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- Cumulus’ KKOB(AM) Shuffles After Move From Two-Tower Site
Balloons take off during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in 2004. Credit: John Bashian/Getty Images After nearly 85 years of broadcasting from location north of Albuquerque, Cumulus Media’s 770 KKOB(AM) moved its transmitting location in September and is operating at 1 kW both day and night from a long-wire antenna. Cumulus said it plans to return to its licensed 50 kW daytime from a new site in 2026, though it is unlikely the station will return to that same power level at night. KKOB is one of only two 50 kW AM stations in New Mexico, with 1020 KCKN in Roswell, which also runs a directional 50 kW at night to protect KDKA(AM), being the other. KKOB’s temporary setup is part of the ramifications the heritage station is facing following a hot-air balloon that struck its 645-foot daytime tower during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October 2024. History of… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - KTIS Names Aaron ”Toast” Trost Creative Services Director
98.5 KTIS Minneapolis-St. Paul has appointed Aaron "Toast" Trost as its new Creative Services Director, with his first day set for January 19. Trost joins the Twin Cities station after two and a half years at Northwestern Media's KSLT in Rapid City, SD, where he served as both Morning Show Host and Creative ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - Fred Child Named CEO of All Classical RadioAll Classical Radio in Portland, OR has named broadcaster and arts advocate Fred Child as its next President and CEO, effective January 2. Child will relocate from New York City to take the role, succeeding Suzanne Nance, who stepped down earlier this year after a decade leading the organization. Since July, ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago
- ‘Tis the Season for Pretty Towers
Radio World loves to receive photographs that capture the allure of radio. Over the last few years, we’ve put out multiple calls to our readership asking for pretty pictures of their facilities, and they have not disappointed! Want to share your own tower pics? Email them to radioworld@futurenet.com. Views From on the job While working up in Boston, Jeff Hugabonne, a senior engineer for CACI International, sent us the following photo of WBZ NewsRadio’s tower site. He writes: “Who says radio towers aren’t pretty?” Read a new feature story about Hugabonne and a Connecticut LPFM here. Powered-Up Poppies Mike Worrall, engineering director for KCSN/KSBR Radio (which is owned by California State University, Northridge) had his own photo to share … this one with a wealth of florals. He writes: “The California state flower is the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), shown here in abundance. This was the site of station KSPN, 710 kHz in… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - NAB exec testifies in Senate as radio royalty argument grinds on
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Board DirectorHenry Hinton will enter the long-running fray over the exemption of terrestrial radio from paying performance royalties for airplay of songs. Hinton will argue that stations should continue their statutory exemption. Continue Reading → ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - NAB’s Matheny, Mondal to Lead BPS Development
Sam Matheny and Tariq Mondal. Credit: NAB The National Association of Broadcasters announced a “strategic realignment” to accelerate development and deployment of the Broadcast Positioning System, a public safety and national security initiative made possible by the NextGen TV ATSC 3.0 standard. The announcement comes two months after NAB announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the organization a $744,000 contract to advance BPS field testing. BPS is a new technology that was invented and developed by the NAB. Broadcasters have been promoting the system, which uses NextGen TV/ATSC 3.0 signals to deliver terrestrial-based timing and location services that can serve as a backup to the Global Positioning System. BPS has the potential to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure in the event of a GPS outage, cyberattack or disruption, the organization said. NAB is partnering with Dominion Energy for the system’s contract and for field testing. NAB Executive Vice… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
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