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Volume 24, Issue 135, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher
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Thursday Morning July 12th, 2007
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Radio News ®
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 Is CCU fudging
on payola agreement?
In the consent decrees between the FCC and four broadcast companies active in the state of New York - Clear Channel, CBS Radio, Entercom and Citadel - agreed to "rules of engagement" under which they pledged to find air time for independent musicians. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) says Clear Channel "may already be violating" this tenet. In a release, he said that "...recent reports indicate that some stations owned by one of the companies, Clear Channel, are requiring local, unsigned and independent musicians to grant a royalty-free right and license to the music upon submission to the radio programmers, which would appear to violate the voluntary agreement they entered into following the settlement." Although Clear Channel is the only company said to be suspected of having a problem, Feingold is seeking information not just from Clear Channel but from all four companies. Michael Bracy of the Future of Music Coalition said, "Radio consolidation and payola have long kept deserving local and independent artists off the nation's airwaves. Earlier this year, Clear Channel agreed to address the problem of payola, but its latest actions show it wasn't sincere. Clear Channel has substituted one brand of payola for another type of pay-to-play. This is just payola under a different name." Clear channel did not respond to a request from RBR for comment.
RBR observation: It's good that the practice which kicked off the entire dubious payola escapade, the use of independent promoters to encourage airplay for various tunes, is not in question here. What does seem to be in question is an alleged practice of providing one type of airplay consideration for established acts and another type for not-so-established acts. While the not-so-established musicians may well benefit from additional airplay, it nevertheless appears that is Clear Channel is implementing a discriminatory policy. And anything that smacks of discrimination is almost guaranteed to cause a ruckus on Capitol Hill. But to us this looks like a fringe issue, not a rehashing of the core payola controversy.
| Read Feingold's letter here |
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Churn plagues satellite radio
RBR has always insisted that churn is a major issue for both satellite radio companies, despite their insistence that subscriber turnover is under control. Bridge Ratings is out with new analysis showing that the customer turnover rate for XM and Sirius is far higher than for cable TV, satellite TV or wireless phones. Getting a handle on the real churn rate isn't easy, since the companies count subscribers differently. For example, if someone buys a car with a satellite radio installed and doesn't continue the subscription after the trial period, Sirius counts it as churn and XM does not. Taking a very broad view of turnover, Bridge Ratings calculates that both companies lost about half as many subscribers as they added in Q1 of this year. "During the first quarter of 2007 both satellite radio companies experienced a great deal of churn. XM's net subscriber growth for the quarter was 285,000 off an impressive gross gain of 868,000. That means that the company experienced cancellations or non-renewal trials of 583,000 - a 67% attrition rate. Sirius added 556,000 net subscribers in the first quarter off a gross of 988,000 - a 43% attrition rate," Bridge Ratings said in its latest update on satellite radio.
RBR observation: That "attrition rate" (good name) is not the same as calculating a churn rate as done on Wall Street for cable TV, satellite TV and satellite radio, but it is an astounding figure. It also adds weight to our contention that the "pre-marketing cash flow" numbers that XM and Sirius have been bandying about are ridiculous. Without marketing, their already high churn rates would go into the stratosphere.
 Will Congress back
Brownback amendments?
Sam Brownback (R-KS) shepherded the new 325K indecency fines through the Senate (in partnership with its original sponsor, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), but since that happened, an appellate court ruled that broadcasters were immune from punishment for unintended, fleeting instances of indecency. Brownback is going to try to put such mistakes back within range of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, and will add an attack on excessive violence as well. He's aiming a pair of amendments at the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to that end. "Broadcasters should not be allowed to use the public airways to disseminate violent or obscene material," said Brownback. "The abundance of indecent material on television is one indication of the coarsening of our culture." As stated in a release, "The first amendment Brownback plans to offer will continue support for the FCC to fine broadcasters who air indecent, profane, or obscene content." This will enable the FCC to go after fleeting expletives. "The second amendment Brownback plans to offer authorizes the FCC to fine broadcasters for airing excessively violent content during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience." Brownback concluded, "Parents should not have such a difficult time protecting their children from broadcast television. The FCC's ability to restrict the gratuitous use of obscene, violent, and indecent content on broadcast television is essential to the protection of children and families."
