Arbitron agrees to targets for diary markets
As the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council (RAC) concluded its final 2008 meeting in Annapolis, MD, the ratings company named the 50 diary markets
ABC Radio Networks to launch “The Huckabee Report”
ABC Radio Networks has signed former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to its roster of news/talk talent. “The Huckabee Report” will be broadcast weekday mornings and afternoons and provide
Shadow episodes emerge
That’s the world from classic radio publisher Radio Spirits. It says long-lost episodes of “The Shadow: Knight of Darkness” starring no less an iconic...
EBITDA debuts at Debut
Tiny publicly traded Debut Broadcasting Corp. has good news for its shareholders. The company achieved positive EBITDA in Q3, a quarter earlier than had...
“Sonrise” hits 100 affiliate mark
United Stations Radio Networks announced it’s nationally syndicated program, “SONRISE,” has landed its 100th affiliate. With the addition of Cumulus Broadcasting’s Adult Contemporary station,...
Entercom taps SplashCast for social networking
SplashCast (www.splashcastmedia.com), a content syndication service for emerging media, announced Entercom will go live with SplashCast technology on the websites of 70 music stations....
Sirius, XM merge programming
Well, looks like the Sirius-XM merger has also solved the problem of receiver interoperability, which was mandated by their FCC license(s). Sirius XM has unveiled their new, combined channel lineups
Lexington bleeding news reporters
The Cumulus radio station cluster in Lexington KY is said to be going from three to one news staffer, with only the news director...
Katz bids for part of Interep
Clear Channel’s Katz Media Group has stepped up to the table and signed a formal offer to the bankruptcy trustee to pay $3.64 million to have all radio clients released from their national rep contracts with Interep
CC Radio’s Format Lab gone?
More evidence of content cuts at CC Radio: Their much-acclaimed Format Lab is gone from the web. Replaced by their “I (Heart) Music” website...
“AC Programmer Today” launching in January
AC Programmer Today is a partnership between 12 year AC Radio veteran, Jack Ashton (Ashton Consulting) and media exec Jim McVay (CEO/President McVay Solutions...
Cumulus gets a Moody’s downgrade
You can add Cumulus Media to the growing list of broadcasting companies who have had their credit ratings cut by Moody’s Investors Service. Along...
Radio is no longer the only worry for Clear Channel
As Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners held on in the face of a slumping radio business to close their buyout of Clear Channel Communications
CMT, WW1 launching "CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan"
CMT Radio Network and Westwood One have announced “CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan,” a syndicated nightly country entertainment radio show that will launch...
Dial Global re-launches “Rockline”
Dial Global will soon represent the legendary rock interview radio show, Rockline. Dial Global will re-launch the show with a new studio and more...