Mark Levin to Launch New Vodcast Series Across YouTube and Rumble
Rhea-AI Summary
Cumulus Media (OTCQB: CMLS) and Westwood One are launching a new digital vodcast, Liberty’s Voice with Mark Levin, publishing episodes three times weekly (Monday–Wednesday) on YouTube and Rumble with plans to expand to other platforms.
The ad-supported series will offer original video commentary from Mark Levin focused on constitutional ideas, current events, and principles of liberty.
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CMLS gained 17.11% while key peers were flat; FHLD fell 9.28% and SBSAA, TLDE, PSRU, SALM all showed 0% change, indicating a stock-specific move rather than a sector-wide rotation.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 05 | Sports rights coverage | Positive | +10.1% | Announcement of national radio coverage for Super Bowl LX on Westwood One. |
| Jan 22 | Sports rights coverage | Positive | +1.7% | Details on NFL Championship Sunday broadcasts and long-running NFL partnership. |
| Jan 21 | AI partnership launch | Positive | -5.8% | New AI-driven audio initiatives partnership to monetize and index content. |
| Jan 15 | Board appointment | Positive | -17.0% | Appointment of experienced director Carol Flaton replacing a long-serving member. |
| Jan 12 | Sponsorship partnership | Positive | -11.8% | 20-year NFL sponsorship milestone with Barbasol emphasizing creative integrations. |
Recent sports-rights and content announcements often saw mixed follow-through, with some positive reactions but several sell-offs on otherwise constructive news and partnerships.
Over the last few months, CMLS has highlighted major sports audio properties and partnerships. On Feb 5, 2026, Westwood One’s Super Bowl LX coverage coincided with a 10.1% gain. Earlier NFL Championship Sunday coverage on Jan 22, 2026 saw a smaller 1.66% rise. However, an AI-focused partnership with Eon Media on Jan 21, 2026 and a long-term Barbasol NFL sponsorship update on Jan 12, 2026 were followed by declines, as was a board appointment on Jan 15, 2026.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement expands Cumulus Media’s Mark Levin franchise into an ad-supported vodcast, adding three weekly video episodes across major platforms while leveraging an existing base of nearly 400 radio affiliates in 10 top metro markets. In the context of recent sports-rights and partnership news, investors may focus on how this digital format scales audience and advertising. Monitoring subsequent revenue trends and additional distribution agreements will be important for assessing impact.
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“Liberty’s Voice with Mark Levin” Available 3 Times Per Week
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cumulus Media’s (OTCQB: CMLS) Westwood One today announced the launch of a new digital video series from their legacy host, Mark Levin. Liberty’s Voice with Mark Levin will publish vodcast episodes three times per week – Monday through Wednesday – and will be available on both YouTube and Rumble in digital video format with future expansion on other platforms.
For the first time, Levin will offer audiences access to original digital video content via an ad-supported model, instead of a subscriber paywall. Liberty’s Voice with Mark Levin will present exclusive, in-depth commentary from one of America’s most influential constitutional scholars and political thinkers. Sharing his intellectual rigor, brilliant wit, and signature passion, Levin will draw on history, economics, law, and philosophy as he goes beyond the headlines to examine the ideas and principles that shaped the United States—and the forces challenging them today. Each episode will deliver substantive analysis of current events, grounded in the founding ideals of liberty, limited government, and individual sovereignty, while exposing the dangers of centralized power and historical amnesia.
More than a political program, Liberty’s Voice with Mark Levin will be a forum for serious inquiry and intellectual clarity—connecting past to present, principle to policy, and truth to consequence, and will be essential viewing for audiences of all ages seeking context, conviction, and a deeper understanding of what is at stake for the future of the American Republic.
Under Westwood One’s leadership, the Cumulus Podcast Network produces, distributes, markets, and monetizes The Mark Levin Show and the Mark Levin Audio Rewind podcast. Westwood One syndicates “The Mark Levin Show” radio broadcast, which airs from 6 to 9 p.m. ET each weekday on nearly 400 radio affiliates, in all ten top metro markets. Westwood One is the exclusive distribution and sales representative for Mark Levin’s radio program.
About Mark Levin
Mark Levin is a long-running and legendary talk radio host. A Radio Hall of Fame inductee, prominent conservative commentator, ten-time New York Times best-selling author, attorney, and constitutional scholar. Heard weeknights across the country, on his top-ranked radio show and podcast, and on major streaming platforms, Mark reaches every corner of America, as well as an international audience. Levin served in the Reagan Administration for eight years, including as Chief of Staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese. Mark also hosts the top-rated Fox News Channel program “Life, Liberty and Levin,” which airs weekly on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
About Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media (OTCQB: CMLS) is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to a quarter billion people every month — wherever and whenever they want it. Cumulus Media engages listeners with high-quality local programming through 395 owned-and-operated radio stations across 84 markets; delivers nationally-syndicated sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming from iconic brands including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, US Soccer, AP News, and the Academy of Country Music Awards, across more than 7,800 affiliated stations through Westwood One, a leading national audio network; and inspires listeners through the Cumulus Podcast Network, an established and influential platform for original podcasts that are smart, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Cumulus Media provides advertisers with personal connections, local impact and national reach through broadcast and on-demand digital, mobile, social, and voice-activated platforms, as well as integrated digital marketing services, powerful influencers, full-service audio solutions, industry-leading research and insights, and live event experiences. For more information visit www.cumulusmedia.com.
Contact: Lisa Dollinger, Dollinger Strategic Communication, for Cumulus Media | Westwood One, lisa@dollcomm.com, and 512.633.4084.
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