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Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-23T11:24:11-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/song_aggregator_aims_withering_attack_at_soundexchange.html 2008-09-10T15:49:00-05:00 2008-09-10T15:49:00-05:00 Dave Seyler “Corporate radio stations need to show musicians the money” is the title of a piece written by SoundExchange executive director John Simson, published in the http://www.rbr.com/radio/content_factory_acquires_game_time_decisions.html 2008-09-10T10:35:00-05:00 2008-09-10T10:35:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The Content Factory announced the acquisition of Game Time Decisions Inc., now to be part of Content Factory under name Game Time Decisions, LLC, announced http://www.rbr.com/radio/salem_omaha_launches_radio_luz.html 2008-09-10T14:25:00-05:00 2008-09-10T14:25:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Salem Communications announced the launch of its 6th Spanish Christian Talk/Teach station with the debut of Radio Luz - Omaha on KOTK (1420AM).Tony Calatayud, National http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_execs_gushing_over_latest_ppm_data.html 2008-09-10T02:06:00-05:00 2008-09-10T02:06:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Pierre Bouvard, Arbitron President of Sales & Marketing, declared that we have “great news for you on the PPM sample" as he began yesterday’s monthly conference call with station clients http://www.rbr.com/radio/broadcasters_itunes_tagging_microsoft_zune.html 2008-09-08T05:57:00-05:00 2008-09-08T05:57:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Nine of the country’s leading radio broadcasters today announced their commitment to broadcast programming from all of their FM stations that includes http://www.rbr.com/radio/new_attack_on_ppm.html 2008-09-09T07:45:00-05:00 2008-09-09T07:45:00-05:00 Jack Messmer New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is the latest to jump into the dispute over whether Arbitron’s Portable People Meters (PPM) undercount minority listeners. Cuomo has subpoenaed http://www.rbr.com/radio/globecast_acquires_netia.html 2008-09-09T16:08:00-05:00 2008-09-09T16:08:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci GlobeCast Chairman and CEO Christian Pinon announced today that GlobeCast has acquired 100 percent of the shares in software company NETIA. NETIA, which has offices http://www.rbr.com/radio/knew_renews_savage.html 2008-09-09T15:56:00-05:00 2008-09-09T15:56:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Michael Savage has renewed with KNEW-AM San Francisco for his #1 afternoon drive time talk show “The Savage Nation.”  The show airs weekdays between 3pm http://www.rbr.com/radio/9838.html 2008-09-09T15:24:00-05:00 2008-09-09T15:24:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Since taking the helm at CBS Corporation, Les Moonves has made acquisitions in cable and the Internet and taken the company into the movie business. http://www.rbr.com/radio/mel_unveils_crossover_channels.html 2008-09-09T15:23:00-05:00 2008-09-09T15:23:00-05:00 Jack Messmer With interoperable receivers yet to come, Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin today announced plans to let XM subscribers buy some exclusive Sirius channels and visa http://www.rbr.com/radio/mentor_but_make_it_fast.html 2008-09-09T15:21:00-05:00 2008-09-09T15:21:00-05:00 Jack Messmer “Speed Mentoring” is on tap for the NAB Radio Show next week. It is kind of like speed dating, only dealing with career advice. The http://www.rbr.com/radio/emmis_worldband_media.html 2008-09-09T05:55:00-05:00 2008-09-09T05:55:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Emmis Communications and WorldBand Media announced a groundbreaking partnership that will broadcast unique programming targeted to http://www.rbr.com/radio/lawsuits_flying_over_tama_broadcasting.html 2008-09-08T01:23:00-05:00 2008-09-08T01:23:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The current and former management of Tama Broadcasting don’t agree on much. But they do agree on one thing – the company is not in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as was reported by the NYP http://www.rbr.com/radio/expansion_for_debut.html 2008-09-08T16:24:00-05:00 2008-09-08T16:24:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Debut Broadcasting, the smallest publicly traded radio company, announced an LMA to add a third station to its Vicksburg, MS cluster. It will now program http://www.rbr.com/radio/psssst_wanna_buy_a_radio_research_patent.html 2008-09-08T16:22:00-05:00 2008-09-08T16:22:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Actually, Tom Kelly is not being secretive at all about putting his “home music survey” patent up for sale. It’s being put up for auction http://www.rbr.com/radio/virginia_am_gets_an_fm_translator.html 2008-09-08T16:21:00-05:00 2008-09-08T16:21:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Monticello Media’s WCHV-AM Charlottesville, VA is the latest senior band station to receive FCC authorization to simulcast on an FM translator. “We’ve had numerous listeners http://www.rbr.com/radio/greater_media_launches_now_97_5_fm_in_philadelphia.html 2008-09-08T10:23:00-05:00 2008-09-08T10:23:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Greater Media has officially unveiled NOW 97.5 in Philadelphia, replacing Smooth Jazz.  The new, younger leaning adult contemporary format will feature a variety of artists http://www.rbr.com/radio/fcc_denies_cbs_radio_request_for_waok-am_power_increase.html 2008-09-08T10:24:00-05:00 2008-09-08T10:24:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The FCC has denied CBS Radio’s request to increase the daytime power of its WAOK-AM Atlanta (1380 kHz) signal from 5-kW to 50-kW. After a series of informal objections from co-channel WRAB-AM http://www.rbr.com/radio/obama_uses_radio_for_touchy_issue.html 2008-09-03T05:30:00-05:00 2008-09-03T05:30:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The battle between pro-life and pro-choice Americans leaves very little middle ground, and politicians have always seemed content to simply avoid the topic if at all possible. Of course, the vocal groups http://www.rbr.com/radio/free_advice_for_mel_karmazin.html 2008-09-06T19:02:00-05:00 2008-09-06T19:02:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Zen Master won his difficult and expensive 17-month battle to get the FCC and DOJ to approve the merger of Sirius and XM. That may have been the easy part. Professors at the Wharton School