Washington DC sweet talks NPR into staying
In fact, it did a lot more than sweet talk the noncommercial radio service. It offered sweets in the form of a 20-year moratorium...
Carry your PPM, earn points, win prizes
In an effort to encourage Portable People Meter panelists to carry their meters “every waking hour,” Arbitron has created a personal home page system...
Sample, sample, sample
That’s how Arbitron Radio Advisory Council Chairman Chuck DuCoty, COO of NRG Media, sums up the focus of this week’s two-day RAC meeting in...
Regent’s secret to growth
Invest in shoe leather. We’ve said it repeatedly - radio has to put feet on the street to grow business. Good sales people pay for themselves.
Columnist rails against Suleman
Chicago Sun-Times media columnist Robert Feder is pulling no punches in describing the staff cuts last week at Citadel’s WLS-AM and WZZN-FM as the...
Bob Neil speaks his “simple mind”
If Bob’s “simple mind” produced growth in a year when almost all other publicly traded radio companies reported down revenues, perhaps some of those other companies should look at replacing their CEOs.
Academy of Country Music Awards nominees named
Nominations for the 43rd Annual Academy of County Music Awards were announced by multi-platinum recording artists Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, the Academy's current...
Cox declares itself
Cox Radio announced the launch of a new positioning statement that it said reiterates the company’s long-standing commitment to operational excellence and customer focus. ...
B103.9 raises 10K for Humane Society
Employees of Gulf Coast Humane Society in Fort Myers, Florida recently arrived at work to discover the building had been burglarized and over 7,000...
33rd Community Radio Conference set
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) will host the 33rd Annual Community Radio Conference March 26-29 in Atlanta. Attendees from stations in major...
Mega Media Group announces personalities for “Pulse 87 FM” NY
Pulse 87 FM (WNYZ-LP), New York's new Rhythmic Top 40 radio station, announced three veteran NYC air personalities will be joining the station launched...
Imus in the Morning Returns to DC radio
ABC Radio Networks announced the Imus in the Morning radio program will return to the Washington, D.C. airwaves on the new True Oldies 105.9...
Time to rebuild Citadel
Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller isn’t calling for the head of Farid Suleman, but he has developed a list of thing he says must...
Final tally puts radio revenues down 2% for 2007
Total radio industry revenues last year were 21.3 billion, according to the final numbers calculated for the RAB by Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co.
Small markets are the big place to be
From Citadel and other companies we have been hearing the woes of big market radio stations. But there is a very different story to...