RBR observation: Interesting that Brownback's press release mentions the first amendment in lower case, when it is the upper case First Amendment that is going to provide what is likely to be an insurmountable hurdle to his amendments, which we hope his committee mates have the good sense to reject. On the violence side, we wonder if he knows something that Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) does not. Rockefeller has been planning to introduce legislation on broadcast violence but has delayed that project to study the implications of the very court decision to which Brownback is reacting. The wording of such legislation would be critical to its ability to survive a court challenge, and it is likely that there are no such words. But hey, he'll be able to talk about how he tried to protect our children when he's out on the campaign trail.
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 Martin winds up in
maverick mode again
We never thought we'd be dealing with the twin phrases "critical Wall Street Journal editorial" and "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin." Although as a rank-and-file Commissioner, Martin sometimes filled the role of maverick due to his occasional disagreements with fellow free-marketer Michael Powell, more often than not their philosophies and votes were in alignment. But WSJ is on Martin's case for aligning with who it sees as the wrong former FCC Chairman: Democrat Reed Hundt. At issue are guidelines for the auction of 700 MHz spectrum being abandoned by television stations as a key component of the DTV transition. Hundt and his Frontline Wireless wants to assure that whoever wins the spectrum will provide an open architecture, basically providing network neutrality. WSJ argues that there is no evidence that network neutrality need any more protection than natural market forces. Instead, it will make the providers of new broadband spectrum into wholesalers, with "poison pill" provisions preventing rate card pricing for special treatment, like Google paying for premium service. WSJ says this may scare off investors most likely able to quickly put the spectrum to work, and fears a rerun of the 1990s NextWave debacle, in which that company won an auction but defaulted, tying up the spectrum for almost ten years. On the other hand, House Telecommunications and Internet Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) hailed the news, saying, "I encourage the FCC Chairman and his colleagues to maximize the benefits these policies can bring to consumers and the high tech economy in their upcoming decision."
RBR observation: In a lot of ways, RBR is a fish out of water when it comes to this topic - broadcasters are leaving this spectrum behind, after all. But like many companies in this day and age, we rely on the Internet to put food on our tables. While we don't mind standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our competition, we certainly don't want to be forced in line behind anyone. High tech pioneer Mark Cuban appeared before Markey's committee earlier this year and said, "Bandwidth cures all," meaning that such concerns will be relatively meaningless as long as the online infrastructure expands to meet ever-expanding demands. If that's true, then network neutrality is going to be irrelevant. But if it's true, why should providers mind, then, if the principle of network neutrality is codified just to give us users a little peace of mind, if it's going to be irrelevant anyway?
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| Wall Street Media Business Report TM |
 What's next for SWMX?
The parent of SoftWave Media Exchange had to go to a hedge fund for a loan, but didn't raise new equity by the July 1st deadline. Now SWMX is paying a higher rate, had to pay a forbearance fee and gave the lender a security right in its patents and trademarks - and still has to raise 10 million in new equity by the end of the month. Is that just emblematic of the problems faced by a start-up company, or does it run deeper? Speaking with RBR/TVBR yesterday, SWMX CFO Jim Caci characterized the situation as a "technical default," with BlueCrest Capital Finance LP, a US associate of the London-based BlueCrest hedge fund, moving to protect its legal interests. Caci confirmed our calculation that SWMX is now paying about 12.5% on the three million bucks it borrowed in March from BlueCrest, with two percentage points tacked onto the original 10.5% as the default rate. SWMX has not drawn on a revolving line of credit established at the same time and cannot while the term loan is in default. To cure that default, SWMX has to find 10 million in new equity capital by August 1st. Is that going to happen? "We believe it will," said Caci, noting that negotiations are currently in process. Caci refused to comment on the company's current cash position or how long it can continue operating without a cash infusion, saying SWMX has always refrained from giving any financial guidance.
