The Grio

Dave Van Dyke: BridgeRatings Radio’s audience is often described in broad strokes, but the real opportunity lies in understanding why different listeners still choose radio — and how those motivations can be activated for deeper engagement. Today’s radio listener isn’t a single profile; it’s a set of behaviors shaped by habit, context, and convenience.   The Core Habitual Listener These are radio’s daily users, skewing older but not disengaged. For […]

 iHeartMedia, the #1 audio company in America, announced today that it has extended its relationship with the culture-shifting multimedia mogul Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of iHeartMedia New York’s Power 105’s wildly popular and nationally syndicated hit radio show “The Breakfast Club,” heard by over 7 million listeners monthly and founder of The Black Effect podcast network. One of the world’s most well-informed, authoritative and distinctive media personalities, Charlamagne Tha God […]

Trended data from Edison Research’s Share of Ear study shows how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped U.S. audio listening habits — and where they have since settled. The analysis tracks the percentage of daily audio listening time spent at home among Americans age 13 and older from 2015 through the third quarter of 2025. From 2015 to 2019, just over half of all daily audio consumption occurred at home, averaging slightly […]

WHJX Hot 106.5 proudly welcomes DeDe In The Morning to its weekday lineup beginning Monday, January 12, expanding the reach of one of radio’s most recognizable nationally syndicated morning shows. The program will air simultaneously on HOT 106.5 and CMG’s Tru Hip Hop station Power 106.1 (WJGL-HD2), marking a rare dual-frequency morning show presence in the Jacksonville market. DeDe was a top 4 show with African Americans in Jacksonville. DeDe’s […]

Beasley Media Group is marking its 65th anniversary in 2026, reflecting its evolution from a single small-market radio station into a diversified media company with a national footprint. The company traces its roots to December 3, 1961, when founder George Beasley received an FCC license to build WPYB-AM, a daytime-only station in Benson, North Carolina. At the time, many smaller communities lacked local broadcast service, and Beasley identified radio’s potential […]

Cox 2026 Jobs Studio Technician (Part-Time) – WSB TV – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309 Board Operator (Part-Time) – WSB Atlanta Radio – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309 Local Sales Assistant – WSB TV – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309 Media Consultant – Atlanta Radio – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309 Activation Specialist (Part-Time) – Atlanta Radio – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309 Digital Content Producer – WSB TV – Atlanta, GA, US, 30309  

Drake has been accused of using an online casino platform to artificially inflate streams of his music. The Hotline Bling rapper, who signed an endorsement deal with Stake.us in 2022, is being sued for alleged racketeering conspiracy in a new class-action lawsuit filed by two Stake consumers, LaShawnna Ridley and Tiffany Hines, in Virginia on Wednesday. Drake and his co-defendants, streamer Adin Ross and Australian national George Nguyen, are accused of […]

Ciara has revealed what she’s “manifesting” for her new year. The Goodies hitmaker has shared what “good things” she is trying to will into existence over the next 12 months. “Oh my gosh, 2026, man. I’m manifesting more joy, more music, more success, you know what I’m saying?” the 40-year-old told People. “More zeros, you know what I’m saying? All that good stuff. I’m manifesting all the good things, okay? And (a) […]

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