Smulyan tender for Emmis stock extended over a month
CEO Jeff Smulyan
BEA Scholarship Committee gets VCI Solutions award
VCI Solutions, a provider of software solutions for broadcast and cable operations, announced that Christi Mitchell has been chosen to receive the first annual...
BlackBerry adds FM Radio chip
The Canadian smartphone manufacturer has just rolled out a software update that comes with a built-in FM radio. The updated version of BlackBerry 10...
Seeking Alpha: “Google is becoming a huge threat”
Rizzi Capital just penned a blog in Seeking Alpha that details how much the news of Google’s Android
Radiosophy’s HD Radio receiver now $49.95
Radiosophy announced their HD100 HD Radio receiver is now only $49.95 after a mail-in rebate that is being offered as part of the HD...
Hutton strikes again
Santa Fe broadcaster Ted Hutton just announced last week that he was acquiring KWRP-FM for 700K, complementing Hutton Broadcasting's other two outlets, KVSF-AM and...
Skyview Scores With Golden Knights Pact
The National Hockey League’s newest franchise has selected Skyview Networks to help it build a network of radio station affiliates. The deal gives the team access to Skyview's AdView Inventory Management and Live Read Logging software.
In New Mexico, Two FM Translator Deals Are Cemented
On October 14, 2022, "The Eighties Channel" arrived on a 250-watt transmitter with a signal blanketing New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque. Now, Don Davis is ensuring that the syndicated format courtesy of consultant K.M. Richards stays on the facility. How so? His group is buying it, and shifting from a lease. Meanwhile, in Santa Fe, the same seller is ready to say goodbye to an FM translator in that municipality.
Lowest-priced HD Radio hits the market
iLuv recently unveiled two new HD Radio devices, one of which is the lowest priced HD Radio receiver on the market today. The iLuv...
Lotus President Named Hispanic Broadcaster of the Year
Lotus Communications President Jim Kalmenson is widely known across the West Coast of the U.S. as the leader of a family-run business with a diverse portfolio of radio stations that includes Classic Rock and Active Rock FMs in Tucson, a Classic Rocker in Las Vegas, and a Farsi-language format targeting Persians across Southern California. But, it is Lotus' Spanish-language stations and their performance that has led Kalmenson to receive the 2018 Medallas de Cortez Award as Broadcaster of the Year.
Davidson Media Goes into Spin Cycle
A group with radio interests in Nashville TN and Richmond VA
CBS Radio flipping two more to All-Sports
CBS Radio is launching all-sports formatted stations in Washington, D.C. and Boston on 7/20 and 8/13, respectively. Boston’s 98.5 The Sports Hub (now WBMX Hot AC) and 106.7 The Fan
New round of Clear Channel layoffs
Clear Channel Radio today concluded the restructuring its new owners began in January. Some 590 staffers got pink slips today, spread across engineering, IT,...
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The Long Wait For WAIT: Fred Eychaner Sells Tower Site
Since November 2003, a Class D daytime-only AM with a booming signal has been owned by Fred Eychaner's Newsweb Radio Co. It has had various formats and most recently aired brokered religious programming. In July, that disappeared. Why? The station's tower site is being sold.
Courtside taps Compass Media Marketing
RBR-TVBR First: Compass Media Networks’ new Compass Media Marketing ad rep firm for the audio industry, and Norm Pattiz’s Courtside Entertainment Group announced CMM...