SBS enjoys double-digit Q1 gains

Spanish Broadcasting System had a lot to celebrate with the release of its latest quarterly financial results. Both its radio and television divisions were...

Saga adds another chapter to the revenue recovery story

The first quarter of 2010 was good to Saga Communications, which brought in more cash, cut expenses and enjoyed a large surge in profitability....

Bellamy Brothers, 'Hank fm 103.5' make Dream Happen for critically ill

Duo helps family through radio contest. Pioneering Country duo helps one family's dreams come true, when Barbra W a citizen of Panama City won a weekend stay at the Bellamy Brothers'

Norman Goldman Show launching nationwide tour

Compass Media Networks announces record audience levels for The Norman Goldman Show across all platforms. The show launched 9/09 continues to grow in audience...

Radio figures strangely in Maryland governor race

Former Republican Maryland governor and future Maryland governor wannabe Bob Ehrlich has not yet formally announced his candidacy for that office, and in the meantime is keeping his

Clear Channel radio gains 3%

Radio giant Clear Channel says that increased national advertising is largely responsible for its pickup in earnings in Q1 2010 compared to the same...

SparkNetworks signs Dial Global

SparkNetworks has reached an exclusive agreement with Dial Global to distribute their products in Canada. SparkNetworks will rep Dial Global products and services ranging...

TRN adds “Just Ask Nish” for weekends

Talk Radio Network announced the addition of “Just Ask Nish,” a new weekend health show being added 5/16.  Just Ask Nish airs Sundays 1:00...

Radio stock rebound evaluated

The RBR Radio Index has recently been hitting all-time highs. The long-standing record that was broken April 12th – and several times since then – had stood since December 29, 2003. So let’s look at the

Independent MN gubernatorial candidate makes his case on radio

Tom Horner believes that the major parties are offering the citizens of Minnesota options that are either too far to the right or too far than the left, and is going on radio with a pledge to chart

Major market radio station sales not out of the question for Emmis

In a recent SEC 10K filing, Emmis Communications stated that it was competitively-challenged in its major radio markets due to lack of scale and...

Classical gasp: FCC deal approval likely to chase Mozart off KFUO-FM

Despite multiple efforts to stop it, a deal sending St. Louis Classical icon KFUO-FM from The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to Gateway Creative

Liberman wins arm-wrestling match with Cumulus over TX CPs

Here’s a fun one. When Cumulus Media Partners (CMP) bought Susquehanna’s radio group in 2006, it knew – or should have known – that 93.5 MHz KIKT-FM

CC Cares Radiothon raises $240,000 for Nashville flood victims

All five Nashville Clear Channel Nashville radio stations banned together 5/4 to simulcast a Radiothon for the Tennessee Emergency Response Fund of The Community...

Entercom enters the parade of happy media companies

David J. Field, President/CEO of radio group Entercom, had great numbers to report for Q1 2010, great expectations for pacing going forward, and renewed...