Veteran sports radio host John Kincade will leave the “Kincade & Salciunas Morning Show” on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia at the end of July. Kincade’s final broadcast is scheduled for Friday, July 31.
After his departure, co-host Andrew Salciunas will continue hosting the station’s weekday morning show from 6-10 a.m.
The move ends Kincade’s second stint in his hometown market. He rejoined The Fanatic in 2021.“John has brought tremendous passion, professionalism, and authenticity to our morning show and to the Philadelphia sports community,” said Program Director Scott Masteller. “He’s been an important part of the station’s success, and we’re grateful for everything he has contributed both on the air and behind the scenes.”
John Kincade
Masteller said the station supports Kincade’s decision and wishes him and his family well. Paul Blake, Vice President and Market Manager for Beasley Media Group Philadelphia, credited Kincade with strengthening the morning show and building strong listener relationships.“John’s connection with Philadelphia sports fans is genuine and special,” Blake said. “He helped strengthen our morning franchise and brought an incredible level of energy and commitment to the station every single day.”
Kincade said the decision followed significant personal reflection after his recent cancer battle.“After a great deal of thought, I’ve decided that this summer will be the right time for me to step away from mornings at The Fanatic,” Kincade said. “This decision comes after a lot of reflection following my cancer battle and thinking carefully about what’s best for me and my family moving forward.”
He thanked Beasley Media Group, his co-workers, and Philadelphia listeners for their support since 2021. Kincade emphasized that he is not retiring and is excited about his next professional chapter.“I’m not retiring, and I’m excited to eventually explore what comes next professionally,” he said. “I’m proud of what we’ve built on the morning show and very confident in the future of The Fanatic.”
A familiar voice in sports radio for more than three decades, Kincade has worked in local and national broadcasting since 1992. In addition to his on-air duties, he has contributed digital content covering the Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers.
In today’s fragmented media landscape, advertisers need precise, granular data to navigate complexity and connect with the right audiences on the right platforms.
The Record is a quarterly report card that reveals exactly how U.S. consumers spend their listening day, powered by Nielsen and Edison Research. While marketers constantly track shifting behaviors to boost cross-channel performance, The Record cuts through the noise with a clear, unique view of the time Americans devote to ad-supported audio.
The Q1 Audio Overview
U.S. consumers spend nearly four hours daily with audio. Across most key demographic groups, radio’s share of daily time spent has seen an overall lift from quarter to quarter, highlighting the resilient power of radio in an increasingly fragmented media landscape.
When zeroing in on the ad supported audio universe, AM/FM radio (spanning both over-the-air and digital streaming) and podcasts remain the most impactful outlets for advertisers looking to secure audio real estate. 82% of all daily ad supported audio time goes to radio and podcasts, while only 16% is spent with streaming music services.
The sustained growth of podcasting paired with radio’s stable foundational reach reinforces a clear truth for media planners: if you are not building audio campaigns around a combined radio and podcast strategy, you are missing the vast majority of the daily ad supported audio audience.
Share of daily time spent with ad supported audio among audiences 18+
Tracking radio listening by format
While overall ad supported audio usage picked up across the general population, the first quarter brought a variety of seasonal shifts and growth stories across the top 15 largest-reaching AM/FM radio formats.
1. News capitalizes on current events: News/Talk maintained its position at the front of the pack, securing a 10.9% share of total radio listening (among P18+), a slight uptick from the 10.8% captured in Q4 2025. The format remains a primary driver for both total over-the-air listening and high digital streaming allocations.
All News listening also increased, climbing from 2.7% to 2.9%. These movements directly correlate with heightened interest in pressing international and domestic news events during Q1 2026.
2. Adult Contemporary Settles After the Holidays: As expected, the biggest format shift occurred in Adult Contemporary (AC). After dominating the airwaves in Q4 with a 8.4% share due to annual holiday music programming, AC settled back down to a 7.1% share in Q1 2026; bringing it closer to its historical average.
3. Pop, Country, and Rock Show Stability & Growth: Music formats across the board were resilient, holding onto their core audiences despite the post-holiday format shuffles. This tracks with the busy awards season in first quarter – with The Grammys and American Music Awards both taking place – and impactful album releases from a number of hugely popular artists:
Country held steady at a 5.8% share.
Classic Hits grew its 18-34 share from 5.1% to 5.4%.
Pop Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) stayed consistent at 4.3%.
Hot Adult Contemporary (Hot AC) grew its 18-34 share from 4.9% to 5.6%.
Alternative also saw growth among 18-34 year-olds moving from 3.8% to 4.2%.
