Make way for Sir Jerry, Knight of Philadelphia
Legendary WBEB-FM honcho Jerry Lee, the contrarian owner who has been doing battle throughout radio’s consolidation era with one of the last free-standing large...
“Mike & The Mad Dog” split
On Thursday WFAN-AM NY’s “Mike and the Mad Dog” became just Mike, when Chris Russo left the station, ending a 19-year duo with Mike...
Savage drops suit against CAIR
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Michael Savage will not re-file his lawsuit against the Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group. Savage’s...
City council wants PPM investigation
The Speaker and six other members of the New York City Council have introduced a resolution calling on Arbitron to hold up PPM deployment...
Honors for Soto
The Spanish Broadcasters Association has named Jesus M. Soto to receive its 2008 Profiles in Leadership Award. The ceremony and reception will be Wednesday,...
Regent faces Nasdaq delisting
Regent Communications says it has received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that its stock has closed below the minimum of $1.00 for...
Beasley honors its best
Thomas Manning has been named General Manager of the Year at Beasley Broadcast Group. He is GM of WPOW-FM Miami and VP of Sales...
Wease countdown begins in Rochester
Now that New York has outlawed non-competes, Clear Channel has begun a 95-day countdown to put Brother Wease back on the air at “95.1...
The road not taken
Gas prices are being blamed for the fact that Americans logged 12.2B miles driven less during the month of June 2008 than during the...
Contrarian investor likes CC Media
Marathon Asset Management has made a filing with the SEC that funds it manages have acquired slightly over 2.8 million shares of CC Media Holdings, the new parent company of Clear Channel
IBOC technical panel at NAB Radio Show
Technical experts will discuss the impact of the 10 dB increased IBOC power proposal recently submitted by radio broadcasters to the FCC at The...
NPR taps Intelsat for increased capacity
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced NPR signed a multi-transponder, multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity to support the distribution...
iBiquity Digital upsizes in Detroit
The Oakland Business Review reports iBiquity Digital 's Michigan automotive sales office is growing fast as it projects a surge in demand for HD,...
Four streams rate with Arbitron’s PPM
July PPM data sent out yesterday by Arbitron includes, for the first time, listening to encoded digital streams. The company says 287 Internet and HD streams are being encoded in PPM
“Hold Their Feet to the Fire” set for 9/10
The FAIR Congressional Task Force (FCTF) announced September 10 and 11 as the dates for its annual Hold Their Feet to the Fire in Washington, D.C. Currently, almost 50 radio hosts