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Save the Date! October 15–17 in Washington, DC for the 2025 NABOB Black Media Summit & Power of Urban Radio Forum—where culture, content, and commerce collide.  This year’s summit features a powerful lineup of speakers, media leaders, and brand executives. Highlights include the Black-Owned Agency Brunch, Power of Urban Radio Awards Luncheon, CMO Workshop, State of Black Media, AI & digital transformation panels, evening receptions, and more. Don’t miss this […]

RADIO RATINGS FOR SUBSCRIBING STATIONS GREENSBORO-WS-HIGH POINT | INDIANAPOLIS | JACKSONVILLE | MEMPHIS | MILWAUKEE-RACINE | NASHVILLE | NORFOLK-VIRGINIA BEACH-NWPT NEWS | RALEIGH-DURHAM | WEST PALM BEACH-BOCA RATON Nielsen ratings coming next Friday at 5PM(ET): Baton Rouge, Louisville, New Orleans and  Oklahoma City. the charts are back. take a look at the new allaccess.com/mediabase music charts

The NBA hasn’t had a game seven in nine years. Karen Vaugh and Terry Monday this isn’t over. The Indiana Pacers, rallying around injured star Tyrese Haliburton, crushed the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 to force a deciding Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Haliburton, cleared to play with a right calf injury only a couple of hours before tipoff, scored 14 points with five assists and two steals in a […]

The global advertising industry is expected to grow by 4.9% in 2025, reaching $979 billion, according to MAGNA’s Summer Update of its Global Ad Forecast. While that represents a notable deceleration from 2024’s 10.3% surge, the report points to digital platforms as the main driver of stability amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Traditional media owners (radio, TV, publishing, out-of-home) will see revenues fall by 3% to $264 billion, continuing a […]

PPMs coming Friday at 5PM(ET): Greensboro, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Memphis, Milwaukee and Nashville.

Urbaninsite.com has a free new and improved music chart partnering with Mediabase and Allaccess.com. Click here and register to see now even more music charts.  

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed Olivia Trusty to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), filling the vacancy left by former Commissioner Nathan Simington and giving Republicans a 2-1 majority on the currently three-member panel. Trusty, a veteran policy advisor with experience both on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, was nominated by President Donald J. Trump earlier this year. Her confirmation drew praise from […]

Ten years ago day before yesterday, Clementa Pinckney and eight other worshippers were gunned down by a white supremacist in the oldest Black church in the South: Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (source cbsnews.com) His daughter Eliana, who is now working as a professional actress after graduating from college, reflects on the death of her father a decade later and how she views forgiveness: “The fact that […]

Edison Research and SiriusXM Media will debut a new research report next week aimed at helping advertisers understand how to better reach the elusive Gen Z audience. The Gen Z Audio Report will premiere during a live webinar on Tuesday, June 25 at 2pm ET, offering exclusive data and insights into the audio habits, values, and preferences of Americans ages 13-24. Presented by Salma Aly, Manager of Research at Edison […]