Several Emergency Alert System participants reported receiving an unintended nationwide test of the EAS on Wednesday. It was only intended for Alaska.

As attorney Gregg Skall explains, this year California created a multi-level legal structure that affects many aspects of AI use by broadcasters.

John Bisset, who dedicated his career to the broadcast industry as a skilled engineer, sales executive and educator through Workbench, has died.

The number of AM stations in the United States continues to decline.In the latest FCC totals, dated Sept. 30, AM signals dipped to 4,258.

Our contributor, engineer Caleb Carlson, found himself fishing in an effort to verify the repair of a broken studio to transmitter link’s feed antenna.

Derek Egeberg, who works in commercial financing and home loans, bought KBLU(AM) in Yuma, Ariz., and returned it to the airwaves this week.

A name Radio World readers will know, Bob Shotwell, will be recognized with the Vermont Association of Broadcasters’ “Friend of Broadcasters” award.

Regent Properties has filed plans to build 300 for-sale homes at 12755 Burbank Boulevard, the longtime former transmitter home of 710 AM in Los Angeles.

Broadcast Tools Inc., a manufacturer of specialty and “problem-solving” products for broadcast, will be acquired by Inovonics Broadcast.

The long-standing Shukhov Radio Tower in Moscow is slated to be dismantled.

WorldCast Co-President Christophe Poulain shares why the future of radio is broadcast plus IP, as the medium adapts to a hybrid media landscape.

Associations representing radio and TV stations across 49 U.S. states support software-based emergency alerting, but on a voluntary basis.

The FCC voted to update its approach to National Environmental Policy Act regulations, revising reviews for structures, including broadcast towers.

Joe and Jeff Geerling have managed to find a sweet spot taking complicated topics and in a short duration making them worth our while.

As a local, mobile and free medium, terrestrial radio remains a strong value proposition, says Rich Redmond, the new CEO of Broadcast Electronics.

In the Miami Valley of southwestern Ohio, public radio outlet WYSO's new facility in a historic schoolhouse supports its mission of news, music and storytelling.

Today, almost everyone in Kenya owns a radio, Toepista Nabusoba says. She explains how it has been able to adapt with more than 250 stations in the country.

Public radio listeners remain fiercely loyal, even in the face of economic hardships. That was the takeaway of the Jacobs Media Public Radio Techsurvey.

GeoBroadcast Solutions announced Thursday that it has rebranded as Aktira, resulting in an entirely new business model for the radio technology company.

Nielsen has asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that upheld an antitrust preliminary injunction in its battle with Cumulus Media.

Two iconic Chicago AM signals are now transmitting together from a new home in Des Plaines, Ill.

Got some questions about the FCC’s deadline for new cybersecurity requirements? A new FAQ from the commission may help.

The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed 36 filings from the 2023 LPFM window, stating they failed to meet localism requirements.

We detail neat sessions at October's National Student Media Convention, hosted by College Broadcasters Inc., this year in Philadelphia.

NPR has announced a $1 million restricted gift to the Public Media Bridge Fund to support member organizations addressing sustainability challenges.

With XM Satellite Radio’s 25th anniversary coming up, former executive Dan Murphy has released “They Pay for Water,” a book on how the service was built.

Radio engineering used to mean transmitters, antennas and studio gear. That work hasn’t gone away, but it’s now maybe a third of the job.

NAB and other prominent players hail Tuesday's House vote as a win, but the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act does contain some compromises.

There will be a nationwide Emergency Alert System test this November, the first since 2023. All U.S. radio stations are required to participate.

SDR recording and sporadic-E propagation capture U.S. FM stations more than 4,000 miles from Spain.

The "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kirk Harnack listts 10 things to do before the FCC cybersecurity deadline, plus questions the industry still needs answered

The IEEE BTS Broadcast Technology Forum takes place Oct. 27–28 in Washington, D.C., at the National Association of Broadcasters headquarters.

Six broadcast engineers were among the 2,750 lives lost 25 years ago in the World Trade Center attacks.

YouTuber Ken Heron billed WKRO's Illinois transmitter site as abandoned. His video shows the building for the licensed but silent station in disrepair.

Zamora Broadcasting's 107.9 translator was using a different antenna than authorized and transmitting with 150 watts, per the FCC's Enforcement Bureau.

An oral history from WNYC's Steve Shultis on his engineering team's efforts to restore its FM signal after the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11.

iHeartMedia and New York Public Radio back the EAS software-based model while NPR cautions against scope creep.

Twenty years after his first profile in Radio World, former young chief engineer Aaron Ishmael is now the owner of 14 stations and a software leader.

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has scheduled the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act for a standalone floor vote during the week of Sept. 14.

Laurie, a former broadcast stage manager of the NYC Met Opera, recounts the day and what followed.

Targeting the summer of 2028, WBGO will occupy the first three floors of a 25-story tower at 1 Center Street, part of the $336 million NJPAC “Artside” redevelopment project.

In this commentary, Wouter Quartier, head of radio at the European Broadcasting Union, says that radio offers something human: trust and companionship.

Alabama has announced the activation of a statewide notification system that is designed to more quickly alert the public in the event of natural disasters.

The FCC has finalized the annual fee amounts that commercial radio stations and other regulated groups must pay.

Duke, Auburn and Georgia Tech fans can use the Homestream app to align live audio commentary with college football broadcasts starting Sept. 5.

The FCC has issued updated guidance for applicants that wish to file in the November NCE FM translator window.

The CRTC revealed that beginning Sept. 1, most radio station licenses in Canada will automatically renew with indefinite terms.

Radio World concludes a special series summarizing questions being asked by the FCC about how to make the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts more effective.

In the community of New Philadelphia, Ohio, 105.9 WDOG(LP) is a small station, but as contributor Dan Slentz explains, it packs a big "bark."