Minutes” is being rewritten in real time and that a push to transform the program may be dismantling the very thing it is meant to protect.
Fake News: ABC says a Page Six report that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will end in 2027 is “inaccurate,” and that any claims about the show’s future right now are “purely speculative.”
U-S News
Five Grand For Amercians: President Trump used his keynote speech at the first night of the Republican midterm convention to make an unusual promise: if his party keeps control of Congress after November, he will give every American adult a $5,000 “dividend.” The president offered few details on how he would pay for these dividends or how they would work.
Warning Sounded: A NTSB update revealed that a pilot repeatedly warned of excessive speed during the final minutes of the cockpit voice recording before Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, killing five and injuring five, while a wrongful‑death lawsuit blames multiple failures by the pilots, operators and the aircraft’s age.
NFL Season Starts: The Seattle Seahawks edged the New England Patriots 13-10 in the NFL season opener, highlighting key performances from Jaxon Smith‑Njigba and rookie Jadarian Price, while injuries sidelined quarterback Sam Darnold and limited A.J. Brown’s impact for the Patriots.