http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-23T10:53:11-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/sovereign_city_debuts_great_day_with_jim_debbie.html 2008-10-21T15:14:00-05:00 2008-10-21T15:14:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Sovereign City Communications announced the launch of its new positive AC morning show Great Day with Jim & Debbie for national distribution. The show is http://www.rbr.com/radio/wfan_and_mets_reach_new_multi-year_deal.html 2008-10-21T15:13:00-05:00 2008-10-21T15:13:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The New York Mets and Sports Radio 66 WFAN announced an extension of their broadcast partnership for live play-by-play coverage of Mets preseason, regular season, http://www.rbr.com/radio/npr_brings_election_coverage_to_millions_of_deaf.html 2008-10-21T15:06:00-05:00 2008-10-21T15:06:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci On election night, millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing people will be able to experience live radio coverage for the first time, when NPR, Harris Corporation http://www.rbr.com/radio/new_iboc_translator_from_larcan.html 2008-10-20T21:53:00-05:00 2008-10-20T21:53:00-05:00 Ray Topp Larcan has a new IBOC FM translator for digital broadcasting, dubbed the Encore Series. It features power levels from 25 to 250 Watts, supports all http://www.rbr.com/radio/lawsuits_taking_toll_on_arbitron.html 2008-10-21T06:09:00-05:00 2008-10-21T06:09:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Arbitron told Wall Street analysts that full year 2008 earnings will come in at the low end of the company’s previous guidance, largely due to the costs of fighting multiple court cases http://www.rbr.com/radio/mel_changes_course_sirius_xm.html 2008-10-18T11:19:00-05:00 2008-10-18T11:19:00-05:00 Jack Messmer “We have no plans for a reverse split,” Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin declared in August, when the stock was still a bit above a buck. Now the company is asking shareholders to approve a reverse split http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_revenues_remain_a_hardhat_zone.html 2008-10-20T13:36:00-05:00 2008-10-20T13:36:00-05:00 Dave Seyler That’s because so much debris is falling. In point of fact, the radio business posted significantly better September revenues year-over-year than it did in August, but the bottom line loss of -8% does more http://www.rbr.com/radio/kcbs_adds_fm_carrier_kfrc.html 2008-10-20T15:35:00-05:00 2008-10-20T15:35:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci San Francisco-KCBS 740-AM (All News) has added another distribution outlet to the growing list of available ways to receive the station’s content.  Beginning on Monday, http://www.rbr.com/radio/dial-global_names_format_management_team.html 2008-10-20T15:34:00-05:00 2008-10-20T15:34:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Following the recent merging of Dial Global’s 24-hour music formats with those of the former Jones Radio Networks, Dial Global Programming President Kirk Stirland announced http://www.rbr.com/radio/hall_of_famers.html 2008-10-20T14:37:00-05:00 2008-10-20T14:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. has announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees. Chuck Collier (currently at WGAR-FM Cleveland) and Gerry House (WSIX-FM Nashville) will be http://www.rbr.com/radio/beusse_still_gets_paid.html 2008-10-20T14:33:00-05:00 2008-10-20T14:33:00-05:00 Jack Messmer By comparison to what we’ve seen in the headlines for departing CEOs at troubled financial institutions, Tom Beusse doesn’t exactly have a golden parachute. But http://www.rbr.com/radio/westwood_one_reorganizes_top_management.html 2008-10-19T22:39:00-05:00 2008-10-19T22:39:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci As first reported by RBR Saturday afternoon, Westwood One today announced the reorganization of its executive management team.  The changes were initiated by the Board http://www.rbr.com/radio/not_everyone_is_downgrading.html 2008-10-16T14:35:00-05:00 2008-10-16T14:35:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Radio stock prices have fallen so much recently that Boyle figures all of the negatives are now “baked in” to the trading prices of Cox Radio and Emmis. He’d downgraded both to “underperform” on http://www.rbr.com/radio/short_and_turbulent_run_for_beusse_at_ww1.html 2008-10-18T12:47:00-05:00 2008-10-18T12:47:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Friday’s exit of Westwood One CEO Tom Beusse was certainly sudden and unexpected. It was just this month that he bought 375,000 shares of the company’s stock for $150,000 as one of three top execs to http://www.rbr.com/radio/can_sirius_xm_survive.html 2008-10-18T21:22:00-05:00 2008-10-18T21:22:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes dares to raise the question of the “viability of the current business model” in his latest missive to clients on Sirius XM. The satellite radio company remains on his http://www.rbr.com/radio/fcc_hits_stations_for_phone_violations.html 2008-10-19T03:53:00-05:00 2008-10-19T03:53:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The wrong number for a pair of Spanish Broadcasting System New York City FMs may well be 16K – put a dollar sign in front http://www.rbr.com/radio/10701.html 2008-10-18T03:15:00-05:00 2008-10-18T03:15:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Bulletin: 5:30pm 10/18/08 - RBR FirstThere are some major changes taking place at Westwood One (N:WON). On Friday evening, 10/17,  CEO Tom Beusse was escorted http://www.rbr.com/radio/chicago_am_launches_progressive_talk_network.html 2008-10-17T15:05:00-05:00 2008-10-17T15:05:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Today, Chicago's Progressive Talk radio listeners are getting three new FM stations to choose from.  All of the progressive talk radio programs currently heard on http://www.rbr.com/radio/entercom_memphis_launches_94_1_kqk-fm.html 2008-10-17T14:52:00-05:00 2008-10-17T14:52:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci On Friday, Entercom Memphis launched Classic Hits 94.1 KQK-FM.“The songs on KQK are part of the DNA and rich history of the Mid-South,” said Dan http://www.rbr.com/radio/continental_electronics_bought_by_lone_star_cra_fund.html 2008-10-17T14:41:00-05:00 2008-10-17T14:41:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Continental Electronics, manufacturer and supplier of advanced RF transmission equipment, has been acquired by Lone Star CRA Fund LP, a Dallas-based private equity firm. The