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Audacy’s all-news KNX-FM, Los Angeles is presenting a one-hour town hall broadcast titled, “Reality in an A.I. World,” live today (5/18) at 4:00 pm PT from the Audacy SoundSpace on L.A.’s Miracle Mile. The station says, “With A.I. a key sticking point in the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike, the panel will feature actor, screenwriter, producer…

Audacy’s all-news KNX-FM, Los Angeles produced a live town hall on Tuesday (2/21) titled, “A Generation Lost,” that brought together students and experts to illuminate the unseen impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and the workforce. The one-hour event was held in the Audacy SoundSpace on Los Angeles’s Miracle Mile. Mike Simpson, host of…

This afternoon (1/30), Audacy launches the new “LA’s Afternoon News” on “KNX News 97.1 FM.” Audacy says, “Longtime Los Angeles news personality Rob Archer (above, far left) joins co-anchor Karen Adams (second from right) and veteran traffic and breaking news reporter Brian Douglas (second from left) to keep Southern Californians up to the minute on the most relevant…

RTDNA/Syracuse University Local News Diversity Study Finds Minority Workforce Up 2%. The latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey is complete and concludes that “minority journalists represent a growing number of employees in TV and radio newsrooms.” It finds that “the minority ...

Audacy's KROQ (106.7 FM) says their holiday concert Almost Acoustic Christmas will return to Los Angeles after a two-year hiatus.

Monday Memo: Podcasting? Think How-Long, Not How-Many. “When I say, ‘Seinfeld quote,’ you think ‘Do the opposite,’” consultant Holland Cooke reckons. In this week’s column, HC borrows another Jerry-ism to warn against “an all-too-common mistake” he hears podcasters make. Read it here.   Pen ...

'L.A.'s Morning News' with Mike Simpson, Vicky Moore and Jennifer Moore starts Monday on Audacy's all-news radio station.

Audacy (NYSE: AUD) welcomes Liz Hernandez as morning show host for 94.7 The Wave (KTWV-FM) in Los Angeles. Beginning October 3, Hernandez will be heard

Audacy has announced the return of its star-studded concert, “We Can Survive,” on Saturday, October 22 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. The event,

Beasley Broadcast Group 2022 Q2 Net Revenue Rises 8.8%. The first radio-based audio firm to report 2022 second quarter financial data is Beasley Broadcast Group, which reveals net revenue of $64.8 million, an increase of 8.8% over the same period in 2021. The company also reports an operating loss of $5.4 million and a net…