4. Black and Hispanic Focused Formats: Urban Adult Contemporary | R&B held steady at a 5.1% share while Urban Contemporary | Hip-Hop/R&B grew from 2.7% to 2.8% among 18+ and 4.6% to 4.8% among 18-34. With Black Music Month happening in June, these formats may grow even further in Q2.
Mexican Regional stations posted a 3.1% share (up from 3.0% in Q4) and grew 18-34 listening from 3.4% to 3.6%.
This graphic details how the share of radio audience varies by format, age, demographic and platform for the top 15 largest-reaching AM/FM radio formats.
CBS News fired longtime journalist Scott Pelley on Tuesday in a sharp clash over the future of its flagship program “60 Minutes,” the country’s top-rated news show.
Pelley, 68, a “60 Minutes” correspondent and former anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” was terminated for cause effective immediately, according to a memo from Nick Bilton, the newly hired executive producer of the program.
The dismissal followed a staff meeting on Monday in which Pelley accused CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of “murdering ‘60 Minutes,’” citing last week’s ouster of the program’s leadership team and two on-air correspondents.
Scott Pelley
“We have parted ways with Scott Pelley,” Bilton wrote in a memo to staff Tuesday night. CBS News declined to comment.
In a telephone interview Tuesday evening, Pelley expressed deep attachment to the broadcast, for which he said he had risked his life over decades.
“I have been in combat in Afghanistan. I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast,” he said.
Pelley joined CBS in 1989. His firing ranks among the most dramatic moves in Weiss’s turbulent tenure at the network and is expected to intensify internal tensions.
It also escalates questions about Weiss’s decision to replace “60 Minutes” leadership entirely and install Bilton — a tech journalist with no prior broadcast television experience — as executive producer. Despite the upheaval, the program’s viewership rose 9% this past season and remains one of the nation’s highest-rated weekly broadcasts.
FOX News closed May 2026 as the top news brand in the competitive set on YouTube, notching 338.8 million video views, more than three times the views of each broadcast, according to Emplifi.
In fact, FOX News has been number one on YouTube with video views every month in 2026.
Throughout May, FOX News led competitors including MS Now (212.8 million views), CNN (154.1 million views), ABC News (105.7 million views), NBC News (82.4 million views) and CBS News (37.6 million views). Additionally, FOX News Clips platform drew over 34.9 million views in May, an 18% increase year-over-year.
FOX Business was also number one on YouTube amongst business brands for the 55th consecutive month with 40.8 million video views, according to Shareablee.
Once again ranking number one in social engagement, FOX News nabbed 79.3 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi & Comscore Social. FOX News garnered 38.1 million Facebook interactions, 15.8 million Instagram interactions, 5 million X interactions and, according to Comscore Social, 20.4 million TikTok interactions.
Collectively, FOX News drove 1.3 billion total social video views.
May 2026 YouTube Video Views, according to Emplifi:
Country 97.9 KGNC in Amarillo has added Country Radio Hall of Fame and National Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster Blair Garner to its lineup. He will host afternoons weekdays from 3-7 p.m., the station’s parent company Connoisseur Media announced.
Blair Garner
Garner brings nearly three decades of nationally syndicated country radio experience to the Texas Panhandle station.
A native of nearby Canyon, Texas, the move marks a homecoming for the veteran personality, who began his broadcasting career in the area at age 17.
Throughout his career, Garner has earned nine Billboard Broadcast Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and multiple nominations for both Marconi and CMA Awards. He has conducted more than 4,000 interviews with country artists and hosted several nationally syndicated programs.
“We’re thrilled to have a personality of Blair’s caliber joining our staff at KGNC,” said Operations Manager Jeff Scott. “He grew up in the area, he’s a true pro, and a perfect fit for us.”
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Connoisseur Media said Garner’s addition reflects the company’s commitment to investing in live and local talent, which it sees as a competitive advantage for radio stations in today’s crowded media landscape.
The White House Correspondents’ Association will hold a rescheduled annual dinner on Friday, July 24, in Washington, after a shooting interrupted the original April event. President Donald Trump said he has accepted an invitation to attend and deliver remarks.
In an email to members shared with The Washington Post, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, a CBS News senior White House correspondent, said the board decided to move forward after member input to ensure a violent act does not silence advocacy for press freedom.
“When gunfire interrupted this year’s event, it further clarified the WHCA’s mission to advocate for the freedoms that are protected in the First Amendment,” Jiang wrote. “We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during a year when we are reflecting on the 250th anniversary of America and everything we stand for.”
The decision was “not automatic” but followed “thoughtful consideration,” she added. The association has raised funds so original ticket holders can attend the second, more intimate gathering at no extra cost.
