http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-10-07T20:51:14-05:00 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 http://www.rbr.com/radio/buccaneer_espn_am_1470_in_tampa_bay.html 2008-09-04T14:22:00-05:00 2008-09-04T14:22:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Former NFL Quarterback Jeff Carlson has been added to the ESPN Am 1470 lineup to host the Monday Morning Quarterback Show from 6 to 8. http://www.rbr.com/radio/9774.html 2008-09-05T15:04:00-05:00 2008-09-05T15:04:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Arbitron announced that it will expand its annual Urban Sales Clinic geared towards helping sales managers and senior sellers get the most out of their http://www.rbr.com/radio/ron_reagan_joins_air_america.html 2008-09-05T09:25:00-05:00 2008-09-05T09:25:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Air America Media will be adding former first son Ron Reagan to its regular programming schedule.  “The Ron Reagan Show” will air weeknights from 8-9pm http://www.rbr.com/radio/spurned_religious_broadcasters_unhappy.html 2008-09-05T01:21:00-05:00 2008-09-05T01:21:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Two prospective radio owner/operators are not happy that two open FM dial positions went to secular music services instead of their religious-themed formats. They are even more upset that governmental http://www.rbr.com/radio/groups_demand_fcc_probe_of_ppm.html 2008-09-02T05:13:00-05:00 2008-09-02T05:13:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Several groups which have been critical of Arbitron’s Portable People Meter – and particularly how it counts minority audiences – have now filed an emergency petition calling for the FCC to investigate PPM http://www.rbr.com/radio/what_would_you_pay_for_some_cc_media_bonds.html 2008-09-04T05:47:00-05:00 2008-09-04T05:47:00-05:00 Jack Messmer It doesn’t really matter to the parent company of Clear Channel Communications, since it sold the debt to six big banks when the going private deal closed after an out-of-court settlement http://www.rbr.com/radio/local_incumbent_withdraws_to_keep_radio_gig.html 2008-09-04T10:21:00-05:00 2008-09-04T10:21:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Dave Niedfeldt, who handles mornings and agricultural reports for Siebert Broadcasting’s KWBE-AM Beatrice NE has decided he’d rather stay on the radio than on the http://www.rbr.com/radio/whur-fm_to_receive_nab_hd_radio_multicast_award.html 2008-09-04T15:08:00-05:00 2008-09-04T15:08:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Howard University's WHUR-FM will receive the NAB HD Radio Multicast Award for its HD-2 channel, "WHUR-WORLD." The station will receive the award during the NAB http://www.rbr.com/radio/fcc_may_look_into_ppm.html 2008-09-04T03:24:00-05:00 2008-09-04T03:24:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The FCC hasn’t decided to launch an inquiry into Arbitron’s Portable People Meter radio ratings system, but it hasn’t decided not to either http://www.rbr.com/radio/four_journalists_arrested_at_gop_convention.html 2008-09-02T13:58:00-05:00 2008-09-02T13:58:00-05:00 Jack Messmer An Associated Press photographer and three people from Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!,” including anchor Amy Goodman, were among more than 200 http://www.rbr.com/radio/eastlan_enters_vermont.html 2008-09-03T19:21:00-05:00 2008-09-03T19:21:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Vox AM/FM recently purchased a cluster in the Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY market from Clear Channel – but it won’t be buying the Arbitron ratings that