RBR observation: Wall Street reaction to the latest filing with the SEC was erratic. SWMX's stock, which is truly a penny stock, fell three cents early yesterday, then recovered two cents, but fell eight cents in later trading and ended the day down six cents. That's a drop of 18% for the day, to 27 cents, but the stock remains above its all-time low of nine cents set on July 18th. BlueCrest may have a vested interest now in keeping SWMX afloat, given that the patents and trademarks may not be worth much if the company stops operating. SWMX has had some success with its online platform for selling radio ad time, but its cable TV project is far behind schedule. During the last election cycle it brought in some extra revenue handling ad placement for political campaigns, so that could again be a source of much-needed cash as the new election cycle heats up. But that is still a few months away and SWMX CEO Josh Wexler has to deal with financial issues that are facing him right now - especially that August 1st deadline to find 10 million in new equity investment. SWMX still has a market cap of around 60 million, but even with a stock price that won't cover a cup of coffee it is proving difficult to find someone to write that check.
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Ad Business Report TM
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 What webcasters can
and might do by 7/15
We asked around from folks in the Internet streaming/advertising biz what webcasters might do when 7/15 rolls around and the new Copyright Royalty Board fees kick in to demolish the streaming audio industry (it seems The Internet Radio Equality Act isn't getting enough traction-at least not in time). We hear there are the four potential things a station might do on Sunday if no agreement is reached prior:
1. Quit and shut it down - most likely for operators who are hobbyists or on the fringe and just "give up."
2. Civil disobedience - most likely for operators who think some government intervention is forthcoming or a SoundExchange agreement is imminent or those who want to test the level of commitment and wait to "see what happens."
3. Move operations out of USA - most likely those who have researched this possibility and are willing to take a risk that no collections will be attempted out of major countries (Europe, Canada, US).
4. Make a direct deal with labels individually - most likely those who think they can cut a better deal than waiting it out and willing to do some of the things the labels may make a necessary part of those negotiations in return for lower rates.
There will be a "combination" of these things happening based on the huge number of independent stations making these decisions. In the immediate future, we heard the potential that someone actually starts paying seems unlikely. SoundExchange may have to take each and every webcaster to court to get its shakedown money. Let each judge decide individually if it's right to put these folks out of business. Just say "No" to these new fees is what we've been hearing. The more that say "No," the more SoundExchange will have to pay their attorneys. Many webcasters aren't going to make it easy and just "bend over" as they say.
 Radio Disney launches
2007 Move It! Mall Tour
The Radio Disney 2007 Move It! Mall Tour, a kids, tweens and families event sponsored by Radio Disney and nationwide retailer f.y.e. for your entertainment, will take place in 42 cities across the country beginning Saturday through 8/25. The traveling production is a celebration of music and movement where participants can learn about health, nutrition and the importance of exercise. Other participating sponsors are The Advertising Council, Ragu, PODS (Portable On Demand Storage) and Simon Malls. The mall tour features interactive, family-fun "gamin', groovin' and movin" activities including f.y.e.'s for your entertainment showcase of the Nintendo Wii experience, the Ragu Rock & Goal Soccer Challenge and the Ad Council's Tips and Tunes where kids can test their knowledge. At the Move It! Mall Tour stops, kids age 14 and under can register to win a Grand Prize through a drawing by local Radio Disney stations. The winner will receive a family trip to the 2008 Disney Channel Games in Florida.
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Wilkins strikes again
Bob Cordaro is exiting the broadcast business and Bob Wilkins is adding his third station in Pennsylvania and 16th overall. According to brokers Richard A Forman, who represented Cordaro, and John Pierce, who represented Wilkins Communications, WITK-AM Wilkes Barr-Scranton is the station in question, and it'll be going to Wilkins for 400K. Wilkins, who specializes in Religious fare, adds this market to Pittsburgh and York in the Keystone State.
