Radio uniting for Ike relief
The National Association of Broadcasters has radio PSAs ready to go, and is urging a radio roadblock to make sure as many citizens as...
Financial turmoil felt in Austin
Andy Salter of Oaktree Capital excited the Dickstein Shapiro Broadcast Financing session opening the NAB Radio Show in Austin as a rare contrarian out to acquire radio assets in this depressed market
August continues the parade of potholes
CL King analyst Jim Boyle thinks that when the Radio Advertising Bureau releases its revenue results for month of August, it’ll be talking about a decline of -8% or -9%. That actually would come in
Kenton Morris killed in plane crash
The Chicago Tribune reports that former WGN-AM Chicago Assistant Program Director Kenton Morris was killed last Thursday, along with two passengers, when the chartered...
NextMedia, WorldBand to bring Asian programming to HD signals
Now that programming restrictions have been lifted by the HD Digital Radio Alliance, immediate monetization is taking place in the form of brokered programming....
El Cucuy leaves SBS to build his own network
One Way Communications announced that after more than two decades as one of the top-ranked talk show hosts in the country, Renan Almendarez Coello,...
First New York, now New Jersey jumps into PPM investigation
The Attorney General of New Jersey, Anne Milgram, yesterday announced that her office had issued a subpoena to Arbitron, seeking essentially the same information already sought by
Emmis finds bonus money
Emmis Communications says in an SEC filing that it is going to use some of the proceeds from the recent sale of its last...
Westwood One spells out savings
Westwood One says the reengineering of Metro Networks and other restructuring moves will save the company $25-30 million annually. To get there, the company will take a
Arbitron beefing up diary market recruiting
Effective with the Fall 2009 survey, Arbitron says it will add cell phone-only households to its survey sample in 125 diary markets
WMYJ-AM back on the air
The Martinsville, IN Reporter-Times reports WMYJ 1540 AM signed on the air April 18, 1967. The station had broadcast continuously for 40 years —...
Jack Ingram Guest Host for Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40
Texas-born country star Jack Ingram will be guest host for Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 on the weekend of September 20-21, 2008. Jack is...
Ten new stations join the Fútbol de Primera Network
Fútbol de Primera has added 10 new radio stations to its affiliate family, bringing the total number to 95, including 29 FM stations. With...
Subrock dwellers continue to emerge
Calls to the FCC on Wilmington NC DTV Day 3 continued to diminish, going from 797 on Day 1, to 424 on Day 2,...
The Laura Ingraham Show transitions to 17 new stations
Talk Radio Network Enterprises’ The Laura Ingraham Show has 17 new affiliates in KGIL, Los Angeles; WCFO, Atlanta; KXAM, Phoenix; XESURF, San Diego; WWBA,...