New group won’t hedge bets on Fairness

Radio America is spearheading a new watchdog group with the goal of heading off any attempt to revive the Fairness Doctrine. The Free Radio...

And the hits just keep on comin’: June Nielsen Audio PPM results

The numbers and trends are jumping out of the hopper during one of radio's most important weeks to

Confirmed: Ted Morgan Is Selling All Of His Adirondack Stations

Yesterday RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of silent WNBZ-AM to North Country Radio — the Lake Placid-based entity co-owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher — by fiscally impaired broadcaster Ted Morgan. Now, RBR+TVBR has confirmed that the only station owned by Morgan that is actually on the air has been sold, and he's exiting the business. However, little is known about the buyer of the station deal that's just been announced.

100.3 The Sound airing “KMET Mighty Met Weekend”

Beginning 11/3, Bonneville’s KSWD-FM LA 100.3FM The Sound is presenting a “Mighty Met Weekend” featuring the legendary DJs from SoCal’s iconic progressive rocker KMET-FM. Dr....

Savvy shoppers tackled WIL's "Cornbread's World's Largest Garage Sale"

Massive crowds raced over to Fairmount Park in Collinsville, IL for the recent WIL-FM "Cornbread's World's Largest Garage Sale" event, held on Saturday morning,...

Another CCU market sold

The latest is unrated Frankfort, KY, where WCND-AM, WFKY-AM, WKED-FM and WKYW-FM are leaving the Clear Channel fold. The brokers at Kalil & Co....

Dana Mills replacing Amy Holmes on America's Morning News (audio)

Masters: Yet another award-winning news anchor added to Talk Radio Network Entertainment news stable.  Dana Mills is replacing Amy Holmes as John McCaslin’s Co-Anchor on...

PPM hitting Arbitron’s targets

Arbitron quit holding monthly conference calls while it battles in court over its Portable People Meter rollout, but yesterday it released its monthly report...

Boot and reboot

An attempt to kick a broadcaster off the air via denial of license renewal and replace him with another designated party has been rebuffed...

NAB announces Crystal Radio Award winners

The National Association of Broadcasters has named 10 winners of the NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized...

Radio One Comm.-Adams Radio Indiana sale closes

Radio One Communications’ sale of Country WLJE-FM, Classic Rock WXRD-FM, AC WZVN-FM and

The InFOCUS Podcast: Lou Kastler, KNXR-FM

How has Rochester, Minn.'s top-rated radio station, locally owned and operated, managed to stay largely live and local and keep advertising buys flowing some 11 1/2 months into the COVID-19 pandemic? Station OM and morning co-host Lou Kastler shares the details in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE
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On Nov. 20, Learn How To Prove Radio Works

At Forecast 2020, meet the companies that are ushering in the "Golden Age of radio attribution" at a session being led by Westwood One and parent Cumulus Media Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard. Best of all, you’ll have a chance to ask questions of a panel of experts, live and in person, in a high-value learning and networking opportunity.

An Earnings Downtrend For CBS Radio

With Entercom Communications on track for a Q4 closing of its Reverse Morris Trust-fueled merger with CBS Radio, there has been heightened awareness of ongoing weakness at the unit of AMs and FMs that's being spun from a company hot on "OTT" and other "new media" darlings of Madison Avenue. How did CBS Radio do in Q2? As expected, revenue was down.
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Carolina deal is a shore thing

The Carolina in question is the South one, and the stations being sold are a trio of FMs in the Myrtle Beach area.