CCU settling lawsuit
The Providence Journal reports that Clear Channel Communications has tentatively agreed to pay 22 million bucks to settle a lawsuit brought by victims of...
Settlement with bond holders may nix Citadel dividend
Citadel Broadcasting hasn’t paid a dividend to shareholders since its special dividend just before the merger acquisition of ABC Radio from Disney. There had...
Audemat-Aztec becomes Audemat
Audemat has officially changed their name from Audemat-Aztec to Audemat to ease their communication. With recent acquisitions, Audemat now owns two companies Ecreso (TV...
KPRI now atop Mt. Soledad site
Compass Radio Group’s Rock KPRI-FM San Diego has moves its transmitting antenna to a new site atop Mt. Soledad in La Jolla, giving it...
Generational format move
The hits got newer this week on GHB Broadcasting’s FM at 106.1 in Charlotte, but not that new. Rather than Adult Standards WNMX, the...
RAB sets marketing alliance with reps
Calling on the radio industry to prepare and adapt for the future, RAB President and CEO Jeff Haley announced at RAB2008 in Atlanta that...
XM/Sirius: Analyst argues that time not of the essence
Tyler Savery of seekingalpha.com says he's amused by many of the theories bouncing around as to why the regulatory is taking so long to...
Ratings data crunched on Wall Street
Two analysts are out with their take on the Fall Arbitron ratings, but it you think it is just simple math, think again. Chris...
Urban Knights Awards presented at RAB
American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) presented its annual Urban Knight Awards 2/11 at the RAB Radio Sales, Management and Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Jim...
Entercom Boston announces Play by Play for 2008 Red Sox season
Veteran play-by-play man Joe Castiglione is set to begin his 26th season of calling Red Sox games, and will be joined for a second...
Media Monitors to link with Arbitron PPM Ratings
They’ve signed an agreement that allows Media Monitors to link PPM minute-level audience data with Media Monitors airplay info in a new service called...
Key performer plugs airplay
The age old symbiotic relationship between recording companies and radio stations also received a plug from from Grammy-winner Alicia Keys, who used her acceptance...
CC Radio cancels NAB for top CEs; What about other groups?
News has it that Clear Channel EVP/Distribution Development Jeff Littlejohn made the decision as part of the overall cost-cutting the company is undergoing this...
Triton Media Group realigns; launches Triton Digital Media
Oaktree Capital Management-powered Triton Media Group, the leading independent radio network operator and supplier of digital products and services to local media brands, announced...
Backfire: St.L. jock shoots off mouth
J.C. Corcoran of Emmis' Hits KIHT-FM in St. Louis was not happy when a power outage cost himself and his neighbors a chance to...