Trump, speaking at an April 25 news conference, initially pledged to reschedule within 30 days. Though that deadline passed, he praised the new date on Truth Social as “a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling.”
He confirmed Jiang asked him to speak and that he accepted. “I don’t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out,” Trump said. “In any event, it will be a ‘HOT’ ticket!”
The event will take place at the Waldorf Astoria Washington, D.C., in the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue — a property Trump’s company operated as the Trump International Hotel from 2016 to 2022 before selling the lease. Trump highlighted the location in his post, calling it “a Building and Ballroom that I built.”
The suspect in the April shooting, Cole Tomas Allen, has been federally indicted on four felonies, including attempted assassination of the president.
Friday’s all-new Dateline at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT will go inside the Luigi Mangione investigation, revealing exclusive new details and insight in the case that continues to captivate the world. For the first time, two NYPD Major Case Squad detectives who worked on the case take Dateline through the lead-up to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the urgent manhunt that followed.
Retired Detective Sergeant John Griffin tells Dateline anchor Lester Holt about his first reaction to seeing the weapon used in the killing: “It had something on the front, like a homemade suppressor or silencer-type thing.” Asked by Holt whether that was common, Griffin responded: “No. In 25 years, I don’t think I’ve ever actually encountered a silencer before that.”
The one-hour special, entitled A Killing in Midtown, also features a member of Thompson’s inner circle speaking publicly about the case for the first time. Jeff Alter, a friend and former colleague, tells Holt about the social media reaction to Thompson’s death. “Social media is fast and cruel, people posting, you know, smiley faces that — that somebody was murdered just — it’s just beyond me,” Alter explained. He added that the response was “really cruel,” particularly for those who knew Brian personally.
A Killing in Midtown also features interviews with people who met Mangione while he traveled, including a pro soccer player in Thailand and a yoga teacher in Hawaii. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the murder.
Mike Arlo, a beloved fixture of Hampton Roads rock radio for more than five decades, died Tuesday at age 77 following a brief illness, 106.9 The Fox announced Wednesday.
The station will air a special tribute to Arlo on Friday, June 5, at 10 a.m. on “Your Radio.” Listeners are invited to submit audio messages by calling 757-523-1010 or using the Open Mic feature on the Fox app. The station plans to play as many tributes as possible.
Arlo’s upbeat, high-energy personality defined local rock radio starting in 1975, when he joined FM99 WNOR and launched the popular midday show “Arlo’s Electric Lunch.” In 1996, he moved to sister station Classic Rock 106.9 The Fox, where he continued entertaining audiences for nearly three more decades.
Beyond the airwaves, Arlo was deeply involved in community service. He actively supported signature local events including the Rock and Roll Up Your Sleeve Blood Drive and the Mayflower Marathon Annual Food Drive, using his platform to rally listeners for charitable causes.
Carol Commander, General Manager at Saga Communications, which owns 106.9 The Fox, said Arlo’s impact was profound. “To say that Mike Arlo will be missed is truly an understatement,” Commander said.
“His impact on our industry, our wonderful listeners, and our community he served so passionately for over five decades is immeasurable. His loss leaves a void that simply cannot be filled.”
Tributes and memories from listeners and colleagues continue to pour in across social media following the announcement.
From The Record: U.S. consumers spend nearly four hours daily with audio. According to Nielsen, radio’s share of daily time spent has seen an overall lift from quarter to quarter, highlighting the resilient power of radio in an increasingly fragmented media landscape.
KGNC Snags Garner: Country 97.9 KGNC in Amarillo has added Country Radio Hall of Fame and National Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster Blair Garner to its lineup. He will host afternoons weekdays from 3-7 p.m., the station’s parent company Connoisseur Media announced.
R.I.P.: Mike Arlo, a beloved fixture of Hampton Roads rock radio for more than five decades, died Tuesday at age 77 following a brief illness, 106.9 The Fox announced.
Scott Pelley was terminated from “60 Minutes” Tuesday evening, hours after meeting with CBS News leadership to address a heated clash the previous day in which he accused editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the program.
In a termination letter sent Tuesday and reviewed by TheWrap, “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton cited Pelley’s “antipathy to the future of the show” and accused him of hijacking the meeting with a “performative display of hostility” that showed no interest in the program’s success.
Bilton wrote that Pelley’s employment with CBS was terminated for cause, effective immediately.
Bilton later informed the “60 Minutes” staff of the decision, expressing “unyielding support” for the team amid the sudden change. In his message to the team, Bilton said he had made repeated attempts over the weekend and that afternoon to find common ground, but Pelley chose a different path.
