SALEM MEDIA GROUP co-founder STUART EPPERSON has passed away at the age of 86.STUART, along with brother-in-law EDWARD ATSINGER, founded SALEM COMMUNICATIONS in 1986 and expanded its influence with CHRISTIAN and politically conservative News-Talk-formatted radio stations. EPPERSON was a longtime leader in CHRISTIAN radio as a former member of the board of the NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERSX ASSOCIATION. In 2005, TIME MAGAZINE named him one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in the .
The BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA GIVING DAY will be this THURSDAY, JULY 20th, a day for the community to support colleagues, across every position, in need of financial assistance due to critical illness, accident, or disaster. The campaign also strives to raise awareness of the BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION to ensure that anyone in radio and television who might qualify for aid knows about its charitable mission and can apply. BFA President TIM McCARTHY commented, “GIVING DAY is .
COX MEDIA GROUP AC WFEZ (EASY 93.1)/MIAMI has added BOBBY MITCHELL and KORBY RAY as its new morning show team, starting JULY 17th. MITCHELL returns to south FLORIDA and the very same building CMG MIAMI is located where he once hosted mornings for over a decade, while RAY, who has been with the station as APD for two-and-a-half years, will shift from her top-rated midday position to take on mornings with MITCHELL.Joked MITCHELL, “FLORIDA is under a malaria alert, invasive giant .
The battle for the hearts and minds of the Internet is officially on.TWITTER is threatening to sue META over its new THREADS platform in a letter sent to CEO MARK ZUCKENBERG by TWITTER attorney ALEX SPIRO, according to REUTERS. Since launching WEDNESDAY night (NET NEWS 7/6), THREADS has logged more than 30 million sign ups via INSTAGRAM and its new app.SPIRO accused META of hiring former TWITTER employees who "had and continue to have access to trade secrets and other highly .
META s MARK ZUCKERBERG, who is ready to fight ELON MUSK with his fists, is now taking on the tech billionaire by launching his new THREADS platform, designed to take down TWITTER, onto the Internet last night. With its ties to INSTAGRAM, THREADS threatens to take ad dollars away from TWITTER, currently mired in a series of controversies since ELTON MUSK took it over, including his recent decision to limit the amount of posts users can see.While THREADS is launching as a standalone app, .