
Media Insultant - 4.8.26 - iHearts new Radio Head is trying to catch a falling knife. Old CBS radio stories. Audacy takes a serious management change. Warshaw turns to a a buyer.
From Media Insultant by Jackson Weaver
April 8, 2026 · 26 min · Season 7 · Episode 296
About this episode
The episode discusses recent changes in the radio industry, including iHeart's new leadership and Audacy's management restructuring.
iHEART GETS A NEW RADIO HEAD—-finally! WE SHARE A COUPLE OF CBS RADIO STORIES ARE WE BEING JUST ANALOG GUYS OR IS AUDACY’S NEW STRUCTURE VIABLE? JEFF WARSHAW IS REALLY SHAKING UP THE RADIO BIZ FROM SFO TO NEBRASKA. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sa...
People in this episode
Hosts: Jackson Dell Weaver, Keith Samuels
Topics covered
- radio industry
- media management
- CBS radio stories
- Audacy management change
- iHeart Radio
- Jeff Warshaw
Keywords
- iHeart
- CBS
- Audacy
- Jeff Warshaw
- radio management
- media landscape
- radio stories
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: iHEART, CBS, Audacy
Places: SFO, Nebraska
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