PPM Coalition salutes NY AG’s action
The coalition of broadcasters and minority media organizations which are seeking an FCC investigation of PPM were quick to endorse the move by New York’s Attorney General against Arbitron. “We applaud New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
Radio to the rescue
With a standoff over retransmission consent knocking LIN TV’s WISH-TV (CBS) Indianapolis from Bright House cable, managed by Time Warner Cable, in Central Indiana,...
Arbitron threatened with lawsuit by New York Attorney General
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has notified Arbitron that he intends to sue the company – charging that the ratings company has engaged in unlawful...
Morning Air adds an hour
Beginning today Relevant Radio will present a fourth hour of “Morning Air.” Listeners will get an extra hour weekday between 9am and 10am CT....
FOX News Radio and BlogTalkRadio partner
FOX News Radio and BlogTalkRadio, the world’s largest citizen broadcasting network, have partnered to bring listeners “Election 2008: Battle of the Blog Talkers,” beginning...
History Channel wraps NYC train for “Cities of the Underworld”
To support the third season of the series, Cities of the Underworld, History Channel will be the first to execute a full ad wrap...
Trouble across the pond
US firm Global Traffic Network is said to be applying the brakes in a $26.5M acquisition of the traffic, news and entertainment operations of...
Peoria pair shuts down
Standards WOAM-AM and Oldies WPMJ-FM, owned by Kelly Communications, abruptly ceased operations last week as the broadcast company struggled to make ends meet. Owner...
Arbitron responds to NY Attorney General
Here is the statement issued by Arbitron: "Arbitron is disappointed that the State of New York Office of the Attorney General has stated its...
New York Attorney General to sue Arbitron
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has notified Arbitron that he intends to sue the company – charging that the ratings company has engaged in unlawful...
Reporter fired for political t-shirt
CBS Radio’s WWJ-AM Detroit fired veteran reporter Karen Dinkins this week because she wore a t-shirt supporting Barack Obama while covering a local rally...
WCBS-AM and 1010 WINS now heard on the FM dial
WCBS-AM and 1010 WINS NYC have begun simulcasting in HD on the FM dial. WCBS Newsradio can now be found on WCBS-FM 101.1's HD...
Radio Disney focuses on unsigned artists
Radio Disney will launch a multi-platform daily programming feature, "Next Big Thing" (N.B.T.), that puts the spotlight on young recording artists and provides them a platform to get their music heard
Arbitron accelerates cell phone-only sampling for diary markets
Arbitron customers in some diary markets won’t have to wait until the Fall survey next year to get what PPM markets already have –...
WorldSpace finances unresolved
September 25th passed without WorldSpace paying the $19.97 million plus interest due on its bridge loan notes. According to an SEC filing, the note...