Performance royalties get loft
The members of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property recognize that there are two sides to the dispute...
XM settles with last major label
XM Satellite Radio announced a settlement with EMI, the last of the four major record labels which had sued over XM’s Inno receiver with...
100.5 Max-FM lets listeners control the tunes
100.5 Max-FM (WXMM-FM) Norfolk-VA Beach is the first radio station in the world to actually allow listeners total control to program the music. This...
First PPM data from the City of Angels
Radio’s daily reach is more than four times larger than the combined circulations of LA’s twelve largest newspapers, according to the first data from...
Moody’s negative on Salem
Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded its debt ratings for Salem Communications and said the outlook for the company’s ratings is also “negative.” The ratings...
SupeRadio signs Ed Shultz
SupeRadio, which is owned by Access.1 Communications, has acquired “The Ed Schultz Show” from Product 1st (P1). Liberal Talker Schultz recently began airing on...
Dobbs gets rewind, replay deal
The Lifestyle TalkRadio Network (LTRN) and United Stations Radio Networks announced an agreement for LTRN to air a rebroadcast of "The Lou Dobbs Show"...
Belts to remain snug at Clear Channel
Much has been made of the internal memo to Clear Channel managers from President & CFO Randall Mays that has been published on the...
DJ loses case against politician
RBR/TVBR isn’t normally on the press release email list for New York City Council Member John Liu, but his staff made a point of...
Ed Tornberg dead at 82
The Washington Post reports that New World Radio co-owner Edwin Tornberg died May 23rd of pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Potomac, MD. He...
ESPN launches 2nd channel for HD stations
Tomorrow marks the first broadcast of the ESPN HD Radio network, which will deliver sports content exclusively for the HD2 channels of radio stations....
NAB urges congressional investigation
And just who does the NAB want investigated? Try the big international recording conglomerates. The trade group’s comments come in the wake of a...
Do today's young media planners even think of radio?
RBR’s exclusive PPM Roundtable discussion covered some interesting territory besides whether or not the Portable People Meter rollout should resume in September.
Van Halen 2007-2008 North American Tour Highest Grossing in Band’s History
Grossing More Than $93 MillionNearly a million fans journeyed from all over the world to witness the landmark Van Halen tour, which kicked-off in...
Smaller markets seen rebounding fastest
If it weren't for the scale, the new chart from BIA Financial Network would look pretty good. After hitting bottom in 2008, radio revenues...