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How to make the most of Mississippi State's Music Discovery Day
The free November 9 event in Starkville bundles faculty access, class visits and scholarship auditions into one day — here's how to work it.
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Developments across music and radio: label signings, tour announcements, festival slots, station format changes and departures that reshape a schedule.
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Cover Story: The Studio Musicians Who Almost Said No
Near-miss sessions are part of how records get made. Here is why the best players hesitate, and what it costs both ways.
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The station signal and HD upgrades quietly reshaping radio in 2026
A tour of the transmitter work rolling out across US radio in 2026 — why stations still invest in towers when the audience carries phones.
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How much do college and public radio stations pay to stream online?
A federal rate schedule, not a station's own budget, decides what noncommercial webcasters owe for every internet play — and the number starts smaller than most program directors expect.
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Britney Spears' catalog sale leads a new wave of music rights deals
The artist catalog sales making news in 2026 kicked off with a reported $200 million Spears deal — and the market's appetite is far from satisfied.
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Why public radio membership drives carry more weight in 2026
With federal funding gone, the 2026 pledge season became the clearest test of whether listener-supported radio can stand on its listeners alone.