I very much look forward each year to putting together your free Radio World ebook about interesting studio projects. Who doesn’t love flipping through pictures of new radio studios?
When we launched the first one several years ago, I planned it as a series but worried that I might not have enough stories to share with you. Turns out that’s not a problem. Over the course of each 12 months I learn about more notable buildouts than I can possibly report, with information coming to me from engineers, stations and groups, as well as integrators and product manufacturers.
More recently I’ve wondered if my pipeline might dry up because of the larger infrastructure trends that we’ve also reported on: the elimination of the main studio rule, changes wrought by Covid, the boom in hybrid and remote arrangements, the growth of the cloud and the downsizing of physical facilities by cost-conscious radio corporations.
Inarguably, those forces have brought changes; you can spot their impact in the new ebook.
But I still find no shortage of interesting buildouts to share with you, such as these:
All Classical Radio KQAC(FM) has settled into its new home in Portland, Ore., on the third floor of the historic KOIN Tower.
Audacy’s KNX News 97.1 and 1070 recently unveiled its new Studio One and newsroom, joining sibling stations on the second floor of its Wilshire Boulevard studios on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile.
Motor Racing Network moved into a 58,000-square-foot multimedia production facility in Concord, N.C.
A new SiriusXM Studio at the Wynn Las Vegas is serving music, sports and talk to listeners across North America.
Chicago Public Media, Educational Media Foundation, Royal FM in Rwanda and RTM in Malaysia all have recent projects of interest.
And shown below is the main studio of Cumulus Media station WMAL, which also is the origination studio for the syndicated “Chris Plante Show.” Cumulus upgraded its Washington-area offices and studios with a complex “in-place” remodel on the fourth floor of an office building in the Friendship Heights neighborhood.
I hope you’ll check out “Amazing Radio Studios 2025” here.
