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Clear Channel buyout heading into the homestretch

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It’s only taken 20 months, but the deal to take Clear Channel Communications private (more or less) should close the last day of this month. ...
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“Recovery Radio Live!” adds KLSX

Recovery Radio Live!, the first syndicated radio show to carry the 12 step message of recovery, will debut on KLSX-FM LA, 7/12 from 11 p.m. ...
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One tender a go, one not

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After repeatedly extending tender offers to buy back two bond issues simultaneous with closing its stock buyout, Clear Channel has now dropped one of the bond tenders. It has extended until July 30th...
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“eRockster” shows some real promise

Clear Channel’s fairly new HD multicast format in Washington, “eRockster,” (DC-101--WWDC-HD2) is, in our opinion, a great solution to dull, overplayed radio. This Format Lab-hatched ...
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Premiere trying to woo Hannity from ABC?

Well, it wouldn’t surprise us. After the huge, $400 million dollar deal signed last week with Rush Limbaugh through 2016, The Wall Street Journal is ...
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Birch back in the ratings biz

BirchResearch Corporation has issued its first radio ratings report since 1992. The new ratings book is for the Northern North Carolina-Southside Virginia Radio Metro, with ...
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Former radio reporter convicted of murder

James Keown, age 33, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury in Massachusetts convicted him of killing his wife, Julie ...
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Hogan announces tweaks to LIM

Top management at Clear Channel Communications refuses to call “Less is More” a failure. Rather, Clear Channel Radio CEO John Hogan yesterday informed local managers ...
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WCTC-AM returns to its roots

Greater Media has launched “Good Time Oldies” on WCTC 1450 AM in New Brunswick, NJ. The new station line-up will include “The Morning Show with ...
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Westwood One presents America's Concert In The Country

Westwood One is presenting “America's Concert in the Country” the weekend of July 4-6, 2008.  The three-hour program will feature country music stars and fans ...
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Rush renews with Premiere, CC Radio thru 2016

Rush Limbaugh has renewed a long-term contract (through 2016) with Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio, continuing syndication of The Rush Limbaugh Show and ...
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Sirius sees bright financial future – if it gets to merge with XM

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Sirius Satellite Radio has issued upbeat financial guidance for 2009, including, for the first year ever, positive EBITDA and positive FCF. Of course, that assumes ...
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Jerry Lee Centre dedicated in England

If you know WBEB-FM Philadelphia owner Jerry Lee very well, you know that his interests extend far beyond radio. He was in Cambridge, England yesterday ...
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Performance Fee moves forward

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As expected, The Performance Rights Act easily cleared the House Intellectual Property subcommittee yesterday – a panel dominated by supporters of RIAA. The measure faces a less-certain future...
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Radio included in product placement rule

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Television is the main focus, but radio was not left out of the rulemaking part of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on product placement by advertisers...
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