Price revealed on the transaction Frontier
One of the newest broadcast group owners is kicking off in multimedia mode with four radio markets and a television market. Jason Wolff's Frontier companies filed with the FCC to buy Fox WGXA-TV in Macon last week, and now we have the documents on the group's 16-station radio acquisition from Clear Channel. It's getting a one-AM/three-FM cluster in San Luis Obispo CA, a one-AM/three FM cluster in Santa Maria-Lompoc CA, a one-AM/four-FM cluster in Victor Valley AZ and a one-AM/two-FM cluster in unrated Yuma AZ, all for 40M cash. Wolff's license companies are listed as subsidiaries of either Frontier Television Investors or Frontier Radio Investors, depending.
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 Fox, CBC moving ahead with debate
The 9/23/07 debate among Democratic presidential candidates sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and scheduled to air on Fox News Channel has been spurned by five of eight announced candidates, but as far as its backers are concerned, the event is still going to be held, although not necessarily as planned. The three leading candidates, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards all said long ago that they were not attending, at least in part because of the alleged rightward political slant of Fox, and they've been joined by Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd. Only Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden and Mike Gravel have committed to the event. Capitol Hill newspaper The Politico says that CBC still hopes to prevail on a few more candidates to attend - but they have political cover in the form of promises to participate in another CBC debate pegged for South Carolina next January on CNN, which this group finds to be more politically-correct. CBC said it may also tinker with the format if there are no further participants. For its part, Fox has thus far stated that it plans to go ahead with the event.
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 Babies rule in Atlanta
Come Tuesday, July 24th, every major morning drive radio show in Atlanta is joining together for "Breakfast for Babies," a roadblock of the radio dial to raise money for the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter, a leader in premature birth awareness and prevention. Some stations will be broadcasting live from restaurants, who are being recruited as partners in the fundraiser. "The general managers of the Atlanta radio stations decided they wanted to do something for March of Dimes on a grand scale." said Brian Ziegler, state director for the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter. "Radio hosted March of Dimes' first radioathon in the 1930s after President Roosevelt requested the nation's help in funding research to find a cure for polio. Today, the March of Dimes needs radio's help as we fight premature birth," he said. The list provided to RBR shows 30 Atlanta market radio stations signed on to participate.
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| Internet Media Business Report TM |
Nielsen//NetRatings adds "Total Minutes" metric
Nielsen//NetRatings has added both "Total Minutes" and "Total Sessions" metrics to NetView, its syndicated Internet audience measurement service. While NetView has always reported average time per person and average number of sessions, the new metrics deliver greater perspective on total engagement across sites. Rich Internet Application technologies like AJAX and streaming (both audio/video and other content like sports scoreboards and live stock quotes) have greatly enhanced the consumer experience, yet pose special challenges to Internet audience measurement. AJAX refreshes content without reloading entire Web pages and streaming provides dynamically changing content within a single page or a media player. While a page view metric under-credits such engagement, the total minutes metric provides a common denominator for user behavior that is independent of site design. Between social networking sites MySpace and YouTube, the time spent ratio is 3.6 to 1, but the ratio of page views is much larger, at 10.4 to 1. YouTube visitors spend more time per page than MySpace because they are primarily watching videos, requiring fewer page refreshes. While MySpace may be able to serve more ads because of its number of page refreshes, the time spent ratio is an important comparison of audience engagement on the two sites.