He noted the disruption to planned discussions about Season 59 and committed to supporting the staff and their journalism going forward.
Pelley, a correspondent at the network for more than three decades, was informed of his firing by email around 9 p.m. Tuesday. The dismissal follows a tumultuous 24 hours at CBS News, triggered by Pelley’s public criticism of Weiss and Bilton, whom she selected as the new executive producer.
Although scheduled for vacation, Pelley remained in New York and spent much of Tuesday at the “60 Minutes” headquarters on Manhattan’s West Side. He had previously declined private meetings with Weiss and Bilton about the show’s future before agreeing to Tuesday’s session.
Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B singer celebrated for his soaring Disney duets in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin,” died Tuesday at age 75.
Bryson passed peacefully at 5 p.m. ET on June 2, 2026, in Marietta, Georgia, surrounded by family and loved ones, just days after suffering a stroke. His family announced the news in a statement, expressing gratitude for the outpouring of love and noting how his voice and generous spirit touched countless lives.
The two-time Grammy winner was best known for his romantic ballads and powerhouse duets. He teamed with Celine Dion on “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.
The following year, he partnered with Regina Belle on “A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladdin, another Oscar winner that became the first song from an animated film to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned him a second Grammy.
Born Robert Peapo “Peabo” Bryson on April 13, 1951, in Greenville, South Carolina, he began performing as a teenager and built a five-decade career as a smooth-voiced balladeer. His R&B hits and soulful love songs became staples at weddings and romantic playlists, while his Disney contributions introduced his voice to new generations.
Tributes poured in quickly from fans, colleagues, and artists who remembered his timeless romance, class, and enduring impact on music. A celebration of life and memorial arrangements will be announced later.
Pat McAfee and ESPN have begun negotiations on a long-term contract extension.
According to Front Office Sports, McAfee’s current five-year deal does not expire until 2028, and a new agreement is not imminent, the sources said. An ESPN spokesperson declined to comment.
The talks come on the same day McAfee announced a new sponsorship deal for his show with DraftKings, ESPN’s official sportsbook partner.
Unlike traditional ESPN talent contracts, the network licenses The Pat McAfee Show outright. The arrangement covers McAfee, his co-hosts, producers, and the Indianapolis studio in a single payment, reducing ESPN’s typical overhead costs for studio programming.
McAfee also appears as a star contributor on ESPN’s College GameDay, which has posted record ratings under his involvement. Last year, ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus highlighted McAfee’s impact on the show’s audience.
“We were up 34% year-over-year in the 18-to-24 demo,” Magnus told Front Office Sports. “That just doesn’t happen in our business without something remarkable. To me, that’s the appeal of Pat. … He’s the voice of their generation and their fandom.”
McAfee has proven highly valuable to both ESPN and sports betting platforms by drawing younger male viewers. He previously helped drive customer acquisition for DraftKings rival FanDuel during the early days of sports gambling legalization.
➦In 1904...Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby born (some sources list May 2 – Died from heart attack October 14, 1977).
Bind Crosby
He was the first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary's opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962.
Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
On September 2, 1931, Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut. Before the end of the year, he signed with both Brunswick and CBS Radio. Doing a weekly 15-minute radio broadcast, Crosby became a hit.
His first commercial sponsor on radio was Cremo Cigars and his fame spread nationwide. After a long run in New York, he went back to Hollywood to film The Big Broadcast. His appearances, records, and radio work substantially increased his impact. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. His records produced hits during the Depression when sales were down. Audio engineer Steve Hoffman stated, "By the way, Bing actually saved the record business in 1934 when he agreed to support Decca founder Jack Kapp's crazy idea of lowering the price of singles from a dollar to 35 cents and getting a royalty for records sold instead of a flat fee. Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. All the other artists signed to Decca after Bing did. Without him, Jack Kapp wouldn't have had a chance in hell of making Decca work and the Great Depression would have wiped out phonograph records for good."
His social life was hectic. His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. By 1936, he replaced his former boss, Paul Whiteman, as host of the weekly NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for the next ten years. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day), with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune.
Crosby's vocal style helped take popular singing beyond the "belting" associated with Al Jolson and Billy Murray, who had been obligated to reach the back seats in New York theaters without the aid of the microphone. As music critic Henry Pleasants noted in The Great American Popular Singers, something new had entered American music, a style that might be called "singing in American" with conversational ease. This new sound led to the popular epithet "crooner".
During the Second World War, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. The nickname "Der Bingle" was common among Crosby's German listeners and came to be used by his English-speaking fans. In a poll of U.S. troops at the close of World War II, Crosby topped the list as the person who had done the most for G.I. morale, ahead of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope.
