Cameron Coats

He’s a longtime radio industry sales figure who once led national sales for iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel and is the co-founder and former COO of Triton Digital. Now, he’s joining another radio veteran — San Diego’s Mike Glickenhaus — in growing partnership development at a company launching an omnichannel media commerce platform that connects supply-side and demand-side partners through an open marketplace.

Radio Ink want to pause and reflect on a year that has been as challenging as it has been rewarding. 2024 brought more anxiety to the radio industry than any of us would have cared for, from recent layoffs to continued economic pressures to the approaching 11th hour for the AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act.

Rich Bressler, President/COO and CFO of iHeartMedia, addresses attendees at an executive dinner party hosted by iHeartMedia and MediaLink, in partnership with Meta, at Zouk Nightclub in Resorts World during the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

After months of advocacy from broadcasters, legislators, and the public, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has failed to gain inclusion in the final major legislation of the 118th Congress, the Continuing Resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown.

After months of advocacy from broadcasters, legislators, and the public, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has failed to gain inclusion in the final major legislation of the 118th Congress, the Continuing Resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown. It is now up to the incoming GOP-controlled U.S. government to move ahead with the bill.

A 30-year radio industry veteran has been selected to lead Michigan-based Black Diamond Broadcasting as its new EVP/General Manager.

Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past comes from Alan Peterson featuring WHMP in Northampton/Springfield, MA in the mid-’80s.

Progressive narrowly reclaimed the top spot on Media Monitors’ Radio Spot Ten for the week of December 23-29. The insurer beat out a very competitive field for the last full week of the year after heavily advertising through 2024.

Salem Media Group has announced the $80 million sale of its remaining Contemporary Christian Music stations as part of a series of major financial and strategic transactions. The move brings the end of the broadcaster’s CCM format, commonly under the “Fish” moniker.

Radio Ink Blast From The Past, we’re sharing a column we published 30 years ago this month. We thought it might give you a few chuckles and more than a few memories.