http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-23T10:48:28-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/weei_revamps_weekend_lineup.html 2008-09-02T14:49:00-05:00 2008-09-02T14:49:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The WEEI Sports Radio Network announced the addition of a newly created weekend lineup highlighted by the return of NFL Sunday and The Real Post http://www.rbr.com/radio/wqam_sports_radio_and_um_renew.html 2008-09-02T14:48:00-05:00 2008-09-02T14:48:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci 560 WQAM Sports Radio and University of Miami announced an extension of their agreement which gives WQAM exclusive English language radio rights in the South http://www.rbr.com/radio/talkmeisters_set_to_invade_capitol_hill.html 2008-09-02T05:37:00-05:00 2008-09-02T05:37:00-05:00 Dave Seyler 43 radio Talkers are set to emigrate to Washington DC next week in order to make their views known in immigration. The event, known as “Hold Their Feet to the Fire,” will convene on “Radio Row” http://www.rbr.com/radio/obama_campaign_carries_ayers_fight_to_wgn.html 2008-08-28T05:52:00-05:00 2008-08-28T05:52:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The campaign of Barack Obama (D-IL) has asked supporters to flood Tribune’s WGN-AM Chicago with phone calls to protest the booking of Stanley Kurtz on http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_riding_out_hurricane_gustav.html 2008-08-31T21:29:00-05:00 2008-08-31T21:29:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Three years ago, broadcasting was about the only thing that kept working properly as Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and left a path of devastation and death. Yes, some stations http://www.rbr.com/radio/9662.html 2008-09-01T12:29:00-05:00 2008-09-01T12:29:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Attendees to the Audio Engineering Society’s 125th Convention October 2-5 in San Francisco will be able to get an up-close and personal look at the http://www.rbr.com/radio/9661.html 2008-09-01T12:28:00-05:00 2008-09-01T12:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The FCC is investigating whether the D.B. Zwirn hedge fund has taken control of the nine-station Tama Broadcasting group without Commission approval. As first reported http://www.rbr.com/radio/bernie_ward_sentenced_to_7_years.html 2008-09-01T02:25:00-05:00 2008-09-01T02:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Former KGO-AM San Francisco talk host Bernie Ward has been sentenced to seven years, three months in federal prison. Ward had pleaded guilty in May to one count of distributing child pornography http://www.rbr.com/radio/tallying_the_debt_at_cc_media.html 2008-08-28T05:25:00-05:00 2008-08-28T05:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Just how much debt did CC Media Holdings end up with when all was said and done with the Clear Channel buyout? The answer is $20.8 billion. According to details in the quarterly report http://www.rbr.com/radio/9624.html 2008-08-28T15:30:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:30:00-05:00 Jack Messmer If you’re up for a Marconi Radio Award at the NAB Radio Show in Austin, one of thes folks could be calling your name. The http://www.rbr.com/radio/reagan_goes_liberal.html 2008-08-28T15:29:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:29:00-05:00 Jack Messmer No, not Michael Reagan. He’s still a decidedly conservative radio talk host. But Ronald Reagan’s other son, Ron Jr., is joining Air America Radio to http://www.rbr.com/radio/espn_radio_does_lunch.html 2008-08-28T15:28:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer With football resuming, ESPN Radio says its “Monday Night Football Chalk Talk Luncheon Series” will return September 8th with the first of 12 events during http://www.rbr.com/radio/new_survey_boss_for_arbitron.html 2008-08-28T19:28:00-05:00 2008-08-28T19:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Steven M. Smith is the new Exec. VP, Survey Operations at Arbitron, overseeing accountability for all surveys, including PPM. He’s a former Exec. VP for Information Resources, a global market http://www.rbr.com/radio/spanish_broadcasters_attack_ppm_again.html 2008-08-27T09:40:00-05:00 2008-08-27T09:40:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Spanish Radio Association (SRA) launched a new attack on Arbitron’s PPM, saying the organization is disappointed with Arbitron’s response to its concerns about Hispanic audience measurement http://www.rbr.com/radio/clear_channel_hopes_to_build_the_dream.html 2008-08-27T16:03:00-05:00 2008-08-27T16:03:00-05:00 Jack Messmer In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington and the “I Have a Dream” speech, Clear Channel Radio and the Washington, DC http://www.rbr.com/radio/9607.html 2008-08-27T10:37:00-05:00 2008-08-27T10:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Fellow New Orleans musicians, Allan Touissant (left), The Meter's Leo Nocentelli (center) and Walter "Wolfman" Washington accepted the Heroes of the Storm Award on behalf http://www.rbr.com/radio/9602.html 2008-08-27T15:29:00-05:00 2008-08-27T15:29:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Radio Advertising Bureau President and CEO will discuss the future of radio as the NAB Radio Show Luncheon speaker on Friday, September 19th in http://www.rbr.com/radio/key_dem_pushing_for_four-day_federal_week.html 2008-08-27T15:04:00-05:00 2008-08-27T15:04:00-05:00 Dave Seyler House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has asked the Office of Personnel Management to undertake a comprehensive study on the feasibility and likely effects of http://www.rbr.com/radio/ppm_panelists_unmasked.html 2008-08-27T05:39:00-05:00 2008-08-27T05:39:00-05:00 Jack Messmer There’s nothing sinister going on, though. Coleman Insights was granted exclusive access by Arbitron to Portable People Meter panelists as they finished their participation in the New York http://www.rbr.com/radio/struble_delivers_sermon_on_hd.html 2008-08-22T09:49:00-05:00 2008-08-22T09:49:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Opening with the bold pronouncement that “we can walk and chew gum at the same time,” iBiquity’s Bob Struble said that those calling for single-minded