The biggest hit song of Crosby's career was his recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", which he introduced on a Christmas Day radio broadcast in 1941. The song then appeared in his movie Holiday Inn (1942). His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to No. 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947.
The song remains the bestselling single of all time. According to Guinness World Records, his recording of "White Christmas" has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. His recording was so popular that he was obliged to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles. Although the two versions are similar, the 1947 recording is more familiar today.
Longtime Nashville radio personality and Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody is in critical condition in the hospital, battling heart and kidney failure and in need of a double organ transplant for survival.
Cody, a Country Radio Hall of Famer with nearly 50 years on the airwaves, was admitted to the ICU about three weeks ago. His condition has deteriorated rapidly, leading doctors to place him on an ECMO life-support machine that takes over heart function after a recent decline.
His daughter, Hannah Davis, shared the update on social media on May 31, 2026, describing a "roller coaster" of tests, dialysis, medications, and setbacks. A double heart-and-kidney transplant was identified as his only option. Cody passed qualifying tests for the transplant list, but his heart strength faltered, prompting intubation and ECMO support.
Pelley, Fired 60-Minutes Correspondents and Bilton
CBS News was rocked by fresh internal turmoil Monday when “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley sharply attacked the program’s newly hired executive producer and accused editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the iconic Sunday newsmagazine.
In an extraordinary staff meeting at the program’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters, Pelley confronted Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker appointed last week as part of a major shake-up. With his voice shaking at times, Pelley told Bilton he had only “slender” qualifications for the job and questioned the network’s commitment to the future of “60 Minutes,” according to a recording obtained by The New York Times.
Pelley declared that Weiss “is murdering ‘60 Minutes.’ She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that.” He added that changes Weiss has made at the “CBS Evening News” have been “catastrophic.”
Former “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens joined the growing revolt against CBS News leadership Monday night, blasting new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss as an ideologue and praising Scott Pelley for confronting the network’s direction.
Owens, accepting the Gabe Pressman Truth to Power Award at the New York Press Club’s annual dinner, said Pelley “can smell a fraud from a mile away” and voiced strong support for his former colleague’s public criticism of CBS leadership. Owens specifically criticized Weiss, describing her as “an opinion writer best known for being an ideologue.”
According to The Wrap, he also condemned the network’s “Black Thursday” firings of longtime correspondents including Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi, saying: “They were fired by people who don’t even know what we do and don’t actually care.”
Hubbard Radio Rebrands as Hubbard — Media That Connects Minneapolis, MN — Hubbard Radio CEO Ginny Hubbard announced Monday that the company is dropping “Radio” from its name and rebranding as Hubbard — Media That Connects™, reflecting its evolution into a diversified media organization beyond traditional broadcasting.
The new brand identity highlights the company’s 103-year legacy of connecting consumers and advertisers to strengthen businesses and communities, while better representing how audiences and advertisers engage with media today across broadcast, streaming, podcasting, digital platforms, and on-demand content.
According to the company’s announcement, what began in 1923 with a single AM radio station has grown into a multifaceted media enterprise that now operates 50 radio stations across 12 markets.
Key clusters include flagship stations such as WTOP (all-news powerhouse) and WFED (Federal News Network) in Washington, D.C.; WDRV (97.1 The Drive) and WTMX (101.9 The Mix) in Chicago; KUPD, KDKB, and KSLX in Phoenix; KQMV (MOViN 92.5), KNUC, and KRWM in Seattle; WARH (106.5 The Arch), WIL (92.3), KSHE 95, and WXOS (101.1 ESPN) in St. Louis; WUBE (B-105), WKRQ (Q102), and WYGY (97.3 The Wolf) in Cincinnati; plus strong presences in Minneapolis-St. Paul (KSTP) and West Palm Beach, along with the national digital marketing agency 2060 Digital and the Gamut Podcast Network — recently ranked among the Top 10 podcast networks in America.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on June 10 amid growing congressional scrutiny of the league’s television rights deals and the 65-year-old antitrust exemption that makes them possible.
In a letter sent Monday to Goodell, Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) requested the commissioner’s appearance at the hearing titled to examine sports broadcasting agreements with traditional networks and streaming platforms. The letter, first reported by ESPN, directly questions whether Congress should revise or repeal the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.
That 1961 law gives professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey leagues a limited exemption from federal antitrust laws. It allows the NFL to negotiate national television contracts as a single entity rather than as 32 separate teams — an arrangement that has produced massive rights fees from broadcasters such as CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video, and others.