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| Ratings & Research |
 Emmis NYC launches
PPM Strategy Team
Emmis Communications New York announced the launch of their new signature "Emmis PPM Strategy Team" in advance of Arbitron's PPM Fall 2007 arrival within the marketplace. The PPM Strategy Team is a strategically balanced panel of experts within programming, marketing and sales focused on the successful evolution of Emmis NY radio properties, as well as market-wide education to ensure a smooth transition to electronic measurement by enhancing the local ad community's understanding of PPM and conveying the significant strength of radio through use of the new data. "PPM will be an exciting modernization of the radio industry," said Director of Sales & "Emmis PPM Strategy Team" member Alex Cameron. "With more specific and immediate data, we will be able to better program and market to a more defined consumer base resulting in elevated product and connection for both our listeners and our clients." The Strategy Team will announce industry learning panels and key programming and marketing evolutions in the coming weeks.
RBR observation: Indeed, the data will be different than with diaries - better in some demos and dayparts, worse in others. The explanation to agencies and advertisers is really that these numbers are much more accurate and that more effectively targeted campaigns can now be accomplished with radio. It will be a story to tell, with comps, comps, comps to diaries. More local station groups should plan to present the material as their markets kick in with PPM. Arbitron is ready, willing and able to help with that as well.
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| Transactions |
2.1M KIPA-AM, KKOA-FM & KBGX-FM Hilo HI (Hilo, Volcano, Keaau HI) from Skynet Hawaii LLC (Thomas C. Troland) to Mahalo Broadcasting LLC (George W. Kimble). 105K escrow, 1.39M cash at closing, 600K note. Includes non-compete. Existing duopoly. [File date 6/14/07.]
225K WKWH-AM Indianapolis (Shelbyville IN) from RSE Broadcasting LLC (David Sheets) to 3 Towers Broadcasting Company LLC (Scott Huber, Johnny McCrory, Douglas Raab, C. Todd Glidden). 76K cash at closing, 149K note. [File date 6/13/07.]
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| Stock Talk |
Stocks up, but not broadcasters
Wall Street rebounded on Wednesday, as some big M&A deals and rumors excited traders. The Dow Industrials rose 76 points, or 0.6%, to 13,578.
Radio stocks, however, did not participate. Rather, the Radio Index fell 1.201, or 0.8%, to 153.619. Saga lost the most, 4.2%. Beasley was down 2.1%, Cumulus dropped 2% and Citadel declined 1.9%.
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Here's how stocks fared on Wednesday
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Arbitron
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ARB
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53.34
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+0.39
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Google
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GOOG
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544.47
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+1.13
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Beasley
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BBGI
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8.75
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-0.19
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Hearst-Argyle
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HTV
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23.62
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+0.14
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| CBS CI. B |
CBS |
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34.08
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-0.06
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Journal Comm.
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JRN
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13.02
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+0.09
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CBSa |
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34.15
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-0.04
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Lincoln Natl.
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LNC
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70.18
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+1.39
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| Citadel |
CDL |
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6.20 |
-0.12 |
Radio One, Cl. A
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ROIA
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7.03
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+0.03
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Clear Channel
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CCU
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37.73
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-0.06
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Radio One, Cl. D
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ROIAK
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6.99
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Cox Radio
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CXR
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13.97
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-0.03
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Regent
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RGCI
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3.40
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+0.02
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Cumulus
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CMLS
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8.93
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-0.18
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Saga Commun.
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SGA
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8.75
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-0.38
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Debut Bcg.
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DBTB
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1.75
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unch
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Salem Comm.
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SALM
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10.54
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+0.04
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Disney
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DIS
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33.98
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+0.09
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Sirius Sat. Radio
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SIRI
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3.04
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+0.02
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Emmis
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EMMS
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8.69
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-0.07
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Spanish Bcg.
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SBSA
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4.17
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-0.11
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Entercom
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ETM
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24.08
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-0.25
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SWMX
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SMWX
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0.27
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-0.06
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Entravision
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EVC
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10.67
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+0.20
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Westwood One
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WON
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6.72
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-0.08
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Fisher
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FSCI
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49.96
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-0.18
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XM Sat. Radio
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XMSR
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12.04
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+0.24
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Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) Executive Vice President George Hyde has been honored as the 2007 recipient of the William J. Brooks Award by the Florida Association of Broadcasters (FAB). Hyde, who has been Executive Vice President for RAB for the past 17 years, was presented with the prestigious award during the recent 73rd Annual FAB Convention in Palm Beach.
