Radio included in product placement rule

Television is the main focus, but radio was not left out of the rulemaking part of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on product placement by advertisers

Everybody wants more royalty money

RIAA isn’t the only organization hoping to extract royalty payments from broadcasters. The folks who already receive royalty payments from radio, the music composers and publishers, also

CC Radio now broadcasting all HD stations with iTunes tagging

Clear Channel Radio says all of its 350 HD2 stations are iTunes Tagging compatible, allowing songs played on Clear Channel Radio HD stations to...

Performance Fee moves forward

As expected, The Performance Rights Act easily cleared the House Intellectual Property subcommittee yesterday – a panel dominated by supporters of RIAA. The measure faces a less-certain future

Tribune looking to sell Tribune Tower, Times Mirror Square

Tribune Company announced it will explore strategic options for maximizing the value of Chicago’s Tribune Tower, which houses the Chicago Tribune, and LA’s Times...

“The Allen Hunt Show” increases audience size

The nationally syndicated “Allen Hunt Show,” talk radio’s only program that talks about real life issues and the impact of faith on them, announced...

Mike & Mike in the Morning air live from a listener’s home

ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning has originated from the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, MLB All-Star Game, Indy 500, Kentucky Derby and...

Chrysler will offer wireless Internet access in 2009 models

The nation's third-largest automaker is set to announce Thursday that it's making wireless Internet an option on all its 2009 models, according to The...

GOP trio pushing for performance fees

Three Republicans in the House have gone to bat for RIAA and the Performance Rights Act, telling fellow members of the GOP that the...

Cumulus, Hubbard, Cobalt join Broadcaster Traffic Consortium

The Broadcaster Traffic Consortium (BTC), a nationwide coalition of radio companies formed to distribute data via HD Radio technology, announced that three additional radio...

Performance Fee not dead yet

A majority of the US House of Representatives has signed on to oppose requiring AM and FM broadcasters to pay performance fees to record companies, but that hasn’t stopped Rep. Howard Berman

Cox Radio’s Bob Neil fires back again

The email he got yesterday from Arbitron CEO Steve Morris may not have been a surprise to Bob Neil – and it certainly hasn’t...

NAB claims victory over RIAA

Four more members of the US House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes requiring AM...

Lincoln delivers three-minute movie on national television

Taking a significant leap from the traditional 30- and 60-second broadcast ad  model, luxury automaker Lincoln is delivering a first this week with the...

Clear Channel lays out future strategy

Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners yesterday began pitching investments in CC Media Holdings, the owner-to-be of Clear Channel Communications, to certain selected...