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Atlanta Christian radio station shuts down

Atlanta Christian Radio Station WFSH-FM ‘The Fish’ Shutting Down Following Salem Media Group Sale

January 1, 2025

A longtime Atlanta Christian radio station is shutting down at the end of the month, following its sale by Salem Media Group. Contemporary Christian radio station WFSH-FM, “The Fish,” a longtime program in A... Read More...

Salem Media Group sells Christian Music radio stations

Salem Media Group Sells 7 Contemporary Christian Music Radio Stations for $80 Million

Ashley King

December 30, 2024

Salem Media Group sells its remaining contemporary Christian music radio stations to the Educational Media Foundation for $80 million. Salem Media Group has sold its seven remaining contemporary Christian mu... Read More...

Law Requiring AM Radio in Every Vehicle Gets Tossed From Federal Funding Bill

Ashley King

December 20, 2024

The AM in Every Vehicle Act was excluded from the continuing resolution (CR) bill to fund the federal government. The National Association of Broadcasters lobbied to have the bill included, but musicians and ... Read More...

Big Changes at SiriusXM Underway — Including a Pivot Away From Streaming

Ashley King

December 11, 2024

SiriusXM has detailed some big changes that are coming for its strategic focus, shifting away from trying to capture streaming audiences to focusing on its core business—auto listeners. SiriusXM says it is d... Read More...

Apple Music Expands Live Global Radio with Three New Stations

Ashley King

December 10, 2024

Apple launches three new live global radio stations on Apple Music: Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill. Today, Apple has launched three new live global radio stations on Apple Music to... Read More...

Minecraft now has Lunar FM in-game radio client

Minecraft Now Has Multiple In-Game Radio Stations Through a Popular Mod Client

Ashley King

December 1, 2024

A popular client for installing Minecraft mods has announced a partnership with Styngr to bring a fully licensed major label radio station to its users. The collaboration with Lunar Client results in Lunar FM... Read More...

LiveOne Confirms ‘Amended’ Tesla Partnership, Including the End of Subsidized Subscriptions for Certain Vehicle Owners

Dylan Smith

October 2, 2024

Tesla has retooled its partnership with music platform LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO), shares in which suffered a double-digit slip following the new deal’s announcement. LiveOne just recently described the pact’s k... Read More...

Green Day banned in Las Vegas radio stations

Calling Las Vegas the ‘Worst Sh*thole in America’ Gets Green Day Banned from Vegas Radio Stations

Ashley King

October 1, 2024

After comments lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong made on-stage at a concert in San Francisco, two Las Vegas radio stations are refusing to play Green Day songs. Here’s why. Armstrong publicly called out John ... Read More...

What If Radio Could Answer Your Questions? — will.i.am Launches RAiDiO.FYI

Ashley King

August 20, 2024

What if radio could answer your questions? In celebration of National Radio Day (August 20), will.i.am is answering that question with the launch of RAiDiO.FYI. RAiDiO.FYI is a first-of-its-kind, AI-infused ... Read More...

SiriusXM Sheds 173,000 Subscribers in Q2—618,000 Subs Lost in 2024 So Far

Ashley King

August 1, 2024

SiriusXM has revealed it lost more than 170,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2024—losing 100,000 self-pay and 73,000 promotional subs. The radio giant attributes the results to “lower voluntary churn... Read More...

Apple Music for Artists now tracks radio spins

Apple Music for Artists Adds Radio Monitoring—Track Spins For Over 40,000 Stations Worldwide

Ashley King

July 26, 2024

Apple Music for Artists can now track radio spins from more than 40,000 radio stations across the globe. Here’s a peek at the new feature. Apple says it offers radio monitoring for 40,000 radio stations from... Read More...

AccuRadio Says SoundExchange Lawsuit Was A “Complete Surprise To Us”

Ashley King

July 23, 2024

Yesterday, Digital Music News first reported on a new lawsuit brought forth by SoundExchange against AccuRadio for unpaid royalties. Now AccuRadio has reached out to say the lawsuit is a total surprise for th... Read More...

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Atlanta Christian Radio Station WFSH-FM ‘The Fish’ Shutting Down Following Salem Media Group Sale

Salem Media Group Sells 7 Contemporary Christian Music Radio Stations for $80 Million

Law Requiring AM Radio in Every Vehicle Gets Tossed From Federal Funding Bill

Big Changes at SiriusXM Underway — Including a Pivot Away From Streaming

Apple Music Expands Live Global Radio with Three New Stations

Minecraft Now Has Multiple In-Game Radio Stations Through a Popular Mod Client

LiveOne Confirms ‘Amended’ Tesla Partnership, Including the End of Subsidized Subscriptions for Certain Vehicle Owners

Calling Las Vegas the ‘Worst Sh*thole in America’ Gets Green Day Banned from Vegas Radio Stations

What If Radio Could Answer Your Questions? — will.i.am Launches RAiDiO.FYI

SiriusXM Sheds 173,000 Subscribers in Q2—618,000 Subs Lost in 2024 So Far

Apple Music for Artists Adds Radio Monitoring—Track Spins For Over 40,000 Stations Worldwide

AccuRadio Says SoundExchange Lawsuit Was A “Complete Surprise To Us”