Radio World

07/02/2025

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr — who has climbed dozens of communications towers, including a 2,000-footer — travelled to the tower climbing training center of telecom infrastructure company Vikor in Sioux Falls, S.D., to give what his office called the first major policy speech of his chairmanship.

Carr enthusiastically supported the actions of the Trump administration to date, saying “President Trump is taking quick action to usher in a new Golden Age for America.”

Brendan Carr gave his first major policy speech as FCC chairman at a tower climbing center in North Dakota.

07/02/2025

The Radio Hall of Fame has announced 11 new inductees. 🏆

The 2025 honorees are Alice Cooper, Colin Cowherd, Martha Quinn, Dede In the Morning, Scott Simon of NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday," Mojo In The Morning, Mike McVay of McVay Media, Bob & Sheri, Julie Talbott of Premiere Networks and Alabama's Shelley "The Pl***oy" Stewart.

The inductees will be honored at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago in October.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced 11 new inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame .

07/02/2025

Bitter foes?

Maybe they are in the ratings books, but iHeartMedia and Audacy have partnered up to make all of Audacy's 256 stations (AM/FM) available in the iHeartRadio app.

Audacy will continue to promote its own mobile platform, which will still include features native to the app, such as the ability to rewind during linear station programming.

iHeartMedia and Audacy announced that, effective immediately, Audacy’s radio stations and podcasts will be available on the iHeartRadio app.

07/01/2025

SBE 15 NYC Summer BBQ at the historic Armstrong Tower. Read about it in this Radio World article: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/a-day-at-the-armstrong-tower-to-celebrate-fm

07/01/2025

The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has built momentum in recent weeks by gaining support from additional members of Congress.

Randy Stine reviewed a report on the proposed mandate that was originally released in April from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, headed by Sen. Ted Cruz.

The committee believes the decision by OEMs to remove broadcast AM radio from vehicles “presents a public safety concern."

The U.S. Senate committee believes AM radio is critical to “domestic emergency management.” It also believe a mandate would not be costly for automakers.

06/30/2025

The New York Office of the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau has sent a “pirate letter” to the owner of a walk-up apartment in the Bronx, for a transmission on 89.3 FM observed there on three separate occasions in the last year.

An NYC reader identified 89.3 “Digital FM WDYM,” as a long-time unlicensed station operating from the Bronx.

The 89.3 FM frequency in the Bronx has been targeted by the Enforcement Bureau in the past, but it is unknown if this operation is linked.

The New York Office of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has sent a “pirate letter” to the owner of a mixed-use property in one of the five New York City boroughs.

06/30/2025

Antenna manufacturer Dielectric and SCMS hosted "Radiovana," a gathering of 60 engineers and vendors on Maine's Sebago Lake this month.

Dielectric displayed its 13-station manifold combiner, which is now deployed at Farnsworth Peak in Salt Lake City.

Here's a flavor of the event through Jim Peck's photos.

Dielectric, in partnership with SCMS, hosted Radiovana at Sebago Lake, a two-day showcase to demonstrate its commitment FM broadcasting.

06/29/2025

The power supply is often the first component to fail in broadcast equipment, whether due to line surges, overheating or component aging.

John Bisset delivers a simple, step-by-step way to retrofit an internal supply, courtesy of a client of longtime reader Frank Hertel.

Read John's latest Workbench.

Step-by-step, we take you through a method to replace an OEM power supply. They are often the often the first component to fail in broadcast equipment.

06/28/2025

It was an honor to make my first visit to the Armstrong Tower in the Palisades of Bergen County, where Edwin Armstrong conducted groundbreaking research.

06/28/2025

Never have there been so many options for sending your audio and metadata to your transmitter.

Where do you even start?

In our latest free ebook, "Getting Data Up the Hill," questions we explore include licensing and unlicensed options, internet connectivity, the state of wireless IP links, various bands including 950 MHz, MicroMPX, last-mile challenges, the use of systems like Starlink, redundancy and how to stay connected in natural disasters.

Radio World returns to one of the most important decisions that radio engineers must make in designing their air chains.

06/27/2025

Commissioner Olivia Trusty, the newest member on the Federal Communications Commission, has named Krista Senell as her chief of staff and senior counsel.

Trusty also named several acting advisors.

Commissioner Olivia Trusty, the newest member on the Federal Communications Commission, has named Krista Senell as her chief of staff and senior counsel.

06/27/2025

SDRPlay has come up with a "prosumer" solution to set up a software-defined radio in locations that offer low-noise or a quieter band, James Careless explains.

That's often the quandary DX'ers face — they may live in an urbanized area, but the best places to hear distant signals are in rural locations.

James runs through his first impressions of the new networked nRSP-ST SDR from his home in Ottawa.

SDRplay’s nRSP-ST software-defined radio allows remote control via its built-in web-server, a gamechanger for DXers, says James Careless.