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Last fall’s government shutdown has produced an unexpected downstream effect for broadcasters: FCC penalties will not increase in 2026.

A familiar hand is returning to Spanish Broadcasting System in the Bay Area. The Spanish-centric broadcaster has named Ernesto J. Caballero Acevedo as General Sales Manager for San Francisco, where he will oversee local and national sales operations for 93.3 La Raza ( KRZZ ).

The numbers aren’t there yet, but the disruption is coming, says new survey data from Borrell Associates and analysis from the IAB Tech Lab, painting a picture of the window that local broadcasters have before AI potentially reshapes the ranks of their sales departments.

The algorithm was going to be radio’s undoing. Three years of media habit data now show algorithmic platforms like social media, streaming television, and music streaming shedding frequent users, while radio posted the smallest decline of any platform tracked.

Baltimore Public Media is bringing four new voices to its board. The newly elected directors to the parent organization of WYPR and WTMD span journalism, philanthropy, business, and civic engagement, and will begin their terms at the start of BPM’s 2027 fiscal year.

Audacy Minneapolis’ 830 WCCO raised more than $82,000 during its fourth annual “Cure Blood Cancer Radio Auction,” supporting the National Marrow Donor Program and its mission to connect blood cancer patients with life-saving stem cell donors.

Jay Davis has spent 36 years building one market for Cumulus Media. Now he’s got two. Cumulus has promoted Davis to Regional Vice President, adding oversight of the company’s six Colorado Springs stations to the Oklahoma City cluster he has run since 2015.

Andrew Frausto is moving up at Spanish Broadcasting System Los Angeles. Two years after joining as Local Sales Manager, SBS has promoted him to General Sales Manager, where he will oversee all revenue operations across La Raza 97.9 (KLAX) and Mega 96.3 (KXOL).

Kevin LeGrett has been inside the machinery of American radio at its most powerful scale — running the West Coast as Division President for iHeartMedia, leading Los Angeles as the nation’s top-billing cluster for a decade, building iHeart Sports, and overseeing political sales strategy, plus previous high-level posts at Citadel and Infinity.

Red Apple Audio Networks has named Walter Sterling the new voice of the nationally syndicated The Other Side of Midnight.