New CFO for iBiquity
iBiquity Digital announced it has hired James Spencer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as CFO, Secretary and Treasurer at Allion Healthcare, Melville, NY, where he was responsible for leading all finance, accounting, investor relations, information technology and business development functions.
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Larry Miller
killed in car crash
Cox Radio's WRKA-FM Louisville, KY is mourning the death of afternoon driver Larry Miller. He was killed in a car accident Tuesday at age 56. Funeral services are set for Friday.
Boomer Esiason
to replace Imus?
The rumors keep on coming. Now The NY Post reports insiders are whispering that ex-N.Y. Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason will permanently replace Imus in the morning-show slot on CBS-owned WFAN. Boomer, who went into broadcasting after retiring from his football career in 1997, was the first tryout after Imus was fired. We hear no one has been signed yet, either way. We think Imus himself may be back, as other rumors have been stating.
Television tower fall kills two near Lawrence, KS
Two men have died after falling 800 feet from Scripps Howard's KSHB-TV (NBC) Kansas City television tower near Lawrence, KS. Jerry Case, 54, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kevin Keeling, 33, of Independence, Missouri both were employed by Structural Inspections, Inc. of Blue Springs MO. The two contractors were working on behalf of KSHB-TV installing Nextel equipment. TFM Communications actually owns the tower. Investigators spent most of the day collecting evidence, trying to find out what caused the men working on the communications tower to fall to their death. "I was told they had just taken down an antenna and they said that tower is about 1,000 feet," Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern told Fox 4 news there. The men were installing communication equipment when the accident happened around 9:30 Tuesday morning. Investigators said the men hoisted themselves up on the tower in a bucket using a pulley system. Investigators think a cable failed causing the men and the bucket they were in to fall between 500 and 800 feet, killing the men. On the scene, the men were found still strapped into their bucket.
Lady Bird Johnson
dead at 94
She was best known as First Lady of the United States and a campaigner for conservation, but Lady Bird Johnson and her husband, the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, were also broadcast owners. Beginning with an AM station in Austin, whose call letters were changed to KLBJ, they built a group of radio and TV stations even as LBJ advanced his political career. The last stations were sold in 2003. Lady Bird Johnson died yesterday at her home in Austin at age 94.
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Another tough quarter for Emmis
And is Google the answer?
"Slovakia is having a wonderful year," said CEO Jeff Smulyan as he reported on fiscal Q1 (March-May) results for Emmis Communications. And it was strength in Slovakia and in Hungary which proved bright points for another disappointing quarter. Also on the call was Is Google the answer? Or, at least, an answer? Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings told analysts he had spoken to the Google/dMarc folks just a day earlier - and he was happy they told him they didn't want to do a group deal with his company, at least not right now. That's because they are still dealing with the massive group deal already cut with the biggest radio company of all, Clear Channel. Cummings called that "great thinking," Read more in RBR.
07/11/07 RBR #134
RBR observation:
With all of the great publicity
For CBS Radio bringing back the old CBS-FM 101, they also have the opportunity (sitting at the media hub of the entire world) with Wall Street and the agency/client community to show the revitalization and rebirth of good radio. NYC should be the shining star example. CBS Radio also has a great opportunity to bring an Indie Rock format to WNEW-FM. Remember the old WNEW with its Progressive Rock format? These DJs broke new music and could talk about the artists-from A to Z. That was passion and Indie Rock is today's equivalent. Here in Northern Virginia commuting to work some Summer mornings, tropospheric ducting will bring in WTMD-FM Baltimore and WRNR-FM Annapolis, MD quite well. They are both well on their way to creating good radio. (94.7 The Globe here in DC seems to try to break out of the same repetitive Classic Rock and New Wave songs but still has a long way to go). 07/11/07 RBR #134
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